High School SportsMonday, November 9
Boiling Springs, Palmyra and Lower Dauphin each won a District 3 field hockey title Saturday
The Daily Harrisburg team
Three Midstate teams left Mechanicsburg with gold on Saturday. Boiling Springs defended its 2025 Class 1A title with a 3-1 win over Greenwood, pulling away in the second half. In Class 3A, the top-two seeds Lower Dauphin and Wilson traded goals until overtime, and the Falcons won 4-3.
Three Midstate teams won District 3 field hockey finals
- Boiling Springs3 (won)Greenwood1
- Palmyra2 (won)Warwick0
- Lower Dauphin4 (won)Wilson3
- Palmyra's next game: opening round against District 1 fifth seed Oxford
- Warwick's next game: at home against District 1 fourth seed Kennett
- Palmyra goalie Sophie Kennelly didn't need to make a save
Palmyra repeated in Class 2A with a 2-0 win over Warwick, on goals from Allie Fink and Grace Frew. The Cougars are the reigning PIAA champions, and they beat Warwick in last season's District 3 and PIAA Class 2A finals too. "We knew for a little while that they were looking good this year, so we knew we had to come out strong," Frew said.
Palmyra and Lower Dauphin added to their title counts
- 17th
- championship trophy for Palmyra
- 18th
- district title for Lower Dauphin's program
- 19-1
- Palmyra's record