The Central Dauphin East Panthers will play host to the Harrisburg Cougars on Saturday morning. CD East won the battle last year 25-6. Harrisburg comes into the game tied in 1st in the Mid-Penn Commonwealth Conference, while CD East is just behind them in 2nd.

MVP

Rob Martin

Harrisburg

SCHOLAR ATHLETES

Christian Brown

Central Dauphin East

Christian is a 3-year letter winner on Coach George Chaump’s Panthers. Christian has been one of the leading tacklers the past few seasons for East. He is also an active member of the East High Choraliers and was a member of the band his freshman, sophomore and junior year. Christina is currently ranked 19th in his class and carries a 96.97 GPA. Christian is currently being recruited by Youngstown State, Lafayette, Bucknell and Towson. He is the son of Andre and Shannon Brown.

Desmond Kent

Harrisburg

Desmond has been in the Cougar football program for 4 years. He attends the John Harris Campus of Harrisburg HS. He is a team leader on defense and is having a tremendous senior season along side of his brother, wide receiver/defensive back Jaylen Kent. He is carrying a 3.85 GPA and has scored over 900 on the SAT test. Desmond is being recruited by Robert Morris, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Millersville University. He plans to major in Mechanical Engineering at the college or university of his choice.

HALL OF FAME

Win Green

Central Dauphin East

Win was a top linebacker at East High in the mid-1970’s, graduating in 1975. East had a combined 31-7-2 record in his 4 seasons playing for Hall of Fame Coach Neil Hickoff’s Panthers. The 1973 and 1974 teams won the Central Penn League Championship and East went 9-1 in both his junior and senior years. East beat Harrisburg 7-0 in 1973 and 21-7 in 1974 and tied the Cougars 7-7 in 1972. Win wore #13 and was selected to play in the Big 33 game in 1975. Win took his playing career to the US Naval Academy before transferring to Yale. Win was elected to the East High Hall of Fame in 2008. He and his family currently reside in New Cumberland and he is the Pastor at Bachman Memorial United Methodist Church in New Cumberland.

Demone Maxwell

Harrisburg

Demone was a 1st team Midd-Penn Conference, 1st team District III and District III Player of the Year. He was the first basketball player in the history of Harrisburg HS to be named 1st team All-State. He averaged 18 points per game to go with 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Demone led the Cougars to a 32-1 record as they captured the first PIAA, AAAA state basketball championship.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring got started early with Harrisburg running back and Great American Rivalry Series MVP Rob Martin rushing 56 yards for the touchdown. The defenses stiffened for the remainder of the half, and once again, a big play on defense/special teams led to the final score when Central Dauphin East blocked a punt deep in Harrisburg territory and returned it for a touchdown with just over a minute left in the half. The score at halftime would have Harrisburg leading 13-7. Central Dauphin wouldn't go away and scored to cut the lead to seven and after another turnover by Harrisburg the Panthers had a chance to tie the game, but couldn't get a first down. A late field goal gave the Cougars a 30-20 and hard fought win.