PIAA football playoffs: Avonworth rolls past Penn Cambria in Class 3A state semifinals, turns to championship rematch

Snow flurries and Hershey’s Kisses were dancing down from the sky.

Following Avonworth’s 31-15 PIAA Class 3A semifinal win against Penn Cambria inside Indiana’s Fifth Street Stadium on Friday night, quarterback Carson Bellinger was grinning and holding a hefty bag of the small chocolates.

Forget that state championships haven’t been played in Hershey in the last three years. The Antelopes are headed to their second consecutive state title — and that sure is sweet.

“We’re super excited,” senior Luca Neal said. “Since last year, we’ve been waiting for this.”

The Antelopes (14-0) are two-time defending WPIAL Class 3A champions. Last weekend, they breezed past Imani Christian, 30-6, for the program’s fourth district title. Avonworth rarely needs all of its starters to play entire games, an