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I was at LS/Naz game yesterday. The refs were horrendous especially on that PI call in the endzone and the “holding” call in the 4th when Wade ran for the first down. One thing that I haven’t seen mentioned is that Harding is probably the best QB that LaSalle has faced all season. MUCH better than Skyler. Someone earlier in the thread said the CRS/NP game was closer than the score….no way…I watched the CRS game against GV and knew they were no match for NP. They barely beat Judge who was the 4th best team in the PCL. NP dominated them from the get go. Hopefully the LaSalle NP game can come close to the previous 3 contests in competiveness.
OK.. congrats to great teams, LaSalle, W.Cath,A.Wood,ACC, etc..
but… here’s a good exercise to do: draw a boundry line on a map taking the closest 4 parish boundries for each Catholic school. That will give you the approximate boundries a public school has. then take each of these teams STARTING 22 players and see how many live within the boundry of the 4 parishes that you just drew. having done this for the Power PCL schools, it’s about 25% of the STARTING 22 that really live in the 4 parish boundry that a public school would have to draw from . Don’t do this with the whole roster as you will have the 2nd, 3rd and JV players in the mix, who don’t really make these teams great. So, once you see what Starting players are left in the Boundry, you can start to compare with the public school.
@ coach:
Are you sure about where and when the game ( NP/LS) is?
Originally I heard that Wood vs ACC would be at Northeast. Now I am hearing PW. I hope it is not at PW. Traffic is a nightmare,stadium small, concessions stink. Anyone else hear anything?
@Garfield, the game will be Saturday, 1pm at NEHS!
Should be a helluva rematch; hopefully, it can match last year’s barnburner!
To all you whiners about catholic schools recruiting!
Name me one LS player who went to an FBS school in the past 4 years? I’ll help you out; none!
Fact is, the western PS schools don’t whine and cry about catholic schools, they go out and kick their a**es! See PCC this year; need I go further?
So, stop whining and pick up your game because while you’re busy whining they’re just getting better and better!
@Keith, so your claim to fame is that you’re really old? Congrats!
You were looking for me? I’m flattered; actually you’d be surprised at my connections to WC, you really would.
Fact is, WC doesn’t show for their own team let alone AW. Let’s be real, ok?
@SEPA Gure, so what, you’re older than dirt, is that whay you’re bragging about?
Fact is, PA on their chat were laughing about how few WC fans were at the game. Fact is, anybody knowledgeable about the PCL would have told them, 200 at best.
do you really want to refute that? Let’s ask Ted Silary what an average WC game draws, ok?
I’m a PCL guy but don’t try to blow smoke; WC is what it is and 200 is a good showing!
John the game was on TV with replays. The announcers could not even make up enough excuses.
@Redwolf & @John
I was at the LaSalle game & I usually agree with you about complaining about calls, you always think your own team is getting hosed. That being said I got to say I never seen anything like what I watched up there as far as lop sided calls. Interference calls on uncatchable ball out of the end zone that their feet got tangled sfter the ball already hit the ground, interception late in the game that the ref behind the play called no catch but the ref right in front of the play was calling it an interception. This was just part of what I seen. I think Nazareth is a very good team & fun to watch. I was there with some people who like me had no stake in the game & we were amazed on what we seen out there. Refs should never try to decide a game. Good luck to the teams left.
@Butch: I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Unless you are a PIAA official, don’t complain. No ref gets every call correct, and without the officials on the field, there wouldn’t be any playoff games.
You don’t have to be happy about the officials, but they are part of the environment, just like the field and the weather.
Everyone outside of D12 including the PIAA themselves had no idea that the PCL would turn out to be the beast of the east…..they are beginning to know now.
It’s one thing to complain about calls refs make when you can watch them on replay. But when you are fifty yards away in the stands? “Never seen anything like it”? Give us a break, will ya?
Congratulations to LaSalle! And yes, Tim Wade is an excellent football player – on a very good team.
It was 15-2 on penalties the one was called after the extra point was no good then the flag came out.
Can’t wait for this lasalle north penn rematch. We’ll see if north penns secondary has improved at all. This game will be just as entertaining as last year but for gods sake it better not be at pw. Pw has got to be the worst possible selection for any big game…traffic,parking, and no seating. AWFUL
Congrats to LaSalle for defeating Nazareth. 15-3 on penalties today, phantom face mask calls, you name it. Never seen anything like it. Also, LaSalle’s, Tim Wade is a BEAST. Most underrated player in the State!!
La Salle vs North Penn next week. Clearly La Salle is the better team. 31-20 La Salle makes it back to Hershey for a rematch with Northern Alleghany
@ field goal, I think “grove fan” means pottsgrove, not grove city. that would be my guess, since they got blown out by aw last night
@Dan
I am in the somewhat enviable position to be able to go to and watch high school football without any ties to a school, league, district,or even East-West bias. I like high school football; have for 61 seasons. A great truth you have spoken – there are no absolutes. Things change. Ask Berwick, C B West, Interboro, Strath Haven to name just a few. BECA, same thing. Things cycle, ALL great teams cannot be SUPER in every year forever; of course they can still be good, competitive, and great to watch; amd there are great programs year in and year out. I do not envy Bedesem at Council Rock South, they lose a T O N of players after this season. Good luck to each and every H S Football program out there in PA!
@Grove Fan and Jim
Hey you cry babies, I believe your team Grove City lost to Montour a “public school” correct? And this after you being up 21 – zip! Stop with your excuses about Catholic schools, it’s really getting old. Also Grove Fan I like the way you conveniently left Southern Columbia’s rout of Pius X in Class A off your list!
@ Grove Fan; As of this morning there are 22 teams still alive in the state playoffs. Of the 22 teams 6 are Catholic. You are right the system is definitely biased against the Catholic schools. That was your point, right?
For all you people complaining about Catholic schools, why don’t you look to the PIAA. They do virtually nothing to stop transfers. There have have been numerous transfers ruled ineligible by the D-11 commitee over the last 5 years, only to have the PIAA overturn those rulings. They are a sham of a governing body. The only sport where I see some consistency in enforcing rules is wrestling, and I’m sure there are many transfers leaking through the cracks in that sport as well. As far as ACC is concerned, I know for a fact that the vast majority of these kids came up together through the ranks from youth football. And no, I am not an ACC fan. A very prominent football player in the LVC was kicked off his team 2 years ago and tried to transfer to ACC right before his senior year. They said NO. He ended up transferring to another school and became a starter and 1st team all-conference performer. I’m not saying players are never enticed to go to private schools, because it happens. Also, you fans in the Lehigh Valley will be happy to know that ACC is most likely coming into a down cycle and BECA is already there.
@GroveFan – never happen. District 12 was formed on promises (spoken or unspoken) that the PCL would be given free rein. I’m not sure why you would complain about ACC and McDevitt. They have been part of PIAA football since the playoffs began. From what I have seen, their recruiting is no worse than that of some public school programs.
Secondly, there is going to be large amounts of financial and political pressure to consolidate schools (ala Mifflin County). This will change the school classification picture, and I can think of scenarios that could both help and hurt the A and AA schools in more rural areas. Nobody knows how things will shake out over the next few years.
Finally, I as have pointed out numerous times in the past on Pennlive, the PIAA is not THEM. It is a member organization. If you want to change the PIAA it needs to be done from the ground up, through your school district and the local District Committee. I would bet those people aren’t on this board. So regardless how much frustration relief you get about spouting off against the PIAA and Catholic schools and recruiting, if you really wanted to do something about it, you would get to know your school board members and local school district administrators (perhaps even run for school board) and get on a first name basis with the members of your local PIAA District Committee.
This won’t happen, because, one, by the time you could accomplish you goals, your child/nephew/neighbor will be long past playing high school football and, two, if you go through all the steps to get involved in the system, you will end up being co-opted by the system.
Thank you grove Fan, persoannly, until we all sit on their desks and create an occupy PIAA, it will be years. In the meantime outstanding public schools will have their playoff season cut short by stacked teams. It’s nothing about the kids, it’s the state of where the Catholic schools are in terms or building powerhouses.
@SEPA:
Agreed. That game ( NP/CRS) was a lot close then the score indicated. Both defenses stopped the opposition. Difference? CRS 3 fumbles turned into scores by NP. That simple.
At the end of game, NP’s side was chanting for LaSalle. I agree. Win or lose, that’s who we want.
NP season ends next week? Not so sure. If LaSalle, that will be NP’s super bowl.