***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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hsssportsfan
Not hiding at all, you obviously didnt read my post above. I guess the difference between PCL fans and D11 fans is that we are gracious in defeat, and you apparently are not in victory. As I stated above, ACC is the real deal and I was wrong and I will eat crow for it. Their QB is not only the best in PA, he might be the best on the east coast. But to be fair, if ACC lost their best player(Nosovitch), it would have been a diferent game. You take Peoples out for Wood and the dynamic of the game is quite different. We will see you next year in the semi-final for sure. Both teams coming back loaded wit Juniors. Hopefully both teams stay healthy.
Wow! The La Salle and NP game was truly as good as it gets as it relates to a championship sporting event at any level. The Parents and fans of both teams should be very proud of these young men as they left it all on the field. We all can argue about public vs. private, but whatever you are for or against there is no agruging that the LSCH NP game was truly special. Now, as a LSCH parent and fan I encourage the young men of LSCH to finish off another special season with a win over NA! And to the NP team and fans hold your head up high and proud for this game had no losers it simply ran out of time!
Go LSCH
Deo7
Im sure if the scores were the opposite some of you would be commenting like i did yesterday but for that i apologize. i was still in the moment because it really was a great game (i was very very excited)
dog21
your a man of your word and im not so sure about next year because were losing all of our line except tad but maybe someone will step up and maybe a rematch? i hope so!
Congrats to La Salle! Also, congrats to NP, they were 100% better than when La Salle played them in game one this season. That was probably the state championship game. Way to go NP, and let’s bring it home La Salle!!!!
@ LB, Here is a PCL lover. A West Catholic supporter to be exact we came to D11 and COMPLETELY EMBARRASSED your OVERRATED BIG BAD NL TEAM. 41 POINT BLOWOUT. Not only was WC faster but much more PHYSICAL.You have a good team in ACC but let’s not get beside yourself…. the PCL has 2 teams representing the East
Had the pleasure of being on the sideline of todays semi final game between LaSalle and North Penn. I went to a high school game and it turned out to be like watching the Holiday Bowl games of some years ago, when the last team with the ball won. I really didn’t have a rooting interest although I am an alum of a PCL school (WC’74)I jsut wanted to see some good hard hitting football and man did I (everyone) get my monies worth. A Great great game, from the weather to the crowd to the final last minute. Two evenly matched teams; although the NP band was much larger (they must recurit). At the final whistle everyone in attendance knew what they had witnessed was an instant classic. Kudus to both teams and although LaSalle scored more points and deserves to win; North Penn didn’t deserve to lose but such is sports. Congrats on a great season Knights and here’s hoping the Explorers can keep the championship on the EASTERN side of the Commonwealth
Well, not only was that the best high school football game I have ever seen, it was one of the best sporting events I have witnessed in person. Great job La Salle! And my hats off to the North Penn kids. They certainly have nothing to be ashamed of.
And ACC has the best QB this area has seen in 20 yrs . The kid has all the tools. I am a Wood D12 guy, but I will be rooting for ACC. How can you not root for such an exciting team to watch. I still predict a rematch next year with Wood and ACC. Both teams return mostly Juniors. Wood has a very good team but unfortunately for them, getting to hershey next year will have to go through ACC again.
ACC is the real deal! I stand corrected and will eat crow on this one. At halftime it looked like it was going to be a close game back and forth. Actually lat in 3rd it was still a 1 TD game. But ACC showed its metal in the 4th and beat a very good AW team by exploiting mismatches. ACC would beat most AAAA schools, and I think they would give NP and Lsalle a run for their money as well.
The LVC is still not that good as a whole but ACC is! ACC can only play who is on their schedule and they beat everyone who they had to play. ACC should get LaSalle,NP or some other contenders on their schedule for nextHhershey! Although I think the Championship game was played last night. ACC by 4 TD’s next week.
LB & johnny mo… Is all see are gracious Catholic League people applauding ACC and wishing them good luck but I guess that is the difference between you guys and us guys. By the way Philly Catholic League are sending twice as many teams to Hershey than all of District 11 and we have sent no less than (5) teams to Hershey since we got in to the PIAA (2008) and ALL of District 11 has sent less than half (2) that many. We are defending our title in the grand daddy of them all (AAAA) the “big boy division”. Hell maybe the PIAA will let us enter our JV, Freshman or Parish CYO in “A” and we will send another. I heard of sore losers but you guys are sore winners?
PCL lovers? How about those boys from la salle?
Two Philly Catholic League teams going to Hershey…La Salle & West Catholic…Go PCL.
dog21, where you at now? i dont see you commenting nomore. i told you ACC was going to kill AW. speed beats muscle everytime. it would not of mattered if you guys had peoples you still would of lost have fun watching PCN next weekend
I am neutral in all this banter going on, but all the D11 over D12 because of ACC over Wood; didn’t LaSalle over Easton make it one each for D11-D12 matches?
Listen….You win with class and you lose with class….Two great teams played last night. One was going to win and one was going to lose.
Well, AW played half a good game; ACC ripped them a new one in the second half!
Where are all you PCL lovers??? ACC embarrassed what I thought would be a game Wood team. PCL can’t hang with D11.
So how about them vikings 49-27. How overrated is district 11 and the LVC?? Have fun watching us on tv
Even though my Catholic school didn’t at least it was another Catholic school that beat us. Congratulations and good luck to ACC next week as I will be pulling for you…
Im a big Wood Fan but all hail to ACC! They played a great game and Nosovich is the real deal! good luck in Hersey.
Listening to Wood game on radio with Wood down 14 with 10 minutes to go…does not look (I mean sound) good. Who is the defender or defenders that are giving up the home runs? Make that 3 touchdown lead for ACC…They are better hands down. Congratulations to ACC who I will be rooting for to win it all.
Good luck to Archbishop Wood tonight as by the smack talk on here they are the underdogs…but we will see about that in just a few hours.
Stan,
What mathematical and statistical defense did you provide that has not had holes punched in it.
So 3.3 Million are all males between 14 and 18?
Thats a good one
Stop whining. You do not want to compete against Catholic schools and that is the crux of your escapist arguments. Call it prejudice or hate , but thats what it boils down to.
The Philadelphia Catholic and Public League is here to stay and all the truths you want to connect, still constitute a nebulous defense.
You claim to know so much but you can not prove any of it. Just typing harder doesn’t validate your prejudice.
LaSalle beat you once and they didn’t have Rahman in full health and they lost Marino for the last 3 quarters .
Unless Beck has installed a new and effective passing attack. it looks like a Catholic Private school will be going to Hershey again !
Have a nice evening.
Will be at ACC / AW Friday and NP / LS Saturday; should be two great games!
Good afternoon Tony C. Did you read my post 388? I do not find anything shoddy or misleading in that post.
I believe all of my previous posts state clearly where I stand on the argument. Some people here agree with me and some do not.
If you do not, I certainly respect your right not to. I also understand that there comes a point in any debate, when there is nothing any of the participants can say that will change the other participants opinions. You, and the others who support you, and I have reached that point.
I stand by my arguement that the open enrollment policy of the Archdiose of Philadelphia gives its member schools(I KNOW LASALLE AND ST JOE”S ARE PRIVATE AND NOT PART OF THE PCL) a distinct advantage over the public schools of District 1(I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE YEARS OF THE PPL AND THEIR OPEN ENROLLMENT) and that the “no geographical boundries” of LaSalle and other private schools(even with their entrance exams) does the same.
I believe that the mathematical and statistical argument I and GoldenKnight have made is valid.
If you and your supporters do not, that is fine.
End of my discussion on the subject. If you and others wish to continue being critical of my statements, this forum certainly gives you and them the right and the opportunity to do that.
My opinion again of two of Friday’s games remains:
NP over LaSalle
ACC over AW