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High School Winter Sports Practice Starts Friday


MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (D9Sports) – Practice for PIAA winter sports officially get underway Friday.

(Photo of the 2016 District 9 Class 3A champion Punxsutawney girls’ basketball team)

Many teams have already been holding voluntary open gyms, but Friday marks the official start of practice for seven PIAA sanctioned sports: basketball, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, bowling, rifle and indoor track and field.

The first official contest date for rifle and bowling is Dec. 5 with the rest of the sports able to start Dec. 9.