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Keven x only thing I can think of is LC is in District 12 since they are in
the Catholic league,not saying it makes sense cause it certainly doesn’t but that’s all I got. If it’s that Districts turn to be considered the home team technically District 12 would be LCs home location. Again I know it’s crazy.
That is really only one of the two things that it could be. A District 12 thing that I am not going to waste my time trying to rationalize and figure out. The other which I could live with and understand is simply that Crawford or one of the more local facilities weren’t available or the asking rental price was exorbitant. Somewhat of a concern going forward if LC wins Saturday, is that I was looking forward to them “hosting” D2 champ Lakeland or Dunmore the following weekend. Maybe being a first round PIAA state game and out of D12’s hands they can get that game back at Crawford or a more local stadium to LC. Fear is that it will be back in G-Town, which is an easy pass for me for attending.
Also looking forward to another D2 visitor to the area next weekend with either North Pocono or Dallas playing PJPII or Shanahan. Guessing that game wouldn’t be at PJPII due to their grass field. Not sure about Shanahan.
My guess would be Norristown for PJP if they win,Shanahan has turf so they probably can host. Norristown would also be an option for LC if they win. That seems to be the one school district that wants to host for football in this area. Wish there were more, its not my favorite venue except for being close at least. More schools used to like to host games both football and basketball , covid screwed alot of that up and so now not many options.
Norristown makes sense, but I’ve heard that Upper Perk has offered to host if PJP wins over Bishop Shanahan.
I would think District 2 would jump on UPerk in a heartbeat.
Thats interesting Upper Perk is a surprise to hear, OJR hosted a few yrs back for a PJP state game ,been Norristown mostly recently.
Norristown has been stepping up and hosting PIAA games recently. They would be my guess as well. Never been to a football game there. Been to several hoop playoff games. Fairly close to me as well, decent parking, but football stadium does tho look small from the pics that I have seen.
Not sure about Shanahan. I believe they only have seating on one side of the field, and not a ton of it at that. So don’t know if that is acceptable to the PIAA for hosting a game.
Kevin X, Norristown gym is good for hoops, football field more of a no thrills venue.
Can someone please explain to me why the Bristol/Lansdale Catholic game is being played at the Germantown “Supersite” on Saturday?? Not so much interested in the day, but the location. NW Philly?? These two teams played last year, at the point in the bracket, at Bristol. Why isn’t the game at North Penn (LC’s home field this season) Saturday or maybe Wissahickon or Upper Dublin Friday or Saturday?? This make no sense on several levels.
I saw some interesting non-league games for Schuylkill & Colonial League teams next season.
The first takeaway is that I noticed the Monroe County teams have finally scheduled Colonial & Schuylkill league teams. Huge pick up, since the Monroe teams are weak & can compete with a lot of the 3A/4A teams there.
– Bangor/ES North
– Saucon/Pleasant Valley
– Bangor/PM East
– Lehighton/PM West (former Mountain Valley members)
– Pottsville/Pleasant Valley
Some of the more intriguing games are
– NDGP/Berks Catholic, which feels even, but also North Schuylkill plays ND.
– North Schuylkill/Shore is going to be top notch in this cycle
– Schuylkill Haven not only gets MCA, but Southern next year.
– Tri-Valley reignites a former TVAA battle against Line Mountain.
– Pine Grove/New Hope-Solebury benefits both teams easily.
– Obviously, MCA/North Schuylkill stays. But they play Week 4
But the most intriguing game to me of this set is Northwestern Lehigh & Valley View. This is going to be a great test for the Cougars & I’m happy that we get to see Northwestern travel to D2 for once. Colonial League rarely played outside of league when I started paying attention to the sport, so this is great to see.
Haven’t heard much else from D2 territory, but once I get the non-league schedules, I’ll share them. I do know that we get
– Nativity/Montrose
– Old Forge/Pen Argyl (highly intriguing if both are even, talent-wise)
– Greater Nanticoke/Palmerton
– Redeemer gets Nativity & Pine Grove
– Panther Valley/Tunkhannock
Where do you go to see these schedules
I meant to share the article for those who wanted to see the full slate, but it’s this.
https://www.mcall.com/2025/10/28/here-is-what-colonial-schuylkill-football-leagues-will-look-like-in-2026/
Does anyone have any idea what mount Carmels ideas are on offense? I honestly think if you let the kids draw up there own plays they would come out with a better record then they had. There coaching staff literally tries changing there whole offense from series to series.
Changing to a different offense and staying with it until halfway through the season when it was an absolute failure was the biggest problem this year. Not to mention the defense was giving up record breaking yards and points. I give them credit for turning it around but overall a very disappointing year with the talent they had. I think this is only the 14th losing season in 133 years of Mt. Carmel football. Despite the record the kids played with a lot of heart, especially #4, #6, #9 and #15.
Do you watch the games? They ran the same 5-6 plays the entire game against Montoursville and ran them effectively and sprinkled in the wildcat/a pass every once and a while which was also effective.
You have to remember that MCA was 1-4 and changed their offense midseason. They lost to Montoursville 28-0 during that stretch and essentially outplayed them the second time around, just couldn’t get it done in the end. The only thing I would question is not going for 2 in the Third OT. Other than that, you ahve to give Darrah and the kids credit for not rolling over after starting the season out so poorly.
Also instead of making such an unintelligent statement, why don’t you look at the discrepancy in penalty yards last Friday night. It was absurd. At least three or four holding calls against MCA that were thrown well behind the play.
Happy 5 and 6 year.
Lol in the last game of the year your wr became your running QB. You took out your passing QB and his number one weapon and made throwing null and void. Your wr who played QB in the second half of the final game took one step to the left or right and ran in the opposite direction. It worked against Montoursville who will be losing to mifflinburg this week. The point of my argument is mt. Carmel has now and previous years better players than what there record shows and it’s the coaches not developing an offense that works thru a full season. If you decided your wr was your best option at QB you decide that a little earlier than that second half of your last game of the year. And somehow every year mca completely abandons there passing game, did it again. They moved there best receiver to QB, a few years ago they took diaz there best rb and moved him to wr only to not throw the ball late in the year.
Alright yeah I see what you are saying. I don’t know about the last game since the offense was moving well and honestly should have had another touchdown or two without the holding calls.
In years past I think you are definitely correct. Especially the Diaz argument. Like the two seasons where they beat Southern in the regular season and then came back and got blown out in the district playoffs. They become too predictable, which I think we can both agree on there.
Let’s hope for a better season next year, they return a lot of guys and have some good underclassmen (Higgins, Spears, Two big OLs), the first two of which got hurt.
Overall, underwhelming year, should have at least been in district final.
I really don’t see why you don’t keep your qb in the game and snap the ball to Delaney in the backfield at rb. You keep the threat of the pass and the defense guessing. Sure it was working what they were doing against montoursville but I honestly think mt. Carmel had a better team then montoursville and question how they lost by 28 at home to begin with. Its not that the players got better, it’s that coaches fixed there own terrible decisions. Another crazy thing I saw happening that’s not a good sign is when they were beating or getting beat badly and backups were in they got outplayed in the 2nd halfs of games badly.
Mostly blowouts in D11 as expected this weekend. However, the northampton Nazareth and Northern Lehigh Palisades were very good games. I will give it up to my alma mater Northern Lehigh. They played a lot of junior returning starters and had high expectations. Halfway through the season they were under performing. They now have won 5 straight including a classic last night against Palisades who beat them earlier this season. A Philly special on a two pt conversion on overtime. These past three weeks have been without their best player and an all league player junior Chris frame who suffered a leg injury against catty. They will be heavy underdogs next week against Haven especially without Frame but they will return many of these starters next year. Hopefully we get more close games next week.
@D11 Matt, I was very surprised to see this score, especially how Palisades played recently against ND and NL without frame, props to the boys for not throwing in the towel after that injury.
That being said, I think Haven wins by 3 scores.
I think the biggest question for NL next year is what classification will they be in? D11 2A has been deep and tough lately. If they were to drop back to 1A when they had their big state run, next year could include another deep state run.
Yep. Exactly with the classification question. Them and trail would be favorites in A next year. If they are AA, they probably go 8-2 with loses against Northwestern and Notre Dame but they would be a district contender. They return 18/22 starting positions next year including Smoyer (qb) and frame. Those two would be four year starters. As for next week, yeah probably 3-4 score underdogs. If they had frame probably two score underdogs with an outside shot.
D2 Notes + State Final Predictions
Only missed Dunmore game, but also whiffed on quite a few scores (some lower scoring that even I anticipated).
1A
– As expected, Trail demolished Nativity
– Somehow, my Tri-Valley pick was right & it was all thanks to a field goal.
– Tri-Valley travels to Tunnel Hill next week.
2A
– Lakeland demolished Redeemer
– But the biggest surprise was Dunmore shutting out Riverside for most of the game in a 27-7 win. Dunmore always finds a way in districts. It’s uncanny.
– Dunmore travels back to Chapman Lake for the final next week.
3A
– Berwick/Hanover went as expected
– But did anyone expect Wyoming Area to get demolished by Prep? I expected a close game, not 42-0.
– I think I may need to change my pick. Don’t think Berwick can beat Prep, but they host at Crispin.
– IMO, Prep should play up to 4A/5A & be the Cathedral Prep equivalent for the northeast. Would love to see what they can do in a higher class.
4A
– North Pocono got a little fight out of Crestwood, but won convincingly
– Dallas was shut out by Valley View, as the Cougars have turned the corner
– Rematch of a few weeks ago here
5A
– We all knew what the Abington-WVW game was going to be
– But how about DV holding Pittston off in a 7-6 barnburner. There were a few blocked field goals by Iuzzolino, who also had the TD that was the difference maker
– Another midseason, this time at the Pit.
6A: Both home teams won their games in convincing fashion. Wilkes-Barre & Williamsport duke it out next week in a rematch of last years subregional final.
EC
– Paupack dominated Honesdale 47-20 with their running game
– Mid Valley dominated Carbondale in the 3A game
– While the Small School champ was a closer game than I thought, as UDA won 42-20.
If you’re wondering about my state title predictions
– 1A: Clairton over BG (Sleeper: Lackawanna Trail)
– 2A: Southern over Farrell (Sleeper: McCort)
– 3A: NW Lehigh over Avonworth (Sleeper: Berwick/Scranton Prep)
– 4A: McK over Bonner (Sleeper: Solehi)
– 5A: Roman over Pine-Richland (Sleeper: Chester)
– 6A: La Salle over Harrisburg (Sleeper: PCC)
Why would Scranton prep play up when they lose in the state tournament every year? Cathedral prep of the east? Lol You don’t play up because you dominate your district you play up when you dominate the state.
I get your reasoning, JC. Maybe it’s an overreaction or part of a feel that some private schools should play up a class or two.
My thinking is for the same reasons Beca & ACC play up: They typically play games against 4A level opponents & higher in the regular season. Beca & ACC voluntarily play up & they’re 3A level, as they play 5A/6A teams regularly. Prep plays mostly a 4A to 5A schedule sans Mid Valley & the new interstate games.
It might offer them a slightly more challenging route in districts, at minimum. Would they win a state title? Probably no, but I think they can be competitive enough at 4A. I’d rather the challenge than the easy road. Dallas, VV, & North Pocono would be great playoff competition in D2. While 3A is usually a cakewalk outside of a Wyoming Area upset once every couple of years. They have the talent & usually the roster to compete at 4A.
People that have said Berwick would beat Prep are frankly delusional. It makes no sense how Berwick’s coach CJ Curry goes from having a mediocre season just last year to going undefeated in the regular season purely off how much of a freak athlete Ty’Meere Wilkerson is at RB while having most of their pieces. There is a reason he has 6 D1 offers if you pay attention to synopses of the games he plays in. I had predicted for a while, and the Jersey Shore-Scranton Prep game solidified this for me, that Scranton Prep would steamroll Berwick and win the 3A title. The difficulty in schedule is astounding — and when we learn of the early losses for Prep being due to injury (that he has now recovered from) from one of their best players, along with the opponents being tough out-of-state competition, it is clear Scranton Prep can be the only logical conclusion to who wins the District 2 3A title.
Yeah John your right how can any
Local team compete with a team that uses athletes from all over district 2 region you are absolutely correct on your assumption of the District 2 AAA .
To be honest, Scranton, Preparatory Imports
AKA Cavaliers
Have some great talent for starters ,
QB McPartland -former school (Lakeland)
And don’t forget his brothers as well
Great athletes !!!
And who can forget multi athlete stand out
Mr. Prince himself proud product of
Carbondale area
The list goes on and that is every year for the Scranton Preparatory Imports ! Fact
Like how about Mr. stud himself
London Montgomery, former Prep athlete and stand out – former school Scranton, high school
Let’s not forget about Tae Weeks awesome athlete former school, Scranton, high school.
It’s kind of funny all of the schools where all of these athletes first learn the skills of football never get credit. It’s always the Imports of Scranton preparatory who take all the credit.
Or should I say Coach Terry Gallagher the alligator wrestler himself with his wild beard waving in the wind come November ;>
Nope, I won’t let that happen. I will let the public know. All of these athletes were nurtured and taught the fundamentals of football at their home schools and lovingly, supported by their home communities all from the Lackawanna County area with some stretch, stretching out to Susquehanna County and also Wayne County. Maybe one or two from Wyoming County .
Before the crane claw from PREP CAME DOWN TO SWOOP THEM AWAY !
For the most part in anybody’s football career, you just don’t learn it overnight. You have to learn it at a younger age and then you critique the style of play as you go along the way, but for the most part, it’s absolutely where you first learned the game on how good you become.
So to this, I will say best of luck
To the Berwick Bulldogs
“GO DAWGS “
And if they can’t get the job done ?
As sir, John says that they won’t
Let me reassure you that
Northwestern Lehigh will be eagerly awaiting to pounce on the imports what a wonderful thing that will be just like last year
When the preparatoryions got ultimately destroyed last year by Northwestern Lehigh
And to complete this, I will say I personally support any public school that can end the journey of a school that gets their talent from 5 to 10 other schools competing against public schools who use who they have in their boundaries of their school district
GO PUBLIC SCHOOLS GO !!!
Does anyone force those players to go there?????????????????? No they dont . Whine, whine,whine,whine
Oh boy, here we go again. ‘Tis the semi annual season of whining and crying. Like clock work. Wash rinse and repeat.
My point isn’t so much on the recruiting schemes done by Prep (because other teams do it to far less success). This is really more about Berwick using a ground-and-pound offense that was heavily utilized by Curry and his father from back when he coached the Bulldogs in their glory days. Modern offenses are simply more dynamic and can adapt to good runblockers via an efficient pass game (i.e., air raid), something that Berwick’s regular season schedule didn’t possess many of.
But don’t get me wrong: Prep will choke per usual and not get to a state ring. Their out-of-state games didn’t convince the general public that they held on with the opponents, and even if Prep wakes up in November, when the bill comes due against NWL and Avonworth they won’t get the chip.
I know what you mean about the different schemes that Berwick runs. It makes sense what you’re saying
I’m not trying to badger or be rude to Scranton Prep , I mean to be honest, I have family that have graduated from there with high honors and are successful and productive in life
I guess I just can’t get over the barrier of the athletics part of it
I know it’s beating an old drum but just the thought of taking athletes from different schools and putting them all together to make a great recipe for the season just doesn’t seem fair and a lot of people know what I’m talking about. It is what it is I suppose.
Maybe one day things will change. I highly doubt it though. I can’t wait until it does.
On a non-athletic topic though I think Prep is a great learning institutionto be honest with you.
I remember back when I was talking with my family when they were in school there they actually have memorial services for the unclaimed people who passed away in the area such as homeless people and or people without family. I think that’s so awesome and something that should be acknowledged.
To actually have a funeral service memorial for someone they don’t know just out of respect because they are a human being
That to me is outstanding and what God would want ,
Not only that but the food drives they do, especially at Thanksgiving time
And the other community outreach
And the things they learn at Kai Ross
A little getaway they go to good stuff .
I do apologize if I offended anybody by voicing my opinions I guess it’s just a the human side of me coming out .
Well anyways, God bless and have a good day
Back to back nights, Kottmeyer Stadium deserves a WOW, JUST WOW!!!!
KevinX, the Downingtowns must really be down this year. West lost to a mediocre 6-5 Perkiomen Valley and now OwenJ! OwenJ hasn’t beat good team all year and got pushed around and blown out by 4A Pope John Paul last week. East had to score in the last seconds to beat 6-5 SpringFord, who might have been the weakest Pac champ I have ever seen. The playoffs separate the Contenders from Pretenders. Looking forward to Shanahan/PJP next week which should be a great game
Don’t know about really down, but yeah, DTW down from a pretty dominant D1 6A champion team from last year. DTE pretty much, to me anyway, as predicted/advertised.
Thought about the BS/PJPII rematch in person Friday, but think going to stay closer to home Friday with a game that really should be played every year in the regular season, Soudy @ North Penn. What I am really looking forward to is the week after, most likely North Pocono coming down to our neck of the woods to face either Shanahan or PJPII. Guessing the game wouldn’t be at PJPII (if they win Friday) due to their grass field, but don’t know if Shanahan could host directly either with their stadium (stands on only one side).
Spring-Ford, seriously?? For 3 quarters you had me with both legs and one arm pulling myself onto your bandwagon. Then the 4th quarter and……you tossed me aside like ……..oh Hells Bells, never freaking mind.
Anyways……how were those District 11 games this evening?? I was otherwise preoccupied this evening.
totally agree, they went overly conservative in the 4th quarter
Anyone up for taking a shot at predicting all 12 finalists before the playoffs start, I know D2 Fan is game, anyone else want to go out on a limb?
6A – I think this bracket is pretty straightforward, expect PCC and Harrisburg to meet again in the western finals, and will face the winner of the LaSalle vs. SJP game in the final. I’ll take PCC vs. LaSalle in a rematch of the week 0 game I saw at the Wolvarena. I picked LaSalle last year too, so I probably jinxed them and SJP will make it again. I do think Easton will give LaSalle a game in the quarterfinals if they win D11 (I think they are better than Parkland), they have a better shot than the D1 winner in my opinion.
5A – I don’t see any team beating Roman in the east, and maybe not in the finals either. I expect Pine Richland to play Bishop McDevitt again in the western finals, McDevitt handled them pretty easily last year, I think that game will be very competitive but I’ll take PR to face Roman in the final, PR’s offense is significantly better this year with the additional of Khalil Taylor.
4A – everyone knows I’ve been high on McKeesport all year, they win their first WPIAL title in 20yrs and beat Twin Valley in the western finals and will take on Bonner Prendie in what should be a very good final.
3A – rematch from last year’s classic, Avonworth vs. NWL, expect another great game.
2A – as I stated in my WPIAL preview I don’t think the WPIAL winner will get to the final, I have liked Farrell all year, but Bishop McCort has been very impressive, I’ll still take Farrell to win the west. In the east I’ll take Troy to get there again, although it wouldn’t surprise me or anyone else if Southern Columbia beats them this year.
1A – last year Port Alleghany easily beat Fort Cherry in the west finals, and they are very good again this year. I think Clairton avenges last year’s loss and beats Ft. Cherry in the WPIAL final, then beats Port Alleghany the following week to get to CV, where they will play Bishop Guilfoyle again in the final, is the third time the charm for Clairton after losing twice to BG in the final last decade.
OK, I’ll bite and play along, to a certain degree. First, really don’t have too much difference from your predictions. I’ll add some of my own commentary, mostly speaking from the east point of view.
6A – Short of it, PCC/La Salle rematch.
The longer: I think we’ll know the 6A champion by 4p tomorrow. Sorry folks, if Prep wins, they win the ‘Chip again in CV. Amazing they loose to 4 national ranked teams and they get thrown under the bus and left for dead. Both/either La Salle or Prep will roll over both the D11 and D1 reps. It’s an annual tradition. This tradition continues this year.
5A – Short of it, Pine-Richland/Roman Catholic.
The longer: Nope
4A – Short of it, Wyomissing/Bonner.
The longer: Maybe the most wide open classification. Took a little bit of a flyer out west with Wyo, guest the chalk is Mckeesport/TV with a semi final match out west and with whole mix of teams in the east. I’m not writing off Wyo (unless there is some key injury(s) that I am not aware of or occur during the playoff run). I also want to stay in Ross Tucker’s good graces. Bonner?? I was a down on them when I saw them live for one half a month ago, but they showed some life again Roman last week. They are the reigning champs with a lot of really nice 4A teams in the east, but I’m not seeing any great teams in the east. Really up for grabs, which is cool, both in the east and west.
3A – Avon Grove/ NWL rematch.
The longer: Like 5A, Nope
2A and A – The short and long: I don’t follow the smaller classifications, so really no insight, opinion or frankly, interest. I’ll follow along, but that’s it. I’ll be rooting for Lansdale Catholic in 2A and Trail in A. If LC makes a run, I’ll jump on board.
I agree we’ll likely know the 6A winner by dinner time tomorrow, the winner of that game is obviously a big favorite to win the title. I also agree 4A is pretty wide open, and I think 2A is as well, as there are several teams that could win from both the east and west brackets.
*Obviously not Avon Grove in 3A, but I’m pretty sure you knew what I meant. I don’t know where that came from. Should have just said The Lopes!!!!
Looks like PJP will be playing in the Pac Liberty division next year. Got a look at partial version of their schedule and league games are vs the bigger schools. I know the Pac 10 has done this in other sports for two yr stretches but didnt think it was going to apply to football. Looking forward to the playoffs after the monsoon clears out of here today.
Hopefully this monsoon did clear out already, as I’m taking a chance and heading down to Kottmeyer tonight for S-F/DTE. As crazy as this may sound, thinking I might have better weather tonight (no rain/warm-ish) vs tomorrow night with it being colder and windy. Not sure if a game up on the ridge at Pennridge is good idea for tomorrow. Ridley/Soudy might be more prudent.
Irish, who is moving down? It would be either Norristown or Methacton. I’m thinking Methacton since they are 5A Not sure how I feel about this move. PJP already plays Rustin-5A power, Shawnee-NJ 6A playoff team and Shanahan out of conference, now add Perkiomen Valley, Spring Ford and Owen J Roberts, all Big 6A schools, that’s tough sledding for a small 4A school, injuries could derail the season. I know they did this for basketball but I have no idea if the small schools or large schools were the driving force behind the move up. I can’t imagine that Perkiomen Valley or SpringFord wanted this. If PJP was in the Liberty Division this year, there’s a good chance that PV and Spring Ford don’t make the D1 Playoffs this year losing to a 4a Squad. District 3 has Twin Valley moving up next year to play more 5a schools, the lopsided scores playing 4A teams prompted the move. Wondering if Wyomissing is moving back to 3A next year. TV and Exeter will meet in a crossover game next year.
Foleman, looks like Norristown is moving down, Methacton is on PJPs schedule. I believe it’s the league that is pushing this ,I doubt PJP has any say in it. In the other sports they supposedly revaluate it every two yrs based on the results. I don’t think it’s that great an idea either on a long term basis for football. Pjp can definitely compete and win right now in that division but your right with the ches mont crossover games it can get to the point where a 4 a school can be over scheduled long term. Keep in mind the pac 10 is the same league that did not have any PJP players on their all star game rosters a few yrs back when PJP won the title so I’m sure they don’t care if PJPs schedule gets too tough. I think Shawnee NJ may be off next yrs schedule.
So the assumption would be that PJP’s success got them moved up? You have a Frontier division that correct me if I’m wrong are all 5A except ONE and that ONE is the team to have to go up against 6As? Sounded like an easy way for the Pottsgroves and the Phoenixvilles to get them out of the way by assuming it was a vote of some kind? Can’t beat them so get rid of them and score another easy win in Norristown??? Sad if that’s the case
Mike D, they will dress it up by saying they use this formula in all sports and different teams have been moved up or down and thats true but PJP was moved up in basketball as well and Phoenixville had similar success during the same time period The league is a great fit for PJP with all the schools being so close and the natural rivalries and Pjp should be able to compete well in the liberty the next few seasons the main concern would be Spring Ford and Perk valley long term with rosters of 90 plus many years and PJP typically around 60 including freshmen.
Who exactly runs the Pac 10?……is it reps from each school?
Mike D, The athletic Directors from each school run the league sports programs
1A Bracket
D4 (Prediction: Line Mtn over Montgomery)
– LM BYE
– #2 Monty over #3 Muncy 34-20
D-1/3/12 (Prediction: Belmont over York Cath)
– BC BYE
– YC & Delone BYE
– D1 Champ: M’ville over J’town 35-16
D6 (Prediction: Guilfoyle over Juniata Valley)
– #1 Guilfoyle over #8 Purchase Line 56-0
– #4 Homer-Center over #5 Moshannon Valley 33-13
– #2 Juniata Valley over #7 N. Cambria 33-7
– #3 Claysburg-Kimmel over #6 Glendale 28-7
D5/8 (Prediction: Westy over Meyersdale)
– Westinghouse BYE
– #1 Meyersdale over #4 NoBedCo 44-16
– #3 Windber over Conemaugh Twp. 31-7
WPIAL (Prediction: Clairton over Fort Cherry)
– #1 Fort Cherry over #16 Avella 37-7
– #8 Leechburg over #9 Neshannock 27-24
– #4 Laurel over #13 Jeff-Morgan 33-9
– #5 South Side over #12 Chartiers-Houston 24-7
– #2 Clairton over #15 Monessen 56-0
– #10 Jeannette over #7 Bentworth 29-19
– #3 Canevin over #14 Greensburg CC 44-14
– #6 California over #11 Frazier 38-7
D10 (Prediction: Wilmington over Greenville)
– Wilmy, Greenville, & Reynolds BYE
– #4 Cambridge Springs over #5 Cochranton 23-9
D9 (Prediction: Port Allegany over Union/A-C)
– Port A BYE
– #5 Keystone over #4 Kane 24-14
– #2 Union/A-CV over #7 Cameron Co. 49-0
– #3 Redbank Valley over #6 Ridgway-J’burg 46-8
2A
Solo
– D1 Champ: #1 Bristol over #2 NH-Solebury 56-0
– D12 Champ: Lansdale Catholic over Audenried 55-14
D11 (Prediction: Schuylkill Haven over Williams Valley)
– #1 Schuylkill Haven over #8 Catty 56-0
– #5 Palisades over #4 No. Lehigh 22-16
– #2 Williams Valley over #7 Executive 38-10
– #3 Minersville over #6 Pen Argyl 41-13
D3 (Prediction: Steel-High over Lancaster Cath)
– #1 Steel-High over #4 Columbia 56-0
– #3 Lancaster Catholic over #2 Halifax 55-14
D5 (Prediction: Berlin over Tussey Mtn.)
– #1 Tussey Mtn. over #4 Chestnut Ridge 34-17
– #2 Berlin over #3 Everett 42-6
D4 (Prediction: Southern Columbia over Troy)
– #1 Southern Columbia over #8 Cowanesque 70-0
– #4 Bloomsburg over #5 Loyalsock 28-24
– #2 Warrior Run over #7 South Billtown 45-14
– #3 Troy over #6 Wellsboro 49-0
D8/9 (Prediction: Karns City over Central Clarion)
– Gremlins BYE
– #2 Central Clarion over #3 Perry 66-0
D10 (Prediction: Farrell over Mercyhurst)
– #1 Farrell over #4 Eisenhower 55-13
– #2 Mercyhurst over #3 Seneca 34-13
D6 (Prediction: Richland over McCort)
– #1 McCort over #8 Bald Eagle 49-0
– #4 Cambria Heights over #5 Marion Center 43-14
– #2 Richland over #7 United Valley 45-7
– #3 River Valley over #6 Bellwood-Antis 34-12
WPIAL (Prediction: Seton over Steel Valley)
– Seton, Western Beaver, & Steel Valley BYE
– #8 Mohawk over #9 OLSH 28-22
– #4 South Allegheny over #13 Waynesburg 31-15
– #5 Washington over #12 Beaver Falls 34-14
– #10 Riverside over #7 Apollo-Ridge 24-10
– #6 Lincoln over #11 Keystone Oaks 33-13
3A & 4A to come tonight & 5A/6A to come tomorrow.
Some games have already been played, so keep that in mind. I made these on Tuesday Night.
5A
D6/8/9/10 (Prediction: Hollidaysburg over DuBois)
– #1 Hollidaysburg over #4 Allderdice 45-0
– #2 DuBois over #3 Mifflin County 45-0
D12
– PCL: #1 Roman over #2 All Rise 41-0
D11 (Prediction: Whitehall over PM East)
– #1 Whitehall over #4 ES South 41-0
– #2 PM East over #3 Pleasant Valley 29-1
D1 (Prediction: Chester over Delco)
– #1 Delco over #16 Upper Dublin 45-13
– #8 Penncrest over #9 East 31-24
– #4 Strath over #13 Upper Moreland 49-7
– #5 Wissahickon over #12 U’ville 31-13
– #2 Chester over #15 Marple-Newtown 40-14
– #7 Garnet Valley over #10 Upper Perk 49-13
– #3 Rustin over #14 Henderson 38-10
– #6 Kennett over #11 Oxford 29-11
WPIAL (Prediction: P-R over Peters)
– Pine-Richland, Peters, Woody, & P-T BYE
– #8 Shaler over #9 Kiski Area 33-20
– #5 Moon over #12 Armstrong 21-10
– #7 Bethel Park over #10 North Hills 38-7
– #6 USC over #11 Plum 21-13
D3 (Prediction: McDevitt over New Oxford)
– New Oxford, McDevitt, Conestoga Valley, & Solanco BYE
– #9 Muhlenberg over #8 Spring Grove 31-28
– #5 Warwick over #12 Ship 24-10
– #7 Exeter over #10 Lower Dauphin 31-14
– #6 Mechanicsburg over #11 Red Land 28-14
6A
D6/10: BYE
WPIAL: BYE
D3 (Prediction: Harrisburg over Central York)
– CY, H’burg, Manheim Twp., Wilson, William Penn, & Hempfield BYE
– #8 Cedar Cliff over #9 Cedar Crest 45-14
– #7 Cumb. Valley over #10 Central Dauphin 29-14
D11 (Prediction: Parkland over Easton)
– #1 Easton over #8 Emmaus 34-14
– #4 Liberty over #5 Freedom 34-24
– #2 Parkland over #7 Stroudsburg 49-7
– #3 Nazareth over #6 N’hampton 41-0
D1 (Prediction: Pennridge over D’Town West)
– #1 Pennridge over #16 P-W 45-8
– #8 D’Town East over #9 Spring-Ford 34-14
– #4 Coatesville over #13 Perk Valley 35-21
– #12 Haverford over #5 CR South 24-18
– #2 North Penn over #15 Boyertown 56-7
– #10 Ridley over #7 Souderton 27-20
– #3 D’Town West over #14 OJR 40-12
– #6 CB West over #11 Neshaminy 30-16
PPL Playoffs & Extras
– MCN over Frankford 34-14
– Overbrook over Simon Gratz 45-0
– Palumbo over Boys Latin 37-14
– Northeast over Lincoln 24-14
– Imhotep over Bartram 63-6
– Hill over Blair 21-14
– Episcopal over Germantown 34-14
– Haverford over SCHA 28-19
– Malvern over WPC 28-14
– Kiski over Linsly (WV) 30-14
– Bel Air (West Philly) over Collinswood (NJ) 27-10
3A
D4 (Prediction: Mifflinburg over Montoursville)
– #1 Mifflinburg over #4 Danville 35-15
– #2 Montoursville over #3 MCA 31-16
D11 (Prediction: NW Lehigh over NDGP)
– #1 NDGP over #8 Salisbury 46-6
– #4 Saucon over #5 Tamaqua 23-19
– #2 NW Lehigh over #7 Palmerton 45-14
– #3 North Schuylkill over #6 Panther Valley 56-0
D12 Final: Conwell-Egan over N-G 34-24
D3 (Prediction: Berks Catholic over Trinity)
– #1 Berks Catholic & Annville-Cleona BYE
– #4 Bermudian over #5 Big Spring 37-13
– #3 Trinity over #6 Schuylkill Valley 35-0
WPIAL (Prediction: Avonworth over Imani)
– Avonworth, Imani, Central Valley, & Eliz. Forward BYE
– #8 Freeport over #9 Valley 30-13
– #5 North Catholic over Burrell 45-15
– #7 S’more over #10 Hopewell 31-21
– #6 Highlands over #11 Derry 44-24
D9 BYE
D6 (Prediction: Penn Cambria & over Huntingdon)
– #1 Penn Cambria over #4 Forest Hills 44-20
– #2 Huntingdon over #3 Tyrone 24-18
D10 (Prediction: Hickory over Sharon)
– #1 Hickory over #8 Girard 42-7
– #4 Ft. LeBoeuf over #5 Corry 34-18
– #2 Sharon over #7 CASH 45-14
– #3 Grove City over #6 North East 39-9
4A
D1 (Prediction: PJP over Shanahan)
– #1 PJP over #4 Montco 56-0
– #2 Shanahan over #3 I’boro 49-7
D12 (Prediction: Bonner over O’Hara)
– #1 O’Hara over #4 Arch. Ryan 45-14
– #2 Bonner over #3 Arch. Wood 40-14
D11 (Prediction: Southern Lehigh over Becahi)
– #1 Solehi over #8 Bangor 49-0
– #4 Blue Mountain over #5 Lehighton 31-14
– #2 Becahi over #7 Pottsville 34-7
– #3 ACC over #6 Jim Thorpe 47-7
D6 (Prediction: Juniata over Bellefonte)
– Juniata BYE
– #2 Bellefonte over #3 Greater J’town 24-7
D4 (Prediction: Shamokin over Shore)
– #1 Shamokin over #4 Shik 38-7
– #2 Shore over #3 Athens 35-7
D3 (Prediction: Susq. Twp. over Twin Valley)
– Susq. Twp., West York, Twin Valley, Wyo, L-S, & West Perry BYE
– #8 Kennard-Dale over #9 ELCO 23-20
– #7 Eastern York over #10 Middletown 34-7
D10 Final: BYE
D8/9 (Prediction: Punxsy over Clearfield)
– Punxsy BYE
– #2 Clearfield over #3 USO 55-14
WPIAL (Prediction: McKeesport over New Castle)
– #1 McKeesport over #8 Chartiers Valley 45-0
– #4 TJ over #5 Mars 32-18
– #2 Trinity over #7 Quip 31-21
– #3 New Castle over #6 Montour 30-13
WPIAL small school playoff outlook
#3A – top 4 seeds have byes, #1 Avonworth, #2 Imani, #3 Central Valley, #4 Elizabeth Forward and will host home games in the quarterfinals. Mild surprise 6-4 CV got the #3 seed over 9-1 EF, but CV did play a much tougher schedule, including several 4A teams, and they have much better recent history than EF, having made the wpial final last year and won 3 straight wpial titles from 2019-2021, I think the committee also wanted to put CV on the other side of the bracket from Avonworth since they are in the same conference, and that was the title game matchup last year. Top 4 seeds likely advance, although I think #5 North Catholic will give #4 EF a battle, and #6 Highlands could upset #3 Central Valley. I and everyone else expect an Avonworth vs. Imani final, they played in the semi’s last year with Avonworth winning 14-6, I think they beat Imani in the final, then beat D10 Hickory in western finals to get to CV.
2A – most wide open class in the wpial and also the class least likely to get to CV for the final, whoever wins will be a decided underdog to either Farrell or Bishop McCort in the western finals, expect those 2 to play in the quarterfinals for the right to play the WPIAL winner the following week.
Top 3 seeds have byes and host quarterfinal games next week, #1 Seton LaSalle, #2 Western Beaver, #3 Steel Valley. South Allegheny was on track for #1 seed and a bye until they lost by 3 scores at home to Steel Valley last week, they drop to #4 and are seeded to play #5 Washington in the quarterfinals. Mohawk is a dangerous # 8 seed, they have won 3 in a row including a 3 TD victory over at the time 8-0 Western Beaver, they could throw a scare into Seton LaSalle if they beat OLSH in the first round, and #7 Apollo Ridge might give Western Beaver a run in the quarters, they did beat Steel Valley earlier this month. There are several teams who could win, when all is said and done I think Seton LaSalle will play Steel Valley in the final, SV was preseason #1 and has 3 losses, but if last week’s victory over SA is any indication they are rounding into form at the right time.
1A – full 16 team bracket, only one in the WPIAL, Ft Cherry and Clairton are on a whole different level than any other WPIAL 1A team, would be a huge upset if they don’t meet in the final again, and expect that game to be every bit as competitive and compelling as last years game which was fantastic, I picked Clairton last year, and I’m picking them again this year. Winner of that game almost certainly plays Port Allegheny and all state RB Aiden Bliss in western finals.
D2 Playoff Picks. Will split the state picks tomorrow into separate posts for small, mid, & large, along with my sleepers & finals predictions.
6A (Prediction: WBA over Williamsport)
– #1 WBA over #4 Hazleton 31-7
– #2 Billtown over #3 Scranton 35-10
5A (Prediction: Abington Heights over DV)
– #1 Abington Heights over WVW 45-0
– #3 DV over #2 Pittston 41-21
4A (Prediction: North Pocono over Valley View)
– #1 North Pocono over #4 Crestwood 31-17
– #2 Valley View over #3 Dallas 26-13
3A (Prediction: Berwick over Scranton Prep)
– #1 Berwick over #4 Hanover Area 42-16
– #2 Scranton Prep over #3 Wyo Area 22-16
2A (Prediction: Riverside over Lakeland)
– #1 Lakeland over #4 Redeemer 52-0
– #2 Riverside over #3 Dunmore 20-17
1A (Prediction: Trail over Tri-Valley)
– #1 Trail over #4 Nativity 38-7
– #3 Tri-Valley over #2 Marian 27-20
EC
– 6A/5A: Gov. Mifflin over PMW 31-10
– 4A: Paupack over Honesdale 28-17
– 3A: Mid Valley over C’dale 41-12
– 1A: UDA over Holy Cross 38-14
I know at least a few of you appreciate my WPIAL input, so thought I’d post a playoff preview, the theme in the WPIAL is chalk and rematches from previous years.
6A – no games this week, then semi-finals next week, higher seeds have home field
#1 PCC vs. #4 Canon Mac
#2 NA vs. #3 Norwin
The only question is whether PCC will play NA for the title for the fourth year in a row, or will Norwin crash the party. Norwin led most of the regular season game against NA before NA scored a late TD to win 20-17, they seem to be in freefall the last 2 weeks, so the week off may help, but I would not be surprised at all if Norwin beats them next week, doesn’t particularly matter because PCC will handle whoever wins that game in the final.
5A – top 4 teams have byes, then host quarterfinal games next week, seeds are PR #1, Peters #2, Woody #3, and Penn Trafford #4.
In the quarterfinals #6 USC vs. Woody should be a very competitive game that could go either way, same with Penn Trafford vs. #5 Moon, that would be a rematch of a regular season game won by PT 25-24, Moon led 24-13 midway through the fourth quarter until PT scored 2 TDs to pull out the win, which is why they will have home field advantage in this game. I think the USC/Woody winner will challenge Peters in the semi-finals, and PR will handle the Moon/PT winner, they won’t be able to keep up with PR’s offense. Hard not to predict Peters vs. PR for the third year in a row and the rubber match, they have clearly been the 2 best teams all year, Peters is pretty banged up and their QB did not play last week against Bethel, so the week off will definitely help them, I like PR to be the first WPIAL 5A team to repeat as champs
4A no byes, all play this week, higher seed has home field
#1 McKeesport vs. #8 Chartiers Valley
#4 TJ vs. #5 Mars
#2 Trinity vs. #7 Aliquippa
#3 New Castle vs. #6 Montour
We know there won’t be a rematch in the finals in this class, as TJ would play McKeesport in the semi’s if they beat Mars, which should be a very competitive game. TJ has had McKeesport’s number in recent years, but I think the Port avenges their early season loss and Kemon Spell has a big day, he was injured on the first series in the earlier game and did not return, and TJ scored 2 TDs in the last minute of the game to win 16-7. On the other side of the bracket New Castle beat Montour 34-13 earlier this month, this game will be a lot closer and I like Montour to win, and also beat the winner of the Quips/Trinity game to advance to the final to play McKeesport. I would be shocked if anyone beats McKeesport, they are firing on all cylinders and I expect they will be playing the D3 winner in 4 weeks for the right to go to CV.
I’ll run down the lower classes in a separate post.
“I would be shocked if anyone beats McKeesport, they are firing on all cylinders and I expect they will be playing the D3 winner in 4 weeks for the right to go to CV.”
I hope you are right LOL!
D2’s Best Path to Chapman (it’s not as good for them this year)
1. 3A: It’s kind of a tie between 1A & 3A for me. I’ll give the advantage to 3A because it’s down this year in the East outside of NWL, which they’d face in the Elite 8, if all works out. Not an easy task, but it’s more doable than 1A, since they should get past the D4 champ. I’ll explain why below. By the luck that the trio upsets NWL, then it’s the D3 or D12 champ, which is easier. They have enough to beat Berks, Trinity, the PCL 3A team, or whoever it is there. The path is more favorable beyond the roadblock.
2. 1A: Trail is always going to be a threat. The biggest road blocks will be Westy or BG, but I think Trail can challenge both enough to make it a game. Winning it won’t be easy. I don’t know how Trail would match against them, so I have odds lower. My reasoning on 3A over 1A is that Line Mountain might be a problem. It’s winnable enough for Trail, but a trap at the same time. If they get past them, then it’ll be a straightforward path to the Semis against those two. It’s more the opponents than the path that puts it at #2.
3. 2A: You basically have to go past Lansdale Catholic, the D11 champ, & likely Southern. Odds aren’t great, but Lakeland, Riverside, & maybe Dunmore can challenge & win one round. If any of them can replicate the run last year’s rep yar, we’ll potentially have at least an East final appearance again. It’s more challenging this year compared to last year’s Riverside team.
4. 4A: North Pocono, assuming they win it all, might not be ready to challenge the trio or B-P, PJP/Shanahan, & Solehi (add Juniata & Shamokin as wild cards). If the team had another year of experience, I’d say maybe at least a round win. The path just isn’t favorable enough. I have them over 5A, as 4A reps tend to do much better in states than the other school classes.
5. 5A: Prohably the most difficult to grade, but it’s lower. Abington Heights & DV could win a state playoff game, but not Pittston. The Pats aren’t experienced enough to get to that level compared to the other two. They won or played in 5A games in the past. Any of the three have to face Hollidaysburg, which will be tough. Then you got to face Roman, then get past D1. Those are harder to beat. Odds are low.
6. 6A: Do you trust WBA or Billtown getting past State High? I don’t. Even if they get past, it’s PCC/NA & Harrisburg, CY, Wilson, or Manheim Twp. Good luck!
@D2 Fan – Westinghouse is down this year compared to the last few years, and I don’t expect them to do much in the state tournament, if they get to the Guilfoyle game in the quarterfinals I think BG beats them handily, I could definitely see a Trail vs. BG game in the eastern finals, but like you said they have to get past Line Mountain first.
You can’t compare based on that. That’s size based not quality based. NW and ND had 3 common opponents: Wilson, Northern Lehigh, and North Schuylkill and both beat all three. ND played a 5A school NW didn’t. NDs OWP was the difference between 1 and 2 seeds.
Notre dame getting the number one seed in 3a is comical. I guess beating 2a schools with better records is better than beating 3a and 4a schools. Blue mountain, southern lehigh, pottsville, lehighton all 4a schools that none of them notre dame plays and they get the number 1 seed. It makes no sense whatsoever.
JC District 3 4A seedings are just as bad. #3 Twin Valley, some publications rank them #1 in the State, They will meet #2 seeded West York in the semi’s, I predict a mercy rule in that game by TV. #4 Wyomissing is in the same bracket as #1 Susquehanna Township, expect a Wyo win by 2-3 touchdowns if not more.
I think luckily in district 3 it plays out that the two best teams meet in the finals. In district 11 3a clearly notre dame should be the number 2 seed and play north Schuylkill in the semi finals. Nw lehigh is going to be the district 11 champs, but for a team like north Schuylkill it probably means 1 less game in the season because there now meeting nw lehigh in the semis.
Not saying NWL doesn’t deserve the #1 seed. But the schools you list as 4A all lost to smaller Schools that where 3A or 2A. Teams can only play who are on their schedules. Notre Dame also played a 5A Graden Spot team that was 6-4 this year as a non-Conference game.
There a triple a school playing a double aa schedule
You can’t compare based on that. That’s size based not quality based. NW and ND had 3 common opponents: Wilson, Northern Lehigh, and North Schuylkill and both beat all three. ND played a 5A school NW didn’t. NDs OWP was the difference between 1 and 2 seeds.
So your using a win against pottsville as less of a win because they are 3-7 and a 4a school with losses to shamokin, southern lehigh, north schuylkill , nw lehigh. Or your using a win against blue mountain against them with losses to nw lehigh, southern lehigh And north schuylkill but you consider notre dames win against northern lehigh more impressive and meaning more because they played a weak 2a schedule with there biggest win against lehighton? The bottom line is notre dame should be losing to north schuylkill in the semifinals not being mercy ruled in the finals to nw lehigh
Overall, Jc is the insane one for sure. But in this case he’s right haha. Notre Dame getting the 1 seed over Northwestern just shows that system’s flawed. They’ll meet in the final barring a Wally. Hall. Masterclass. Upset. Give me the Spartans +14.5
Your insane
Blue mountain lost to the numer 1 aa team in the state in the last seconds of the game, pottsville doesn’t play a 2a school, southern lehigh was undefeated, garden spot was 5-5.
As a thought experiment, here’s how all non-boundary brackets could look this year:
Large: La Salle vs. Imhotep/Ryan, St. Joe’s vs. Roman, Central Catholic (Pitt) vs. Bonner/O’Hara, McDevitt vs. PJP II
Medium: Notre Dame vs. Neumann-Goretti/ACCHS, Lansdale Cath vs. Bethlehem Cath, North Cath vs. Trinity/Scranton Prep, Seton LaSalle vs. Berks Cath
Small: Belmont vs. York Cath/Nativity, Marian vs. Executive, Imani vs. Canevin/Mercyhurst, McCort vs. Guilfoyle
Better than blowing out random publics? Worse? I guess I’ll let you all decide.
Not bad although I would flip Imani and Seton LaSalle, as Imani is in 3A and Seton in 2A. McCort blew out BG last week, so would be nice to avoid a rematch in the first round.
Happy participation trophy week everybody!!!!
This made me laugh. So right. We have an 0-10 and multiple 2-3 win teams in dist 11 playoffs. Those game will be over after the first qtr. I guess the top seeds can play their starters a qtr and a half to stay sharp and then rest them. But makes for a bunch of 42-0 or 56-7 playoff games.
PIAA is to blame for that happening. They diluted the playoffs by expanding to 6 classes. Winless teams should not be allowed in playoffs.
Stop blaming the PIAA and 6 classes. This is a district issue. These are district playoffs. The PIAA is not requiring these teams to play in the playoffs or accept all of these sub .500 teams. The PIAA playoffs don’t kick in until the round of 16 and inter district playoff games. Other districts, most notably D3 and D7, limit their post season participants and give top teams byes. This does comes with its own issues. This weekend is nothing more than a shameless money grab for most districts. Many possible solutions, the simplest is to mandate an 11 week regular season, and 5 weeks of playoffs instead of the current 10 and 6. Simply eliminate the first week of the playoff (this week), with four exceptions (and this would/could change every 2 year cycle based on enrollment figs), D1 6A, D1 5A, D3 5A and D7 1A, who would be eligible for a 16 team bracket, beginning week 11, only if those bracket have a full compliment of 16 teams if there are teams at .500 or above. I may also add to all of this that any team with a sub .500 is ineligible for district and state playoffs. Feel free to expand the EC or schedule contingency or Thanksgiving games if you feel the need to play more than 11 games (the new regular season option).
In D2, we have 1-9 teams in 5A & 6A playoffs. Gonna be a lot of blowouts this week, but at least D2 has mostly competitive games in this one.
For the final time involving 37 teams in the district & its friends for ‘25, it’s time for D2 Notes
Thanks to JCo for helping out with informing me on the PPL info, as well.
Highlights
– North Pocono/Prep: Running the table was not going to be easy knowing Scranton Prep was there at the end. It was a thriller that ended in a 24-21 victory for the Trojans. It was a back & forth game, but it was West & Zimmerman who made the difference on both sides of the football (West on defense) to seal the victory. Both will be in the playoffs against WVC teams.
– Pittston/Wyo Area: What looked to be a Pittston win heading into the half, led to 28 unanswered by the Green & Gold to have Wyoming Area win 41-22 over Pittston. That means Abington Heights steals the 1-seed with their win over Hazleton.
– Honesdale/West: This had a lot of firepower & points. The star of the show was Gabe Duda, who channeled his inner Ty’Meere & rushed for 384 yards in a 41-40 win over West Side, locking up their 4A EC bid & WVW’s spot in 5A respectively.
– Everyone won but one: Susquehanna took Holy Cross out of the EC running by winning their only game at the right time, rallying past Holy Cross 21-20.
Other Games
– Francisco Roman scored 3 TD & had a two point conversion in a 20-14 homecoming spoiling win over Old Forge.
– Paupack’s upset bid comes up empty, as VV’s defense & running game solidified the Cougars path to districts & the Buckhorns path to EC.
– Williamsport held off Wilkes-Barre to get a 28-21 win over the Pack, all thanks to a goal line fumble.
Who’s EC Bound?
– We got a rivalry in the marquee game of the D2 bunch: Wallenpaupack vs. Honesdale in the 4A game. A rematch of Week 3 & one of the most underrated rivalries in NEPA. You rarely get this in the playoffs, regardless of sport. Maybe once every few years, if we’re lucky. Plus, it’s Thursday Night football. Probably because of Halloween festivities in Hawley.
– In 3A, we have the #5 & #6. Carbondale hosts Mid Valley. These two haven’t played in a few years, so that’s cool to see. Sparty would have to be the favorite.
– In the small school division, we have. Holy Cross opted for EC rather than districts & it backfired. I believe it’s North Penn-Mansfield & Upper Dauphin.
– I’m assuming Pocono Mountain West & Governor Mifflin qualifying for the big school game.
Can’t wait to discuss playoffs, as we have some very interesting games now with 4-team brackets all throughout D2.
Update: Holy Cross will play in the small school EC, as NP Mansfield has opted out. The final standings were posted after I submitted. UDA should be a heavy favorite there.
I hope no one shows up to play avonworth or nw lehigh since you goofs already have them penciled in for a state title game.
If you ready my posts you would have noticed I said Imani will challenge Avonworth in the wpial final but I think Avonworth will wear them down in the second half and win, it would not be a big surprise if Imani beats them, they are legit, but I don’t think Avonworth will face much of a challenge before the wpial final. Just the opinion of someone who’s followed the WPIAL for 50+ years and saw Avonworth in person this year destroy a decent Hopewell team.
@Jc at least it’s in pencil and not pen, right? lol
I don’t think there is anything wrong in saying they are the favorites to get there but obviously anything can happen and its why you play the game.
If you were predicting the 3A final, who would you have? ND has a cake walk to D11 final which helps them. D3 will be BC or AC, D12 is probably NG, then you have either Berwick or SP and Mifflingburg. Out west its probably Avonworth, Imani or Hickory.
I think if Bangor had a couple less kids in there school and won just one or two more games they would have given nw lehigh fits in the first round if it was played at Bangor and nw lehigh played there junior high team. I don’t think they should have a district or state tournament, just have the people on here choose. One or two injuries can change anything. Let them play and sssshhh enjoy the ride. Of course your coach seems like Vince Lombardi when your winning every game, but I don’t need to hear about your man crush on him
Last night’s Coal Bucket game is why I always say it’s one of the best, if not the best rivalry in the state. MCA came into the game at Shamokin with a mediocre 5-4 record and at least 3 key starters out due to injury. Shamokin was looking to cap off their second straight perfect 10-0 regular season. They are ranked high in 4A and expected to make a deep run in the playoffs. Nobody including myself gave MCA much of a chance but like they say, throw the records out the window for this one.
MCA was ahead 14-7 at the half and was surprisingly controlling the ball on offense most of the game. With about 5 mins left in the 3rd q MCA QB threw a TD pass to the TE and went up 21-7. 2 plays later, Shamokin QB Steele takes off for a 74 yd TD run down the sideline. 4 mins left on the game and MCA driving, Steele makes a fantastic play to pick off a pass from a fake run out of the wildcat formation. From their own 35 and 1 time out left the Indians put on a drive with Steele taking it in the end zone with 58 seconds left. Down 21-20 they decide to go for 2 and the win…. And the run by Steele gets stuffed! All MCA needed to do was fall on the onside kick for the upset W… Except Shamokin somehow recovers it! Then with 16 seconds left #21 scores on a short run to put Shamokin ahead for good. A heart breaker for MCA but what a game! MCA looked much better the last few games since changing their offense back but Steele was the difference in this one. Great game for the PCN game of the week and an instant classic. If there is a better rivalry in PA, I’d love to see it.
There was illegal contact on the onside kick. Kimsal got hammered right before Steele caught the onside kick. Clear as day.
Ref didn’t have the nuts to make the call standing on the Shamokin sideline. Pathetic. Shouldn’t have come down to that anyways but refs are being paid to call the game correctly.
In my opinion this is the best game I have seen Darrah coach since they upset SCA when Marshalek had to step in as a Freshman. He may have saved his job, a win against Montoursville this week could very well solidify that.
Coaching was definitely better and I hate being an armchair quarterback, but I do question the logic on the WR passing out of the wildcat. MCA ran the wildcat to perfection a few times during the game with the Indians not really having an answer. They knew it was coming and couldn’t stop it. On 3rd and 3 they pass out of the cat? Why? I would’ve lined up the wildcat 2 plays in a row and pick up a first down. MCA could’ve run at least 2 more minutes off the clock as Shamokin only had one time out remaining. Even if they had to punt considering where they were on the field, probably would’ve buried the Indians inside the 10 with under 2 minutes and no time outs. JMO
I would have kept running the ball too but honestly didn’t think it was a terrible call. Probably should have considered their best player is at safety though.
I didn’t want to sound like a whiner but agree 100%. He got hammered before the ball traveled 10 yds. I also thought the clock operator was taking his good old time then with under a minute and Shamokin with no time outs but it is what it is. Both teams played a great game.
Darrah had a good game plan coming in and they executed about as good as they could have. Not sure what they changed on defense but this past week was night and day compared with the first half of the season. If they play like that this week, they definitely have a shot against Montoursville.
100% agree with everything you said. I remember in 2014-2015 they won that crazy OT game at Shamokin…when another Karycki was the running back.
The next week they came out so flat against Loyalsock and got run all over the field at home in the playoffs. I hope that this is not the case this year. I think this team is a little different but I guess we won’t know until Friday @ 7.
Pope John Paul 27-Paper Tigers-(Owen J Roberts) 7 The game wasn’t that close, PJP could have easily scored a few more touchdowns if not for penalties and mistakes in the red zone. 2nd week in a row I watched Owen J and they are a team that just can’t beat a decent team. Every year they start out 4-0 playing out of conference low level teams, then they beat the bottom dweller 6A Pac teams and just about every year they lose to PV or Springford. I am still looking for those 2 Div 1 players Owen J supposedly has. I know they are both Juniors but I don’t see either of them as having Division 1 talent. Not going out on a limb here but I see the 6A PAC schools going 0-4 next week in the District 1 Playoffs.
Foleman……so many of these players today are recruited just as much if not more based on summer camps and junior days at the big time schools as they are based on their high school seasons. The few times I’ve seen Owen J they are very vanilla on offense and not very physical up front . Upper Perk but doubled up SF in yardage for the game and turned the ball over near the goal line twice ,tough loss for them.
Foleman…..I..agree with you on OJ , I know PJP has some injuries and got a few more last night but they looked to be back to playing better, wondering if the QB will be able to play in the playoffs. He is only a sophomore I’m not sure if he was on last yrs roster..Pjp has some talented sophomores both up front and in the backfield
NWL TOOK IT TO SL!
Not at any point did SL control the trenches.
NWL is peaking and coming into form at the same time as past yrs
Very good game plan. Coaching is very impressive to see. They had the answers from the start!
NWL is as good as last year if not better balance offense!
Defense is fire!
New Tripoli is a great stop to see HS football
Score NWL 29 SL 14
@CW NW definitely controlled the game throughout, a couple scores late by SL made it closer than it was, 36-28. It was a great night for us, the passing game showed up tonight. If you take away Humles 64 yard TD run though, we only had about 60 yards rushing. I was impressed with how both defensive lines really slowed down great running games. You even saw NW go to a 4 man front which isn’t our base and it was a problem like the NS game when we tried it. Sams is a great passer for SL, scrambled to buy more time and find open receivers down field.
Leh looked great, Lagowy is a weapon, Humles is a beast on defense and Zimmerman flies all over on both sides of the ball. Most impressive is the 4 new starters on the offensive line from last with 3 sophomores starting.
After that game, I’d put my money on a NW Avonworth rematch. I don’t think NS or ND will have anything for us across all 48 minutes of a game.
I said on here 6 weeks ago after Avonworth dominated TJ that those 2 were headed for a rematch in the state final and nothing I have seen since has changed. I agree NWL will handle either ND or NS in districts Avonworth might be challenged by Imani in the wpial final but I like their chances.
Yeah, NWL just took it to the top team in 4A in the state. The score ended close (a few late TDS for SL) but for three qtrs they dominated SL. Impressive coaching staff they have.
Southern Lehigh might have been ranked #1 in the state in 4a prior to last night but I never thought they were the best I would be surprised if they get to CV for the final. With that being said I agree it was an impressive win for NWL last night
This is it. A lot of playoff implication games on Week 10. I’ll feature them all, except for the Holy Cross & Hanover Area games (but will still make a pick for it)
And before I get started: What PPL teams are playing first round games? I know they don’t play a full 10-game schedule like normal and are in playoff mode already.
– North Pocono vs. Scranton Prep (LFC 1): This is going to be a great prep game for the playoffs on both sides. Both are safely in the playoffs, but Prep can’t afford to lose, as they could face Berwick in the first round of districts. I’ll take North Pocono to run the table. They beat DV, VV, & Abington. They can take care of the core four.
– Mid Valley vs. Lakeland (LFC 2): This game will be a sneaky one to watch in the mid school division, as it’s for the division. I’ll take Lakeland here, as they lock up LFC 2 & home field in 2A, but don’t be surprised if Mid Valley is in play for an upset.
– Lackawanna Trail vs. Riverside (LFC 3): These two are looking to both be the #1 seed in their respective brackets. One has it. One needs a bit of help. Trail will be the lone 9-1 team in LFC 3 & take the crown.
– Lake-Lehman vs. Dallas (WVC 1): The Old Shoe game has implications, albeit not as major. Lake-Lehman is likely out of it, but is on EC watch, while Dallas is in a battle for seeding. Big game for both, but Dallas should take it.
– Pittston vs. Wyoming Area (WVC 2): Both teams at 8-1 feels alien. Wyoming Area will continue their winning ways in the rivalry, but expect a better game than normal.
– Wallenpaupack vs. Valley View (LFC HM): Another de-facto elimination game for the Buckhorns. Seems like it’s the case every year. This year, EC is a fallback, & I think that’s how it’s going to go. VV will survive & go 6-4, while Paupack’s 3-7 will give them a chance at EC.
– Crestwood vs. WVW (WVC HM): This is here due to the question mark of two of the brackets. A win for Paupack could knock out Crestwood. A win for Valley West is all but a lock for 5A. Crestwood wins this, as WVW isn’t good enough.
– Honesdale vs. West Scranton (D2 HM): If we’re talking 5A & EC, like the above, it’s probably the most important game of the three. A West win means playoffs. A win for Honesdale isn’t going to matter much, but I’ll take them here, which means WVW will steal the last 5A spot. We get the most under-appreciated rivalry in D2 in the EC, barring an opt-out.
– Tri-Valley vs. Schuylkill Haven (1A): Of course, the seeding battles in 1A are going to come down to these last two picks. This is the easier game to pick. Haven will win handily, as expected, & run the table.
– Nativity vs. Marian (1A): This is (maybe) go to EC or go home for Nativity (& Holy Cross, who’ll be watching this one closely). This is home field or bust for Marian. I’ll say Marian takes it on Thursday Night football, while Nativity locks out HC to play Upper Dauphin or North Penn-Mansfield in the EC.
Scores
– NP 31, Prep 24
– Lakeland 34, MV 21
– Trail 29, Riverside 16
– Dallas 28, L-L 13
– Wyo Area 31, Pittston 16
– VV 28, Paupack 16
– C’wood 32, WVW 10
– Honesdale 21, West Side 20
– SH 38, T-V 14
– Marian 16, Nativity 13
Farewell, D2! (The Rest. I’m not leaving. Just giving all teams love, although I think I’ve given all of them at least one spotlight. Yes. Even giving Sem & Northwest love)
– DV 35, Scranton 7
– Dunmore 21, WW 6
– C’dale 24, OF 14
– HC 19, Susq. 16
– AH 24, Hazleton 10
– Hanover Area 45, GNA 14
– Berwick 49, Tunk 7
– HR 14, Midd-West 10
– Montrose 22, Delco Christian 16
– Wellsboro 42, Northwest 7
– Hill School 20, Wyo Sem 13
Thursday Nighters
– Hickory vs. General McLane: Hickory 29, GM 20
– Port Allegany vs. Brockway: PA 46, Brock 17
– Reynolds vs. Union/AC-V: U-ACV 23, Reynolds 12
The rest
District 3
– State College vs. Bishop McDevitt: SC 28, McDevitt 24
– CD East vs. Harrisburg: H’burg 42, CDE 20
– Cedar Cliff vs. Cumberland Valley: CC 34, CV 16
– Shippensburg vs. Mechanicsburg: Mech 34, Ship 16
– Mifflin County vs. Red Land: RL 36, Miff Co 8
– Lower Dauphin vs. Gettysburg: LD 44, G’bury 10
– Susq. Twp. vs. Milton Hershey: STWP 49, MH 6
– West Perry vs. Greencastle-Antrim: WP 43, G-A 14
– East Pennsboro vs. Big Spring: EP 23, Big Spr 10
– Middletown vs. Trinity: Trin 44, Middie 17
– Halifax vs. Boiling Springs: BS 33, Halifax 14
– Central York vs. William Penn: CY 45, York High 0
– South Western vs. Spring Grove: SGA 30, SW 13
– Susquehannock vs. Kennard-Dale: K-D 27, SSQNK 19
– Dover vs. West York: WY 44, Dover 13
– Eastern York vs. New Oxford: NO 49, EY 21
– Delone vs. York Catholic: YC 26, DC 20
– Bermudian Springs vs. Littlestown: Berm 31, Litt 15
– Hempfield vs. Reading: H’field 34, Reading 13
– Manheim Twp vs. Wilson: WWL 28, Manheim Twp. 24
– Elizabethtown vs. Exeter Twp: ET 34, E’Town 14
– Garden Spot vs. Solanco: Solanco 24, GS 20
– Warwick vs. Manheim Center: Warwick 31, MC 24
– Conestoga Valley vs. Muhlenberg: ‘Stoga Valley 43, Muhl 13
– Wyomissing vs. Lampeter-Strasburg: L-S 26, Wyo 24
– ELCO vs. Northern Lebanon: ELCO 29, NL 19
– Daniel Boone vs. Twin Valley: TV 59, DB 6
– Schuylkill Valley vs. Lancaster Catholic: LanCath 20, Skook Val 10 (EC Watch?)
– Annville-Corona vs. Berks Catholic: A-C 31, BC 28
D5/6
– Bishop McCort vs. Bishop Guilfoyle: BG 34, McCort 10
– Huntingdon vs. Richland: Richland 44, Hunt 13
– Forest Hills vs. Bellwood-Antis: B-A 26, FH 21
– Tyrone vs. Chestnut Ridge: Tyrone 33, CR 13
– Bald Eagle vs. Central Cambria: BEA 40, CC 26
– Penn Cambria vs. Clearfield: PC 29, Clearfield 15
– Everett vs. Claysburg-Kinmel: C-K 33, Everett 10
– Moshannon Valley vs. Berlin: Berlin 42, MV 7
– Northern Bedford vs. Glendale: Glendale 34, NoBedCo 13
– Windber vs. Juniata Valley: Windy 34, JV 24
– Northern Cambria vs. River Valley: RV 38, NC 10
– Cambria Heights vs. West Shamokin: CH 63, WS 0
– Marion Center vs. Penns Manor: MC 23, PM 6
– United Valley vs. Purchase Line: UV 44, PL 6
D10
– Cathedral Prep vs. Farrell: ECP 24, Farrell 21
– Oil City vs. Corry: OC 31, Corry 19
– Girard vs. Conneaut: CASH 27, Girard 20
– Mercyhurst Prep vs. Fort LeBeouf: FL 24, MP 23
WPIAL (Jeff can guide me on other interesting games, if there’s time)
– Mt. Lebanon vs. Norwin: Lebo 34, Norwin 21
– Central Catholic vs. Canon-Mac: PCC 51, C-M 14
– Woodland Hills vs. Kiski Area: Woody 45, KA 0
– Franklin Regional vs. Armstrong: Arm 24, FR 7
– Pine-Richland vs. Shaler: P-R 36, Shaler 8
– Penn Hills vs. Plum: PH 34, Plum 17
– USC vs. Baldwin: USC 56, Baldwin 0
– Peters vs. Bethel Park: Peters 30, BP 14
– Moon vs. South Fayette: Moon 44, SF 14
– New Castle vs. Blackhawk: NC 33, B’hawk 7
– Montour vs. West Allegheny: Montour 30, WA 20
– Aliquippa vs. Ambridge: Quip 34, Ambridge 7
– Ringgold vs. Chartiers Valley: CV 44, Ring 0
– Trinity vs. Belle Vernon: Trin 20, BVA 16
– Knoch vs. McKeesport: McK 49, Knoch 0
– Mars vs. Indiana: Mars 44, Indiana 9
– West Mifflin vs. Hampton: WM 32, Hampton 20
– Beaver vs. Avonworth: A’worth 35, Beaver 10
– North Catholic vs. Hopewell: NC 44, Hopewell 6
– Freeport vs. Imani: ICA 35, Freeport 6
– Valley vs. Highlands: H’lands 34, Valley 12
– Deer Lakes vs. Burrell: DL 20, Burrell 14
– Mt. Pleasant vs. Eliz. Forward: EF 34, Mt. P 16
– Greensburg-Salem vs. Southmoreland: S’more 48, G-S 10
– Yough vs. Derry: Derry 23, Yough 7
– Steel Valley vs. South Allegheny: South A 30, Steel Val 20
– Ligonier Valley vs. Apollo-Ridge: A-R 51, LV 0
– Shady Side vs. South Park: S Park 23, SSA 6
– Freedom vs. Western Beaver: WB 33, Freedom 7
– Ellwood City vs. Beaver Falls: BF 24, EC 21
– Mohawk vs. Riverside: Mohawk 24, R’side 10
– Union vs. New Brighton: NB 30, UA 6
– Washington vs. Seton LaSalle: Wash 34, SLS 27
– Waynesburg vs. Sto-Rox: WBG 33, S-R 13
– Carlynton vs. Charleroi: Char 33, Car 0
– Neshannock vs. Laurel: Nesh 45, Laurel 14
– Rochester vs. South Side: Roch 24, SS 20
– Shenango vs. Summit: Shen 33, Summit 7
– Clairton vs. Brentwood: Clairton 63, Brent 0
– Leechburg vs. GCC: Leech 23, GCC 15
– Riverview vs. Jeannette: Jeannette 34, R’view 13
– Frazier vs. Springdale: Frazier 49, Spr 0
– Serra vs. Fort Cherry: FC 45, SC 0
– Canevin vs. Burgettstown: BC 45, Burg 0
– Cornell vs. Monessen: Cornell 23, Mon 19
– California vs. Jeff-Morgan: Cal 24, J-M 20
– Avella vs. Bentworth: Avella 34, Bent 24
– West Greene vs. Beth-Center: B-C 34, WG 9
– Carmichaels vs. Mapletown: Mikes 49, Maples 0
Crossover
– Dubois (9) vs. Hollidaysburg (6): The Other H’burg 45, DuB 14
– Conrad Weiser (3) vs. Unionville (1): U’ville 34, CW 14 (EC Watch)
– Butler (7/10) vs. Central Clarion (9): CC 45, Butler 20
– Karns City (9) vs. Wilmington (10): Wilmy 28, KC 14
– Executive Education (11) vs. Acad. of the New Church (PA): EE 34, ANC 3
– McDowell vs. St. Francis (NY): SFHS 35, McDowell 12
– Malvern Prep vs. Episcopal: MP 28, EA 20
PPL Playoffs: Didn’t find anything on master schedule. Will look on site if brackets are updated. I was going to take the higher seed anyway.
City League Final: Westy over USO 55-14
PPL playoffs got posted on the PPL website: https://www.philadelphiapublicleague.org/championship-info/
Independence #1 Imhotep vs. National #2 Olney
Independence #2 Northeast vs. National #1 School of the Future
Independence #3 Lincoln vs. Liberty #2 Central*
Independence #4 Washington vs. Liberty #3 Bartram*
*Liberty #1 Belmont Charter excluded to avoid conflict with state 1A tournament
They also have the following matchups for the Football Invitational Tournament:
Liberty #4 Boys Latin vs. American #3 Samuel Fels*
Liberty #5 Mastery North vs. American #2 Edison*
Liberty #6 Frankford vs. National #4 Roxborough
Liberty #7 MLK vs. National #3 Palumbo
*American #1 Audenried excluded to avoid conflict with state 2A tournament
So safe to assume the PPL is not participating in states other than Belmont and Audenried?
Mike D…They are. They are doing some kind of tournament with all the teams. It seems they are going to pick which team plays the catholic league. it is a real mess.
@D2 Fan – you picked almost all of the WPIAL games and didn’t miss any that have playoff ramifications.
One of the most intriguing games in the WPIAL tonight is in 4A with West Allegheny hosting Montour, both are in a tie with New Castle at 3-1 for the conference lead with the Quips right behind at 2-2. Winner clinches at least a tie for conference title and playoff spot, loser has to hope for one of 2 wildcard bids. Montour is in because they can finish no worse than third, and that will earn a wildcard, if WA loses they would be 4th (assuming the Quips beat 1-8 Ambridge), and could lose out on the last wild card to Chartiers Valley as they lost to CV by 1 point in OT in week 1, so WA could go from a potential #2 seed to out of the playoffs. I agree with you and pick Montour to win.
My Mt Lebo buddies won’t like me saying this but I think Norwin beats them tonight. Lebo needs to win to get in, lose and they are out and Canon Mac is in, last game at Norwin stadium for 2yrs as they are doing a complete rebuild starting next month. Canon Mac is playing PCC tonight, and if Norwin wins they will play PCC again in playoffs in 2 weeks, Norwin would play NA. If Lebo wins they are third and play NA and Norwin would play PCC.
I disagree on a handful of your other picks, I think Hopewell will beat North Catholic tonight, winner is in, loser has to sweat out a wildcard but probably still in, this should be a very competitive game and would be shocked if it’s a blowout either way like you predicted.
Also like Seton LaSalle to beat Wash High, winner is likely the #2 seed in the 2A WPIAL playoffs.
In 1A South Side will roll over Rochester, and I like Laurel to beat Neshannock in what should be a close game, Laurel wins the conference outright with a win and would likely be #3 seed in the playoffs behind Ft. Cherry and Clairton.
The Rest of the State (Eastern PA), as I’ll be trying to find playoff seeding battles, & there’s a lot more than I have anticipated.
There’s a lot here, so I’ll break up East & West. I’ll add D3 to the west tomorrow.
D11
– Easton vs. Nazareth: Easton 27, Naz 21
– Liberty vs. Freedom: Freedom 21, Lib 14
– Northampton vs. Lehighton: N’ham 24, Beca 13
– Stroudsburg vs. Pleasant Valley: S’burg 24, PV 11
– Whitehall vs. Central Catholic: Zephs 29, ACC 17
– ES North vs. ES South: ESS 35, ESN 7
– Southern Lehigh vs. NW Lehigh: NWL 30, SL 28
– Wilson Area vs. NDGP: NDGP 60, Wilson 0
– Pen Argyl vs. Bangor: PA 39, Bangor 16
– Palmerton vs. Catasauqua: Palmerton 24, Catty 10
– Northern Lehigh vs. Saucon Valley: NL 23, Saucon 19
– Lehighton vs. Jim Thorpe: JT 31, Leh 23
– Salisbury vs. Palisades: ‘Sades 44, S’bury 14
– North Schuylkill vs. Pottsville: NS 37, Tide 10
– Tamaqua vs. Blue Mountain: BM 31, Tam 21
– Minersville vs. Panther Valley: Miners 56, PV 0
D4
– Montoursville vs. Loyalsock: Montoursville 27, Sock 14
– Mount Carmel vs. Shamokin: Shamokin 38, MCA 17
– Lewisburg vs. Mifflinburg: Miff 34, Lew 13
– Milton vs. Warrior Run: WR 41, Milton 20
– Central Columbia vs. Bloomsburg: Bloom 45, CC 7
– Danville vs. Selinsgrove: Danville 23, ‘Grove 16
– Central Mountain vs. Jersey Shore: Shore 49, CM 0
– Athens vs. Sayre: Athens 49, Sayre 7
– Troy vs. Canton: Troy 48, Canton 6
– Hughesville vs. Muncy: Muncy 49, H’ville 9
– Montgomery vs. Cowanesque: Monty 49, CV 7 (Also on EC Watch)
D1
– CB South vs. Pennridge: Pennridge 34, CBS 15
– CB West vs. CB East: CBW 41, CBW 19
– Neshaminy vs. Pennsbury: Nesh 44, P’bury 13
– Abington vs. North Penn: NP 55, Abington 0
– CR South vs. CR North: CRN 34, CRS 0
– Upper Dublin vs. Souderton: Soudy 28, UD 20
– Hatboro-Horsham vs. Upper Moreland: UM 33, H-H 8
– William Tennent vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh: PW 20, WT 7
– Chester vs. Quakertown: Chester 37, Q’town 10
– D’Town East vs. D’Town West: DTE 23, DTW 19
– Strath Haven vs. Delco: Haven 20, Delco 17
– Garnet Valley vs. Ridley: GV 33, Rid 19
– Harriton vs. Penncrest: P’crest 44, Harriton 0
– Academy Park vs. Interboro: AP 33, I’boro 7
– Marple-Newtown vs. Radnor: M-N 35, Radnor 16
– Shanahan vs. Coatesville: C’ville 26, Shanahan 20
– Haverford vs. Upper Darby: H’ford 49, UD 6
– Oxford vs. Kennett: Kennett 26, Oxford 13
– PJP II vs. Owen J. Roberts: PJP 28, OJR 16
– Upper Perkiomen vs. Spring-Ford: S-F 27, UP 14
– Pottsgrove vs. Perk Valley: PV 27, P’grove 13
– Jenkintown vs. Bristol: Bristol: 27, Jenk 18
– Springfield Montco vs. Wissahickon: Wissa. 49, Montco 13
– Morrisville vs. Renaissance: Morrisville 70, RA 0
District 12 (Reg. Season)
– O’Hara vs. St. Joe’s Prep: SJP 33, COH 7
– Bonner-Prendie vs. Roman: Roman 26, B-P 20
– Edison vs. Mastery North Charter: TAE 45, MCN 7
– Lincoln vs. Central: Lincoln 34, Central 23
– Olney vs. Imhotep: IC 55, Olney 14
Oh heck, last week of the regular season let’s play contrarian to some of your District One picks………just for fun of course….
First, going with CB South over Pennridge. CBS got their prime RB back, basically a playoff, win and you’re in, loose, get ready for hoops season, for CBS. If Pennridge prevails, it will be a lot closer than the score you quoted.
Others:
Ridley over Garnet
Springfield Delco over Strath Haven
D-Town West over D-Town East
Shanahan over C’Ville
Oof, I made a mess of those predictions. This is why I should keep my fingers off the keyboard (and most weeks I do just that) and leave this up to the professional (D2fan).
Ummm…..yeah…..ok….
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Awesome use of our siphoned off tax dollars to provide a select (so called lottery) few with a private school experience on the public dime.