***UPDATE*** Class A, AA, AAA, AAAA Brackets complete.
P.I.A.A. Class A Final Clairton Bears vs Riverside Vikings Friday, December 17 @2pm
P.I.A.A. Class AAA Final Bishop McDevitt Crusaders vs Allentown Central Catholic Vikings Friday, December 17 @ 7pm
P.I.A.A. Class AA Final South Fayette Lions vs West Catholic Burrs Saturday, December 18 @ 12pm
P.I.A.A. Class AAAA Final North Allegheny Tigers vs LaSalle Explorers Saturday, December 18 @ 5pm
Note: The following teams will be on the HOME side of HersheyPark Stadium: Clairton, West Catholic, Allentown Central Catholic, North Allegheny
Note: The following teams will be on the AWAY side of HersheyPark Stadium: Riverside, South Fayette, Bishop McDevitt, LaSalle
Stadium Aerial Links have been added for each game. Click on each blue Stadium Aerial for a photo of the host stadium. A special thank you goes out to everyone that has helped with this project. Good luck to all teams in their quest for a PIAA State Championship. Any questions, comments or corrections please email Jeremy
Here are the direct links to each bracket.
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So we can listen to the Wood game on Friday night and watch the LaSalle game while listening to the West Catholic. What a great weekend for Philly Catholic League fans and football fans in general no matter what the outcomes. It is improbable for the PCL to get a clean sweep but it is possible especially with all the Angels and Saints cheering on our side…
……and on it goes.
Stan So 3.3 million are all males aged 14 to 18?
Open enrollment has not been countered by the specifics of the entrance requirements and religious factor?
Get some hard facts with substantiation. Your defense of your opinion is shoddy and misleading.
Buddy…You got that right they will spew their meaningless statistics and numbers that make no sense and then someone comes on here and states some simple facts that make sense and they just fight on with like you said “much ado about nothing”. I think I read on here or somewhere that the Catholics make up only 24% of the general population and less than 5% of all students attend Catholic schools so I would think the Catholic education has bigger concerns than its football teams. So if you can’t compete with over 95% of all students you better look yourself in the mirror instead of making excuses.
If LaSalle wins, will we have to suffer through more of this recruiting rhetoric?!? If NP wins, will it be because they had a bad recruiting crop?!? C’mon boys, it’s much adoo about nothing. I’m glad PCL joined the PIAA, makes playoffs even more competitive.
I understand that the Wood vs ACC game will have a radio broadcast on http://www.havenfootball.net
moose, thank you. yes wood is a good team but ACC is playing on another level and they will not lose. Wood players watch pcn next weekend. ACC will show you what it takes to win a state title. THE REAL VIKINGS AND THE GREEN MACHINE
@Mike, D1AA is not what most folks consider D1.
The point is that LaSalle does not have Penn State, Alabama, Pitt type players. So, for the recruiting enthusiasts on here; if LaSalle recruits they sure do a lousy job of it!
Fact is they win with brains, guts, heart and great coaching but not with overwhelming atleticism!
Sorry P, nothing vague at all about my comments to Tony C.
riverside is going all the way there gona beat bishop carrol 44 12 and beat clairiton 38 28 were gona win states ya
riverside is going all the way there gona beat bishop carrol 44 12 and beat clairiton 38 28 were gona win states
Jeeze, Stan is still messing up. Dude, your statements are vague and sound very wrong. Everytime you have posted something on here, someone calls you out on it and you have to correct yourself. Stop leaving vague comments. Think before you say something.
I am glad to hear that I don’t have to go to PW and try to park and try to get a seat as that was sort of “The Preps” home field and parking was always horrendous and you were lucky to get a seat and unless things have change since about 2005 if it rained there was mud everywhere. They also used Northeast High sometimes as a home field (so did Ryan, La Salle, Father Judge, North and Dougherty at times) and I prefer that old place as I always got a seat and a close parking spot and the bathrooms were a short walk. You would think they could find a better facility than PW for such a big game…There will be alot of people standing and hopefully not in mud.
@Buddy, I just released the internet/tv/blog schedule today. The LaSalle/North Penn game will be video streamed live on the web.
https://www.easternpafootball.com/streams/2010_Streams.html
@ Varner/Mika: Is the NP/LaSalle game televised anywhere? Lehigh Valley cable televises all their big games, I expect Comcast is too big & indifferent.
Tony C: Your first statement implies that in some part of my posts I was critical of the academic difficulty of the entrance exams of these two schools and, therefore, the intelligence of their atheletes and students. Your implication is wrong. At no point, did I explicitly state or imply in word or tone that assertion. You are misreprenting my posts
If you are implying, that my statement on “open enrollment” means that “just anyone” could go to these two schools your implication is again wrong. I never said or implied that. You are misunderstanding my posts.
If the intent of your implication is to ridicule my intelligence and, therefore, invalidate my assertion of the advantages of “open enrollment”, there are certainly some posters here who would agree that you have succeeded. I, and, some others here, would respectfully disagree
If you wish to claim: “Hey I was only asking a question” feel free to do that. Once again, I would repectfully disagree that this was your intention.
Lastly, I do not understand your point about St. Joe’s and its proximity to New Jersey. After rereading my posts, I don’t see any of my statements concerning St Joe’s location in relationship to New Jersey. If I am wrong about this, feel free to correct me. If I am not, then your last statement is meaningless.
Scratch that previous post about the size difference between wood and access as pennlive.com had incomplete information. ACC is plenty big enough to match up with Wood
Paul from Philly- Several LaSalle players from last year are playing D1 football. They are all in D1AA schools but it’s still D1.. Szostak at Penn, Brady at Lafayette, Sinnott at William and Mary and Feleccia has a full athletic scholarship to Delaware. And just to throw my 2 cents into the ring on the pub vs Catholic programs… along with paying local school taxes that support curriculum and extra-curriculars for the pubs out there, Catholic school parents are paying not only tuition and school fees, but also athletic fees for their kids. LaSalles football fee was $300 per season when my kid went there. We paid it and it was worth it. I strongly feel that the pubs should have to do the same for their athletics programs. Oh, btw, a good percentage of us parents are not elitists as some of you have been eluding to. There are plenty of regular middle class families who have decided to send their boys to LS and SJP. It’s a big sacrifice and well worth it.
Moose…Sure Wood’s #1 back (D. Peoples)is down and out but Wood is deep with many weapons. D.Peoples cousin Brandon Peoples can pick up the load… a one two puch that Wood had with both backs. Brandon had 225 yards rushing last week against Strath Haven…Can’t wait for the game!
Moose…I guess I mean the last time before last year as I forgot the Catholic League did it last year and if I am not mistaken they weren’t too shabby the year before that (2008) their first dance at states.
Moose, I happen to agree with you that the Catholic League wasn’t as strong this year as it was last year. O’Hara was a very solid team and Wood beat them twice, but Prep had a new coach and their team was way down talent wise from the team they had last year. Strath Haven was solid, but this will probably be Wood’s toughest test this year. That being said, I wouldn’t underestimate them, even with Peoples hurt.
Moose…Overrated Catholic League? I will admit the league is about as weak as it has ever been but when is the last time one league let alone district put one of their teams in every class one game from Hershey. What has surprised me is how weak Eastern Pa football has turned out to be.
I don’t know much about either Wood or ACC and never seen either in action but I looked at the rosters and ACC must be very good and very fast as it look on paper anyway like David against Goliath. ACC has only 3 players listed over 200lbs and only 1 over 225lb (235) while Wood has 21 players over 200lbs, 13 over 225lbs, and 7 over 250lbs including a few over 270lbs. I would love to see this game as you would think in this day and age internet and all I would pay to see that one from the comfort of my home as I can get up to the game. You would think Wood would wear them down over 4 quarters.
@MOOSE, very over-rated Catholic league? You must be kidding me?
Easton, the LVC and AAAA champ of D11 would be the 7th best team in the PCL (maybe the 7th best).
D11 is the most overrated district in the east; head to head playoff results the last 4 years prove this out.
Moose
After Wood wins are you going to be a man and come on the board again, or will you go into hiding? I imagine we will never hear from you again.
By the way, four of the teams on the ACC AAAA schedule couldnt beat half of the AAA teams. Whitehall? are you serious? I was at the Whitehall vs ACC game and not impressed at all. Whitehall had ACC on the ropes early with blitz schemes etc and they do not have nearly the speed as AW. Your boys are going down- they will be pushed around the field by AW’s Offensive and Defensive lines. Bank it!! Go Vikes! The REAL Vikes..not the fraud Vikes in D11..lol