Josh Funk’s Final 2008 Statewide Rankings

Written by: Josh Funk on Sunday, December 14th, 2008. Follow Josh Funk on Twitter.

JOSH FUNK’S 2008 STATEWIDE RANKINGS

FINAL 2008 RANKINGS

 

A:

1. Steelton-Highspire (3, 16-0)

2. Clairton (7, 15-1)

3. Schuylkill Haven (11, 14-1)

4. Riverside (2, 13-1)

5. Farrell (10, 12-3)

6. Bishop McCort (6, 12-1)

7. Monaca (7, 11-2)

8. Cameron County (9, 12-2)

9. Southern Columbia (4, 10-3)

10. Portage Area (6, 12-1)

 

HONORABLE MENTION: Camp Hill (3), Holy Name (3), Line Mountain (4), Windber Area (5), Purchase Line (6), Rochester (7), Avonworth (7), North Catholic (7), Curwensville (9), Coudersport (9), Redbank Valley (9), Mercer Area (10), Sharpsville (10), Marian Catholic (11), Williams Valley (11), Communications Tech (12)

 

AA:

1. Wilmington Area (10, 15-1)

2. West Catholic (12, 14-2)

3. Aliquippa (7, 12-3)

4. Lancaster Catholic (3, 13-2)

5. Central (Martinsburg) (6, 11-3)

6. Beaver Falls (7, 12-1)

7. Mount Carmel Area (4, 13-1)

8. Shady Side Academy (7, 11-1)

9. Dunmore (2, 11-2)

10. Karns City (9, 12-2)

 

HONORABLE MENTION: Hanover (2), Middletown (3), Wyomissing (3), Athens Area (4), Montoursville (4), Lewisburg (4), Towanda (4), North Star (5), Central Cambria (6), Forest Hills (6), Tyrone Area (6), Jeannette (7), Shady Side Academy (7), Sharon Area (10), General McLane (10), Palisades (11), Bok Vo-Tech (12)

 

AAA:

1. Thomas Jefferson (7, 15-1)

2. Malvern Prep (Ind., 10-0)

3. Strong Vincent (10, 13-1)

4. Archbishop Wood (12, 12-3)

5. Selinsgrove (4, 13-2)

6. West York Area (3, 13-2)

7. Berwick Area (2, 11-3)

8. Blackhawk (7, 11-2)

9. Bayard Rustin (1, 12-2)

10. Manheim Central (3, 11-3)

 

HONORABLE MENTION: Upper Moreland (1), Owen J. Roberts (1), Pottsgrove (1), Abington Heights (2), Mechanicsburg (3), Cocalico (3), Greencastle-Antrim (3), Garden Spot (3), Hollidaysburg (6), Johnstown (6), Hopewell (7), New Castle (7), Highlands (7), Brashear (8), Perry (8), Clearfield Area (9), Bangor (11), Wilson Area (11)

 

AAAA:

1. Bethlehem Liberty (11, 15-1)

2. Bethel Park (7, 15-1)

3. Wilson-West Lawn (3, 14-1)

4. North Penn (1, 14-1)

5. Gateway (7, 12-1)

6. McKeesport Area (7, 9-3)

7. State College Area (6, 12-1)

8. Neshaminy (1, 12-2)

9. Cumberland Valley (3, 12-2)

10. Garnet Valley (1, 12-1)

 

HONORABLE MENTION: Abington (1), Penncrest (1), Pennsbury (1), Ridley (1), Wallenpaupack (2), Hazleton Area (2), Dallastown (3), York-William Penn (3), North Allegheny (7), Shaler (7), Pittsburgh Central Catholic (7), Penn Hills (7), McDowell (10), Freedom (11), Parkland (11), Bartram (12), Father Judge (12), George Washington (12), LaSalle College (12),

 

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11 Responses to “Josh Funk’s Final 2008 Statewide Rankings”

1. Hounds Hammer says:
   December 26th, 2008 at 8:49 am

   Wilmington is on top just like it should be!
   AA state champs!

2. LVC FAN says:
   December 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm

   How is Emmaus not in HM..when they were 10-2 and defeated Del. Valley 28-0 (Del. Valley beat Wallenpaupack) Beat Easton 21-0 (who also beat Wallenpaupack)Emmaus defeated Freedom 16-6 and lost to Liberty by 6 pts in District Semis

3. dv fan says:
   December 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

   HOW CAN YOU HAVE WALLENPAUPAK LISTED AS HONERABLE MENTION IN AAAA WHEN DELAWARE VALLEY FINISHED AHEAD OF THEM AND CRUSHED THEM 35-0 HEAD TO HEAD. YOU DO NOT EVEN HAVE DV MENTIONED

4. LIBERTY says:
   December 17th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

   Hey Woodland Hills,

   have you ever heard the phrase

   “don’t tell me….show me” Gateway had there chance and did not get the job done. Give Liberty there due and stop whining.

5. Grenadier says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

   Are you serious? GAR isn’t in the AA rankings, not even honorable mention, while Hanover is?
   GAR beat Hanover twice, 36-7 and 17-12… GAR played with some top dog schools.

   GAR can go for a little credit come on

6. Skinnedalive says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

   AAAA – Talk about an unpredictable season. I was expecting the championship to be Gateway vs North Penn from the start. I’m not from either school, but I’ve seen almost all the teams, and they were the most well rounded, most dominant teams. I would’ve like to have seen that. Congrats Liberty.

7. lhscanes2010 says:
   December 16th, 2008 at 7:00 am

   woodland hills, thats why they play the game, you don’t know the final score until time runs out, overtime or otherwise.

8. woodland hills says:
   December 15th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

   Gateway should be number three. If they played bethel 10 more tiems gateway would win by 14 points a game. I thin kgateway still is the best team in teh state, and if they were to play Liberty today they would shut down Anthony Gonzalez and pass and run all over Libertys defense

9. Mike C says:
   December 15th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

   i think that the 4A rankings are pretty good, but i think downingtown west should at least some an honorable mention becuase they did go three rounds deep losing to north penn. But they beat pretty hard teams. thats just my opion on this matter.

10. Mike says:
    December 15th, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Out of all of the top ten rankings I’ve seen these seem to be the one’s that I agree with the most. The only disagreement I would have would be some of the HM’s but that’s getting picky.

11. Matt S. says:
    December 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    This was an absolultely incredible season. A lot of underdogs winning championships, which is what high school football is all about.