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Just finishing up my dinner of medium rare grilled crow slathered with bbq sauce. Actually not too bad. Dinner complements of my post back on March 31st where I declared PA HB 41 effectively dead. But it recently rose from the dead like the Undertaker and today passed in a fairly overwhelmingly PA house vote (with a key amendment from yesterday). The furthest this public/private playoff situation has progressed as far as I can tell. Still a long way to go before we get a Parkland/North Allegheny 6A public boundary 6A football championship, but the bill is now on its way over to the PA senate for their legislative doings and vote.
We’ll still be watching a 6A final this December with a re-match from two years ago between Pittsburgh Central Catholic and St. Joe Prep, so enjoy, maybe the last time you actually see the best football teams in PA in a statewide championship game.
Likely DOA from the Senate. Would love to see the bill passed, only for the PIAA to adjudicate and stop making excuses for themselves.
Why do you say likely DOA from the Senate??
Who controls the State Senate is why. There are 50 seats (1 vacant) and 27 are Republican. The House is Democratic.
I wouldn’t worry about that. 20 of the 23 “No” votes in the House were from Dems, mostly from Philly or very near Philly.
My only potential speed bump, and it’s a long shot, is if the Senate starts to mess around with the House version, makes too many questionable changes, goes back to the House and they play the back and forth game, and who knows how that may end up.
St. Joes ain’t one of the best teams in pa. There based in pa. But they recruit everywhere.
Girls Flag Football, great, saw some preseason reports, have not seen any scores, no standings, what teams and players are doing well, it just disappeared. Are you covering or not? What’s going on, have looked other places as well, NOTHING.
Next year we will have the schedules in standings on the site. Right now we are doing player previews, Team Previews, covering games and top performers each week. We are helping to grow the sport.
Oh boy……if this involved a private or catholic school, and they went on to win a state ‘chip……….. :
“From Prague to Lancaster: Exchange student from Czech Republic bringing energy to Conestoga Valley volleyball”. (from Lancaster on-line).
Anybody have any updates or news from D2 and specifically Old Forge?? They look like they are still cranky up in Pizzatown. Maybe the issue has legs this time.
FYI…………………
Bob Greenburg
@BobGreenburg
BREAKING:
A source has told me that the May 13th PIAA Board meeting has added a major new item for discussion to its agenda— splitting private and public schools into separate playoff systems.
For all of you who care
Encourage your public high school officials superintendents to vote yes for act 41
When the Senate tries to actually separate public, vs private schools in the PIAA state championship competitions throughout all sports
Long time overdue !!!
Maybe District Two should be seperate from the rest of the state!!!!!
HB 41 for all intensive purposes is dead. It was basically tabled back in May. Surprise surprise.
So now they’ll try a different tact, strike once again while the fire is somewhat hot (it was a week or so ago, now meh, regular season spring sports is in full swing), through the Senate this time and from a local Senator whose local hoops team just got beat by a private school (ironic that they beat 2 private schools on their way to Hershey, but let that not get in the way). I give to you PA Senate Bill 1253……Good luck!!!!
https://pasenate.com/senator-marty-flynn-introduces-legislation-to-strengthen-competitive-balance-in-high-school-athletics/
https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1253/PN1545
Can anyone clarify if the is the setup for Ches-Mont 26? North: AG, Coatesville, Shanahan, D-East, D-West South: Kennett, Unionville, Oxford, Rustin Central: Sun, Great Val, East, Henderson
Tough night last night in Hershey for the Separatist movement. Traditional non boundary powers Archbishop Wood girls and Imhotep boys………wait for it……get beat by two of those disadvantaged traditional public boundary schools. Say it ain’t so!!!!
In head to head public v private games over the weekend, the public and privates split 4 games, go 2-2. And the 2 games that the publics lost to the privates weren’t exactly blowouts or mercy rule games.
Still though, I guess something the Separatist can/will hang their collective hats on, the final Championship tally was firmly in favor of the privates/non boundary schools, 8 chips to 4 for the public boundary schools.
That puts the wraps on the PIAA winter sports season, now waiting for some 60 degree plus temps and sunny skies to get out for some baseball games and lax matches.
The fact that 2 boundary schools beat non-boundary schools in the state title game does nothing to diminish the argument that public schools and private schools should have separate postseasons. People love to crow when it happens but it’s a logical fallacy every single time.
And it also doesn’t help the separation movement either, especially beating two traditional non boundary basketball powers.
I actually don’t disagree with you when it comes to basketball. Everything else, a firm NO, but I will keep an open mind with regards to football if anyone can sell me a plan that will work for everyone.
@ Kevin X….careful now you are going to ruffle some feathers in the North East. Attendence was down again, not sure what they can do to fix that maybe move the state finals around some east to west different years. I know six classes are too many for Pa, four would be fine,the tournament is watered down now. Back in the 70s 80s schools would send fan buses loaded with people to state playoff games they had a special feel to them ,now just isnt the same in many cases. Half empty gyms, that should never be the case for state games.
When you say North East, do you mean NEPA, and maybe more specifically Old Forge??
Lots a chatter about the attendance. More social media whining about the attendance (lack thereof) and Sewickley and Old Forge then the usual public v private debate. Still out there, just not as front and center of what I’m use to seeing.
I think part of it is connections to the school and alumni. The PCL used to be neighborhood kids and the neighborhoods had strong connections and pride of the school. When kids are on their 2nd and 3rd high school, it is different. Now they come from all over and they may bring friends and family members. Not bus loads. Doubt people are driving to Hershey without much connection.
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