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2011 Playoff Scoreboard (Updated 12/11)
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@Bruce, you must think LS plays defense like Naz does. Think again!
CRS 24 – NP 21: CRS finally has the tools to get around NP and as long as their explosive offense keeps rolling and keeps NP’s offense off the field with some solid ball control and clock management they will win the game
NAZ 38 – LAS 31: I feel like this will be a true barn burner. Who ever scores the most points at the end of the 4th will be the winner. Toss defense out of the window on this one, I’m picking Nazareth in a toss up.
AW 38 – PG 17: Wood will keep on rolling into the next round, look for a challenge early from a talented Pottsgrove team but Wood will eventually overtake and outmatch them.
ACC 35 – Shamokin 21: I’m not too familiar with these teams but from what I hear ACC has a decent advantage in this one….HOWEVER never count out an underdog like Shamokin who came in as an under .500 playoff team and made it this far.
@ Dan, ahh, finally somebody who realizes that public schools recruit as well haha. I’m a berks county person (district 3) and everybody knows that wilson has been recruiting for decades. of course, people from that area never want to admit it.
@George
Curry was one of the best recruiters this state has ever seen. Apparently, Berwick doesn’t do that anymore since he left. This is what I was told by people from Berwick.
LaSalle 30-27, West Cath. 33-14, So. Com 35-20, ACC 33-18, N.P. 27-13, Enjoy the games!!!
@Buddy – I didn’t think North Penn traveled very well to Rustin (especially considering there are probably 200 or more North Penn grads 2 miles away at West Chester Univ, including a number of former football players.) Of course, North Penn doesn’t generally travel a lot, unless it’s to War Memorial or Souderton because “the Swamp” is too swampy to play.
Whatever happened to Berwick?Ever since George Curry retired they’re just not as good and never make it this far in the playoffs anymore.
MCA is going all the way and this week they’re are playing in their back yard where they don’t lose.
@Jiveturkey9
Thank you for the enlightenment on the open enrollment factor in the attendance picture for D12. I have learned a lot on this site and thread this year.
@ Mike:
yeah
@ Deo:
It’s not really about the gate. Local high school sports just aren’t covered that well in the Delaware valley like they are in the Lehigh Valley
@ Buddy
Wow, more CRS fans than NP?? that’s pathetic if that’s how it turns out. CRS couldn’t even fill their own stadium last week, their side was maybe 3/4 full. GV fans traveled more than an hour to support their team and had every bit as many fans there as did CRS!
Thanks…I guess they wait until the 11th hour to announce where you can see it hear the game so they get as big of a gate as possible.
@dog21
You need remedial reading, I clearly said that AW had a whopping total of 150 people at BASD last year! Read slowly next time!
West Catholic barely gets anyone to their own games; but you think they’re going to an AW game. Ok, sure.
If LaSalle people go anywhere Friday night it will be to PW since either NP or CRS would be their next opponent if they move on. They’ll pull for AW but have little interest other than that.
I think I read that West Catholic will be closed by the diocese. I believe this is their last year in the PCL…or anywhere else for that matter.
http://www.maxpreps.com/news/ays_nA7gEeG-rAAmVebEWg/philadelphias-west-catholic-could-be-playing-for-its-last-title.htm
@Buddy; Is PBL the public league? If yes, which I assume you meant, they do play night games. There are only a select few schools with lights at their stadiums so night game are few and far between. Northeast had 3 this pub games at night and also played Judge at night.
@Kmac; I don’t think that the following for D12 has anything to do with pro or college sports. The open enrollment factor is a huge part of it. There are a whole lot of kids that do not go to school in their neighborhood, therefore the community support really deminishes. Myself as a prime example, public school 3 blocks away and a catholic school 1 mile away and my kid takes public transportation 45 minutes every day to and from school.
@ dog21:
BASD ( which is Liberty high school) does hold probably 12,000. Ever been there? It’s big, & very nice. Virtually no parking though.
@ DEO:
Maybe comcast sports center might, since it’s a PCL school involved. Check your station menue on Sat. I’m sure it’s on some radio station somewhere. This website will list various live streams you can check. Maybe PCN, but they cater to the western half of the state. I know that RCN or Service Electric ( maybe both ) will be televising it. These are the Lehigh Valley cable networks. But you have to get near their viewing area. That can be picked up as close as Quakertown. If you find it somewhere , let us all know.
OL coach
Your exaggeration is comical. BASD hold ,what? 13,000? ACC clearly had more fans and it was in their back yard. From the 30 yd line to the 30yd line on both sides was full. I know because i was there and had to sit on the 25 yard line.
Philly teams will never draw the same as teams up north. High School football on a Friday night is not a “town” affair, where everyone and their grandmother come out to watch. Nothing wrong with that, but it is just not the case in D12.
I will say that the PCL does support its teams. I expect LaSalle and WC fans to also show up at Northeast High for the Wood game, as neither have a game Friday. Wood side will be well represented.
i played in the silver bowl in 69 in the e.c final the only jinx i saw was dimmick and hynoski we got smoked that day !!!!!!
@ Redwolf:
I know that the AAAA Eastern Final ( state semi-final), has been on a Sat. ( 1:00) for the past 5 years I believe. I don’t see them changing that, or at least I hope not. The AAA team might best be served playing maybe a Sat. night. However, I know the PBL doesn’t play night games, but I don’t think that effects the PCL schools.
LaSalle ( & St. Joe prep) both travel well. Surprisingly, NP doesn’t travel that well. For the really big games ( Eastern Final), they have a good turnout. But that’s not all NP, it’s many fans from different schools just wanting to see that game. I expect to see maybe more CRS fans at PW friday nite then NP fans. For being a state power, I don’t really understand it.
Does anyone know if the LaSalle/Nazareth will be broadcasted live either on television, radio, live stream or any other venue? Can’t get to Liberty High.
@Huck: only one of the 3 D-12 teams left in the playoffs is actually in Philadelphia. And the one actual Philadelphia school, West Catholic, might actually benefit the community if they had a following similar to a school like Miami Northwestern (that had something of a down year, but is an example of an urban school that has significant support).
As for LaSalle and Archbishop Wood, I would expect (and on a limited basis, I have seen) that their following would be similar to the more successful District 1 programs such as Ridley, Neshaminy or North Penn. I recall comments about the North Penn turnout at BASD stadium for the 2008 opener. Of course, nobody mentioned that there was an accident on the turnpike, the weather was iffy, and there isn’t any parking at BASD.
Also, assuming D12 hosts both the AAA and AAAA games, is there any reason you would expect the AAA game on Friday night and the AAAA game on Saturday? It seems like it would make more sense to schedule the geographically closer D1 team on Friday night and give the AAA team with a greater distance to travel the Saturday game.
@Huck, for whatever the reason, neither WC or AW draw a crowd. Last year at the ACC / AW eastern final, AW must have had a whopping 150 people including students. This for a team expected to make it to Hershey.
LaSalle travels well and usually has a great crowd.
Suburban One Fan……… we need you back! These kids are out of control! Reel them in!
@Huck
Good point on D12 attendance at HS football. I never thought about it, but Philly folk have Eagles, Phillies, Union, Flyers, Sixers, Hawks, Owls, Dragons, Explorers, and Quakers, etc. to follow. I see there are no differences among your picks and those of Big Willie and Nutman this week. I guess we’ll have to separate you three on scores.