Joe McCourt was fired from Roman today.

The senior receiver from Delaware Valley College in 11 games had 80 receptions for 1707 yards and 19 TD's. WCU QB Sean McCartney from Wood earned 3rd team honors.

AP Little All-American Team

All signs point to Paul Chryst being the latest coach to leave Pittsburgh.

Some interesting names are being rumored. Will this affect any of their class of 2015 commitments? Specifically the Pennsylvania kids.

Will Pitt still attract big time candidates? One 10-win season in 30 years. Lost at least 5 games in 8 of the last ten seasons. Haven't finished the season ranked in five years.

Recruiting Western PA against Urban Meyer and a PSU coach who actually leaves campus isn't going to be easy either.

Thoughts?



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1. SJ Prep 11-3 (1)
2. Wood 14-1 (2)
3. Imhotep 11-2 (5)
4. Pennsbury 13-2 (3)
5. Coatesville 13-1 (4)
6. Lasalle 8-3 (6)
7. Haverford School 9-1 (7)
8. Downingtown-East 9-4 (8)
9. Upper Dublin 11-2 (9)
10. WC Rustin 10-2 (10)
11. Great Valley 12-2 (11)
12. WC Henderson 8-4 (12)
13. Springfield-D 12-1 (13)
14. Ben Franklin 11-1 (14)
15. Malvern 7-4 (15)
16. Garnet Valley 9-3 (16)
17. Downingtown-West 6-5 (17)
18. North Penn 7-4 (18)
19. Quakertown 11-2 (19)
20. Bishop Shanahan 8-4 (20)
21. Pennridge 7-5 (21)
22. Neumann-Goretti 9-5 (22)
23. Perk. Valley 9-2 (23)
24. West Catholic 7-4 (24)
25. SCH Academy 8-2 (25)

Under Consideration: Prep Charter 10-1-1, Gratz 11-2, CB South 7-4, Bonner-Prendie 8-2, & Ryan 6-6.

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He had some decent offers on the table. Good luck to him.

Awesome to hear that the kids from New Jersey and Delaware won the "Pennsylvania" State Title! Hey, maybe they could grab some kids from New York and Maryland next year and instead of calling themselves "The Prep" they could just be called "The U.S. North-Eastern Multi-State All Star College Team." Oh, darn it, that's already the truth.

I really can't believe all the whiners on these boards. I mean just because Prep & Wood have kids playing on their football teams that come from all over, and then they beat everybody, and then the nerve of these other schools calling it "unfair" because they're not allowed to do the same thing.

I wish these other schools would just stop complaining and pretend that this isn't an enormous advantage. They're trying to take all the fun away from All-Star Teams that don't have to adhere to the same rules and win state titles. These party poopers! Why don't they just bury their heads in the sand or look the other way like the rest of us do.

I heard a crazy thing that NJ doesn't let their private schools compete in the same state playoff! Maybe they should let one of their good private schools play the PA private school state champion. Wait a minute, I think that already happened. I think Don Bosco destroyed them. They must have kids coming from all over to play on that team, hahahaha. There are even some jealous people who talk about their recruiting rumors, LOL!

"PA" State Champions, give me a break and get real.

Has been involved in two of the best games ever in the PIAA championship games. The snow game against Manhiem Central was an instant classic and then Saturday against Prep, too bad they lost both maybe if they make it back they can get one but few can disagree when they make it the games are special

Now that 2014 is in the books, I thought it would be a good idea to put somE numbers to,the never ending public/private debate. I have no real horse in this race as I care less who wins once ridlley is done . The numbers are from various PIAA web sites

In 2014 there were 578 schools playing football in PIAA, 57 of which were designated private schools. This is almost exactly 10% of PIAA schools. It does not include schools that are not part of the PIAA like the Inter Ac. It also designates charter schools like Imhotep as public and some regional vi-tech schools as private even though many charter schools are more private than public and more vo tech schools are more public than private. However, these schools are not abundant enough across the state to make any statistical difference in the numbers.

Since the PCL joined in 2008 there have been 7 years of championships over 4 classifications , or 28 total champions crowned. There is an even split of 14 champs each for both public and private schools.

Looking deeper into the. U bets, ther have been 112 teams in final fours in the past 7 years spread across 4 classifications. Of the 112 teams, 43 were private schools or around 38 %. the overall numbers are pArticularly skewed at both the AAA level and by the PCL. At the AAA level , 6 of the 7 champions have been private and 18 of the 28 final 4 teams have been private. The PCL has won 25% of all championships contested and lost 3 others, thereby demonstrating what we already knew- the PCL is clearly the best league in the state.

So the privates are competing and winning at a much higher statistical rate than there total over per cent age of teams would merit. Statistically speaking, a kid has a much better chance of competing and winning a state championship if he attends a private school, especially if that private school is in the PCL. Is that due to talent , recruiting , coaching, ideology , support etc? Who really knows. But the disparity in numbers is growing since 2011 and if the publics don't figure out a way to compete with the privates the gap is only going to widen.

The pick em finals will match #7 Paprepsfan versus #13 Aragorn; one more upset and Aragorn unexpectedly takes home all the hardware (a hammer and a screwdriver) !!!!

Games will be D12 and D1 as usual:

(AAAA) SJP versus Pennsbury
(AAA) A. Wood versus Somerset

The tiebreaker will be the combined total of points in BOTH games so get your calculators out and have fun!

I'm done with PIAA football. Give me a break with the players from New Jersey playing in a pa state championship game. Ridiculous. High school football to me is about neighborhoods vs neighborhoods. That's what separates high school football from college and pros. You can't get that anywhere else and right now, that's been ruined in PA. Also, I'm 100% convinced now that the decline in overall public school talent is due to the private schools entering the PIAA playoffs. There's no doubt that if I was a quality football player in Bensalem looking for a college scholarship, have a chance to play for a state championship and my parents could afford it, I'd be going to Archbishop Wood. Hmmm, let me see...go to Bensalem and go 0-10 and struggle to get noticed, or go to high profile Archbishop Wood where I know I'm gonna be well coached, play for a championship, and get a solid education??? Tough choice...

People have every right to do that, but don't tell me for a second that it's not a monumental advantage for private. But, separate them now into their own category of fairness. I ain't paying attention to PIAA football until that happens. Going on strike with a few other people I know.



If you're someone who claims there's no difference, you've got a serious motivational reasoning problem.





Bye...

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Congratulations to SJP and their back to back titles.

For me though, Ben DiNucci stole the show!

What a talent, Penn is very lucky to have him.

The following people are NOT Pennsbury Fans.
Each one of them hates the coach and the team and are thrilled that they lost.
If you check back over their history, you will see that this is true.
Any comments they make to try to draw criticism of Pennsbury from other posters should be disregarded and are not coming from supporters of the Pennsbury Team.
The more criticism from the wider board, the more they laugh and hug themselves as the rest of the board gets uglier and Pennsbury is covered with mud.

Try to remember that the players who sacrificed for a whole year, won 2 championships, and played their butts off to get to the Eastern Final are the ones you are muddying. And they don't deserve it.

Perpetrators:

Reluctant
Patton
Moscow
Demodick

As I slowly recover from countless bourbon colored drinks, I wanted to take a minute to congratulate the Prep on a great season! I wanted to also take this opportunity to thank every opponent on their schedule for the last four to six seasons because SJP is who they are because of you. The out of conference games with Washington, Malvern, North Penn and Wood were so important to the preparation of the players to be able to compete at such a high level. Equally as important is the PCL schedule with Ryan, Judge, Roman and finally LaSalle who will deliver a huge dose of humble pie if you aren't prepared to play every game. It's a painful reality that Roman and LaSalle delivered a double dose of in the PCL playoffs during my son's last two seasons at the Prep. So a sincere thanks to those teams because the Prep wins as a result of your competition.

I have to congratulate and thank Pine-Richland because that was a game for ages. I wasn't comfortable one bit while ahead by 21 points because your heart and determination was evident in the 15-0 record that you worked hard to achieve. A huge applause for DiNucci and his gun slinging qb style performance. That was pretty damn entertaining! I would be remiss in not pointing out #11 for PR for his outstanding catches. I don't know what the rest of your season was like but I would anticipate a nice Christmas present from DiNucci because your skills, on a number of less than accurate throws, translated into some huge plays. My hats off to both of you! One last congrats to the PR coach! You proved to all of these crybabies that public schools can stand up to the mighty privates. Also, I am sure you wouldn't change your call to go for two and I applaud your balls and the faith you had in your team! Congrats on a great season.

Finally, I wanted to congratulate and applaud a couple of the Prep players. We all know Reid, Runyan, Zacheuus and Swift for their outstanding work but we forget the first year guys who stepped in this season and filled in holes of graduating seniors. Last night we sat and talked about guys who had huge circles with question marks around their names and they all stepped up and got the job done. I would raise a glass to your achievements but it will be a long time before I repeat the celebrations of last night!

What it comes down to is these are boys playing a sport they love! A sport that is becoming more and more difficult to find players that are willing to commit to this game and sometimes I think we forget that fact. So while recovering from a festive night, I felt the need to point a couple thoughts from the heart!

Thanks for another great season Prep!

Maybe a Soph from SJP?

You've just come back from being down 21 (42-21) to being down 1 with an extra point pending for the tie. Over 2 minutes left - why go for 2? SJP was shellshocked, kick it and play some D. Swift scoring on the long run instead of just getting the 1st almost saved PR.

Still can't believe how that game ended. Clairton coaches have to have better control of their team and sideline----- no excuses.It's all about discipline. In a million years I could not picture that happening under any coach I knew------ taking off a helmet & throwing it at the other team's huddle???? Rushing the other team's huddle????? Unthinkable. Isn't this the team that put up 80+ points on a team and ran scores up? PIAA must address this; it actually could've turned into a mob scene and ended really bad.

beat Navy. Black Knights!

Jarrett McClenton would have gone to Bensalem
Alex Arcangeli would have gone to Bensalem

Notice I didn't say should just saying would

Bensalem needs to do a better job of finding a way to keep their kids in their schools

Let's recall that the western part of the state had been sending these types of teams for years. What is Erie Cath. Prep.?

Also the lehigh valley has also been doing it for years. Beca acc

Philly is just doing it better

What a game!

As stated previously, PR QB is special. Good luck at Penn - go Quakers, look forward to more highlights. Also, PR has a number of players that will be successful at next level.
Didn't understand going for 2, especially under center?? So much momentum ??
The teams were evenly matched and coached - a spread offense with a solid QB is so difficult to defend (LS wrote the book on that )
The whole recruiting thing is fascinating to me cause every player in the pubs is on a full scholarship.
Are we allowed to say three peat or does Pat Riley still have the copyright on that?

The Team from the High School of 1,500 kids just took the Mighty, Recruited, D-1 Talent Loaded, Goliath of a Team to the wire in one of the Best AAAA State Finals we've seen in a while. I don't understand why everyone is so butthurt over Private Schools taking down State Championships. I graduated right near the end of the all-public era, and we were wishing the Private schools could enter the playoffs, because we were tired of them telling everyone how they were so much better than us, and had no problem lining up against the so-called "recruits". All the complaining just sounds soft in my opinion, and promotes a defeatist attitude; it's just a built-in excuse when you can't get the job done.

Parkland and PR were both a play away from beating The Prep, it wasn't a cakewalk to the Championship by any means. On the other hand, it reflects poorly for the Falcons of Fairless Hills. Say what you want about how recruiting and whatnot is unfair, but if YOUR kid was a QB with an arm and a mind for the game, YOU'RE sending him to a private school instead of PHS if you can afford it....at least if you want him to have any shot at playing Quarterback in college.

Congrats to Pine-Richland for never giving up tonight, they truly fought to the end. And Congrats to St. Joe's for going back to back; players from out of state or not, it's a difficult feat to accomplish.

-The Ninja

Don't know why the Pine Richland coach went for two?! Ballsy and in your face move but he didn't have to do it. Fantastic game!!

Woah...my heart is still in my mouth. Major credit to the Rams for never giving up on this one.

Clairton over Bishop G in a tight game

South Fayette over Dunmore handily (17 or more)

Wood over CV handily (17 or more)

SJP over PR in a 10 pt game

Im a PSU fan, love the fact that this kid is on board to play for the Nittany Lions. Now, i know hes signed on to be an OLinemen, but after watching him again last night, i cant belp but think that he should at least give the DLine a try. He was everywhere on D last night. Highly disruptive. Chasing guys down downfield. Nonstop motor. Really really like this kid and i think he has a bright future. In a game with alot of individual stars, i thought he was the best player on the field