WPIAL teams prominent in state football rankings
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | 7:48 PM
Seven of the eight WPIAL football finalists are in the top 10 of their respective classifications in the latest installment of the Pennlive.com state football rankings.
Here's a look:
Pennlive state football rankings, Nov. 13, 2017
Class 6A
RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank
1. St. Joseph's Prep (12)10-01
2. Pine-Richland (7)12-02
3. Parkland (11)12-03
4. Delaware Valley (2)12-04
5. Coatesville (1)11-15
6. Cumberland Valley (3)9-28
7. Manheim Twp. (3)10-1NR
8. State College (6)9-2NR
9. Garnet Valley (1)11-1NR
10. Pennsbury (1)10-2NR
Honorable mention: Downingtown East (1) 10-2, La Salle College HS (12) 7-4, North Penn (1) 9-3, Neshaminy (1) 10-2, Pittsburgh C.C. (7) 10-2, Wilson (3) 8-3.
Class 5A
RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank
1. Harrisburg (3)11-01
2. Archbishop Wood (12)8-22
3. Springfield-Delco (1)12-03
4. Gateway (7)11-14
5. Manheim Central (3)11-05
6. Grove City (10)11-06
7. Penn-Trafford (7)11-18
8. Cocalico (3)10-19
9. Unionville (1)11-110
10. Governor Mifflin (3)10-1NR
Honorable mention: McKeesport (7) 8-3, Upper Moreland (1) 10-1, Southern Lehigh (11) 10-2, Whitehall (11) 9-3, Marple-Newtown (1) 8-4.
Class 4A
RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank
1. Cathedral Prep (10)11-01
2. Imhotep Charter (12)9-12
3. Berks Catholic (3)11-03
4. Thomas Jefferson (7)10-16
5. Bethlehem Catholic (11)10-27
6. Montour (7)9-2NR
7. Pottsgrove (1)11-19
8. Bellefonte (6)10-2NR
9. Bishop McDevitt (3)9-210
10. Selinsgrove (4)10-2NR
Honorable mention: Belle Vernon (7) 10-1, South Fayette (7) 11-1, John Bartram (12) 11-1, Berwick (7) 10-2.
Class 3A
RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank
1. Aliquippa (7)12-01
2. Scranton Prep (2)12-02
3. Middletown (3)11-03
4. Palisades (11)12-05
5. Quaker Valley (7)10-16
6. Lehighton (11)12-08
7. Forest Hills (6)10-110
8. Huntingdon Area (6)10-1NR
9. Wyomissing (3)10-19
10. Sharon (10)8-3NR
Honorable mention: Mercyhurst Prep (10) 10-1, Seton-LaSalle (7) 9-2, Jim Thorpe (11) 10-2, Beaver Area (7) 9-3, Littlestown (3) 9-2, Loyalsock Twp. (4) 8-4.
Class 2A
RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank
1. Southern Columbia (4)12-01
2. Steel Valley (7)10-02
3. Dunmore (2)12-03
4. Washington (7)11-04
5. Ligonier Valley (6)12-05
6. Wilmington (10)11-06
7. Neumann-Goretti (12)10-08
8. Newport (3)10-19
9. Clarion (9)11-010
10. Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic (7)10-2NR
Honorable mention: Kane (9) 11-1, Chestnut Ridge (5) 10-1, West Catholic (12) 8-4, Bishop McCort (6) 10-2, Mount Carmel (4) 8-4.
Class A
RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank
1. Bishop Guilfoyle (6)11-01
2. Williams Valley (11)12-02
3. California (7)12-03
4. Steel-High (3)9-24
5. Imani Christian (7)10-25
6. Clairton (7)9-26
7. Jeannette (7)11-17
8. Homer-Center (6)10-18
9. Old Forge (2)11-110
10. Farrell (10)9-2NR
Honorable mention: Oour Lady of the Sacred Heart (7) 9-3, Curwensville (9) 9-1, Ferndale (6) 9-3, Ridgway/Johnsonsburg (9) 8-3.
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