Sports in South Central Pennsylvania

Sports In South Central Pennsylvania

South Central Pennsylvania, a region synonymous with the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is known for its many traditions such as New Year's Day pork and sauerkraut, fasnachts for the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, hex signs, and shoofly pie. However, South Central Pennsylvania also has a strong sporting tradition, such as the professional baseball teams who barnstormed their way through Lancaster County's farmland in the early 1900s to Milton S. Hershey's creation of the Hershey B'ars hockey club in 1932.

Club Sport League Championships Venue
Harrisburg City Islanders Soccer USL Second Division 1 (2007) Skyline Sports Complex
Harrisburg Heat Indoor soccer PASL 0 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
Harrisburg Horizon Basketball EBA 5 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Manny Weaver Gym
Harrisburg Senators Baseball Eastern League 6 (1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) Metro Bank Park
Harrisburg Stampede Indoor football AIF 0 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
Hershey Bears Ice hockey AHL 11 (1947, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1974, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2010) Giant Center
Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball ALPB 1 (2006) Clipper Magazine Stadium
Lancaster Inferno Women's Soccer WPSL 0 Hempfield High School
York Capitals Indoor football AIF 0 York City Ice Arena
York Revolution Baseball ALPB 0 Sovereign Bank Stadium

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