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WELCOME FROM PIAA DISTRICT III OFFICIAL DISTRICT III PIAA
CHAIR DOUG BOHANNON FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHP

TOURNAMENT PROGRAM
Welcome to the 2020-2021 District III M&T Bank Fall Championship
Series.
Celebrating the Success of Student
I am pleased to enter my second school year as PIAA District III Chair- Athletes in South Central Pennsylvania
man.
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It is always fulfilling to work for the benefit of our schools’ student- District III Committee Members ......... 2
athletes. We have a great team of dedicated people serving on the District III Sportswear Order Form ...... 3
District III Committee, and a large number of equally dedicated people About PIAA District III ......................... 4
throughout the district’s 10-county jurisdiction who serve as game managers and support
School enrollments/classifications ..... 5
staff for our Championships.
About the Power Rankings ................. 6
This year has been the most challenging year in recent memory for school districts – and 2020 Final Power Rankings ................. 7
all Pennsylvanians – in their ongoing battle against the novel coronavirus and its COVID-19 Championship Brackets ...................... 9
illness. The virus has disrupted the flow of daily life for many people, including those
AAAA Team Pages ........................ 10-13
serving in our public and private schools. We are very proud of the way our schools and
AAA Team Pages .......................... 14-17
our students have reacted to the challenges presented during a pandemic. They have all AA Team Pages ............................ 18-19
developed and followed health and safety plans designed to prevent the spread of COVID-
A Team Pages ............................... 20-21
19.
PIAA Championship Brackets ............ 22
School athletics have faced complex issues in dealing with COVID-19. District III has spent
2019 District III Championships ........ 24
many hours discussing and implementing plans to provide for the safe return of students District III History & Records ....... 25-27
to education and for athletes to return to competition.
Student Awards ................................ 28
The result of these efforts is what you see today: District III championships that were not
a certainty just a few months ago. It took the dedication and efforts of many people to
reach this point where our students are able to engage in PIAA post-season action. We are
very happy that our students have the opportunity to qualify for and play in our
championship contests.

We realize that our decisions, including reducing the number of qualifiers to our fall sports
championships, do not please everyone. We had to make all of our decisions based on the
welfare of our student-athletes while still providing the district and PIAA competition they
have come to expect.
At all times during this ever-changing process of determining our playoffs, we tried to be
as fair and as equitable to all schools in our district. That is always one of our most im-
portant goals in PIAA District III.
We wish that this year’s championship series was no different than in years past, contests
that fully involved not just athletes, but other students, spectators and the community at-
large. Reducing the number of qualifiers and the spectators who observe the contests has
been frustrating for all.

But we did what was required by the extraordinary circumstances presented to us. While
many people cannot attend our championships as they freely could in the past, we hope About the Cover:
that our new online programs and school-based online coverage of our events will enable After winning AA district gold the
people to engage with our athletes this fall, even from afar. past two seasons, ELCO is the top

Thank you for supporting our student-athletes in District III. seed heading into the 2020 AAA
playoffs. Pictured is senior Katelyn
Rueppel.
From top to bottom, Hempfield,
Manheim Central, ELCO and Camp
Hill celebrate 2019 titles.
ACTION PHOTO COURTESY
OF JASON MALMONT OF THE
SENTINEL/CUMBERLINK

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