***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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@Michael that is the time we were told and I confirmed it on Lewisburgs football website.
http://football.dragonsites.org/
Is the time correct for Lewisburg-Towanda @ Bucknell @ 4pm? I believe Towanda players were told 5pm.
Thanks for the updates. Love the site. Had the opportunity to go to the wood game, they are the real deal..I have attended 10 high school games this year,saw herderson,rust in,dtownwest,etc. Wood is the best team I have seen…they would beat 4a team in the phill a area or the state base on what I saw..
I don’t see la salle winning only because they will have to play (probably) nazareth not easton. Easton beat nazareth but that was early in the season since then their offense has exploded on the field the running back chuck dibilo is really good great size speed and vision and the air raid is really outstanding. they can put points on the board their defense needs work though. easton hasn’t played anyone great since whitehall (losing to whitehall) and never played central (they would have lost)
@hssportsfan. Yeah, nice win for rustin. I had no doubt they’d get past boyertown. Should get past Henderson too. Like I mentioned earlier, I knew ridley wasn’t that great. WAY too cocky! ! You can’t turn the ball over 4 times, fail to score from the 1…ON 2 SEPERATE OCCASIONS, and miss an extra point and expect to win. Henderson Didn’t do much, but they did enough to win. Ridley had alot of talent but ZERO leadership. Very disappointing. Good luck though. Bracket seems to be wide open…
@ Rick – the North Schuylkill – Northern Lehigh game is being played next Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7pm – AT Northern Lehigh HS, in Slatington.
Where and is the North Lehigh vs North Schuylkill game being played?
I want to say I really appreaciate the brackets that you guys make. It really takes the complexity of all the district playoffs, and matches and provides the most comprehensive listing for all the sports. I will tell your brackets have tought me alot about PIAA and there horrible bracket system. PIAA could do a better job of teaching US out of staters and parents how people get selected to get into playoffs and LOCATIONS of GAMES!! SO hats off to eastern and western pa football and the website managers for putting together these brackets it is so AWESOME!!
For years the rest of the state viewed Philadelphia Catholic League football as weak and I guess they are weaker than in yesteryear with the population shift, low enrollments and schools closing but much to my surprise in their first year in states they get two teams to the state championship games and the very next year get two or three teams to the big dance and come back the 4A state champs. I can not imagine what that league would have done in its heyday back in the 60’s & 70’s they would have won loads of state championships that’s for sure.
szam33 and all you other i told you rustin is forreal in district one. we gna handle henderson like we did a few weeks ago. sorry for ridley but i told you your squad was weak.
Like u said, we’re gonna find out. And I found out ridley was overrated. Bigtime! !!!! Good luck all.
Kathi, NP will rip the heart out of Ridley; if Ridley even gets there. I see Nesh taking Ridley out.
As I said, it’s a replay; NP vs LS and LS goes to Hershey AGAIN!
@hssportsfan… I can appreciate the excitement you have for the rustin team, but I’d be careful with the woulda, shoulda, couldas. Like I said, you’re Real close to finding out how Good your team is. Don’t get ahead of yourself by saying they’re gonna spank ridley. They gotta get past boyertown first. Reality is, only 1 team & their fans are gonna leave this tournament happy. And crow tastes like crap!!! Trust me, I learned that lesson twice in the last 3 years With parkland & Lasalle.
KATHEDRAL KATHI…sounds like a girls name.
What could you possibly know about high school football?
LOL!!!
“Blowing one’s own horn is, at a minimum, tacky!”????
Who is more obnoxious than North Penn and Suburban One {although BuddyBoy seems ok} Suburban One fully expects to run over and steamroll everyone! They’re still whining about Ridley- At least Ridley has some imagination on offense, too bad they’re a little school with little lineman who do not 2 platoon- Bottom line-Catholic league and LaSalle rule! Will probably be a Catholic School State Championship- Sorry JB- Incidently no cheap shots by Ridley {I attended} Tough football from both teams- As usual- North Penn was arrogant, cocky and figured they were on their way to Hershey before a tiny little stopover in Coatesville……
@szam33…Well said. it is easy to sit here and say what we feel or what we have red, but the truth is it is just talk. I have not seen NP or LaSalle play this year, but I have seen Henderson play. Ridley should be fine tonight. Tonight it starts and the excitement will come to a boil. Good luck to all and we will see what happens!
And I’m tired of people saying Ridley played dirty against NP last year. They played physical! The bully got beat up. That’s all that happened. NP thought they were gonna push ridley around and they got smacked in the mouth. It was a beautiful thing. Kinda like tyson- holyfield. When everyone was shocked that holyfield won the 1st fight & it was a fluke & Tyson would be “up” for the 2nd fight… well, holyfield smacked him again. IF Ridley and NP are able to get thru to the D1 final I’d assume both teams will be up for the game. Itll be a great game that we’re all hoping to see. Dont be ignorant and think that either team couldnt win that game. Remember, alot of the same guys that physically dominated NP will again be on that football field. Don’t think that doesn’t mess with the psyche. Fear causes hesitation, & hesitation causes all your fears to come true. Its gonna be fun!
Rustin wanted to be in the ches-mont national divison its not their fault they cant play cville or dtown east but i can tell you rite now they would beat both of them. Rustin is better coached and is disciplined two things cville isnt. We would beat dtown east because as you can tell they have no run defense, Rustin runs the ball a lot and when you commit to stopping it they will throw it right over top of you. just ask henderson about that. See you in ridley next friday. szam33
Easton gave LaSalle the toughest playoff game they had last year. That 17-14 LaSalle was dominated by the Explorers but the Red Rovers had the ball driving late in what could have been a game winning or tying score in a driving snowstorm. I think it’ll be a very interesting playoffs in the East. LaSalle is the favorite to return to Hershey. I think North Penn is hungry to get back to the D-1 final and win it again! Easton will have trouble (if they advance far) they will play their traditional T-day against P-burg and then 2 days later play Whitehall/Nazareth for the title.
@hssportsfan… As a Ridley fan that goes to all the games I’ll agree that the Central League was terrible this year. Heck, maybe Ridley is a little overrated too. Who knows? I can tell you that the 2 games that Ridley really got up for (Springfield and Garnet Valley) they DOMINATED. I believe Ridley is very good. I also believe that they are not as good as they (the players) think they are. The Upper Darby game was a trap game, easy to look past after a big win over GV and right before the playoffs. Luckily they pulled it out. I could see this Ridley team winning the whole thing, or I can see them taking a disappointing early exit. All depends on what team shows up. But as mentioned above… Ridley usually comes to play this time of year. As far as Rustin coming down to Ridley and dominating…. I don’t see that happening. The 9-1 record looks impressive until you look at who THEY PLAYED (If you’re gonna say Ridley played an easy schedule I have to point this out). Their only decent win was over the 16 seed Henderson, they managed not to play the 2 toughest teams in Chest-Mont (CV & DTE), and they lost to a decent AAA team in Shanahan who got destroyed by the 3 other AAAA Chest-Mont playoff teams. As I see it, Rustin and Boyertown both have the POTENTIAL to be OVERRATED. But what the hell do I know? Me, along with 90% of us on here only know what we read about the other teams and leagues… That’s what makes this time of year so exciting for high school football fans. We’re ALL about to find out how good our teams really are!
Yo Kathi, as a LaSalle alum can I request that you lay low a bit. Blowing one’s own horn is, at a minimum, tacky!
North Penn wants Ridley bad; real bad! Lots of cheap shots last year from the Ridley boys and NP wants revenge! Look for North Penn to take D1.
Then the rematch with LaSalle …. stay tuned!
If any fan was curious as to why the kickoff time for Bloomsburg vs Lewisburg in D4 Class AA is Friday @ 5pm. This from the D4 Treasurer Charles Carr, “the only time Bucknell is available.”
The Penn Wood Patriots are coming- You folks in Lansdale better buy some dogs- I know you’re scared…..Oakman controls his side of the field!
@ Mike: that’s kind of what these ( your) sites are all about. Good nature bantering back & forth between different fans. Differnet folks conjecturing about outcomes. Without this back & forth repoire, you have no web site. Having said that, us rabid high school football fans really appreiciate easternpafootball.com
I never knew you could win games on this site….We will find out in a couple of weeks who will move on. Good luck to all the teams.