***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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On the AAAA bracket it says that Easton is 12-2. Actually they are 12-1 because the P’burg game does not actually count on their schedule. The P’Burg game is an annual game that does not count on the postseason or regular season schedule
@Deo7, their was no audio stream of the Easton/Whitehall game that we were aware of. Only tv coverage.
AAA-ACC OVER WHOEVER DOESNT MATTER
AA-NORTHERN LEHIGH OVER SOUTH FAYETTE
A-RIVERSIDE OVER Clariton{upset of the yr}
The stream and/or radio station does not seem to work
@Deo7 check out our streams schedule
https://www.easternpafootball.com/streams/2010_Streams.html
@P. Of course we all want to beat the best. But this isn’t the movie Hoosiers. There’s a reason why they made a movie outta that story. Because is a huge accomplishment for these smaller schools to beat bigger schools… and schools that recruit. U said it yourself … it was easy for Lasalle. You were disappointed with public school competition!!! That’s also why are different classifications. PIAA says its not fair for a AAAA school with 900 boys to compete against an A school with 200 boys in the playoffs. But its ok for a school with 900 play a school with 1500??? Or a team That recruits its top players. Just using common sense here fellas…
I meant Easton
Does anyone know if it is possible to see or hear the Wasting and/or District 7 games tonight on the internet or whatever?
Colin, the publics won’t let it die even with real hard data to prove them wrong. They have nothing just the same lame tired old bull with absolutely no proof or data to back it up. You would have thought the kid who takes the AP classes and the 4.3 GPS would be able to come up with statistics or proof to put his brains where his mouth is.
@JB… I couldn’t name individual players. I’m not from Lasalle. I do know that they had at least 2 guys from NJ on last years team. What I can tell u is that my stepson goes to Roman and he has 2 new buddies. Both on the basketball team. 1 from Ridley, 1 from abington. Ridley teams consist of KIDS THAT LIVE IN RIDLEY! !!!!! How can u not see how that’s an advantage? ?? Jealous? No. Disappointed they lost to Lasalle last year? Yes. But the better team won. No doubt. But of course its a better team When u can recruit! They had a line bigger than some college programs! Let me put it another way. Peoples from Wood just decides to leave SJP and go to wood. PCL has that luxury. I’d love for interboro and strath haven kids to be able to go to ridley! !! I’m friends with guys from both schools who would have loves to play ridley. Football. But their parents woulda had to move to ridley. You keep bringing up money & tuition as if to pat yourself on the back. Who cares?? I pay for Roman. What’s your point?? You’re avoiding the issue. The issue is Lasalle has Great athletes from all 5 counties plus NJ ans Del.. Your arrogance is why I hope NP hands it to Lasalle.
Also, go back and read. I said before they lost that Ridley was overrated & could take an early exit. I’m a realist. You should try it sometime. Ridley has a great tradition. They Can’t win every year! So don’t go getting too high on that horse. Lasalle has been good for 2 years after decades of being dominated by SJP & O’Hara.
Sorry if typing errors. Sent from my phone.
Wow- what a buzz saw here. Lots of debate and smacktalk. I want KathedralKathy to be on the 12th man show!
Ok enough with the private/public thing already. Its a dead horse………..lets talk some predictions. I agrre with WHspirit18 the winner of the d7 final should be there in the final.There isnt much in front of them to say otherwise. whether or not they win it is a different story. either way the final should be great. I’ll say Lasalle/North ALL. In AAA I’ll go with Wood/ACC vs Mcdevitt. Cant make my mind up between Wood/ACC. AA NLehigh/West should be a dogfight. I’ll go with West/Allaquippa in the final. In A I just watched Clairton and their great D. Gotta be the best team in A. Clairton/Riverside in the A final…………SO lets here some predictions
Ok WHspirit, then shouldn’t those 1 or 2 schools dominate out there since they recruit all the good players, pay the players tuition and tutoring? Are you sure they don’t buy mama a house and car to boot?
Didn’t you see post #174 where he comes up with hard numbers from the PIAA that Private Catholic schools make up 18.43% of all member schools and have won 18.3% of the championships? Seems like a pretty level playing field to me. In football they only won about 13% of the championships. I almost hope La Sale doesn’t win it for the 2nd time in a row and 2 in 3 years as you publics will cry and whine about it to no end.
Ok. So I’ve been reading this thread the past few days. My observations: it seems to me that there are a bunch of people out there wanting to bash Catholic schools because they “recruit” and saying that there is no benefit to an education at one of these fine institutions.
Let’s start with recruiting. Well, I cannot speak for schools out west because I know nothing about the private or public schools out there. As for the PCL schools, I can guarantee that these schools do not recruit in the sense that you all are accusing them of. I am a La Salle alum (’07) and I had the privilege of playing on La Salle’s football team. During my time at La Salle, not one of us were recruited. PCL schools can’t give athletic scholarships. This I can guarantee. Now I do not know for sure, but if the other private Philly schools are like La Salle, only a handful of kids can get a full ride, and that’s based off their grades! To JB, I also would like the list of the kids who were “recruited” to La Salle’s team. szam, That’s an awfully bold statement which should be backed up. **The bottom line is, the PIAA let the PCL in. If it was up to me, I would go back to keeping the PCL to the PCL; there was better competition than what I’ve seen from the public schools. To all those people who want to bash the PCL teams for doing so well the past few years, get over it. You have to stop making excuses. You should be grateful that the PCL is bringing new competition into the state. To the public fans, if you want your team to be the best, shouldn’t you have to beat the best? If the PCL was not such a threat, do you think there would be these accusations of recruiting being thrown around? Probably not. It all boils down to game day. Both teams have to buckle up and play 48 minutes on that field. The team who wants it more will come out on top.
Now for those who do not see a benefit to a Catholic education. You may not see the benefit because you were not educated at a Catholic school, so how could you? Can you get an excellent education at a public school? Absolutely. Can you get an excellent education from a private/Catholic school? Absolutely. The fact is that you get out what you put in. A 4.0 GPA from any school will look good on a college application. Now, I never attended a public school, so I will not bash a public education. Many of my friends and family went to public schools and most are in college or have graduated. My parents went to public schools, and they both have college diplomas. To bad-mouth a Catholic education makes you seem really arrogant. To say our parents are wrong for sending us to a Catholic school is the furthest from the truth. Most parents sacfirice a lot to give us the “privilege” of a private school education. The education I received at La Salle was top-notch. When I was freshman in college, I was shocked to see how better prepared I was than other kids from various schools. Just because you may not see the benefit, does not mean there isn’t one. Open your eyes; maybe then you’ll see.
With that said, I challenge the public schools to beat the PCL. Stop making excuses. If you want to be the best in the state, then beat the best; otherwise, the title doesn’t mean anything. To JB and everyone else backing up Catholic and private schools, I’d like to thank you. It would certainly be a nice Christmas present having La Salle, Wood, and West bringing back the state titles.
Deo7- You want to know why there have only been 3 PIAA championships in football?? It’s cause the WPIAL doesn’t have many Catholic schools and most do more recruiting for other sports!! Use your head, man! I’m Catholic myself. But I’m against how much of an advantage Catholic schools have! I believe there are only 2 Catholic schools in WPIAL Quad A. One being Eric McDowell who is new to the WPIAL this year. And did you also ever think that 1 or 2 schools do the bulk of the recruiting? Well they do! So there aren’t that many other schools that can recruit the great athletes. Come on, man. I know several kids in western pa who have gone to Pgh Central Catholic that have been recruited from my area (Woodland Hills) and many other places. Some admit it, too! As they should. All I’m looking for is for you guys to admit that most Catholic/Private schools recruit.
Thank you szam33!!!! He seems to be the only one with some sense on here. JB- You seem to not understand the fact that these Catholic and Private schools give these students lots of tuition money and special tutoring to stay in the school. So that, along with the fact that they’ll have a better chance at a state championship and D1 offers are all part of the recruiting package. I’m sure there are some other things that we don’t know about, as well. Don’t bring that bull-crap about them not being with their friends into the conversation. We all know that has nothing to do with anything.
Rick- I do not believe that your son got into Princeton with a 2.9 GPA. I’m sorry, that really is impossible. You must’ve made a mistake. My school offers AP classes that Catholic school do not! So, my GPA is just as impressive as a kid at a Catholic school with similar classes to me.
Szam 33 – The “dude from western penna” is anti-catholic school so I would not believe one word he said. If you saw the numbers from the PIAA going back 40 years? The playing field does not get any more level than that. If like he said Catholic schools recruit like crazy and also pay their tuition why is it then that in the strongest district (7) that has dominated the state has the catholic schools only won 3 of 28 state championships over the last 22 years. I am sure the PCL is not any stronger than the catholic schools out west it is just that the public schools are weaker in the east than in the west. But I am sure the overall quality of eastern pa football will get better as a whole going forward.
szam, so bottom line is, you’re just another jealous poster with a chip on their shoulder. Maybe because LaSalle smacked Ridley around last year; both your team and coaching staff thought that could never happen. It did.
Maybe it’s because everyone said you were overrated this year and you proved them right. Ouch, that hurts.
Name all the kids on LaSalle that you KNOW were recruited and from what school. Please be sure to name the ones recruited from the other 2 states. You’re running your mouth on here and you seem to know everyone who was recruited so let’s name them. I’m thinking you won’t be able to name one.
First of all, very few kids even pass the entrance exam. Even fewer can afford the school if they are accepted.
Finally, is this the recruiting pitch LaSalle uses to a NP kid? Hey, come to LaSalle, all your friends, everyone you’ve played ball with for 6 years is going to NP but come to our school where you know nobody, will be challenged academically more than you can imagine and maybe you’ll be good enough to play one day. Oh, by the way, it will take an enormous financial sacrifice by your parents to the tune of 85K over 4 years.
Sure, kids love going somewhere and being the outsider; they really love leaving behind their lifelong friends who shared a dream of playing at NP. They just love going to a school where they know nobody!
So, name every LaSalle player you KNOW was recruited and what “package” they were offered. This should be more comedy in action.
@NPMike, #153. Of course you’re glad Ridley is gone! They’re the one D1 team that doesn’t allow NP to push them around. And always cocky??? This was the 1st Ridley team I’ve ever seen that I’d consider “cocky”. They’re usually underrated, underestimated and disrespected. Ridley is usually a bunch of undersized, hard nose, hard working overachievers. This year was different. This year was a group of talented, uncoachable INDIVIDUALS with NO LEADERSHIP. Truth is, I’m glad they lost. NP would’ve spanked them this year. Now, the NP team that Ridley played last year was COCKY. And maybe for good reason. Undefeated, Ranked #1 in the state. Very similar to Ridley last year. Difference is, after losing NP cried “Ridley was dirty. They hurt our players. We were better”. After Ridley choked this year they said ” metal errors, Didn’t execute, too many mistakes “. Respectable! !!! Anyway, good luck to NP. I’m actually pulling for them to win it all. I hate PCL!!! Yes, because they’re good, & because they have a cake walk to the eastern semi final (not to mention the bye week they just had in the playoffs???), because they recruit, etc. And all of u that don’t feel they have and advantage are Crazy!!!! Here’s an example. Yeah, #’s matter. NP’s 1500 is a huge advantage over ridley’s 800. But now Lasalle steps in and takes 2 of the top players that would’ve gone to NP and 1 of Ridleys top players. Now they do this to schools in 3 states in a 50+ mile radius. No adavanage???? I give credit to the dude from western PA. At least he admits it. The PCL is like the huge dude at the gym. Everyone knows he’s on steroids!!!! He just makes himself look stupid by denying it. #’s don’t lie. PCL has done “very well” since joining PIAA. And they could reasonably get 3 more champions this year with Wes Catholic, Wood and Lasalle. That’s ugly!!!!
Spirit I can speak FOR myself and some IN PHILLY area… DISCIPLINE AND STRUCTURE are some reasons that I feel the private/catholic education greatly benefits students.WE SACRIFICE TO SEND OUR SONS TO THESE INSTITUTIONS. My older son attended LaSalle he had a modest 2.9 gpa he was excepted to EVERY COLLEGE HE APPLIED…PENN, DREXEL PITT, PRINCETON AND LASALLE. This was money well spent!!!!!!!!!!
Johnny, AW vs ACC should be an excellent game!
None of you have told me the great benefits to a Catholic/Private education, by the way.
I’m not talking about Philly public schools. How do I know “very little”, JB? I went to an academically tough private school for all my life until high school, so I think I have common sense, Len. You guys just don’t understand how things work in western PA. True WH has never won states, but we’ve won the WPIAL 5 times. So, we’ve been to the PIAA tournament 5 times. Runners-up a few times. You’re all just so blind to the fact that a lot of kids put athletics before academics. I’m not angry, I’m just trying to get you all to understand the truth. By the way, Len, we DID have 7 injuries in states last year. Timbers, Pitts, Gray, Mosley-Smith, and McClendon were among that group. They were all key contributers to the team. We’ll see what happens when Western PA meets Eastern PA.
Look forward to seeing acc and wood play in two weeks. I think that game will be the best game in the state this year..on the catholic school vers public…let’s remember this is high school football. Were not talking about SEC football…I remember back in the day when it was common,that kids would move into CBwest to play football in their hey day..I am sure kids are doing it the catholic school as well..but the parents still have pay the tuition Which can be any 5k to 20k. At the end of the day, they still practice, they still work out, they still have to be coaches…they are kids that just want to play football..I also hear this argument about size of school…it’s not the fault of the kids for adults to (board members) to decided to split, schools..it’s a wast of tax money to have two to three high schools, two to three of everything…I don’t want to hear it about size. Vote them out ..the north Penn of the world are smart…why have two or three of everything when you can have one..this includes sports, admin. Etc.
Way to go NL, way to take it to GAR…Looking forward to next weeks game!