Pine Richland Stadium is typically a place for cheers and football rivalry, but on Tuesday night the front steps filled with memories as hundreds remembered one of their own.
Hundreds of people attending a vigil Tuesday night honored Jonathan Tourney, 14, while a GoFundMe page for Taylor Orlowski, 18, continued to attract support in her honor.
Pine-Richland was two seconds away from a season-ending loss when freshman Aaron “Oobi” Strader narrowly crossed the goal line on a dramatic touchdown run that has the defending champion headed back to the WPIAL finals.
There’s an old saying about football teams with two starting quarterbacks actually having none, but Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak clearly disagrees.
MECHANICSBURG When Ben DiNucci, Phil Jurkovec and later Cole Spencer wore the green and white of Pine-Richland, those star quarterbacks all shined brightly in the state football championships.