7-on-7 competition goes well for Franklin Regional

By: Bill Beckner Jr.
Saturday, August 10, 2024 | 11:01 AM

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Franklin Regional coach Lance Getsy isn’t making any preseason predictions based on his team’s performance in 7-on-7 passing competitions, but he sees progress in the repetitions and value in the effort.

Franklin Regional had a shot at winning Pool A of the Westmoreland County Coaches Association Larry Sellitto Memorial 7-on-7 Championship last month at Latrobe, but a tie took away the Panthers’ chance at a point-differential tiebreaker with eventual champion Penn-Trafford.

The Panthers did not have a loss, but tied Norwin, 15-15, and finished 4-0-1.

“I think we did a lot of good things,” Getsy said. “The kids had fun and competed. Competition is always nice, but we are excited to put on pads and get into football mode.”

Touch football in July doesn’t excite too many coaches, but it gives teams a chance to compete and allows quarterbacks, receivers and defensive backs to work on their timing.

“It’s good to compete and win,” Penn-Trafford coach John Ruane said. “But at the end of the day, it means nothing. Everyone is competing in underwear.”

Penn-Trafford won the county title for a sixth time after reaching the championship for the 10th time in 13 years.

The Warriors defeated two-time defending champion Latrobe, 24-7, in the final.

Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.

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