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Mid-Penn realignment: What it means for Franklin County football teams

dylan jacobs, chambersburg public opinion
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Things will look very different in the Mid-Penn next year.

The conference unveiled its proposal for realignment for the next two years beginning in the fall, and it will have a major effect on Franklin County schools.

While there are a few changes to the divisions in other sports, the real change is in football. The conference is going back to four divisions, eliminating the Liberty division.

In doing so, schools had to move around. In previous years, Chambersburg held a spot in the Commonwealth, James Buchanan in the Liberty and Greencastle-Antrim, Shippensburg and Waynesboro in the Colonial.

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The big change sees the Rockets moving to the Capital, and the Blue Devils separating from the Colonial trio.

Greencastle will remain in the Colonial, but Shippensburg and Waynesboro will move to the Keystone.

The Blue Devils and Indians will continue their rivalry next year, according to Greencastle AD Vickie Ritchie, but it will obviously not be a divisional game.

Greencastle-Antrim running back Carter Coons gets the carry during a District 3 Class 5A first round football game against South Western Nov. 3, 2023, in Penn Township. The Mustangs won, 21-3.
Greencastle-Antrim running back Carter Coons gets the carry during a District 3 Class 5A first round football game against South Western Nov. 3, 2023, in Penn Township. The Mustangs won, 21-3.

With new divisions comes new opponents, which should lead to exciting matchups next season. Chambersburg doesn’t move, but its schedule gets very different.

Perennial District 3 power Bishop McDevitt moves from the Keystone to the Commonwealth, as well as Cedar Cliff, who was a top seed in districts this year.

James Buchanan will face many familiar members of the Liberty Division, but will also see Steel-High and Camp Hill, who both won district titles this year.

Greencastle will see some powers join the Colonial with the likes of West Perry and Trinity, as well as Middletown.

Waynesboro and Shippensburg remain with familiar foes like Gettysburg, but will see new faces like Palmyra and Mifflin County.

Here’s a look at the expected full divisions for 2024:

Commonwealth

  • Altoona

  • Bishop McDevitt

  • CD East

  • Central Dauphin

  • Chambersburg

  • Cumberland Valley

  • Harrisburg

  • State College

  • Carlisle

  • Cedar Cliff

Keystone

  • Waynesboro

  • Gettysburg

  • Hershey

  • Lower Dauphin

  • Mifflin County

  • Mechanicsburg

  • Palmyra

  • Red Land

  • Northern

  • Shippensburg

Colonial

  • East Pennsboro

  • Greencastle-Antrim

  • Milton Hershey

  • Big Spring

  • Boiling Springs

  • Susquehanna

  • West Perry

  • Trinity

  • Middletown

Capital

  • Halifax

  • Camp Hill

  • Susquenita

  • Line Mountain

  • Newport

  • James Buchanan

  • Upper Dauphin

  • Steel-High

  • Juniata

This article originally appeared on Chambersburg Public Opinion: Mid-Penn realignment: What it means for Franklin County