ALTOONA — Winning a district championship is a difficult enough task without having to try to beat an undefeated team while one of the top playmakers in state history is on the sideline languishing on the examination table.

The District 6 football playoff game between United and Northern Cambria scheduled for Saturday night has been moved to Sunday at 11 a.m. at Mansion Park in Altoona.

United and Northern Cambria will square off at Penns Manor High School in the semifinals of the District 6 Class 1A football playoffs on Friday at 7 p.m.

JOHNSTOWN — Ligonier Valley’s quest for a three-peat is alive and well.

PORTAGE — A couple of its standout players battered and bruised, United entered the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s District 6 Class 1A semifinal-round playoff game looking like it was beyond life support and about ready to put the equipment away until next fall.

ALTOONA — Homer-Center quarterback Ben Schmidt broke the school’s career passing yardage record on Saturday night. The sophomore connected with Cobe Daugherty on a 34-yard pass midway through the first quarter. Two plays later, the Wildcats reached the 50-yard line.

NORTHERN CAMBRIA — With the season on the line, Northern Cambria leaned on its line.

BELLWOOD — The prospects for an upset began with such promise for the West Shamokin High School football team.

KENWOOD — It seemed like old times: Saturday night football at Penns Manor and Saltsburg winning playoff games.

HOMER CITY — The Homer-Center Wildcats kept their home playoff record perfect Friday night at Memorial Field, and they did it without their starting tailback.

GREENSBURG — Two-time District 6 Class 2A champion Ligonier Valley barely broke a sweat Friday night in the opening round of the playoffs at Offutt Field.

November has a funny way of bringing out the best in a high school football team.

Kristen McIntire, of Brackenridge, won the ninth edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

JOHNSTOWN — Facing a win-or-go-home scenario in Saturday afternoon’s regular-season finale at Conemaugh Valley, Marion Center rose to the occasion and earned its first District 6 Class 2A playoff berth since 2011 with a 40-16 victory over the Blue Jays in a Heritage Conference-WestPAC crosso…

JOHNSTOWN — The playoffs were in sight for the Purchase Line High School football team, and not even a little mud in their eyes — or a lot of mud on their uniforms — was going to keep the Red Dragons from realizing their vision.

DAVIDSVILLE — The United Lions did what they do Friday night. And they don’t care if they’re predictable.

PORTAGE — About 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage and in the clear, Mark Marino began running out of gas.

BERLIN — Penns Manor did not attempt a pass and used a bevy of running backs to scratch out just enough offense to get past Berlin, 22-14, in a rain-soaked Heritage Conference-WestPAC crossover game Friday night.

WINDBER — Homer-Center kept its perfect record intact in crossover series games involving the Heritage Conference and WestPAC.

Brandon Overdorff stood in the cold, pouring rain almost unwilling to walk away from a group of kids he had known for only a few months.

BOSWELL — Apparently no one at North Star football field was more disappointed than the clock keeper when Blairsville’s Sincere McFarlin failed to score on a two-point conversion run at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

NANTY GLO — The Saltsburg Trojans are riding a win into the postseason.

MEYERSDALE — West Shamokin running back Brendan Mondi rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns, and the Wolves locked up the No. 6 seed in the District 6 Class 2A playoffs with a 28-0 win over Meyersdale on Friday night in a Heritage Conference-WestPAC crossover game between fourth-place teams.

Brianna Olechowski, of Indiana, won the eighth edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

UNIONTOWN — Dig out your red and black, Indiana, because the stakes don’t get any greater.

MARION CENTER — During a season that has been a roller coaster for United and Marion Center, Friday night’s game was full of more ups and downs for both teams.

NuMINE — Homer-Center struck for two touchdowns in the first two minutes Friday night against West Shamokin.

NORTHERN CAMBRIA — Tommy Hamilton broke free and dashed down the visiting sideline all the way to the end zone late in the second quarter to pull Penns Manor within a score, with the Comets due to get the ball to begin the second half.

BLAIRSVILLE — The Ligonier Valley Rams checked another goal off their list Friday night at Ernie Widmar Field, and it came at the expense of the Blairsville Bobcats.

PURCHASE LINE —  Saltsburg came into Friday night’s Heritage Conference game against Purchase Line at Barry T. Madill Field riding high. Following a stretch in which they had won two of three games, including an upset win last week over West Shamokin, the Trojans had finally begun to make a …

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Bob Ream, of Indiana, won the seventh edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

Indiana beat South Allegheny, 30-6, in a junior high football game Wednesday.

The West Shamokin Junior-Senior High School 2018 homecoming royalty was crowned Oct. 5 during halftime at the Jack E. Boyer Field, Rural Valley.

CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP — Indiana traveled roughly 100 miles to play a football game Friday night.

KENWOOD — Adam Rising isn’t ready to talk playoffs just yet.

HOMER CITY — The Blairsville Bobcats defense never stopped the Homer-Center Wildcats offense Friday night at Memorial Field. Only the clock and the mercy rule could do that in a 41-6 Wildcats victory.

ARMAGH — The United Lions finally won at home.

SALTSBURG — Two nights after a meeting was held to address the future of the Saltsburg football program, the Trojans pulled a major upset.

LIGONIER — It was a night of milestones on Friday at Weller Field.

Fred Barilar, of Anita, won the sixth edition of the Gazette’s weekly football contest.

Indiana shut out Southmoreland, 34-0, in a junior high football game on Wednesday.

Indiana beat Altoona, 36-6, in a seventh-grade football game Tuesday.

SALTSBURG — The much-talked about losing streak is over.

His team lost by 44 points, his body ached and tears were rolling down his face. Yet it was quite possibly one of the best nights of Jeremy Thomas’ young life.

NuMINE — United stopped West Shamokin’s two-point conversion attempt in the second overtime to preserve a 38-26 victory in a Heritage Conference football game at Jack E. Boyer Field on Friday night.

MARION CENTER — Marion Center pulled everything out of its bag of tricks to try to upset Ligonier Valley on Friday night. Guard Travis Parsell even got a carry for 3 yards.