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Comparing scores is not the best indicator. Though, it can be used for a rough estimate. AW mercy ruling both LS and NP would be unlikely, but I agree they are the most impressive of the three teams. Clearly! Also, your team doesn’t have to mercy rule every team in the state to be considered great. The facts are that it is rare that any team in a given year would mercy rule everyone. LS and NP are two of four 4A teams still playing. They have earned some respect.
Jake, great call!!!
@SEPAGuru – what about calpreps.com? This predicts that either LaSalle or Wood would defeat North Penn 28-21. Calpreps.com may not be perfect, but it is another tool. Ironically, while the head-to-head projections predict that Wood would beat both North Penn and LaSalle, the ranking show LaSalle 2nd, North Penn 4th and Wood 8th.
@Buddy
…AW already mercy-ruled prep, they were up 42-0 in the 3rd quarter. While it isn’t accurate, scores vs similar opponents is really the only significant judge without having the teams. I have however seen all three teams play and will see all three again this Friday and Saturday. AW is easily the most impressive of the trio.
Coleman is out for sure. Huge blow.
Jake
Couldnt agree more. We get enough bitching and crying from the Pubs about Open Enrollment, let’s not bitch at each other anymore!
Let’s pull the PCL trifecta this Friday and Saturday!! Wood, LaSalle, WC!!
If that happens, can you imagine the crying that will begin on Sunday….look out!
@ John….LS line…Wasylenko 6’2 230, Hoffman 6’4 265, Kerrigan 6’2″ 250 Spiteri 6’2 255 (out with injury, Persichetti 6′ 220) Maginnis 6’3 215.
Coleman and Spiteri out…like having 4 out as both are 2 way starters…Will be tough game…could go either way…NP overdue but LS seems to get it done one way or another.
All this LS/Wood talk is nonsense. Good luck to both as well as WC. You guys are all shooting arrows at one another while the PIAA is sitting back figuring out ways to stick it to the PCL in the coming years!! Stay united pull for one another and let’s hope for the best. Our Lady of Victory….Pray for US!!
Philly has plenty of stadiums college & Pro but D12 gets to host this year and they are using Northeast High which I don’t know the exact capacity the home side stands are over 100 yards long (at least goal line to goal line maybe even back of the endzone (120 yds) and the visiting stands go from about the 10 to the 10 and i remember seeing a boxscore in the paper one time saying 10,000 people attended. Newer turf field and never had a problem parking.
@ SEPA:
What prep did to NP, then what AW did to prep, etc. etc, means nothing when it comes to figuring out what AW would do to NP. And you of all people should know that. Having said that, I believe AW would beat all those teams ( NP, LS, & prep), but I don’t think they would be close to mercy rule on any.
Did you say the LS receiver, Coleman, is not playing Sat. due to injury? Or is that a Gordon ploy?
@markd: Why the surprise? Temple University couldn’t come up with a football field to remain in the Big East. What chance do high schools have?
If Coleman cant go for Lasalle that would be a huge loss considering Np doubled him the entire first game of the season. Np’s Mayfield is still up in the air after suffering a shoulder injury last game.
wow i cant believe that a big area like philly cant come up with fields for a playoff from what i am reading.Come on up the turnpike we have a field in Scranton sits 12000 plenty of parking and turf field wilkes sits about 10000 and even Valley View sit 7000 and plenty of parking
The loss to Wood was the last time before LaSalle that North Penn lost at Crawford stadium. They played 12 more games in 2006, 11 games in 2007, 15 games in 2008, 14 games in 2009 and 15 games in 2010. This means that there were 67 games between the loss to Wood and the loss to LaSalle.
How many games were played at Crawford in that span? Harder to figure out, because North Penn played a number of home games at War Memorial, Souderton and Wissahickon during that span. My estimate is 23 games played at Crawford during that span.
Anyone know when the last time North Penn lost at War Memorial? Was it “the Game?”
Dog21 is absolutely right. Opening game of the ’06 season. Wood won @ Crawford 25-18
What time is it? ………It’s Knight time, baby. The Splorers will be like the Phillies; take a step back each year.
And I do agree with you. Wood/La Salle would be a hellavu game!!!
And Dog 21 I don’t think it’s pompous or arrogant to stand behind your team. To be the best, ya gotta beat the best. Is that pompous? Is that arrogant? Go talk to Rick Flair or Chollie Manuel.
Wood beat NP 25-18 in first game of 2006 season, then the following week NP lost to Ohara and finally losing to Ridley in the 2nd round ending up 10-3. Wood ended up 9-3 losing to Ryan and West Catholic once in the regular season and once in the playoffs.
Dog21 Your statement about La Salle having kids from all over EasternPa is a little over the top don’t you think? Doylestown may be the extreme. Granted it is in eastern Pa. but you make it sound as though they’re coming from Scranton or Wilkes-Barre or Berwick!! It’s called open enrollment, not recruiting, and if you have a problem with that then take it up with the PIAA!
Anybody know – how big is LaSalles O-line?
@Gasdoc
http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/archbishop-wood-vikings-(warminster,pa)/football-fall-06/schedule.htm
25-18 AW Win.
I still think AW would dominate LS or NP. Simple argument for beating NP. They beat SJP 42-7, and that lone TD came against AW’s second team. SJP beat NP 51-33. AW would mercy rule NP.
AW beat WC 28-0 without one of their best players, Desmon Peoples (one of the aforementioned mercenaries), while LS managed a 24-0 win as well. AW beat MB twice in mercy rule contests while LS had to battle past them 41-22. Additionally, LS has had problems with teams that have a lot of speed and AW is a hell of a lot faster then LS. No one on LS could cover Nate Smith. Not a fabulous argument but it is what it is. Not everyone will agree with me but I do believe AW would beat LS convincingly. Say a 42-14 game.
Huge blow to La Salle, losing stud Sean Coleman to injury. Hard to tell who’s the favorite now because of that.
They beat NP at in 06. I was there.
Can’t wait for this Wood/ACC game this Friday night at Northeast H.S. I’m so there. Then be back the next day for North Penn/LaSalle. Are you kiddin’ me?! Take this any day over the Eagles.
No! They couldn’t have switched the NG/CE games. For one, CE/NG were already playing each other. Secondly, league officials wouldn’t let them. Thirdly, if you start changing games for one or two teams, then you have to do it for everyone. Fourth, the PCL had predetermined crossover games based on enrollment in each league to fill in dates in the schedule. Fifth, just because two teams are highly touted, and everyone would want to see them play, doesn’t mean you start altering schedules on the fly in the middle of the season.
Fellas, let’s keep it real and not lose site that AW is a very good football team and would be at any class. No need to throw the 4A/big boy/JV crap out there when referring to them. Year after year, the top teams from smaller classes have shown that they can play with the better 4A teams in a given year. AW in 2011 more than demonstrates this. On the other hand, I’m not so sure AW would destroy either NP or LS, but in my opinion they would be favorite by a solid 7-10 points over each of them.