Originally posted by IUPNation
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If you look at the various conferences for the rural PA schools in central PA and extending into the western regions and towards the NE region, I think IHS would be a better fit for the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference (LHAC). This includes schools like Tyrone, Bellwood-Antis, Huntingdon, Clearfield, Philipsburg-Osceola, Bellefonte, Bald Eagle Area, and Penns Valley, in addition to the traditional LHAC schools Conemaugh Valley, Meyersdale, Windber, Berlin Brothersvalley, and North Star. I think that would be a better fit culturally and geographically.
My merged alma mater (Central Mountain), which combines Lock Haven, which played in the Central Penn Conference, and Bald Eagle-Nittany, which played in the West Branch Conference (mostly Williamsport area schools minus Williamsport), is now part of the Heartland Conference, which extends down the Susquehanna Valley in the west e.g. Lewisburg, Selinsgrove, Shikellemy, to Williamsport and further east to Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, etc. The conference alignment seems to work well for the 20+ schools that are members. A few of the larger historical D6 foes (State College, Altoona) and Mifflin County (formerly Lewistown, Kishocaquillas, et al) have moved to the Mid-Penn Conference, which in the case of SC and Altoona is a better competitive fit and for Mifflin County is better geographically.
BTW, Punxsy and Dubois are in what is called the D-9 conference which I don't think would be a good fit for IHS.
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