The score was tied, 31-31, after three quarters before Penn Hills outscored Hershey, 19-11, in the final quarter. Penn Hills (23-3) didn’t have to sweat out its win quite as much as Peters Township, but that’s not to say the Indians didn’t sweat at all against Hershey (20-8), the third-place finisher from District 3.

Herr paced Lampeter-Strasburg with 16 points and Smucker added 13. He said that shot took 10 years off his life, and I thought that was a pretty good comment.” Our senior, Jake Ziegler, was next to me. “I thought it was on its way in, but luckily it came off. “When it left his hand, I thought it was in,” Peters Township coach Joe Urmann said of the final shot. But Smucker misfired on a jumper and, after an offensive rebound, Dean Herr missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

Peters Township then committed a turnover via a bad pass just after inbounding, giving Lampeter-Strasburg one final possession with seven seconds left. Peters Township led, 58-54, before Lampeter-Strasburg’s Chase Smucker scored to cut the deficit to 58-56 with 10 seconds left. Peters Township (24-4) played what turned out to be a thriller against Lampeter-Strasburg (20-8), the No. It had been 26 years since Peters Township previously advanced to the PIAA quarterfinals, while Penn Hills last accomplished the feat just last season.Ī late-winter drive to Altoona on Tuesday got the teams back to that point and kept the state championship hopes alive for two groups of Indians.ĭistrict 7 went 2-0 against District 3, with WPIAL champion Penn Hills defeating Hershey, 50-42, and WPIAL runner-up Peters Township edging Lampeter-Strasburg, 58-56, in PIAA Class 5A second-round games at Altoona High School.

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