***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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The Catholic/Public thing has been beaten to death so can we all agree that:
1)Most Catholic players are not recruited.
AND
Most Public players don’t use a relative or friends address or live with there during the week just to play sports in another district than where they really live.
2)Most or all Catholic players do not have have their tuition paid by the school just so they can play sports.
AND
Most or all public school players are not non-resident tuition students where their tuition is paid by their family and/or anyone else.
I am glad we can all agree to that and agree by the PIAA’s own statistical numbers that in the end everything is fair and even and we can get on with enjoying high school football and not taking away anything from the kids and give them ALL their due.
@JB… and I’m just seeing through your typical lawyer BS… Like any good officer would do! Now I know why you’re Defending what’s wrong. Lol. You have no answer or explanation for the questions I asked so you attack my character with “Ridley chip on your shoulder”. Who are you, Johnny Cochran? ? You know nothing about me or Ridley for that matter. We have different opinions on PCL and recruiting. Let not lose focus. It is only high school football. I suggest we stick to the issue at hand…. counselor! !! Lol
Moose – I am a PCL fan and I agree with you that they have a pretty easy road to the quarter finals but they play who they are told to play. The only people over rating them are these public people because they won one stinking state title and have made it to the finals a couple/few times. Very few of us are tooting our own horn because we know better and if you remember LaSalle lost to Washington the year before last. I hate the bye week and unless you have your best couple players banged up the bye week is a disadvantage it is too long for a high school players to be idle and early in the next game you will see it. So we in the PCL are not falling for the publics over rating us and hoping we believe it as to hope we overlook them. the PCL coaches are too good and too smart to fall into that trap and they will have their boys prepared and ready. It is all in the coaching.
Chris
Let me guess, you have not seen Wood play this year right? Be honest. Because if you did you would see that they are very very good. Wood destroyed CB West in their scrimmage. It was 49-7 at half. NP and CB West game was close most of the game until late in 3rd Q. By the way please dont tell me that the schedule that NP or Nesh plays is an extremely tough schedule…Nonsense
Moose
You could be right, and I hope we have the chance to see a Wood vs ACC matchup. ACC would be the favorite in that game,especially since Wood would be without Peoples and a starting All Cath def lineman. If Wood is knocked out ACC is the team I am rooting for..Just to piss off the cry babt Pubs about recruiting..
Dog21,
Wood’s road to the State Quarters hasn’t been all that tough…they even got a bye last week!
C’mon man…what’s up with that??
ACC plays a brutal schedule made up of mostly AAAA teams.
I guess the best word to describe Wood is “overated”.
For that matter, most of District XII, especially the Catholic League, is overated.
If Wood does get to play ACC…I’ll take the Vikings…LOL!!!
szam, you’re the one running your mouth on here about LaSalle recruiting! I just did what any good attorney would do; I asked you if you actually knew what you were running your mouth about or if you were all hot air. The only way for anyone here to know would be if you proved what you were saying.
We all knew you couldn’t and wouldn’t; I simply asked you to name 1 kid by name that you knew was recruited. You can’t because you just run your mouth with nothing to back it up.
sorry about that Ridley chip on your shoulder; take care!
Why is Archbishop Wood ranked #1 in the Big School Rankings? Does this website really think they are better than LaSalle, North Penn, Neshaminy, etc?
that was for rick. my bad.
I meant Brett who is the current offensive coordinator. Last years team and I am sure this years team are and is extremely well coached. I am very impressed with the coaching.
@Kent….I believe it will be close and of course WC has a chance. I just think NL is playing really well and I will say NL 28-21 but it will be close and can go either way.
@Kent, We just received word. Friday night Kemp Memorial Stadium Shamokin
Dog – That is easier said than done and although that would be nice if it happened I am thinking for good luck sake it is better to leave it unsaid. You know the PCL wins one stinking championship people want to steal the boys glory and belittle their hard work, dedication and accomplishments. Who knows when they will ever win another AAAA championship? And if they do win a couple/few in a 4-5 year period it won’t be because the PCL is so strong it will be because public school football is weak in the East. I think the PCL is weaker now compared to what they used to be and thaw LaSalle teams of today are not as good as those years when Brent Gordon played.
Any word on location of Allentown-Clearfield AAA quaterfinal?
Jake and Matt do you guys really believe West Catholic has no shot against Northern Lehigh?
West Catholic
Wood
LaSalle
SWEEP!
Boy then the crying will really start from the whiners about recruiting..
RIVERSIDE WILL BEAT CLARITON BUDDYY I DON CARE IF THEY DID WIN IT LAST YR RIVERSIDE IS THE BETTER TEAM
@JB…prove it?? What do u want me to do, stalk these kids??? That’d the stupidest thing anyone posted on here. Prove it!? How about you prove me wrong! Otherwise what you say is just hot air. You’re a simpleton. You brag about your Catholic education but have no common sense. You’re “prove it” argument works both ways. When I went to Catholic grade school I had 1 option as far as Catholic high school is concerned … O’Hara. Now Catholic school kids can go anywhere as long as the have a ride and pay tuition. Figured you would have nothing on my Peoples point. Nothing on my stepsons basketball buddies at Roman from ridley. & abington. You brag about tuition as if you’re well off. So then Tell me how these poor families from Philly are affording Lasalle & SJP??? I’m more familiar with poor kids from Chester going to O’Hara. You may have Monet but those families don’t. Explain that buddy!! Its called scholarship money. They find creative ways to give athletic scholarships without calling them athleti scholarships.. now stop the nonsense. You’re awfully defensive for someone that doesn’t feel they’re doing something wrong. They’re playing within the rules… for now.
You North Penn people are really a bunch of babies- Still whining about Ridley- you were over confident- A smaller school with 180lb lineman and a 150lb running back beat you-up Now you are complaining about our recruiting- We selectively recruit- so what- Why? Because we can- Get over it- You have 1800 boys to select from- I hope Neshaminy does the same thing Ridley did……
@Buddy, according to the D1 PIAA site that is where the game is.
Mistake A should be Clairton over Riverside
I’ll take….
AAAA- North Allegheny over North Penn
AAA- ACC over Bishop McDevitt
AA- NL over Forest Hills
A- Riverside over Clairton
@ Varner & Mika: Are you sure NP/Neshaminy is at Council Rock? NP just played there plus that’s kinda close to Nesh I believe. I had heard a rumor it might be at William Tennant. Please confirm. Thanks guys.
Hey P, I have a bone to pick with you.
“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.”
The PCL won one AAAA state championship and they are “the best”? They sure had a close game with Easton at BASD Stadium. I recall a 17-14 win by the Explorers in a game they trailed 14-0 early. I don’t recall the PCL dominating AA or AAA either?
I never once cried and complained about Catholic schools having the ability to recruit. I went to elementary school and middle school with 3 kids who after freshman year of HS transferred to a Catholic school. This same school would hammer our football team pretty much every year. Who cares, I ended up going to an Ivy League school will they want to JC. I am proud of my public school education. What cost someone 85k to send to LaSalle I learned on my own. I paid my way through college with absolutely no help from anyone. I appreciate the PCL coming into the playoffs and forcing everyone else to raise their game.
WH, really, I said I’m done with you and I am. You’re a kid; you’ve got quite a lot to learn.
Szam, I was sure after running your mouth about LaSalle recruiting you would not be able to back up one word of it. Somehow, you went to Ridley and some kid at Roman.
Do yourself a favor; stick to things you actually knows FACTS about. Otherwise, your argument is nothing but hot air.
Good luck to Ridley in ’11.