LOYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- When the Northern Bedford High School Panthers play host to rivals such as

LOYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- When the Northern Bedford High School Panthers play host to rivals such as Chestnut Ridge and West Branch, they will do so on a football field made possible by the hard work of the community and a donation from a notable alumnus.
The Loysburg high school football team played its first game Thursday night in the 2,250-seat stadium built, in part, with a donation from Kenneth Huntsman, one of the founding partners of America Online.
The grand opening wasn't so grand, however. Northern Bedford lost to rival Chestnut Ridge 47-7.
The school opened in 1963 but the district couldn't afford to build its own football stadium, so the school rented fields at other schools, including one 11 miles away.
As the community started to plan the stadium three years ago, Huntsman, a 1970 Northern Bedford graduate and a 1974 Penn State graduate, came forward and offered to match every dollar the community raised, up to $1 million.
The Northern Bedford County Athletic Association held dinner-auction events that raised $60,000 and members of the community, 80 miles west of Harrisburg, donated the rest of the money. Teachers and agriculture students worked on the field and the landscaping and construction trade students are building the concession stand.