By the time Downingtown arrived on the snow-framed field at Mansion Park in Altoona, the 1996 PIAA Championship was more of a culmination than a contest. Those Whippets had been through so much, starting with a heartbreaking loss in the 1994 state final, to a rebuilding year in ’95 and a humbling loss to Allentown … Continue reading Two decades after Chester County’s only state champ, memories of 1996 Downingtown team live on