District 3 is the second largest in the state, with roughly 10 fewer teams than District 7. Like the WPIAL, these teams are vying for the opportunity to win a district championship and to gain access to the PIAA state tournament. District 3 will take 20 teams into the district tournament in the Class AAAA and the Class AAA brackets, while the lower two classifications receive 10 participants each.

The District 3 championships will be played on May 30th and May 31st at Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, PA.  Sovereign Bank Stadium is the home of the York Revolution.

The most recent PIAA champions to come out of District 3 were Penn Manor (AAAA) in 2005, Northern York (AAA) in 2011, Bermudian Springs (AA) in 2010 and Camp Hill (A) in 2009.

District 3 has an elaborate power rating system to rank teams in each classification and to determine automatic qualifiers to the playoffs. Without getting into the details of the power ratings, here is how teams that would qualify for the playoffs today rank in each classification.

(*Standings as reported by PIAADistrict3.org)

	AAAA STANDINGS
RANK	SCHOOL NAME			RECORD
1	Hempfield			(13-2-0)
2	Cedar Crest			(14-3-0)
3	Ephrata Area			(13-4-0)
4	Dallastown Area			(12-3-0)
5	Solanco			(12-4-0)
6	Lower Dauphin			(12-4-0)
7	Cumberland Valley			(9-5-0)
8	Red Land			(10-5-0)
9	Wilson			(10-5-0)
10	South Western			(10-5-0)
11	Spring Grove Area			(11-6-0)
12	Penn Manor			(9-7-0)
13	Central Dauphin			(8-6-0)
14	Chambersburg Area			(9-7-0)
15	Daniel Boone			(10-6-0)
16	Red Lion Area			(9-6-0)
17	Waynesboro Area			(9-7-0)
18	Muhlenberg			(9-8-0)
19	Governor Mifflin			(8-8-0)
20	Elizabethtown Area			(8-8-0)
	AAA STANDINGS
RANK	SCHOOL NAME			RECORD
1	Twin Valley			(13-3-0)
2	Hershey			(13-1-0)
3	Lampeter Strasburg			(14-3-0)
4	Northern York			(12-3-0)
5	Shippensburg Area			(13-3-0)
6	West York Area			(11-3-0)
7	Fleetwood Area			(11-5-0)
8	West Perry			(14-1-0)
9	Northern Lebanon			(12-5-0)
10	Lancaster Catholic			(12-3-0)
11	Hamburg Area			(15-3-0)
12	Mechanicsburg Area			(11-6-0)
13	Garden Spot			(12-5-0)
14	Big Spring			(12-6-0)
15	Palmyra Area			(11-7-0)
16	Trinity			(11-3-0)
17	Northeastern			(8-6-0)
18	Littlestown			(12-3-0)
19	Donegal			(11-6-0)
20	Manheim Central			(9-7-0)
	AA STANDINGS
RANK	SCHOOL NAME			RECORD
1	Delone Catholic			(13-4-0)
2	Brandywine Heights Area			(11-5-0)
3	Pequea Valley			(12-4-0)
4	Berks Catholic			(11-4-0)
5	Upper Dauphin Area			(12-4-0)
6	Oley Valley			(8-6-0)
7	Biglerville			(9-6-0)
8	Kutztown Area			(9-8-0)
9	York Catholic			(8-8-0)
10	Boiling Springs			(6-10-0)
	A STANDINGS
RANK	SCHOOL NAME			RECORD
1	High Point Baptist Academy			(10-2-0)
2	Lancaster County Christian			(10-2-0)
3	Camp Hill			(6-8-0)
4	Mt Calvary Christian			(7-5-0)
5	Lebanon Catholic			(5-11-0)
6	Newport			(5-8-0)
7	Millersburg Area			(4-9-0)
8	Lancaster Country Day			(5-11-0)
9	Antietam			(4-10-0)
10	Berks Christian			(4-6-0)