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What about the Southern Columbia and Clairton state championship game? I think that one will be a good one.
@ Buddy
Just a note on the Lansdale Catholic VS North Penn thing. That was a Thanksgiving Day game for a period back when. I saw it in 1989 when it was pushed to the following Saturday. Up to 2002 when my records break NP was 17-4 vs L C. Looks like 2000 was the last until it was picked up again.
D1 Quad A should NOT go to 8 team playoffs, just have D12 teams schedule an extra game at the end of the season to eliminate the bye, that simple (not that difficult). Those programs that want a Turkey game can go right ahead and schedule one, who cares, Easton does it. Unless they come up with a different formula to select teams in the playoffs (like NP was a 11-seed; anyone who used the eye test would have clearly seen that NP was NOT the 11-seed in D1), keep the 16 team playoff. It also allows for teams to match up against stronger opponents in the pre-conference schedule, which means we all get better football.
@ Red:
They were just hershey kisses, not bricks. They probably didn’t know you weren’t a NP fan ( unless you have “LaSalle” painted on your doors), they were probably meant for NP fans. And believe me, we didn’t mind.
@ d6football:
You sure about that time my friend? I know it used to be 7:30. Now that is kickoff & not pre-game festivities? Thank you for the info.
Johnny Mo
Your nuts. Peoples#1 averaged 18 yds per carry on ACC peoples#3 avg 9yds or so. Thats insane numbers. They are game changers. We couldn’t stop either one of those guys. They are tuff fast and strong. They don’t go down after first contact!
I do believe that the La Salle NP contract is done…I hope they continue to play though. Also, I’d like to say congrats to the NP players. They showed a lot of class after their win. I saw a majority of them go up and hug some LA Salle players. It was nice to see that. HOwever, some of the NP fans were not so cordial. I was at this game, and some NP kids (I have to assume they were NP students because they were dressed in NP clothes and were of teenage age) were throwing hershey kisses at peoples’ cars, and mine was hit a few times. Really? Not cool.
@mgguy, another matchup I would like to see is wilson-easton
We are going to put the team previews on the site later this afternoon. This thread still can be found in the news section.
@D12 Fan
Your opinion but I think that’s highly unlikely… Wouldn’t favor a single team over AW right now, and wouldn’t have favored a single team over AW in the regular season. AW would be undefeated minus the thunder delay or the questionable FG call that it was no good.
Congrats to wood for the beat down of central. I was expecting a close game but it goes to show what a diffrence a good line makes. In all honesty i still think the people’s cousins aren’t that impressive sure they are fast but anyone can run the ball behind a giant, experinced line. You had better lay the “wood” on mcdevitt. Good luck with noah spence i hear he’s quite good..
@ D-12
I spoke too soon, I assumed that you were referring to other PA teams, not teams from across the country. You are correct. There are probably quite a few that would beat them.
D12
there is no way u have seen Wood play or would not make a stupid comment like that. This team is clearly one of the top three teams in PA this year and BY FAR the best in SEPA. It is not even close. You sound like a jealous D12 fan who lost in the playoffs. Or you simply know nothing about football. My guess it is probably a combo of both.
@ D-12 fan
What is your definition of plenty? Granted, I haven’t seen every single team in PA play this year, but I have seen Wood twice and they are the real deal. And this comes from an LVC fan.
How can one purchase tickets for the AAAA game this Saturday – North Penn vs. Central Dauphin?
@Buddy
The AAAA final is set for 6:00pm.
@GoldenKnight,
AW lost to PCC this year (who is the 3rd-5th best WPIAL AAAA team). AW might very well beat McDevitt as I’ve not seen them play live this year, but plenty of PA teams would beat the AW Vikings this year. PLENTY!
@ staff:
The 4A final this Saturday, is that a 6:00PM kickoff or a 7:30 pm kickoff? I’ve seen both times listed. Thanks in advance.
@Dylan, D3 with 30 was moved to the West to balance the brackets, the West doesn’t really have enough 4A schools on their own. I remember when D3 only had 4 teams qualify for playoffs- if you weren’t 9-1 you didn’t get in. It would be awesome to see the D3 powers, Wilson, CV, CD, even Mifflin play a D1 school. I know Wilson has problems scheduling teams that want to play them- they did play Downingtown East in a series recently and it was pretty good. They just picked up Harrisburg as a non league game, would rather have seen them go to the east!
@ dylan:
True. Before LaSalle, they did play Liberty ( D11 power) for either it was a 2 year or 4 year contract. There were some good games with them. It’s always an even number so they get that home & home thing.
Before NP hooked up with LaSalle, Beck ( NP coach), tried to get a thing with Gateway from out west. I heard that Gateway turned us down. Don’t know why, they are a powerhouse, I doubt they were scared of us.
Cumberland Valley or Wilson would be a good fit. They always have good teams.
I think ( not sure) their contract with LaSalle is up. Intersting to see who they get.
now that the east has been settled this season, which 4 teams do you guys think will win the east next season?
@ buddy, it was also be interesting to see north penn play cumberland valley or wilson from D3, or one of the D11 powers. I think they would be great non-league games.
@ Buddy
@ dylan
Thanks for your thoughts and input; much appreciated.
@ kmac, I agree with you. D3 4A only has 30 teams, so I think them going to an 8 team playoff would be realistic. But look at D1 4A, 45 teams and they are a lot more competitive than D3. If they went down to 8 teams, you would need to go 9-1 just to make the playoffs. that’s ludicrous!!
@ Joe Cool:
Yo, you’re not being cool at all. There was absolutely no domination there. NP won by 7, and that’s all they should have won by giving LaSalle’s performance. Game could have gone either way, just like last year.
By-the-way, does anyone know if this was the last year on the LaSalle/ North Penn contract?
I thought I heard it was for 2 years only. I hope not, it’s a pretty good rivalry shaping up.
@KMAC:
What i was saying is if D1 goes down to an 8 team bracket, that will automatically elliminate the bye that is in the other bracket. i.e., the bye currently exists because the other half has to wait a week for D1 to catch up.
About the current 16 team from D1: it’s too much. You’re right, if they didn’t have that this year, the best team in D1 ( NP ) would have not made the playoffs. I say too bad. They simply can’t lose those 2 games that they did.
This is going to happen ( down to an 8 team playoff from D1), because for some reason, the PIAA wants to shorten the season by one week. Something will have to happen out west too.
Lastly, I agree with you 100%. NP should not be playing LC. It’s a travesty. It isn’t that old of a cross-town rivalry anyway. They only picked them back up about 4 years ago when they re-aligned. They should be playing maybe a Downingtown or maybe Cardinal O’Hara or Roman. Got to be a 4A school for sure.