Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers (16-0)

Written by: David Mika on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008. Follow David Mika on Twitter.

Steel-High might be the one team in state history that has posted the quietest 25-game winning streak ever, a streak which began after a 30-24 setback to Milton Hershey last season.  Why?  Jeremiah Young’s quest for the state’s career rushing record deflected much of the attention.  The Rollers won their second consecutive PIAA championship, and became the first District 3 and the third non-WPIAL football team to post a 16-0 record.  Steel-High, with the defeat of Clairton, joined South Park, Thomas Jefferson, McKeesport Area, Bethlehem Catholic, and Allentown Central Catholic as the only PIAA affiliates to hold an unblemished record in multiple PIAA finals appearances.  Steel-High set school records for points scored (563) and wins in a season.  

Follow EasternPAFootball.com on Twitter @EPAFootball

---

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website

Δ

One Response to “Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers (16-0)”

1. Bucsfan says:
   December 30th, 2008 at 8:02 am

   Unless I’m reading the penultimate sentence of this story wrong, I must disagree with it. [“…SP, TJ, McKA, BC, ACC…only (teams)…unblemished record in multiple…”] Where’s Strath Haven (99-00) & CB West (97-99)? And without looking at any books, what about Mt Carmel & Berwick? I’m pretty sure that South Park & TJ never went undefeated back-to-back with state titles. McKeesport, Bethlehem & Central Catholic I’m not sure of.