Cville 7 NP 6 midway through 2nd

The same heated debate that permeates so many of the football threads back in my beloved home state are just as lively out here in California.

Take a read:

https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-high-schools-sondheimer-20181118-story.html

You'll note that about a month ago or so I was able to catch the regular season Mater Dei versus IMG game as well as a playoff game between St. John Bosco and San Clemente a few weeks back. Without any exaggeration the talent on the field (Bosco and Mater Dei) was as good as I have ever seen at the scholastic level. And what Bosco did to Oaks Christian (56-10) and Mater Dei to Corona Centennial (48-14) in the semi-finals of the playoffs last weekend was scary as Oaks and Corona were both Top 25 nationally (Bosco - number one in the land - and Mater Dei - number three - meet this Friday in the Southern Section Division 1 championship).

Looks like it may be possible to stream prep/pr game on pine richland tv(prtv). Can anyone confirm?

SJP-PR @ Altoona, Sat at 1pm
Wood-PH @ Chambersburg, Friday at 7pm
MC-UD @ Wissahickon, Friday at 7pm
CV-HB @ Hershey, Sat at 1pm
WC-SC @ Northern Lehigh, Friday at 7pm
BC-Tep @ Northeast High, Friday @ 7pm

http://www.piaa.org/sports/championship_details.aspx?sport=football

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports...iled-sports&utm_campaign=Headlines-Newsletter

Check out the article more than the vid.

COLORADO FOOTBALL COACHING RUMORS

Leading Rumored Colorado Football Coaching Candidate Jim Leavitt via ralphiereport.com
Cumulative GPA: 2.65
Leavitt seems like a decent hire if Colorado wants an established name who could inject energy into the program, but he falls flat in other areas of the game, especially recruiting and personality. This would be a medium-floor, low-ceiling move that wouldn’t push Colorado past the mediocrity Rick George abhors. CU should aim for a younger guy with more potential.


https://www.collegefootballtoday.or...hing-changes-rumors-in-college-football-today

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RANKINGS 2018

Below are the 2018 Official College Football Playoff Rankings Top 8 College Football teams. We are going to highlight what will need to happen for the likes of UCF or even Michigan to creep back into the top four college football playoff discussion. The 13-member College Football Playoff Committee will have the final say on who gets to compete for the 2018-2019 College Football National Championship.

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan
8. UCF



COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECRUITING NEWS

College Football Today 2019 Top 300 College Football Recruits have offers accumulating from Division one programs. Quarterback Brenden Taylor, just received offers from FCS Football program Presbyterian and also from Jacksonville University. He has caught major interest from FBS program like Marshall and other big time college football programs, as a top ATHLETE recruit.

College Football Playoff Rankings & Is College Football Rigged?



I keep seeing a hashtag on Twitter that insinuates that College Football is rigged. When you look at the intricacies of this Big 12 Championship contest, you may want whoever is behind the curtain to keep making these magical College Football games occur.




ZACH SMITH TOM HERMAN
In the 247 Sports article titled Zack Smith: Herman wanted to bring Meyer down. Author Jordan James is able to illustrate through a series of Tweets from former Ohio State Coach Zach Smith that paints a very vivid picture of the relationship between Texas and Ohio State in College Football Today.




OHIO STATE VS NORTHWESTERN 2018
When asked how he felt about the upcoming matchup, Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald said, "I don't think anyone outside these doors would pick us to win this game. My mom and dad, I guess, would. I'm not even sure if my sisters would. But I don't need them. I just need the 74 guys who will put on the purple and white Saturday." Fitzgerald may be right, the odds are not in his favor. The Wildcats have been wildly inconsistent this season and have had a number of close wins that should have been blowouts such as Rutgers and Illinois.


CFB PLAYOFF RANKINGS 2018
We already previewed the Alabama vs Georgia SEC Championship match-up that will also dictate the CFB Playoff Rankings and what UCF would need to do to climb into one of the four CFB playoff ranking positions.


Week 14 College Football Picks for College Football Championship week can be found by clicking HERE. College Football Today already has previews for the SEC, BIG 12 and PAC 12 championship match-ups with predictions from College Football Today President Maddy Sperling. Check out how we did week 13 by clicking HERE.

Power Ratings 6A Semifinals
Coatesville 14-0 vs Harrisburg 12-1….15.40 Coatesville
Coatesville set a school record defeating North Penn 42-13 for their 14th win of the season and second consecutive District-1 title. This one was tight for a while with the Red Raiders up 14-6 at the half. Things were looking good for North Penn until a 28-7 second half blitz featuring a kickoff return and a dominating defense that sacked Knight’s Qb Solomon Robinson 7 times sealed the deal. Aaron Young rushed for 180 yards on 17 carries for 3 scores (57, 53, 4yds), helping Coatesville to a 337 to 264 total yardage advantage, 318 coming on the ground. Shamar Edwards had 120 rushing for North Penn (13-1) who when all is said and done, had a heck of a year, performing beyond expectations. This was not their most talented team. They fell off from last year’s season ending average of 41ppg which followed 2016’s 40ppg to 29 a game this year. But the D was vastly improved to 18ppg from 27, helping them reach another double digit winning season. For the second straight year, Coatesville’s numbers are at stratospheric levels, scoring 46ppg, up from last year’s 41 a game. Like North Penn, their defense is significantly improved over last year’s 17ppg to 11ppg. A rematch with Harrisburg is next. The Cougars reeled off 12 straight since the opening week loss to Coatesville 37-6, defeating quality opponents like State College, Central Dauphin, Cedar Cliff and Wilson. Their offense scores 39 a game with a defense allowing 10, their best defense since the George Chaump years, 2003-2010. Coatesville and Harrisburg met in the opener at Severance Field in Harrisburg where the Red Raiders owned the airways, with Ricky Ortega throwing for 271 yards to Dapree Bryant (5/152) and Dymere Miller (3/122). Harrisburg’s rush defense that has been solid all year allowed 121 yards. The Cougars rushed for 148 yards but could only muster 32 passing in Kane Everson’s first game under center after transferring in from neighboring Central Dauphin East. He’s grown up since then, throwing for 2423 yards while rushing for 768, making him something of a Ricky Ortega clone. Harrisburg has the most dangerous quarterback and balanced attack Coatesville has seen since their last practice against their offense. He can make something out of nothing. Running back Jahmir Plant (5-9 190, jr), has emerged to become a force at running back along with Dana Purdy 5-7 160 who can scat. The receivers are average but the O-Line really picked up Central Dauphin’s blitzes well in the district final. CD has a strong D-Front. Defensively, they are strong up front with Saquon Carter-Barton 6-2 230 and Jeff Chisolm-Wilkerson 5-11 260 inside, with Dionte Nichols 6-2 230 and Brian Yates 6-0 210 at DE. The secondary is average and a team weakness here. The LBs are a team strength, especially Andre White 6-3 215 (Texas A&M), along with Elijah Scott 6-2 210, Jai Burney 5-9 190 and Harold O’Neal 6-0 185 who can all fly. This is not the same Harrisburg team Coatesville played 13 weeks ago. They shouldn’t win but they just might make Coatesville play a 4-quarter football game. Maybe!
St. Joseph’s Prep 11-0 vs Pine Richland 11-2….10.22 St. Joseph’s Prep
St. Joseph’s Prep had no trouble with the District-11 champ Freedom (12-2), holding the mercy ruled Patriots to 204 yards of offense and their skilled quarterback Jared Jenkins to 5 of 10 for 48 yards. St. Joe’s Qb Kyle McCord completed 9 of 14 passes for 159 yards and three scores to lead a well-balanced attack that rushed for 141 yards and passed for 159 in an easy 42-14 win. While it was a school record for Freedom winning 12 games, their best since going 10-3 in 2008, it was also the fifth time in six years St. Joe’s eliminated the District-11 champion. Their offense was efficient and productive, scoring 42 points on 300 total yards of offense. Meaning they only had to go 7.14 yards to get a single point. Freedom, who gained 204 yards of offense while scoring 14 points had to go 14.57 yards to get a point. Actually it’s been an easy ride for the Hawks since opening with St. Peter’s Prep-NJ (7-4) and Our Lady of Good Counsel-Md (6-4). Jersey mimics PA with two dominant teams in St. Joseph Regional (10-2) and Bergen Catholic (10-2) who just faced off in the Non-Public Group Four (North Jersey Super-Red) with SJR winning 13-0. It’s a different story in OLGC’s Washington Catholic-Capital League with DeMatha (8-3), St. John’s (9-1), OLGC (6-4) and Gonzaga (9-3) all beating each other up in a highly competitive league (WCAC) although Gonzaga just upset their bitter rival St. John’s and DeMatha in the postseason. So, how will Pine Richland fare against St. Joe’s? If they can duplicate their performance last week where they routed a solid 12-2 State College team 56-33, they’ll compete. Before we forget, Pine Richland is the defending 6A champ that did a heck of a rebuild after graduating the team that defeated St. Joe’s last year 41-21. Against State, they rushed for 464 yards on 38 carries, forcing SC turnovers on their first two possessions, while PR scored on their first 5 possessions. Luke Meckler rushed for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns while Anthony Cerminara added 148 yards and 3 touchdowns on 10 carries. Sophomore quarterback Cole Spencer had 2 touchdown passes while rushing for 110 yards and a score on 18 carries. Its common knowledge in District-3 the Mid Penn Commonwealth is snake bit in the playoffs at Mansion Park Stadium in Altoona, almost always coming out with a loss. For SC, this was their 10th quarterfinals appearance where they’ve gone 2-8 since 2005. Snake bit or not, they got handled at the Mansion. Season totals show Spencer completed 112 of 183 passes (61%) for 1342 yards with a 13/3 ratio while rushing for 687 yards on 164 attempts. Though they are a downhill team featuring Luke Meckler with 1253 yards, they have a solid receiver corps, headed by Eli Jochem with 34 catches for 309 yards, Luke Miller with 325 yards on 23 catches and Shane Cafardi with 22 receptions for 282 yards. They have numerous weapons and appear on a par with St. Joe’s most difficult opponents, definitely St. Peter’s Prep, played at the top of the season. OLGC and the Washington Catholic League? For Pine and St. Joe’s, this is the third time they’ve met, all finals appearances, with SJP winning in 2014, 49-41 and PR winning last year. This looks like a competitive game where you could write a book on the matchups with the only question in terms of Pine Richland’s ability to compete being their collapse four weeks ago at North Allegheny where they came up empty, losing 27-7. And it has to be significant that Kyle McCord is farther along than Cole Spencer. He’s shown a knack of rising to the occasion with strong games, his best games, coming against the more difficult teams on their schedule. He is 66% on the year for 2299 yards and 30 touchdowns. Against Good Counsel, LaSalle, Wood, Ryan and Freedom, he’s 79 of 109, 72% for 1264 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Power Ratings 5A Semifinals
Archbishop Wood 9-3 vs Penn Hills 14-0….3.07 Penn Hills
Archbishop Wood scored on their first play when Tom Santiago ran 40 yards for the score to kick start the offense to a 31-0 halftime lead where they out-distanced the Golden Tigers 232 to 5 in total yards….in the first half! Santiago finished with 113 on 8 carries with Chris Blackstone adding 90 as the team rushed for 271 yards to defeat a game but outmanned Hollidaysburg 38-7, holding them to 147 total yards. Jack Colyar completed 5 of 8 passes for 79 yards and a touchdown. The win, their fifth straight, put them in the semifinal against undefeated Penn Hills. The Indians rallied from a 10 point deficit late in the first half, scoring on a Hollis Mathis to Dante Cephus pass for a touchdown moments before the break. That was the lift needed to win their fifth WPIAL title by defeating West Allegheny (10-3) 28-18. Qb Mathis completed 9 of 17 passes for 210 yards and 3 touchdowns. Dante Cephus was his primary, catching 3 for 146 yards and 2 scores. Terry “Tank” Smith (5-9, 210, LB) rushed for 81 yards. Penn Hills defense was fierce, sacking West A’s Qb Kam Kruze 5 times and getting 3 turnovers. He threw for 220 yards but the run defense was there, holding them to 101 yards. Penn Hills rushed for 144 yards. Hollis (6-1, 190, sr) will be Wood’s main concern as will a bevy of Penn Hills receivers. Tank Smith is their battering ram at running back with 1427 yards. Hollis is a pro style drop back passer, completing 61% of his passes for 2365 yards and rushing for 605 yards. He is surrounded with playmakers, scoring 39ppg. The receiver corps is numerous, led by Daequan Hardy with 651 yards on 29 receptions, Dante Cephus with 23 catches for 520 yards and Anthony Grimes with 409 yards on 31 catches. The most underrated aspect of the team is their defense allowing 10ppg and only 56 the last 8 games. It’s a veteran team that returned 7 to both sides of the ball with few concerns coming into the season, apart from a couple holes on the line. Evidently that was not an issue, opening at Ohio’s Division-IV power Steubenville (10-2), winning 21-14. Steubenville is one of the small school programs in the state, winning the Div-IV title last year at 15-0 and advancing to the finals the previous two year. Their 5 year won-loss is 62-9. The team that most recently gave Wood a game was Archbishop Ryan, losing 24-17. They have a quarterback in Jahlil Sanders who shares Hollis Mathis’s traits as a dual threat. While Wood defeated Archbishop Ryan (8-4) 24-17, Gratz (5-7) 57-6 and Hollidaysburg (9-5) 38-7 in the postseason, Penn Hills was defeating McKeesport (9-3) 34-7, Peters Township (10-3) 22-14 and West Allegheny (10-3) 28-18. Wood is gunning for their third straight state title and sixth overall, winning runner up Silver Medals in 2008 and 2012.
Upper Dublin 12-1 vs Manheim Central 13-0….22.92 Manheim Central
Here’s some interesting District-3 trivia about Upper Dublin’s Coach Bret Stover. He starred for Millersville University (borders Lancaster) for two years at quarterback, guiding them to the Division II playoffs where they lost to North Dakota State 36-26 who went on to win the title. About their game last week with the score knotted at 28 a piece late in the 3rd quarter, Upper Dublin went on a 9-play 82 yard scoring drive to grab a hard fought 35-28 win against West Chester’s Bayard Rustin (10-3). Quarterback Mike Slivka (6-1, 195, jr) did much of the damage, throwing for 232 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 38 more for two more scores. One man wrecking crew! How about big Mike, having a strong year with a Td-Pick ratio of 17 to 4, throwing for 1484 yards at a 63% clip. Not bad for a first year starter. As always the Cardinals play solid defense, allowing 13ppg. It’s a light swift group that could have issues with Manheim Central’s size but they are quick. Running back Lucas Roselli is a weapon, rushing for 724 yards and catching 27 passes for 430 yards. Mason Novak (5-10, 20, sr) does the heavy work at 564 yards. Three receivers are at 966 total yards in receptions, Selvin Haynes, Dylan Zlotnikoff and Roselli. They score 39ppg. There is no team on the schedule that comes close to approximating their next opponent in the PIAA semifinal from District-3, undefeated Manheim Central, one of the best teams in the state. The Barons roll in after securing their 18th District-3 title, defeating Cocalico. 18th! Quarterback Evan Simon who has become a weapon this year completed 12 of 18 for 374 yards and 5 touchdown passes. Colby Wagner was the prime recipient, catching 5 for 218 yards. With Wagner snagging 23 passes for 753 yards, Will River at 25 for 532, Isaac Perron with 24 receptions for 369 and Ben Wagner at 16 for 344 yards, they are one potent passing attack. Simon has 2319 yards passing for the year with a 26/5 Td-Pick ratio plus 531 yards rushing. Their all-time leading rusher Tyler Flick had 115 yards on 19 carries (1650 for the year) as the Manheim machine rolled out 561 yards of offense to overwhelm Cocalico 48-14. Upper Dublin will have to play their best game of the year to stay on the field with these guys.

CFB Conference Championship Games

With the 2018 regular season in the books and the CFB Conference Championship games drawing closer, it's time to revisit the exhausted argument for an expanded College Football Playoff system. On Nov. 18, Merf Trout put forth his proposal for an 8-team playoff which consists of the winners of each Power Five conference championship games and three wildcards. Now that the conference championships have been officially set, let's see what this 8-team playoff would look like. - PART ONE

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK

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Respectful essentially non-partisan take/article... I liked his finish!!
Won't end the debate... nor should the debate end..

https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsit...4Pu6B4BISL8lUUdkUcwB3DbJeu_zSqAQPZmMeBpDcpxJQ

Power Ratings 4A Semifinals
Imhotep 10-2 vs Bethlehem Catholic 11-3….4.34 Inhotep
Imhotep Charter School used its size and speed to overwhelm a good Valley View team 37-9. A 25-0 halftime lead had to be devastating to a team used to being on the other end of that score, coming in undefeated (13-0), winning games by an average score of 37 to 9. This was the second straight year ICS beat Valley View, winning 41-0 last year. The Cougars had no answer for anything ICS did, allowing 426 yards of offense with Tykee Smith rushing for 172 yards and two touchdowns while Qb Jaden Sutton-Christian was perfect, completing 6 of 6 passes for 76 yards with 3 touchdowns passes, two to D’Shaun Seals, another to Yusuf Terry. Their opponent this week is Bethlehem Catholic, a team they defeated last year 34-14. The Golden Hawks won their third straight District-11 title and fifth in the last six years with a largely veteran, definitely explosive group, averaging 44ppg, benefiting tremendously by the transfer of quarterback Zamar Brake (1837) from New Jersey. He and running backs Tavion Banks (1396) and Zaheer Seabrooks (1381) give them one of the top backfields in the state, running behind one of the best O-Lines, featuring Penn State recruit Dalton Daddona (6-4, 280) plus Jerry Lyons (6-2, 275) and Elias Marte (6-4, 295). They are big, fast and strong, which is how many characterize Imhotep. Their schedule is mostly 6A and 5A teams making their run through the 4A playoffs almost an afterthought, defeating Blue Mountain, Pottsville, Saucon Valley and Pottsgrove by a combined score of 216 to 75, a 54-19 average. Imhotep’s mimics that, blowing past Boys Latin, Bartram, O’Hara and Valley View by a 135-17 total or 34-4 average to win their fourth consecutive District-12 title. The front end showed games against quality programs including LaSalle, and powerhouses DeMatha and St. Joseph Regional, whereas BECA’s challenges were peppered throughout the season in the competitive EPC-South, but devoid of national powers ICS faced. The Panthers are on a historic run, winning the title in 2015, beating Cathedral Prep 40-3, then losing to the Ramblers the following two years in the final, 27-20 in 2016 and 38-28 last year. They’re also joined at the hip to Bethlehem Catholic, playing and defeating them the last two years. In point of fact, this is where BECA typically goes down, losing in the semifinal. Last year’s result against ICS and Freedom’s performance against St. Joe’s last week does raise a few red flags.
Bishop McDevitt 12-1 vs Cathedral Prep 11-3….2.89 Bishop McDevitt
McDevitt went on a 70 yard scoring drive, using 20 plays and 8 minutes to ice the district title game, denying Berks Catholic a fourth straight District-3 crown in a hard fought 41-31 win. They pulled out all the stops (scoring in the last 2 minutes), going for a first down on a 4th and 4 at their own 36 yard line and converting a fake punt along the way to keep the drive alive. No tomorrows in the postseason! A previous drive went 70 yards in 10 plays to end the third quarter giving the Crusaders a 34-17 lead and real momentum. Statistically, they owned this one, rushing for 299 yards. CJ Reyes-Diggs hit them low rushing for 162 yards and 3 touchdowns while Chase Diehl hit them high, completing 12 of 19 for 142 yards. Berks was held to 146 yards rushing. They advance to play Cathedral Prep who put a 42-10 hurtin on South Fayette, shutting them down in the second half with a 21-0 outburst. This was the seventh straight time Cathedral ended the season of a WPIAL title team. Their great back Billy Lucas (6-0, 205) ran for 342 yards on 39 carries, scoring 3 touchdowns. He has 1664 rush yards for the year. Cathedral plays a difficult schedule including Central Catholic (7-4) of Pittsburgh, a 24-21 loss, St. Edwards’s of Ohio (10-3) who beat them 35-3 and Clarkson-North (6-6) of Ontario who won 51-40. They have 4 solid running backs with the focus always on Billy Lucas with his 1664 yards. The receiver corps is deep with 4 playing a key role with 105 receptions for 1851 yards, led by Jack Oedekoven’s 772 yards. At 6-4, 185 pounds he wins most of the 50-50 balls. With McDevitt scoring 45 and allowing 17 compared to Cathedral’s averaging 42ppg while allowing 19, there should be a lot of scoring, Both are loaded to the gills with skill players suggesting it may be won by the team that has the ball last.

Power Ratings 3A Semifinals
Middletown 12-1 vs Scranton Prep13-1….11.36 Middletown
Middletown got past Conwell Egan 21-14 but it was a struggle. They neutralized Patrick Gawro, holding him to 3 yards but freed up Dajuan Harris in the process who gashed them for 178 of the teams 226 yards rushing, keeping them in the game. Quarterback Alex Goldsby was effective, completing 8 of 18 passes for 120 yards. They battled, getting 346 total yards that often wins a game but not this time, where Middletown made the stops they needed to. Middletown was more, but not by much. Conwell Egan dented their defense but had great difficulty converting yards to points, driving to Middletown’s 35 yards line three times on their initial possessions, coming away empty. But give them credit for battling back from a 14-0 deficit. Jose Lopez did the most damage for the Blue Raiders rushing for 232 yards. He has not been stopped the entire year. Aside from Bishop McDevitt, Conwell Egan is the best team they played. Their opponent this weekend is Scranton Prep who essentially had a scrimmage, sitting their starters for the 4th quarter after blowing out Montoursville with 478 total yards of offense in a 45-7 victory. The defense was sound, holding Montoursville to 198 total yards with 28 on the ground. Scranton Prep’s Leo O’Boyle was a force, completing 15 of 23 passes for 242 yards and 3 touchdowns. He’s a load at 6-7, 210 and will play at Lafayette. Tucker Johnson rushed for 108 yards with Ben Jones getting 88 and 2 touchdowns. The competition out of District-2 doesn’t often compete well with District-3 teams. But the Cavs have had their highs, defeating Dunmore in the opener 31-0 and their lows, losing to Valley View 27-15. Middletown defeated the Cavaliers the last two years and are poised for another visit to the state finals, their third in a row!
Sharon 10-3 vs Aliquippa 12-1….27.00 Aliquippa
The Sharon Tigers won their second straight District-10 title then rocked Bald Eagle last week 28-7. Qb Lane Voytik (6-0, 205) was a modest 11 of 20 for 72 yards but has 2624 for the year with a 27/13 ratio at 63%. BA was held to 74 yards rushing, 219 total, with the Tigers gaining 186 yards rushing, mostly from running back Jordan Wilson’s 172 yards and 2 touchdowns. He’s 5-10, 230 pounds with 1898 yards for the season. Fun tackling him! Their other weapon is CJ Parchman (6-4, 215) who has 1026 yards in receptions. It’s a mid-range attack by today’s standards scoring 30 a game with a defense at 20ppg, 279 total. They had collapses against Wilmington (12-1) in their season opener, losing 42-7 and Grove City (11-1) 42-9, who they avenged before defeating Bald Eagle. Prior to that they gave Mercyhurst Prep (10-1) their first loss 29-28. So they appear to have righted things, winning their last six games since Grove City. They’ll need to bring it hard this week for any hopes of defeating one of the state’s true juggernauts, Aliquippa, who is coming off a bye week. Talk about a “Program”. They defeated Derry two weeks ago 42-19 (402-202 Total O), to win their 17th WPIAL title! And how about 21 title game appearances, 11 straight. Wow! The Quips are destroying people by an average score of 48-7 with the lone loss coming against Central Valley (5-6) 14-8 on the last game of the regular season. So, they’re human, but only if you put them in a deluge with torrents of rain. They had a bye last week after beating Derry (11-2). Its hard finding a weakness, with quarterback Eli Kosanovich (6-2, 195, sr) completing 63% of passes with a 35/3 ratio for 2798 yards. William Gipson is the lead receiver with 1494 yards on 53 receptions. Deoveon Crute has 33 catches for 452 yards while MJ Devonshire has 456 yards on 19 receptions. Three year starter Avante McKenzie (5-8. 190, sr) is one of the top backs in the WPIAL with 177 carries for 1444 yards (1681 last year), giving them a well-rounded offense. Nearly half the players have offers. About the D, six shutouts with an average yield of 7ppg tells you it’s fast, with a great Front, headed by Solvauhn Moreland (6-3, 295, sr) and Elijah Mike (6-1, 305, jr). First year coach Mike Warfield is a ‘87 Aliquippa grad who staring there as a quarterback….and very evidently has the team on the same page. He is their first black coach with the retirement of Mike Zmijanic after a 21 year stint.
** Edited 11/29 to add information on Coach Zmijanac. Had a record of 237-36 (87%), 6 WPIAL titles, 1 PIAA state title and 10 consecutive appearances in the WPIAL final, a record. Also just saw he retired after a one year at Ringgold.

Power Ratings 2A Semifinals
West Catholic 12-2 vs Southern Columbia 14-0….13.25 Southern Columbia
Tre Johnson moved into the starting role at quarterback, replacing the injured Zaire Hart-Hawkins to help lead the West Catholic past Richland Township at Central York High School. He was more than effective, connecting on 9 of 17 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown toss! A 23-7 third quarter blew the lid off this one as the Burrs rolled to a 35-7 victory over the District-6 champ. Richland doesn’t often see this kind of size or speed and it was evident, the way West Catholic’s O-Line threw them around for 257 rush yards, opening significant holes for Jacir Savoy to rush for 183 yards on 27 carries. West Catholic’s defense held Richland to 35 yards rushing (!), forcing 5 Ram turnovers. With the exception of road losses at Pottsgrove (12-2) in the opener by a point and Conwell Egan (13-1) by 8 points, the defense has been solid enough to help reach a 12 win season, their highest win total since 2010’s 13-2 team that defeated South Fayette 50-14 in the 2A final. Defending state champ Southern Columbia is next. Evidently the bye week didn’t help York Catholic who came in 12-0 and left after a 56-23 thumping at Shamokin High. The Tigers rolled up 622 yards of offense and a 42-7 lead at the half, with the 1st unit playing only two series of the 2nd half. The Fighting Irish had no idea what hit them, being held to 211 total yards with Gaige Garcia (5-10, 195, sr, 157/1552-season) rambling for 186 yards on 10 carries and brother Gavin (5-7, 160, Fr, 88/970-season) getting 5 totes for 108, almost all in the first half. Stone Hollenbach completed 8 of 10 passes for 249 yards and 3 touchdowns with 5 going to Julian Fleming for 148 yards and two touchdowns. West Catholic and SCA last met in 2015, also in the semifinal at Northern Lehigh where they lost 34-19. Southern had difficulty with West Catholic’s speed in that one but seven turnovers (5 interceptions) did them in, in a game that was much closer than the score reveals. This one might be tipped by the advantage Southern has at quarterback, where Hollenbach (6-3, 205, sr) completed 65 of 103 passes (63%) for 1253 yards. His Td-Pick ratio is 20 to 3, throwing primarily to Julian Fleming (6-3, 210, jr, PSU) who has caught 63 passes for 1300 yards.
Steel Valley 12-1 vs Wilmington 12-1….11.92 Steel Valley
Steel Valley won their fifth district title and second in the last three years, overwhelming South Side 48-6 in their third consecutive WPIAL final. Their talented tandem backs Todd Hill and Kam Williams were more than South Side could handle, rushing for 120 yards and 3 scores and 196 yards and 3 touchdowns respectively. Williams also had 104 yards in receptions. This is quite a pair with Hill at 1618 yards rushing and dual threat Williams at 1809 yards rushing plus 404 in receptions. The Ironmen like to pound it but are a threat up top with Ronnell Lawrence completing 60 of 121 for 1054 yards. His Td/Pick ratio is a concern at 12/12. Eshawn Carter caught 18 passes for 491 yards giving them multiple weapons to take the pressure off Williams and Hill. Their only loss was against Shady Side Academy (10-1) 56-36, who fell to South Side in the playoffs. Wilmington is also a power team that just likes to pound you, even more than the Ironmen as demonstrated in last week’s 56-14 thrashing of Ridgway-Johnsonburg where they rushed for 458 yards. 458 yards! They passed for 110. The overmatch was apparent at the start with Wilmington racing out to a 42-0 lead at the half. They played their second team the entire second half but still managed to score on every possession except the last. Their defense smothered RJ, holding them to 146 total yards, 91 rushing, 55 passing. Their only loss came by another District-10 powerhouse, undefeated 1A Farrell (13-0), who beat them 31-19. Farrell plays Sacred Heart in the semifinal. Wilmington’s undefeated team lost to Southern Columbia last year 48-0 in the 2A final while Steel Valley is looking to repeat the 2016 season where they won gold defeating Southern Columbia 49-7.

Power Ratings 1A Semifinals
Lackawanna Trail 13-1 vs Juniata Valley 11-2….7.80 Lackawanna Trail
District 1-2 champ Lackawanna Trail made it to their third state semifinal defeating District-3’s perennial small school power Halifax (11-2) 28-6. Four year starting quarterback Nate Rolka and company kept things simple with the ability to run with their four headed attack of Rolka, Cody Moyle, Jeff Resto and Ray Melnikoff. Rolka threw for 43 yards but rushed for 162 with Melnikoff rushing for another 102. He’s rushed for 1156 on the year with Moyle at 772, Resto at 702 and Rolka at 678 yards rushing. A lot of the teams up that way just line up and say….here it is. The defense that allowed over 15 points once this year in a bitter 28-21 loss to conference rival Old Forge (8-3) was strong again against Halifax, holding them to 124 total yards. Their opponent this week is District-6’s Juniata Valley who survived the district final last week against United (9-5), 36-20. Don’t be fooled by the 14 point spread. The score was 20-14 United with seven and a half minutes to go in the game when the Hornets really stung them, nabbing two Pick-6’s, one returned 56 yards by Hunter Johnson the other by Kyle Derugen returned 53 yards. The win advanced them to the semifinals for the first time since 2003. They enter the playoffs with great aspirations, despite started the season 1-2, edged by playoff bound Everett (8-4, 2A) 32-26, then crushed by powerful Bellwood Antis (10-2) 41-7. Those were difficult losses knowing they concluded the 2017 season getting plastered by three time defending 1A state champ Bishop Guilfoyle. And everyone back there knows Bellwood Antis is the 2A historic power at 96-22 the last 10 years with newcomer Ligonier Valley. Point being, losing to BA was almost expected. And they evidently recovered coming in on a 10 game winning streak. This looks like a great old school football game, 3 yards and cloud of plastic pellets, where both just pound away at each other.
Farrell 13-0 vs Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 12-1….. .25 OLSH
Farrell cruised to another easy win last week routing District-9 kingpin Coudersport, 48-6. Coudy (8-5) came into this one with high aspirations, having defeated a strong Clarion Limestone (9-3) team 22-12, then destroying previously undefeated Smethport (11-1) 44-7 to avenge a one point regular season loss. Steve Kelly had a stellar performance against the Hubbers, rushing for 328 yards on 26 carries for 5 touchdown. Things were looking good, but they hadn’t played a team like Farrell with their powerful running attack supported by a capable passing attack. Nor had they seen the speed Farrell brings to every game. The score was 48-0 at the half with the Steelers generating 412 total yards and 15 first downs in the first half alone. They haven’t had a competitive game the entire year except for Wilmington who they defeated 31-19. All others were won by an average score of 53-7. All-time leading rusher Christian Lewis ran for 112 yards, taking his season total to 2035 yards, with quarterback Kyi Wright completing 8 of 8 passes for 180 yards. Jourdan Townsend caught six tosses for 174 yards, taking his season total to 1169 yards in receptions. This week sees Farrell facing a far more competent opponent in Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. They have an experienced team, especially at the skill positions and field a legitimate defense, well stocked with seniors allowing 7ppg! The offense is powerful at 41ppg with great skill players and a record setting quarterback in Tyler Bradley (6-4, 205, sr). He recently passed Phil Jurkovec of Pine Richland (8205) with his career passing total at 8328 yards. This year sees him at 3244 yards with a 63% rate, completing 201 of 303 passes. His Td to Pick ratio is 45 to 8! Austin Wigley (6-1. 200) is back as a starter after missing his junior year with an injury and starting as a sophomore. He has multiple skills, rushing for 832 yards on 157 carries while catching 24 passes for 408 yards. Bradley spreads it out well, throwing to Richard Banks (55/841, 5-8, 170, Quips trans 2 yrs ago), Andrew Schnarre (46/693, 5-8, 170), Rico Tate (32/589, 6-3, 190), Noah Campalong (19/277, 6-1, 205), and Sig Saftner (11/175, 5-10, 170). Third year coach Dan Bradley has them on a mission, fielding teams going 7-3, 9-2 and this year’s group at 12-1. Not bad for a school that just started playing football in 2010.

Will this game be close? Even if they play on grass I believe Coatesville will win this by 21 or more. We all know about the CVille O, but Ortega's defensive game plans have been flawless. Garnet Valley hasn't been held to those kind of numbers in a long long time.
What do you guys think NP has to do to keep it close?

lawyers giving info about the investigation. Does anyone still think that Donny the Dummy is clean? Sounds like collusion and obstruction to me, Lock Him Up . Oh come on January when the Dems start asking for things on Trump.

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Anyone else notice that most of the playoff games were blowouts? Almost all were routs with few exceptions throughout the classifications. See below.
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Class Tot PF-PA Avg score Dif #Games Bye teams

6A 140-60 46.6-20.0 26.6 3 Harrisburg

5A 149-56 37.2-16.7 20.5 4

4A 178-70 44.5-17.5 27.0 4

3A 94-28 31.3-9.3 22.0 3 Aliquippa

2A 195-50 48.7-12.5 36.2 4

1A 112-32 37.3-10-6 26.7 3 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

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FINAL

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Lackawanna Trail vs. Juniata Valley

Prediction: Lackawanna Trail 22, Juniata Valley 20

Why: The overwhelming athleticism that Lackawanna Trail has showed on both sides of the ball this football season.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 55%

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Farrell vs. Our Lady of Sacred Heart

Prediction: Farrell 36, Our Lady of Sacred Heart 30

Why: How well Christian Lewis and Kyi Wright feed off of each other every time they take the field for Farrell.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 55%

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State Title Prediction:

Farrell

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West Catholic vs. Southern Columbia

Prediction: Southern Columbia 49, West Catholic 27

Why: Can anyone at the Class 2A level stop the Southern Columbia offense? Teams have struggled with that question all season long.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 90%

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Steel Valley vs. Wilmington

Prediction: Steel Valley 21, Wilmington 13

Why: The dominating performances of the Steel Valley defense that has given up just 19-points in their last seven games.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 60%

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State Title Prediction:

Southern Columbia

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Middletown vs. Scranton Prep

Prediction: Scranton Prep 14, Middletown 13

Why: Defense wins championships and that is what Scranton Prep will ride to a victory.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 55%

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Sharon vs. Aliquippa

Prediction: Aliquippa 38, Sharon 28

Why: Aliquippa has posted some video game type offensive numbers this fall and has the athletes to move the chains on Sharon.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 65%

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State Title Prediction:

Scranton Prep

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Imhotep Charter vs. Bethlehem Catholic

Prediction: Bethlehem Catholic 35, Imhotep Charter 30

Why: The Bethlehem Catholic and their knack for posting big numbers on the scoreboard, regardless of their opponent.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 55%

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Bishop McDevitt vs. Cathedral Prep

Prediction: Bishop McDevitt 42, Cathedral Prep 34

Why: The sheer number of playmakers combined with quarterback Chase Diehl propels Bishop McDevitt to the championship game.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 70%

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State Title Prediction:

Bishop McDevitt

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Upper Dublin vs. Manheim Central

Prediction: Manheim Central 30, Upper Dublin 20

Why: The ability of the Manheim Central offense led by Evan Simon has been giving foes issues all season long.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 65%

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Archbishop Wood vs. Penn Hills

Prediction: Penn Hills 22, Archbishop Wood 13

Why: The consistency of Penn Hills all season long has propelled them to an undefeated run this season and allows them to live another day in the playoffs.

Percentage Confidence in Prediction: 70%

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State Title Prediction:

Manheim Central

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