Sports
Six districts, one college, and a volleyball dynasty most of the country has never heard of.
Five of the six school districts serving Huntingdon County play in PIAA District 6. Tussey Mountain, which draws from the Broad Top end of the county, plays in District 5.
Juniata College
Five national championships. Two undefeated seasons.
Juniata College women's volleyball has won five NCAA Division III national championships, in 2004, 2006, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2022, 2023 and 2024 titles were three in a row, and the 2023 and 2024 seasons were both undefeated. The 2025 national title went to UW-Oshkosh.
Red marks an undefeated season. Juniata's 2024 season was the fifth perfect season in the history of NCAA Division III women's volleyball, after 1992, 1999, 2019 and Juniata's own 2023, so two of the five are theirs. That count is as of the 2024 season: it is the kind of figure that goes stale without anyone editing the page. The national championship itself has been played in Huntingdon twice, in 1993 and 1998.
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Football
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Field hockey
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Volleyball
The Eagles play NCAA Division III in the Landmark Conference. Volleyball is at Memorial Gymnasium, Huntingdon campus.
High school
Who plays where.
Six districts serve the county's 48 municipalities. Huntingdon Area and Tyrone Area play in the Laurel Highlands League; Mount Union, Juniata Valley, Southern Huntingdon and Tussey Mountain play in the Inter-County Conference. Five are in PIAA District 6 and Tussey Mountain is in District 5.
Which district am I in?
Every municipality, coloured by its district.
Hover or tap any shape to see the municipality and the district that serves it. The shapes are the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 boundaries for Huntingdon County, and the district each one belongs to is checked at build time against the Census school-district file, not taken from a list somebody typed.
Two of the six districts cross the county line: Tussey Mountain is shared with Bedford County and Tyrone Area with Blair County. Only their Huntingdon County municipalities are shaded here.
Huntingdon Area School District
- Laurel Highlands League, East 1
- District 6, Class 3A
- 286 sq mi
Huntingdon, Marklesburg and Mill Creek boroughs and the townships of Brady, Smithfield, Henderson, Juniata, Walker, Oneida, Penn, Jackson, Miller and Lincoln.
Municipalities served
Juniata Valley School District
- Inter-County Conference, North
- District 6, Class 1A
- 125 sq mi
Alexandria and Petersburg boroughs and the townships of Barree, Logan, West, Morris, Spruce Creek and Porter.
Municipalities served
Mount Union Area School District
- Inter-County Conference, North
- District 6, Class 2A
- 151 sq mi
Mount Union, Mapleton and Shirleysburg boroughs and Shirley and Union townships, plus Kistler and Newton Hamilton boroughs and Wayne Township across the line in Mifflin County.
Baseball, basketball, bocce, cross country, football, soccer, softball, track, volleyball and wrestling, with a marching band on the Tournament of Bands circuit.
Municipalities served
Southern Huntingdon County School District
- Inter-County Conference, North
- District 6, Class 2A
- 221 sq mi
Three Springs, Cassville, Orbisonia, Rockhill, Saltillo and Shade Gap boroughs and the townships of Cass, Clay, Cromwell, Dublin, Springfield and Tell.
The district became effective on 1 July 1956, when the school boards of twelve municipalities signed articles of agreement, consolidating the old Orbisonia and Saltillo high schools.
Municipalities served
Tussey Mountain School District
- Inter-County Conference, South
- District 5, Class 1A
- 173 sq mi
- Shared with Bedford County
Broad Top City, Dudley and Coalmont boroughs and the townships of Carbon, Hopewell, Todd and Wood, together with Coaldale and Saxton boroughs and Broad Top and Liberty townships in Bedford County.
Municipalities served
Tyrone Area School District
- Laurel Highlands League
- District 6, Class 3A
- 167 sq mi
- Shared with Blair County
Birmingham borough and Franklin and Warriors Mark townships in Huntingdon County, together with Tyrone borough and Tyrone and Snyder townships in Blair County.
Municipalities served
Huntingdon County Career and Technology Center
Huntingdon Area, Juniata Valley, Mount Union Area and Southern Huntingdon County all send students to the county career and technology center. It was called the Huntingdon County Area Vocational-Technical School until the late 1990s.
Huntingdon County Holiday Tournament
The county's four wholly-in-county public high schools meet each winter in a basketball tournament that puts Huntingdon, Mount Union, Juniata Valley and Southern Huntingdon on the same floor. It is the one event on the calendar where those programmes are all in one gym.