Next month we will count down to our number one team in our Super 10 Rankings. Who are your top 5 teams in Class AAAA, AAA, AA and A? Pick from any of these Districts – 1,2,3,4,11 and 12 teams.
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west catholic is still the best until…
AA 2010 state champs
Buddy, Brandon Mercer was a senior last year, been watching him since pop warner football where he was great.
We’ll see with Souderton & Pennridge, they both have good looking squads this year. It should make for a fun and exciting year.
I’m pretty sure that NP’s Brandon Mercer (Not Murcer) was a senior last year. Well, at least he should have been. He went to West Cath. as a freshman and that class graduated last year.
@ Brian Hope:
Not sure how Souderton & Pennridge got in your top 5, but I agree with the rest of your picks. Souderton is the better of the two ( Pennridge that is), but not a top 5 in the East. NP did loose alot, but the QB is back, although not the best they have had in recent years, plus the speedster (RB) Brandom Murcer is back. The thing with NP is that they don’t rebuild, they just re-load. The only game NP might lose is the first game ( LaSalle). They SHOULDN’T lose again ’til the playoffs. Their schedule isn’t as tough as it was several years ago. Teams that need to be mentioned in the top 5 ( Quad A only) from East are:
LaSalle
Cumberland Valley
Neshaminy
North Penn
Liberty
Easton
D-town East
CR South
Ridley
Pennsbury
Whitehall…… just to name a few
Not sure what order you want to put these, I believe the top 4 mentioned are pretty accurate, the rest is anyone’s quess. First week of season sees NP @ LaSalle, so that might shake up the top 5. It all starts in three weeks fans! Bring it on!
I personally beleive that Mt. Carmel will be the Danville of 2010. Showed alot of character in 2010, lost few starters and has alot of athleticism and size. Should be an interesting year for MCA.
West Catholic is probably still the team to beat in the east and N. Schuylkill will be dangerous.
I’m not sure about the frontrunners in Dist 2 & 3. From what I’ve been hearing, Lakeland is up for a run at Districts and Lancaster Cath. and Wyomissing are threats in Dist.3
To Sepa obviously you have never seen Drew Harris in person because he can and will and has run 4.4 40’s. As far as your other misinformation he has gotten written offers from the most elite schools in the nation.Va Tech, PSU, Miami, SC, FSU and NOTRE DAME! You seem like a hater.So I got two words for you STOP HATING!And he plays in 4A football!
To george washington if you are an Acc parent or fan you have embarrassed them and yourself. The fact is Pa should have 5A football for catholics and schools like North Penn with extra large student bodies. The fact is catholic schools recruit and cherry pick from different school districts.
Just curious, why is Bethlehem Liberty getting such high rankings? I know that they will have a pretty quick backfield returning for action along with a very capable quarterback, but they also play in a league (LVC) with some other solid AAAA teams such as Parkland, Whitehall, Easton, Freedom, etc…that could very well compete for these accolades.
For the AAAA Schools this year I would have to go with:
1. LaSalle
2. Liberty
3. Pennridge
4. Souderton
5. North Penn
North Penn lost a lot of great kids last year. I believe they will lose a couple of games.
We have gotten away from our topic, who are the top teams in Eastern PA this year? Look forward to your post!
i love the people that claim allentown central catholic recruits. this is such an old issue. enough is enough. what more do people need to read or see for themselves.this group has been together for years. some were in the little vikes program. most are good buddies on and off the field. acc rejected players who wanted to transfer in to the school and program.
acc dresses a ton of kids. most who never see the feild. yet they have the fortitude to stick with a winning program. most players in high school never see the field, yet they continue to stick with it. the acc program sets their student up to be productive members in our screwed up society.
to all my govt run school fans who claim the catholic schools recruit, i would ask you to support school choice, not just with failing govt run schools , but with all schools.
the democrats/UNIONS LOVE choice when it comes to killing babies, but no choice for your kids education? huh?
Mike, no, these great athletes just happen to be on the same team? Come On man, the parents know that if they can afford it, to get their kids into Catholic sschools and move through the system. It’s possible they could have a great team, but really?
Joe,
ACC dressed 50 players last year, more than most AA schools and right up there with most triple AAA schools, outside of the Philly area anyway.
I agree with Don, catholic schools do cherry pick just look at Wood this year. Wood probably has the best team in AAA history coming up this year due to recruiting. It’s wrong and unfair to the public schools. Dont get me wrong Wood has a an excellent coaching staff but they do know how to bring in the best kids and promise them the world. There needs to be more restrictions in the recruiting process. I also have seen this go on since the 1970’s.
Mike,
You are absolutely on target with your post about Allentown Central Catholic. Most people outside of the Allentown area assume that this ACC team is built on “recruits” and transfers. As you correctly stated they have been together since “Little Vikings” (middle school) and knowledgeable local football people saw this group coming for years. Ironically, Nosovitch was not the QB on some of those teams (he was the starting safety). They did turn away several senior transfers who became all conference performers on other local teams the past few seasons. The one transfer on their roster was an underclassman from Bethlehem Catholic. This was a special group and because ACC is a AA school (they dress about 35 players) playing in a AAAA conference and competing in PIAA AAA classification this caliber of team is not ongoing. ACC has won 3 state titles but they do have down years. Next season ACC will not be a state championship threat. They will be respectable but nowhere near the caliber of this recent group.
I live in Allentown and I cannot comment on any schools other than ACC not sure about beca. I am a Whitehall fan but I can tell you none of the kids on the ACC team were recruited. I think they had one transfer a Kid from Bethlehem Catholic whose family moved from Bethlehem to Allentown. I am in no way an ACC fan but I believe most of those kids came from 3 Catholic Elementary Schools, St. Thomas, Cathedral, and St. Joe, with a few other catholic elementary schools sprinkled in. I only say this or post because everyone in the Lehigh Valley saw this team coming since the time they were in 6th or 7th Grade. I know for a fact 2 kids tried to transfer to ACC before last season and they were not admitted. I hope we beat the heck out of them this year and I would love nothing more than cry recruiting because they have beaten us the last two years but it simply isn’t the case with them.
My point is for the msot part Catholic Schools have great teams and records. It also has nothing to do with the kids, good for them, I’d love to see them all move on to college ball. The problem is Catholic Schools recruit, so saying transferring is disingenuous. It is run like a business and public schools are at a huge disadvantage. They play with the kids who live in that district.
Nice try Henry, all Catholic School cherry pick kids. Are you telling me all these great Athlete are good Caholic boys wanting a religous education. It’s not transferring, its a system. I’ve been watching this happen since 1976. I might know a little bit more than you think.
For the QUAD A teams North Penn is always tough but keep an eye on Pennridge, they have most of their starters back on defense and their whole offensive line is back with a quick backfield. They have a lot of depth on both sides of the ball.
Don
You have no idea what you are talking about. By making that statement you are categorizing all catholic schools. I am not going to throw mud at the schools I know to recruit. But ACC last year and this year were kids who have been playing together since the feeder school system. Don Bosco draws from 4 states. Trust me in some area’s of the state transferring happens just as much at publics as it does private.
@Don
I absolutely agree with you. Not sure if you’re talking about SJP too though because it’s one of the schools in this area that goes out of its way to challenge tough opponents.
2010 – St Peters Prep (NJ), North Penn
2009 – McKeesport, St Peters Prep (NJ), North Penn
2008 – Parkland, Saint Anthonys (NY)
2007 – NP, Don Bosco Prep (NJ)
2006 – Neshaminy, Don Bosco Prep (NJ), Hillard Davidson (OH)
2005 – Neshaminy, St. Ignatius (OH), Gilman (MD)
2004 – Pittsburgh Central Catholic, St. Ignatius (OH), Poly Prep Country Day (NY)
That’s a damn tough schedule for any team. They play some of the top private and public schools in the nation and then go play a pretty tough league schedule with Lasalle, Roman Catholic, Judge, Wood. There’s simply no reason to not be impressed with SJP’s records.
Not impressed with Catholic School records, have been watching Don Bosco since the mid 70’s. When you cherry pick kids and then play against a public school team that does not have that advantage, then you’re just fooling yourself. Go Play Don Bosco or Bergen Catholic… then you’ll see what it’s like to be a public school playing a catholic school. Nothing against the kids, but it’s apples and oranges
U guys need to stop hating on acc and nosovitch. Clearly they won it all last year! Clearly if ur complaining about one person not being available for a game, what does that tell you?
FYI ! Looks like the PCC/Wood game will be televised by ESPN2 or ESPNU. I also read that this game and the Gateway/McDevitt has been pushed back a day to Sunday. Not sure if that is accurate.
@Reggie White
you’re bringing up points that you can’t win.
There’s something that is far more legitimate than a unverified 40 time and that would be a 100m track time that he did actually run… Additionally, PCC is more than likely most people’s #1 in the state. So flip flopping would the incorrect word…
I’m not a Wood supporter but get it straight. This year they play a decent schedule and I don’t care what team you are, playing the #1 PA and #26 USA PCC, as well as the Defending AA Champs WC, in addition to SJP who didn’t have a single losing season in the past 15 years besides last year due to a rookie coach? You make their schedule sound incredibly weak when in reality, you look just based on last year to judge how “good” a program really is. You do need to stop embarrassing yourself.