CD athletes get shot at state gold medals

Two groups of Central Dauphin athletes will be seeking state championships this weekend.

First up, the Rams girls’ basketball team will take on Pittsburgh’s Mt. Lebanon for the PIAA Class Quad-A state basketball championship Friday, 6 pm at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center in State College. The game will be televised live on PCN, channel 74 on the Comcast cable system.

The Rams qualified for the big game by creaming Allentown Allen 60-37 in the semifinal game Tuesday night in Reading. CLICK HERE for a game report, and HERE for a story about Emily Wolford, the senior sixth man on the Rams squad who has come back from knee injuries to help the team during its unprecedented playoff run.

Also on Friday, a pair of CD bowlers, Justin Nye and Tyler Herman, will be traveling to Altoona to compete in the PA State High School Bowling Championship. CLICK HERE to view a recent WHP-TV 21 news story about the CD bowling team.
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Upcoming community event ... Central Dauphin's High Jazz Band and Orchestra will be in concert on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm in the high school auditorium. Admission is free. The musical groups are really a treat not to be missed. The students work hard all year and sound amazing in the high school's state-of-the-art auditorium.