***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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@ David Mika…I love this site as well. Thanks. The info provided is excellent. However, I do wish there was a Blog so that people could voice opinions (talk trash)right on this site. Obviously people are interested in interacting with the 100 comments on this post alone. I also wish there were scoreboard updates of the games. The blog would address that matter as well by people posting updates of games they’re attending from their phone. Anyway this could be done??
@hssportsfan: Don’t know a whole lot about either team ( Suburban one follower), I know of Rustin’s reputation ( always a good team), but Henderson has been shocking district 1 here lately. This might go to the home team.
@ Mika: wish I could make that, but I’m stickly a 8:00 to 4:00 commentator.
@ hssportsfan We will be talking about that game plus the rest of the games tonight on coveritlive. Come on at 7pm
Here is the link: https://www.easternpafootball.com/coveritlive.html
@ buddy who do you got in that game?
I don’t believe Dave Mika will make predictions. He is part of the staff here. Hope I’m wrong though.
@ david mika Who do you like in saturday afternoons game between Rustin and Henderson? And how far do you see the winner of this game going in distict 1 and the state?
Holy name and pius x they dont play anybody in the regular season they both have soft schedules.
RIVERSIDE OWNS SOUTHERN COLUMBIA 3 AND 0 ALL TIME
Can someone tell me how the PIAA sanctions Easton playing a Thursday and then on that Saturday? Is it because P-burg is a New Jersey school, thus the PIAA rules don’t apply?
@ Buddy….This is the most we ever had. Keep them coming!
@ Jake…The teams you need to worry about are Southern Columbia, Holy Name and maybe Pius X if they win their District
@ Varner: have you ever had this many comments on one posting?
I want to know who out of the east in class A can beat Riverside they have to much speed?
Tim, was there last year; next step would be to call Hershey Park Stadium. They should have a website.
In AAA its Wood and ACC. None of the other teams on the eastern bracket can match up. I would be shocked if its anyone else but these 2 in the AAA semis. The peoples injury could come into play then but not before it. He is their best player but they are so loaded at every position i wouldnt expect too much of a drop off.
Easton will never give up Turkey day game. If they had a choice they would play the Turkey day game rather than a playoff game.
I hear ya flippenphil…think they would benefit greatly but thats like asking the Detroit Lions not to play on Turkey Day!!!
why do some teams get to play their second round game at home and others play at a neutral field?
Thanks JB. I don’t see any instructions on the PIAA.org website…any further tips?
Tim
I applaud Easton for keeping the T-day game with P-burg. Oldest High school game in nation. They would drop the playoffs before they drop that game.I just don’t know how the PIAA allows that. They have rules on the days between games. Not sure how Easton gets around that.
ive seen Easton come away with hard loses over the last 7 years several times the weekend after thanksgiving. its nice to play a game on thanksgiving, but i think it would be wiser for the football program to forgo such a game and focus on the playoffs. I think Easton and Phillipsburg should look for another team to jump into that game if Easton or Phillipsburg are occupied in playoffs. (for phillipsburg i do believe that would be state regional champianship that weekend)
Some great games coming this weekend. I mean great. D-town East/ NP ( will be close, high scoring). Nazareth/ whitehall, Nesh/ Abington, on & on. Very competitive year. LaSalle should have a cake-walk this week, but after that……………
Tim, go to PIAA.ORG; instructions for tickets are on the site.
Steve Philly fan–Wood was the team to beat until this weekend. Their #1 RB Desmon Peoples got injured (Broken ankle ?)in the last 3 minutes of the game. This did not have to happen if the coach pulled his starters out with a 24 to 7 lead! What was he thinking! This may be the end of the road for the Wood faithful.
How/where/when do you get State championship game tickets for Dec 18th in Hershey?
Frank, please stop with the Easton should have beaten LaSalle. Fact is, Easton was up 14-0 after the first 2 minutes (LaSalle jitters) and then was dominated in every way on both sides of the ball for the remainder of the game.
The game was not nearly as close as the score would lead one to believe.
Also, Easton chooses to play on Thanksgiving so let’s stop using that as an excuse.