PITTSBURGH (93.7 the Fan) The Pennsylvania state championships for multiple sports will be played at a new location.
The PIAA finals for football, soccer, volleyball, and field hockey will be played at Cumberland Valley High School.
Moving from Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey to a high school just outside of Harrisburg is quite the change.
A step of downsizing almost, especially if you look at some of the stadiums other states hold their high school sports finals.
NFL stadiums like MatLife, Mile High, or AT&T are utilized across the country for high school football, but why not Pennsylvania?
Sure, the WPIAL Finals are played at Heinz Field, but not all of them since the expansion to 6A.
Maybe the state has to have a central location to make travel as fair as possible? What about Penn State's Beaver Stadium?
The central locations isn't the issue people may come up with, it's the size of the stadium and making the PA finals not look as important as other states.
Pennsylvania produces some of the best high school football in the country and deserves to be given proper stage.
Championship games will be played at Cumberland until 2025.
