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2023 PIAA Class 4A Championship Preview: Aliquippa (13-0) vs. Dallas (15-0)

Written by: Joseph Santoliquito on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023. Follow Joseph Santoliquito on Twitter.

Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley will again be at the eye of the Pennsylvania high school football world this weekend when the state’s top 12 high school teams meet for PIAA state championships.

No one expected this. Statewide, the anticipation was for a rematch between Aliquippa and Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg). But something happened along the way, and that was a thrilling double-overtime Dallas’ 26-23 victory over Stone Saunders and McDevitt, snapping the Crusaders’ 26-game winning streak.

This is Aliquippa’s 10th trip to the state finals (three as a 4A, two as a Class 3A, and five as a Class 2A). Aliquippa got here by smoking District 4 champion Selinsgrove, 52-32, in the state semifinals. The Quips won state titles in 1991, 2003, 2018 and 2021. No Aliquippa state champion has finished a season undefeated. These Quips can be the first.

How they got here:

Aliquippa (7) 13-0
2023 Season
Total Points Scored	541	Total Points Allowed	218
Average Points Scored	41.6	Average Points Allowed	16.7

2023 Playoffs – 4 games
Total Points Scored	171	Total Points Allowed	106
Average Points Scored	42.7	Average Points Allowed	26.5

Dallas (2) 14-0
2023 Season
Total Points Scored	553	Total Points Allowed	242
Average Points Scored	36.8	Average Points Allowed	16.1

2023 Playoffs – 4 games
Total Points Scored	171	Total Points Allowed	101
Average Points Scored	33.2	Average Points Allowed	20.2