Funkster’s Fab 40 Statewide Rankings – Week 5
Written by: Josh Funk on Monday, October 3rd, 2011. Follow Josh Funk on Twitter.
AAAA:
1. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7, 5-0), def. Penn Hills 36-6
2. North Allegheny (7, 5-0), def. Seneca Valley 49-28
3. La Salle College High School (12, 4-1), def. Roman Catholic 23-21
4. Upper St. Clair (7, 4-1), def. Baldwin 42-0
5. Nazareth (11, 5-0), def. Allentown Central Catholic 31-30
6. Cumberland Valley (3, 5-0), def. Chambersburg 45-20
7. Abington (1, 5-0), def. Council Rock North 27-0
8. Neshaminy (1, 4-1), def. Bensalem 26-0
9. Downingtown East (1, 4-1), def. Avon Grove 28-0
T-10. Father Judge (12, 4-1), def. St. Joseph’s Prep 24-14
T-10. Penn-Trafford (7, 5-0), def. Connellsville Area 39-0
HONORABLE MENTION: Bayard Rustin (1), Coatesville (1), Council Rock South (1), Downingtown West (1), North Penn (1), Pennsbury (1), Ridley (1), Spring-Ford (1), Delaware Valley (2), Wyoming Valley West (2), Cedar Cliff (3), Central Dauphin (3), Daniel Boone (3), Wilson-West Lawn (3), Erie McDowell (7), Gateway (7), Woodland Hills (7), Erie Strong Vincent (10), Bethlehem Freedom (11), Easton (11), Parkland (11), Whitehall (11), Roman Catholic (12), St. Joseph’s Prep (12)
AAA:
1. Archbishop Wood (12, 4-1), def. Glen Mills 51-20
2. Montour (7, 4-1), def. New Castle 35-25
3. Central Valley (7, 5-0), def. Moon Area 51-20
4. Erie Cathedral Prep (10, 4-1), def. Bradford 49-7
5. Grove City (10, 5-0), def. Meadville 56-7
6. Bishop McDevitt (3, 3-2), def. Lower Dauphin 42-3
7. Hopewell (7, 4-1), lost to Blackhawk 37-13
8. Franklin Regional (7, 5-0), def. Derry Area 49-3
9. Valley View (2, 5-0), def. Wallenpaupack 42-7
10. Springfield-Delco (1, 5-0), def. Conestoga 20-10
HONORABLE MENTION: Crestwood (2), Dallas (2), Hershey (3), Lampeter-Strasburg (3), Manheim Central (3), Susquehanna Township (3), West York Area (3), Greater Johnstown (6), Blackhawk (7), Chartiers Valley (7), Indiana Area (7), Knoch (7), Mars (7), Ringgold (7), Thomas Jefferson (7), West Mifflin (7), Clearfield Area (9), Saint Marys (9), Bangor Area (11)
AA:
1. Seton-LaSalle (7, 5-0), def. Steel Valley 28-0
2. Lancaster Catholic (3, 5-0), def. East Pennsboro 28-14
3. West Catholic (12, 2-3), def. Archbishop Ryan 38-13
4. Mount Carmel Area (4, 5-0), def. Montoursville Area 27-8
5. Aliquippa (7, 5-0), def. New Brighton 41-6
6. Northern Lehigh (11, 5-0), def. Salisbury 41-0
7. Camp Hill Trinity (3, 4-1), def. Middletown 42-14
8. North Schuylkill (11, 5-0), def. Marian Catholic 39-21
9. Greensburg Central Catholic (7, 5-0), def. Mt. Pleasant 21-14
10. Wilmington Area (10, 5-0), def. Hickory 28-27
HONORABLE MENTION: Springfield-Montco (1), GAR Memorial (2), Lakeland (2), Wyoming Area (2), Bermudian Springs (3), Delone Catholic (3), Wyomissing (3), Bloomsburg (4), Danville (4), Lewisburg (4), Mifflinburg (4), North Penn-Blossburg (4), Towanda (4), Forest Hills (6), Ligonier Valley (6), Richland Township (6), Tyrone (6), Beaver Area (7), Beaver Falls (7), Jeannette (7), Shady Side Academy (7), South Fayette (7), Washington (7), Moniteau (9), Hickory (10), North East (10), Pen Argyl (11), Pine Grove Area (11)
A:
1. Clairton (7, 5-0), def. Avella Area 84-0
2. Southern Columbia (4, 5-0), def. Lewisburg 29-28
3. Bangor Pius X (11, 5-0), def. Bucktail 56-34
4. Sto-Rox (7, 5-0), def. Union (New Castle) 38-0
5. Dunmore (2, 5-0), def. Mid Valley 33-6
6. Rochester (7, 4-1), def. Shenango 47-7
7. Line Mountain (4, 4-1), def. Millersburg 46-6
8. Bishop McCort (6, 4-1), lost to Richland Township 35-28
9. Lackawanna Trail (2, 5-0), def. Lakeland 28-14
10. Bishop Canevin (7, 5-0), def. Springdale 26-20 (OT)
HONORABLE MENTION: Columbia (3), North Star (5), Conemaugh Township (5), Northern Bedford County (5), Bellwood-Antis (6), Juniata Valley (6), Penns Manor (6), Avonworth (7), Beth-Center (7), Fort Cherry (7), North Catholic (7), Curwensville (9), Port Allegany (9), Farrell (10), Mercer Area (10), Mercyhurst Prep (10), Sharpsville (10), Youngsville (10), Minersville (11)
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October 8th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
See Suburban, we both need spell check.
October 8th, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Suburban
By the way, you should have put a comma after ACADEMICALLY. Don’t you have spell check? You should really check your posts for proper grammar before sending out. LOL
October 8th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Suburban
Hey PAL
You are so predictable it is laughable. First, Don’t you dare tell me that I can’t rate Wood’s program. I can say whatever the hell I want. Got it PAL? Who the eff do you think you are?
Now that we cleared that up, let’s here your FACTS. You have none do you? Cricket.. Cricket.. Come on I know you have some very clear evidence or you would never had made a stupid statement like that right?
You AVOIDED my question. Please tell me exactly who recruited, when, where, and the circumstances surrounding it?? LOL. You can’t can you? I GUARANTEE YOU WILL RESPOND WITH SOME SMART COMMENT, BUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROFF OR EVIDENCE TO BACK UP YOUR STATEMENT.
YOUR WORDS ” IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT WOOD HAS STARTED TO RAID SURROUNDING SUBURBAN….BLAH BLAH BLAH
BACK IT UP PAL!! LETS HERE IT!! GUARANTEED YOU WILL SUPPLYNOTHING
October 8th, 2011 at 11:33 am
I want to see a public school knock off Wood in the playoffs. Wood is the favorite but they could stub their toe like West Catholic did a few years against Wilmington. Dog21 is being naive. The thing that gets me about Wood is that they’ll score a 1000 points against easier competition but they come up small against the big boys. Hope one of those D7 teams shows them how to play some hardnosed ball.
October 8th, 2011 at 7:44 am
doug21:
FIRST OF ALL I AM NOT YOUR PAL. GET THAT STRAIGHT.
SECONDLY, WHAT BOARD DO YOU REPRESENT OR ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ONE?
THIRDLY, LEARN TO USE SPELL CHECK.
YOU BETTER START INVESTIGATING YOUR OWN PROGRAM. YOU ARE BLINDED BY A BRAINWASHED MENTALITY AND SOUND LIKE AN UNINFORMED CHILD LASHING OUT WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE TRUTH.
DON’T YOU DARE RATE WOOD’S RECORD, ATHLETICALLY OR ACADEMICALLY WITH THE SCHOOLS IN THE SURROUNDING SUBURBAN DISTRICTS. YOU WILL COME OUT FAR BEHIND.
October 6th, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Suburban
So you are accusing Wood coaches of recruiting? Ok since you want to deal with FACTS. Tell everyone exactly who Wood recruited? Tell us exactly the situation where, as you say, ” a coach of a team(Wood) actively goes out to recruit a student-athlete and helps in the transferring of that student”.. See this is the part where you clam up because you have no evidence to suggest that has happened. Do you? You mentioned that Wood is raiding the local schools. Are you kidding me? Are you really serious?
Ok so let’s here your FACTS. Explain to this board the players that Wood has “recruited”. Hello, are you there? Cricket. cricket. You are a spineless weasel to make ridiculous statements like that that are completely false. You do it because you can hide behind a screen name. You are just upset because the better 8th and 9th graders in the suburbs realize that Wood has an outstanding program, and they are not going to your school. Correct? You might earn some credibility with this board if you actually said ” Private schools have an advantage because of Open Enrollment”. See, now that is a fact and that is the truth. But they are not RECRUITING. Do you really think the Wood coaching staff sits around a whiteboard and makes a list of targeted players in the area. If so, you need to get a life. When D Peoples transferred to Wood, his parents contacted Devlin and inquired about coming to Wood. Was Devlin supposed to say, “Gee, no I would rather not have the best RB in the area”?
YOU GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT PAL!
October 6th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
That’s why I root for the public schools over the private. What public school do you guys think would have the best chance of knocking off PCC this year??
October 6th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
SI Fan:
Don’t compare the transferring of Abington’s QB from Cheltenham to Wood’s recruitment of talented football players.
If a student-athlete initiates a move and his parents agree and comply with that request without a coach’s compliance it is perfectly ethical.
If a coach of a team actively goes out to recruit a student-athlete and helps in the transferring of that student to his school that is recruitment.
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND WRITE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW.
October 6th, 2011 at 10:25 am
THIS JUST IN! There has been sightings of the Archbishop Wood coaching staff in full camouflage outside of several local suburban public schools. It appears a raid is imminent. Apparently, they are looking to kidnap several players from these schools to have them come play for their team. Apparently, Wood has a targeted list of players that they have been going after for a long time. We will keep you posted as this unbelievable story develops.
October 6th, 2011 at 8:32 am
stop complaining about the PCL Abington’s Qb transferred from Cheltenham this year as a senior for football reasons only! so was he recruited?
October 5th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Not sure what other schools have, but saw Valley View and there loaded- DEFENSE is outstanding, offense three quality running backs and a peferfect wide receiver.Dont know how far they will go with this Archbishop everybody is talking about, but there not going to be an easy out!!
October 5th, 2011 at 10:44 am
It is a well known fact that Archbishop Wood has started to raid all the surrounding school districts for talented football players. How can anyone be a fan of such a practice?
THE PIAA SHOULD TIGHTEN AND ENFORCE ITS REGULATIONS AGAINST THIS UNETHICAL ACTION.
October 4th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
To Jeff–The PIAA does not need to separate the private and public schools for the playoffs. Since the state tournament started in 1988 at AAAA the private schools have only won 5 state titles whereas the publics have won 18! It’s a fact. Check the records. Pittsburgh Central Catholic has won 3, Erie Cathedral Prep 1 and LaSalle 1. Again, it’s Public 18, Prvate 5. Just last year LaSalle got smacked around by North Allegheny (public) in the final. If anything, the privates need to recruit better.
October 4th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
To Jesse Bateman (from the Post-Gazette on 9/2/11):
“Transfer issues
Some members of the PIAA Board of Control and other district committees around Pennsylvania have complained privately about too many transfer students in Philadelphia Catholic and Public League schools. They complain about how easy it seems to be to transfer without penalty in Philadelphia.
Archbishop Wood is a prime example of what bothers many. Running back Brandon Peoples transferred from Abington before his junior year and Desmon Peoples came from St. Joseph’s Prep last year. Defensive back Nate Smith came this year from George Washington High School.
Another top player, receiver-defensive back Benji Abercrombie , transferred this year from Hatboro-Horsham.”
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11245/1171433-365-3.stm#ixzz1Zs0pVI3H
October 4th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
To Jesse Bateman, in NJ, Catholic Schools play other catholic schools during the playoffs. During the regular season they play each other and the publics. They don’t recruit like a college, but they encourage kids to come play for them and or use feeder programs from their middle schools. Thats fine, but the PIAA needs to separate them with the publics during the playoffs. Love to see the big bad philly league play bergen Catholic or Don Bosco. Since you lied about how they don’t recruit, you need to go to confession!
October 4th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Jesse
The catholic league has no borders. La salle has students bused in from 19 school districts and other students outside that area supply their own transportation They dont have to recruit they cover all of southeastern Pa When the PIAA allowed the Catholics in there were to be guidelines they disappeared The playing field is tilted wether you want to agree or not and yes they should always have great teams if not shame on them
October 4th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
@ Josh;
never mind, I see they just lost to Pennsbury. Good call .
October 4th, 2011 at 11:24 am
@ Jesse:
It’s you
@ Josh FunK:
Council Rock south dropped out of the top-10 I see. Reason?
October 4th, 2011 at 6:32 am
Dear sir,I am lost for words.Is it me or is the philadelphia Catholic league the most talented and by far the most fearsome teams in the state.Just think if they were in the PIAA 20 years ago with some of the ,and I quote,best teams probably in the country that easly could beat some college teams quite easy.Even the average catholic league teams could most likely smack around most of the big name teams that you hear about around the state.And do not even try to start saying the catholic league recruits.You know as well as I do that it is one of the biggest myths ever started.Wake up and smell the coffee,the Phila.,Catholic league is in the house.Better get used to it.
October 3rd, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Valley View might be the real deal, lets wait and see after this Friday.
October 3rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
curiosity? why is west catholic in at 2-3. I know they have lost to some good teams too. just hard to understand why one team is allowed to stay in the top rankings after losing to a good team and another team who loses to someone good gets removed.
October 3rd, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Brian,
That was my mistake regarding Lewisburg. I cut them out of the top-10 and then forgot to put them back in the HM section. The two losses they have on their slate are by no means bad losses (MCA and SCA are good teams). The same thing happened a few weeks back with Tyrone….I cut them out of the top-10 in AA following a loss but forgot to include them back in HM. Not my intention to slight anybody in the Green Dragon camp.
October 3rd, 2011 at 1:56 pm
really josh, taking lewisburg out of the top 10 and honorable mention? not sure i understand it. they lost to MCA the number 4 team in AA and SCA, the number 2 team in A. They lost to SCA 29-28 and missed a 23yd fg as time expired. They also had moscarello running towards the end zone for a game clinching TD that would’ve put Lewisburg up by 2 scores midway through the 4th, but a SCA defender punched the ball out and SCA recovered and went 92 yds to set up the winning TD.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:47 am
i cant understand your aaa ratings. you have 4 teams from district 7 ahead of valley view which is rated 9th. valley view is the real deal this year and should be rated in the top 5.