Catches
1. Gavyn Barnes, Carlisle: 62
2. Deonte Dawson, DuBois: 59
3. Jahan Dotson, Nazareth: 57
4. Jerah Reeves, Williamsport: 56
5. Nate Barnes, Carlisle: 51
5. Julian Liaci, Nazareth: 51
7. Justin Jaworski, Perkiomen Valley: 49
8. Mike Viti, Cedar Cliff: 48
9. Devon Bibbens, Council Rock North: 47
10. Deshawn Millington, Carlisle: 44
11. Jan Suarez-Torres, Lebanon: 43
12. Colin Read, DuBois: 41
13. Jaden Hudson, Coatesville: 40
13. Jake Jansen, Dallastown: 40
13. Clayton Yeates, Peters Township: 40***
13. Tyshaun Pollard, CD East; 40
17. John Stutz, Manheim Township: 38
17. Desmond Boykin, Whitehall: 38
17. Malik Sechler, Mifflin County: 38
17. Alex Hirsch, West Chester East: 38

Receiving Yards
1. Deonte Dawson, DuBois: 1,048
2. Jahan Dotson, Nazareth: 974
3. Jack Young, Mount Lebanon: 898
4. Jerah Reeves, Williamsport: 846
5. Colin Read, DuBois: 837
6. Changa Hodge, East Stroudsburg South: 800
7. Justin Jaworski, Perkiomen Valley: 796
8. Gavyn Barnes, Carlisle: 793
9. Javier Buffalo, Benjamin Franklin: 777
9. Mike Viti, Cedar Cliff: 777
11. Zach Sloan, DuBois: 776
12. Charlie Davis, Bethel Park: 775
13. Marcello Riccardi, Stroudsbug: 731
14. Nate Barnes, Carlisle: 744
15. Rasheem James, Benjamin Franklin: 729
16. Tim Vecchio, Penn-Trafford: 671
17. John Stutz, Manheim Township: 644
18. DeShawn Millington, Carlisle: 641
19. Nick Altavilla, Baldwin: 634***
20. Ricky Johns, North Penn: 630

Touchdown Catches
1. Javier Buffalo, Benjamin Franklin: 12
1. Marcello Riccardi, Stroudsburg: 12
3. Jahan Dotson, Nazareth: 11
3. Rasheem James, Benjamin Franklin: 11
5. John Stutz, Manheim Township: 10
5. Tim Vecchio, Penn-Trafford: 10
7. Gavyn Barnes, Carlisle: 9
7. Deonte Dawson, DuBois: 9
7. Justin Jaworski, Perkiomen Valley: 9
7. Devon Weidman, Wyoming Valley West: 9
7. Kyle Baskin, Quakertown: 9
7. Jake Barr, Downingtown West: 9
7. Changa Hodge, East Stroudsburg South: 9

Yards Per Catch (minimum: 27 catches)
1. Jack Young, Mount Lebanon: 31.0
2. Charlie Davis, Bethel Park: 28.7
3. Javier Buffalo, Benjamin Franklin: 26.8
4. Tim Vecchio, Penn-Trafford: 22.4
5. Rasheem James, Benjamin Franklin: 22.1
6. Marcello Riccardi, Stroudsburg: 21.7
7. Zach Sloan, DuBois: 21.6
8. Colin Read, DuBois: 20.4
9. Saquon Anderson-Butts, Harrisburg: 20.0
10. Ricky Johns, North Penn: 19.7

Rushing Yards
1. Kyle Boney, Emmaus: 1,904
2. Isaiah Bruce, Upper Darby: 1,690
3. Nyfese Nasir, Plymouth-Whitemarsh: 1,640
4. Jayden Demmy, Cedar Cliff: 1,492
5. Answered Gleyplay, John Bartram: 1,445
6. Rob Burns, Quakertown: 1,435
7. Jamaal Brome, Stroudsburg: 1,372
8. Thomas Vissman, Upper St. Clair: 1,345
9. Bryan Milligan, Canon-McMillan: 1,343***
10. Nate Jones, Avon Grove: 1,278
11. Nysir Minney-Gratz, Easton: 1,241
12. Jordan Misher, State College: 1,197
12. Kyle Sult, General McLane: 1,197
14. George Hatalowich, Lower Dauphin: 1,196
15. Tyrone Pringle, West Chester Rustin: 1,190
16. Brandon McIlwain, Council Rock North: 1,185
17. Will Blair, Hempfield (3): 1,116
18. Corey Manning, Conestoga: 1,141 (no box score from Springield-Delco game)
19. Donnie Washington, Hempfield (7): 1,122
20. Miles Sanders, Woodland Hills: 1,091

Rushing Touchdowns
1. Kyle Boney, Emmaus: 29
2. Rob Burns, Quakertown: 25
3. Jamaal Brome, Stroudsburg: 24
4. Brandon McIlwain, Council Rock North: 23
5. Isaiah Bruce, Upper Darby: 22
5. Jayden Demmy, Cedar Cliff: 22
7. Nysir Minney-Gratz, Easton: 19
7. Nyfese Nasir, Plymouth-Whitemarsh: 19
7. Tyrone Pringle, West Chester Rustin: 19
10. Jordan Misher, State College: 18
10. Will Blair, Hempfield (3): 18
10. Jo-El Shaw, Woodland Hills: 18
13. Thomas Vissman, Upper St. Clair: 17
14. George Hatalowich, Lower Dauphin: 16
14. Will Dogba, Neshaminy: 16
14. Khaleke Hudson, McKeesport: 16
14. David Williams, Perkiomen Valley: 16
18. Kyle Sult, General McLane: 15
18. Malik Young, Ridley: 15
18. Gunner Anglovech, Liberty: 15
18. Jimmy Graf, Pine-Richland: 15
18. Kalif Lee, Upper Dublin: 15

Carries
1. Kyle Boney, Emmaus: 223
2. Isaiah Bruce, Upper Darby: 214
2. Bryan Milligan, Canon-McMillan: 214
4. Will Dogba, Neshaminy: 207
5. Thomas Vissman, Upper St. Clair: 200
6. Jayden Demmy, Cedar Cliff: 198
7. Nyfese Nasir, Plymouth-Whitemarsh: 192
8. Answered Gleyplay, John Bartram: 189
9. Justice Belleman, Cedar Crest: 188
10. Kyle Sult, General McLane: 184

Yards Per Carry (minimum 90 carries)
1. Miles Sanders, Woodland Hills: 11.86
2. Khaleke Hudson, McKeesport: 10.48
3. Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland: 10.25
4. Jonah Lisbon, Penn-Trafford: 9.69
5. Ron Jones, Pittsburgh Central Catholic: 9.62
6. Terron Murphy, Bethel Park: 9.16
7. Jo-El Shaw, Woodland Hills: 9.01
8. Will Blair, Hempfield (3): 8.76
9. Jamaal Brome, Stroudsburg: 8.74
10. Rob Burns, Quakertown: 8.70

Quarterback Rushing Yards
1. Kyle Sult, General McLane: 1,197
2. Brandon McIlwain, Council Rock North: 1,185
3. Phil Jurkovec, Pine-Richland: 1,035
4. Sam Kramer, Hempfield: 901
5. Travis Stefanik, Nazareth: 845
6. Keith Moore, Northeast: 827
7. Mike Alley, Pennsbury: 798
8. Devante Cross, Parkland: 795
9. Gianni Sinatore, Whitehall: 696
10. Doug Erney, Liberty: 668

So this is the best I can discern the 4A playoff scenarios. Four teams are clinched, three from D11, one from D2. That means three more D11 teams will qualify and one from D2/4. Higher seeds are the home team throughout the tournament. Fun fact, the team that hosts district finals has lost two of the last three after winning eight of nine from 2003-2011. A win by Wyoming Valley West cliches the top seed, which would be the third time a D2 team did so , Scranton in 2012 and Hazleton in 2005 were the others.

For the points, I've included all guaranteed points too. So if a Parkland has wins over both Easton and Nazareth, they play each other this week, so Parkland is guaranteed ten points for one of them winning. Additional spots for bonus points are listed.

In 3A, I have no idea how the points system works , but I've included the standings. Top four go.

4A
1. Wyoming Valley West –1160***
Status: Clinched
Games Remaining: @Williamsport (160 points) + 50 bonus (Scranton, Crestwood, Delaware Valley, Coughlin, Dallas wins)
Clinches top seed with a win.
Can drop to third with a loss and wins by Parkland and Freedom

2. Parkland – 1080***
Status: Clinched
Games Remaining: Emmaus (150 points) + 40 bonus (Dieruff, ACC, PMW, Freedom wins)
Moves up to top seed with a win and a Wyoming Valley West loss
Drops to third with a loss behind the winner of Freedom-Liberty

3. Freedom – 1040***
Status: Clinched
Games Remaining: @Liberty (170 points) + 40 in bonus (ESS, ACC, Emmaus, Dieruff wins)
Moves up to top seed with a win and losses by Parkland and Wyoming Valley West
Moves up to second with a win and a Parkland or Wyoming Valley West loss
Drops to fourth with a loss

4. Liberty – 940***
Status: Clinched
Games Remaining: Freedom (180 points) + 20 in bonus (Northampton, Allen wins)
Moves up to the third seed with a win
Drops to fifth with a loss and an Easton or Stroudsburg win
Drops to sixth with a loss and Easton and Stroudsburg wins

5. Easton – 840
Clinches With: Win or Pleasant Valley loss
Eliminated By: Loss and a Pleasant Valley win
Games Remaining: Nazareth (150 points) + 50 in bonus (PV, Emmaus, ESS, Liberty wins)
Moves up to fourth with a win and Liberty loss
Moves down to seventh with a loss and a Delaware Valley win
Moves down to eight with a loss and a Stroudsburg, Delaware Valley and Emmaus win

6. Stroudsburg – 840
Clinches With: Win or Nazareth or Emmaus loss
Eliminated By: Loss, Nazareth win, Emmaus win and ESN, PME, or ACC win
Moves up to fifth with a win and Easton loss
Moves down to eight with a loss and Delaware Valley and Nazareth wins
Games Remaining: Pleasant Valley (160 points)

7. Delaware Valley – 790
Clinches With: Win or Williamsport loss
Eliminated By: Loss and Williamsport win
Moves up to fifth with Easton and Stroudsburg losses
Moves down to eight with a loss, a Williamsport loss, and a Nazareth or Pleasant Valley win
Games Remaining: Wallenpaupack (130 points) + 20 in bonus (West Scranton, Hazleton wins)

8. Pleasant Valley – 730
Clinches With: Win or Nazareth and Emmaus loss or
Eliminated By: Loss and Nazareth or Emmaus win
Eliminated By: Win and Nazareth, Liberty, Emmaus, Northampton and ESN wins
Games Remaining: Stroudsburg (170 points)
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Nazareth – 710
Games Remaining: @Easton (160 points) + 50 bonus (Stroudsburg, Liberty, Emmaus, Northampton, ESN wins)

Williamsport – 680
Clinches With: Win and Delaware Valley loss
Eliminated by: Loss or Delaware Valley win
Moves up to sixth with a win
Games Remaining: WVW (190 points) + 60 in bonus (Abington Heights, Hazleton, Tunkhannock, Crestwood, Central Mountain, Mifflin County wins)

Emmaus – 560
Clinches With: Win, Easton loss, and wins by two of ESN/ACC/PME
Eliminated by: Loss or Easton or Stroudsburg win
Eliminated by: Win by two of Bethlehem Catholic/ESS/PME
Games Remaining: Parkland (180 points) + 30 in bonus (ESN, ACC, PME wins)

3A
1. Bethlehem Catholic (8-1) – 0.767453***
2. Saucon Valley (9-0) – 0.761985
3. Lehighton (9-0) – 0.760438
4. Blue Mountain (8-1) .707603
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5. Allentown Central Catholic (5-4) – 0.692067
6. Jim Thorpe (8-1) .684223

I’ll devote a separate post to playoff scenarios, but we have four teams clinched so far heading into the final week of the regular season. Wyoming Valley West has locked up the top seed, and looks like the best chance for D2 to advance to the state playoffs for the first time since they merged with D11 to become a subregional in 2004. No non-Lehigh Valley time has made the state tournament from the D11 tournament or D2/4/11 subregional since East Stroudsburg in 1995, led by future NFL running back James Mungro. That year, Mungro ran for over 3,000 yards, including a record 313 yards in the D11 final against Stroudsburg. Parkland, Freedom, and Liberty have also locked up spots and will be the leading contenders to keep the Lehigh Valley’s state playoff streak alive. There are five playoff spots remaining, four will go to D11 and one will go to D2/4. Still alive for the D11 spots are Easton, Stroudsburg, Nazareth, Pleasant Valley, and Emmaus. Delaware Valley and Williamsport are still alive for the D2/4 spot.

1. Wyoming Valley West (9-0) – Wyoming Valley Conference Champion
This Week: Wyoming Valley West throttled Scranton to complete a regular season sweep of their fellow D2 4A teams. Sean Judge continued his fabulous season with 216 yards and three touchdowns in the Spartans 41-6 win which eliminated Scranton from playoff contention. The junior also had two interceptions on defense (his fourth and fifth of the year) as the Spartans held Scranton to 152 yards and forced four turnovers. Devon Weidman pitched in five catches for 83 yards and a TD plus added an interception of his own. WVW was without leading tackler and fullback Billy Davidson, who missed the game with a hamstring issue, but should be back next week.

Stray Thought on Wyoming Valley West: I don’t know if it’s just function of their schedule, but the Spartans show the most balance of any team in the subregional. They really have blended the run and the pass as well as any team in this part of the state, and that’s what I think makes them so dangerous come November.

Next Week: Wyoming Valley West can lock up their first undefeated regular season in school history with a win over Williamsport, which would complete a sweep of all the 4A teams in D2/4. Williamsport is fighting for their playoff lives, and can clinch a spot with a win over WVW due to the wealth of power points presented by the Spartans. But the Millionaires have had a porous defense all year, and a shootout victory is highly unlikely against WVW.

2. Parkland (8-1)
Last Week: Parkland knocked of Nazareth 28-7 in a workmanlike victory. The Trojans stuck with what worked, rushing for 337 yards on the night and both Devante Cross and Eric DiGiralomo went over 140 yards on the evening. Cross only threw six passes, completing four and including a 41 yard touchdown strike to Nolan Ridgway in the first quarter. Jahan Dotson got his against the Trojan secondary, but he was the only offense for a Nazareth team that was severely overmatched on the lines.

Stray Thought on Parkland: I’ve probably been a little hard on the Trojans this year because so much was expected of them in the preseason. But I will say, their defense has really stepped up since their performance against Liberty. That’s particularly impressive after losing Billy Danko to a torn ACL during the Easton game. Danko was one of the best interior defensive linemen in the area, and it’s a credit to their depth and Tim Moncman’s schemes that they’ve been able to roll on without their 250 pound nose guard plugging the middle of the field.

This Week: Parkland finishes with Emmaus in the battle of Cedar Crest Boulevard. The Green Hornets are fighting for their playoff lives and will likely hand the ball to Kyle Boney upwards of 40 times on Friday. Boney is 96 yards away from a 2,000 yard regular season, which only three players in Lehigh Valley history have accomplished at the big school level (Austin Scott for Parkland in 2002, Dave Wilson for Bethlehem Catholic in 1999, and Tosh Riddick for Dieruff in 1997), but he’ll have to earn that against the stingy Parkland run defense.

3. Freedom (8-1)
Last Week: Freedom overcame a 13-0 halftime deficit to gut out a 19-13 overtime win over Easton to clinch back-to-back district playoff berths for the first time since 2008-2009. The Patriots made key second half adjustments on defense, particularly in defending the run. They held Nysir Minney-Gratz to just 19 yards on 10 carries in the second half and Easton to just 35 yards on 19 rushing attempts after yielding over 100 yards in the first two quarters. And in typical Freedom fashion, they created four turnovers after the break to fuel the win. Alec Huertas was the star of the show, intercepting Easton passes on three consecutive drives, the third of which came in the red zone which he returned past midfield, to set up Freedom’s tying touchdown. In OT, Cordell Cotto pounded on a fumbled handoff to give Freedom the ball with a chance to win. Offensively, Freedom only ran for 68 yards on 40 carries, and Joe Young was just 5 of 16 with a pick six, but he hit two long passes in the second half, one a 37 yard TD to Alkion Dunkins, and the other a 28 yard completion to Jonah Gundrum on 4th and 11 to set up the tying score. In OT, Freedom handed it four times to Andres Santos, who needed all four carries to punch it in for the winning score.

Stray Thought on Freedom: Would this team be the favorite if they still had Joe Jay Smith in the secondary and at receiver? The three star recruit from Bethlehem Catholic has offers from Boston College and NC State and is the best safety in the Lehigh Valley. Although he doesn’t play a ton of offense due to Becahi’s depth at receiver, at 6’3 205 has the size as athleticism to be an impact receiver. Smith attended Freedom for his freshman and sophomore years, playing varsity football as a sophomore, but transferred out following a 2-8 season in 2013. I think the Patriots are one impact player on the perimeter short of being able to contend outside of the District, and Smith would have been just that guy had he stayed at Freedom.

Next Week: Freedom takes on Liberty in our EPC Game of the Week.

4. Bethlehem Catholic (8-1) – EPC North Champion
Last Week: Bethlehem Catholic made sure William Allen didn’t get to enjoy their first win for too long, and the Golden Hawks ate the Canaries in a 46-8 win in Allentown. Nate Stewart returned a pair of punts for touchdowns and Julian Spigner threw for 101 yards and two touchdowns in the first half in the romp. Becahi held Allen to 113 yards of offense.

Stray Thought on Bethlehem Catholic: Will there come a point when their schedule catches up to them? Becahi has played nothing but laughers since their week one loss to Liberty. A win over ACC means that the Vikings will not make the playoffs and Becahi will be taking on small public schools in the D11 tournament, who will have nowhere near the talent of the Golden Hawks. Is this all setting up for a run to the Eastern Final like the 2012 ACC team, which wasn’t offered much resistance through the postseason until their public execution by Wood when they gave up 300 rushing yards in the first half.

This Week: Becahi renews their rivalry with Allentown Central Catholic. These two have not both been good at the same time since their epic stretch of games from 1992-1998 when they annually met for East Penn Conference and D11 3A championships. This year, it’s two high powered offenses and talented defenses that have underperformed in stretches. The Golden Hawks have to be excited after ACC yielded over 500 rushing yards last week, and Antwon Keenan and Julian Spigner are both more explosive than the options in the Liberty running game. Defensively, the Golden Hawks have three Division I caliber players in their secondary and have the athletes to defend the ACC passing game which has been incredibly potent this year.

5. Saucon Valley (9-0) – Colonial League Champion
Last Week: Saucon Valley won a game of the year nominee with a 42-35 thriller of Notre Dame (Green Pond) to all but clinch their third ever Colonial League championship and first since 2004. Saucon Valley led 35-14 with 3:00 left in the third quarter before a furious Notre Dame rally behind all state QB Tre Jordan tied the game with just over a minute left. But Zach Thatcher hit Alstan Wolfe on a 46 yard TD pass with 35 second remaining where Wolfe lept over a ND defender, then raced to the end zone. Thatcher was 3-4 for 86 yards and the TD, plus ran 17 times for 162 yards and 3 TDs and Evan Culver was his usual fantastic self with 201 yards and 2 TDs on 25 carries, becoming Saucon Valley’s all time leading rusher in the process. Jordan completed 19 of 30 passes for 226 yards and a TD and ran for 100 yards and 3 scores in the losing effort.

This Week: Saucon Valley takes on Palisades in what should be a coronation for a 10-0 regular season. The Panthers, oddly, are still in a must win scenario as the race for D11 3A playoff spots is so tight that a loss for the SV means they’ll be left out in the cold at 9-1. Don’t anticipate them to drop the game however, this team has been locked and loaded since week 1.

11. Easton 6-3. #5, Easton’s 5-1 season deteriorated to 6-3 after losing two of their last three games to enter this weekend with the 5 seed at home against Nazareth (5-4) who holds the 8 seed. The 19-13 loss last week at Freedom in overtime was painful, dropping them in seeding to 5 and in the EPC-South to 4-3. In an 8 team field, the 4-5 seed is the same as District One’s 8-9 slots, meaning they don’t want to drop any lower. So expect a big push and monster game this weekend as Naz seeded 8 who is in a must win situation for postseason consideration.
12. Liberty 7-2. #4, Defense wins games! Really? If that means scoring more than the other guy, both Liberty and Allentown Central Catholic made a heck of an effort in that direction combining for 129 points in a game where the utter lack of defense provided for one of the most exciting-historic games in Lehigh Valley history. I guess you could do a reach saying Liberty “held” Central Catholic to 54 points while scoring 74 themselves but that might be a reach to call that a reach?! Anyway, Liberty won. Talk about incentive, Liberty was shutout last year at Freedom 29-0. It was a lack luster 5-5 season for the Canes who improved to 7-5 winning the EPC-AAAA playoff. But a shutout is a shutout and that was their only one for the year and should add a little spice to the affair.
13. Freedom 8-1. #3, Great rebound by Freedom coming back from the 38-7 loss at Parkland to nip Easton 19-13 in overtime last week. The win keeps them deadlocked atop the EPC-South with the Trojans at 6-1. Despite the loss and especially in light of injuries, they are having a strong year highlighted by marked improvement in the defense. Last year saw them end the season with a yield of 19ppg. This year they are at 13. And except for the collapse at Parkland, they’re allowing only 10ppg. They are at Liberty (5-1 EPC) to take on the 4th seeded Hurricanes while trying to protect even improve their 3 seed.
14. Wyoming Valley West 9-0. #1, This may be the Ohio State of Eastern Pa football, fielding a clearly talented team that has played nobody. But they can’t control the schedule, or that Berwick 7-2, Delaware Valley 6-3 or 6-3 Coughlin and others are having less than typical seasons. What they can control is their end of it that shows them having one of their most productive seasons ever in terms of yardage and points scored-allowed. The defense is off the chart allowing 81 points all year, an 8ppg average while the offense is at record levels scoring 396 or 44ppg. They have not reached these levels in over 20 years, if ever. They’ve always been a strong program (44-8 last five) that hasn’t been able to escape the long shadow cast by the LVC, now the EPC. Maybe this year. They play in District-2 where they hold the top seed in the D2/4/11 sub-region. They defeated Scranton last week 41-6 and are at Williamsport (6-3) Friday.
15. Quakertown 9-1. #5T, The thud heard last week was these Panthers losing at home (cardinal sin for a Top 10 team) in a major conference game to Council Rock North 41-31. The loss dropped them into a three way with the Council Rock schools at 5-1 in the Continental, impacted their seeding and saw them plummet in the rankings from 8th to 15th. About CR North, they may be the more enigmatic teams in the district. Before beating Quakertown they had no significant wins. In fact, the losses were of the non-competitive variety getting swamped at Perkiomen Valley 56-36, then Pennsbury 41-19 before losing to Norristown 44-43 in overtime!? So it’s not a good loss for Quakertown at that level, if there is such a thing. Next up is a possible tough encounter with co-leader Central Bucks East who gave them their only regular season loss last year.
16. Coatesville 6-3. #19, After coming into the season with high hopes, things are looking bleak for the district runner up sitting here with the 19th seed playing 20th seeded Rustin 7-2. With a win Friday, it’s hard imagining a 7-3 team with this talent missing the playoffs, especially viewing some of the teams that will make the cut. Stranger things have happened with 15th seeded Garnet Valley at 11th seeded Upper Darby and 13th seeded CR North home to CR South, the 17th seed.
17. Central Bucks East 7-2. #12, Now this is what you call a turnaround. At this time last year the Patriots were mired in a 4-5 season with the prospect of things going even farther south with undefeated Quakertown dead ahead. There wasn’t much reason to be confident with a meager offense scoring 21 points a game and a D allowing 24. Still, this is high school football where little of that mattered as the Pats took the Panthers apart, winning 35-21. This year’s team is significantly improved over that group scoring 31ppg with a wildly improved defense allowing just 17. Nice! Qtown is a lot better too! And with a 12th seed in hand and the conference title at stake, look for a tremendous game fueled by seeding concerns for both and last year’s revenge angle for Quakertown. That they are coming off their first loss of the season will add another layer of emotion to the mix.
18. Pennridge 6-3. #16, The Rams had a big win last week edging Souderton 14-8, allowing them to slip into the 16th spot entering the final week of the regular season. They should strengthen their seed by getting their seventh win at winless Bensalem. You may recall last year’s team came into the playoffs at 7-3 with the 13th seed, having the misfortune to draw their rival Quakertown, the 4th seed, who won 14-10.
19. Unionville 7-2. #4, Unionville may have been crushed by Exeter 31-13 and Downingtown East 49-13, both 9-0, but are sure getting good mileage from their wins against Garnet Valley, Rustin, even AAA-Great Valley, all 7-2 here in week 9 with the 4th seed! They trounced Octorara (0-9) last week 46-12 and finish at home against 2-7 Sun Valley.
20. Council Rock North 6-3. #13, Tough moving Neshaminy out after the quality loss at North Penn but you’ve got to recognize North’s road win at Quakertown that vaulted them into the playoff picture and first place tie mentioned above with CR South and Qtown atop the Continental. Been a rocky road but here they are! The win earned them the 13th seed. Let’s see if they can keep it this weekend in a battle royale against bitter rival and Continental Co-leader Council Rock South (6-3)

Honorable Mention
Rustin 7-2, #20, at Coatesville
West Chester East 4-5, #22, at Henderson
Plymouth Whitemarsh 7-, #14T, home Springfield
Neshaminy 6-3, #18, at Pennsbury
Council Rock South 6-3, #17, at Council Rock North
Northeast 8-1, Quarterfinals Bartram
Franklin 8-1, Quarterfinals Central
Gratz 7-2, Quarterfinals Olney
Emmaus 5-4, #11, at Parkland
Stroudsburg 7-2, #6, home Pleasant Valley
Garnet Valley 7-2, #14T, at Upper Darby
Upper Darby 8-1, #11, home Garnet Valley
Haverford 8-1, #5T, home Lower Merion
Ridley 6-3, #21, at Conestoga

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6. LaSalle 5-3. #2, With three losses, guess you can’t hang your head too low when they came against DeMatha 8-1, Archbishop Wood 9-0 and St. Joe’s 6-2, coupled with wins against North Penn and Pennsbury both 7-2 and Malvern Prep 6-2, who was one of the few teams to defeat St. Joe’s this year. The last two weeks saw them beat Roman Catholic 49-14 and Father Judge 41-14. Judge played without running back Yeedee Thaenrat (112-746) and quarterback Rob King who will likely be back for the PCL playoffs. Like St. Joe’s, they get the tremendous benefit of having the week off before the rematch with Judge where like last year they will again have the 2 seed.
7. North Penn 7-2. #9, Make that six straight for North Penn since the loss at Downingtown East back on September 18th. The last two weeks forced them to play four-quarter football against Pennsbury 27-20 and Neshaminy 22-17 last week, both serving as excellent prep for the postseason. They won last week in the closing moments, coming back from a 17-15 deficit on a 72-yd drive, scoring with a minute plus left in the game. With 1-8 Abington up next where they will likely be able to rest key personnel, you couldn’t ask for a better schedule as prep for the playoffs. It began with major tests against LaSalle, West Catholic and Downingtown, followed by critical games against conference rivals mentioned above, at the end. With running backs Nyfease West, Nick Isabella, Justin Ostopowicz and quarterback Reece Udinski, North Penn has the horses to be in every game. They close at home to Abington who just got their first win of the season while finding an offense the last three weeks scoring 25, 41 and 36 last week vs Bensalem. No such discoveries on the other side of the ball allowing an unbelievable 43 ppg!
8. Pennsbury 7-2. #10, The defending district champs are bringing down the curtain on another winning season, their eighth in a row, hanging onto second place at 5-1 in the National a game behind North Penn. This year’s offense is still big stuff, averaging 31ppg (38 last year) with a defense that is not last year’s but not far off at 16ppg, knowing it is not as well supported by the offense. They had no trouble with Central Bucks South last week, beating the Titans 27-9. Neshaminy is next, a game behind them at 4-2. With wins against the Council Rock schools and Pennridge along with the LaSalle and North Penn losses you know they’ll be a worthy opponent in the postseason.
9. Perkiomen Valley 9-0. #7T, Make that three straight shutouts (four total) after beating Upper Perkiomen 42-0. For the year they’ve allowed 86 points, giving them a 10ppg average, or 5ppg minus the 36 allowed in the opener to Council Rock North, a 56-36 win. The team they play this weekend, Spring Ford, strung together two consecutive shutouts so something has to give Friday night in Royalsford! This should be interesting with both having explosive offenses. That’s also where the Vikings will defend their title, going 9-0 last year with a 20-7 win against the Rams. As good as Perk Val was last year, this year’s group is better. That’s saying a lot knowing that edition lost at Downingtown East 27-24 on Drew Brennan 25-yd field goal as time expired in districts. Quarterback Stephen Sturm (6-2, 190), then a sophomore, completed 20 of 36 passes for 313 yards. This year sees him at a 71% rate for 2246 yards. His Td-Pick ratio is 26 to 2. He is surrounded by weapons in running backs Ronnie Arch (704ry) and David Williams (604ry), who can fly and catch with 237 and 429 yards respectively. Justin Jaworski is the leading receiver with 808 yards on 47 receptions. Aaron Morton has 438 yards with Sean Owens at 268 yards. This is an all-out air assault generating 55% of their yardage up top; 2281 yards. To date they have 1884 yards on the ground for a total of 4165 yards, lighting up the scoreboard at 48 ppg. As mentioned, the D gets after you too, yielding only 10ppg.
10. Spring Ford 9-0. #7T, Here’s another PAC-10 team tearing through the schedule without a challenge excepting State College in the opener, They’re a big and balanced offense scoring 45ppg with a quick defense in support allowing 8ppg. They have a lot of weapons, beginning with senior Rick Venuto 5-11, 185 who has done a good job under center in his first year, completing 67% of his passes for 1649 yards. His Td-Pick ratio is 23 to 1. Three receivers are over 300 yards; Stone Scarcelle 388yards, TE Quinn McKenna with 392 yards and SB Trey Jarmon with 372 yards. The running backs feature power and speed in Selwyn Simpson, 6-2, 210 with 500 yards and speedster Matt Gibson 5-8, 155 with 620 yards. The offense is large, roughly a 50-50 split rushing for 1841 yards, passing for 1781. They also have a fast defense (8 back); light DLs….egs 6-0, 215; 6-1, 245; 5-10, 210 with good DEs and LBs; DE Jeremiah Ndjali 6-1, 225; Dan Kelchner 6-0, 210 and Tim Rudderow 6-2, 240. Senior Steven Rice (6-0, 190) leads the line-backing corps with 44 tackles, supported by Lee Albert (6-0, 192) and Ryan Yanulevich (6-0, 184). The concern against Perk Val will be containing speed coming out of the backfield that can catch. Everyone on the team can catch! This one could mimic Liberty and Central Catholic last week.

Hey, I am not a LaSalle fan but I am a PCL fan and I feel you slighted a good program when you came off so damn arrogant with your 3 win LaSalle prediction. You were not stating an opinion; you came off as if you were stating fact. Well, they have doubled your prediction so what I would like to see you post is the following ---------- 1) A statement saying "I do not know as much about high school football as I thought I did." 2) An apology for coming off like such a J.O. 3) A sincere promise to try to be a tad more humble when stating my "opinion". I will appreciate your cooperation. Thanks "MURPHMAN 1975"

All classes are listed.

http://district-one.net/article/content/2015-district-one-football-power-rankings-week-5

PA Football News has them #3 in the state. For those that have seen them, are they really that good or is it too early to tell? UD has some lopsided wins, but they haven't played anyone that could be considered quality competition. That being said, beating PW 42-0 is impressive no matter how weak they are this year.

Since they're not in the PIAA nobody really talks about them, but the Inter-AC has come a long way in recent years. For years the only team that was worth mentioning was Malvern, but the Inter-AC as a whole has put itself on the map a little bit. The Haverford School dominated Malvern this weekend 31-14. HS has now won 6 of their last 7 meetings with Malvern, Malvern beat St Joes Prep and nearly beat LaSalle. According to Ted Silary, the league was 25-5 this year in non-league play which includes going 8-3 against the Philly Catholic League. It seems like every team has underclassmen playing all over the field. The youth movement can only mean that the league's future remains bright. I can't wait to see who is going to win the league championship. Right now the two undefeated teams (Haverford School and Germantown Academy) control their own destiny, but don't count Malvern out.

Was kind of hoping the PIAA would have included 1 or 2 classifications for Private schools in their realignment with the Inter-Ac and PCL joining from the Philly area. I know the Inter-AC generally wouldn't do it because of traditional reasons and the fact that kids generally play multiple sports, but was holding out hope anyway. Oh well.

I'm working on several brackets for several of the Districts in the upcoming weeks.

WPIAL CLASS A BRACKET
WPIAL CLASS AA BRACKET
WPIAL CLASS AAA BRACKET
WPIAL CLASS AAAA BRACKET

Nysir Minney-Gratz rushed for 302 yards and 2TDs, plus returned a kickoff 92 yards for a score. Easton picked off Doug Erney 3 times and mercy rules Liberty.

Liberty 41 Parkland 34
Parkland 21 Easton 3
Easton 49 Liberty 14

Rock, paper scissors?

This should be a very telling game for the Explorers. Pennsbury is returning most of their skill players and their offensive line and are projected to have a big year. La Salle beat North Penn last week but I don't know if they were a very good test. Friday Night Lights at PW!! See you at the Beef and Ale!!

for Norristown. His 7th TD put the Eagles up 45-42 with 50 seconds left, but Hickey returned the ensuing KO 90 yards and South pulls out the win 49-45. Hickey also ran for 250.

All year I thought South will handle North next week, but the game now has to be a toss-up. The game is on Saturday.

Haverford 21- Ridley 13 final

Congrats North. Could be a good loss for Quakertown as they can retool for playoffs.

Big game is finally here

Can DT East simply outmuscle West on the lines, or will Milano find more tricks up his sleeve to win a shootout?

Should be a great crowd, hopefully will be another legendary East/West game-can't wait to head to Kottmeyer this Friday

Whippets up 40-7 at the half. almost 300 yds on the ground, usual suspects Barr, Mattioni. Developing a nice TE in Burke who Mattioni has been going to more and more. Defense looked better, still without two best d-linemen. AG's long TD run was against second team. Next week will be for ChesMont National title as well as top seed in District 1 AAAA playoffs. DTE will be favored next week and should be - defense is playing lights out - but will be alot of fun leading up to. Hopefully get Hammond and Peterson back. Looks like winner will play 1st rd playoff Fri and loser since they share field, will play Sat. Crappy pg 5 write-up in the DLN can't even get the teams name right.

It's ten to three at the half. 'Skins offense a little lacking.

Knights were at Neshaminy's five with twenty seconds on clock when Hughes picked off Udinski and returned to Knights' forty. Couldn't convert

Big congrats to Easton alum Matt Evancho, who's Saucon Valley Panthers use a ridiculous 46 yard TD pass with 40 seconds in the likely Colonial League championship game against fellow unbeaten (and top seed in 2A) Notre Dame.

Also nice to see a team running single wing, option, and power sets beat a spread, throw it everywhere, basketball on grass team.

D East QB is gaining confidence in passing game. Defense had a few lapses but held when needed. Looking forward to taking on the Whippets for league title and top seed in district. Wanted to add I think the defense has 3 interceptions returned for touchdowns. Cary Angeline is not only a stellar pass catcher but also a very good pass rusher splitting time on defense. I know he ran one in towards the Paoli Pike side but I believe DEast also had two in the second half when they put the pressure on Jon Jon Roberts and ran in on the baseball field side. This is the 3rd game in a row the defense has not allowed the opposing offense to score. DEast defense is pretty solid.

Last Time They Met: Easton shut out Freedom in the subregional semifinal to advance to the D11 final. Shane Simpson starred, rushing for 206 yards and two touchdowns and opening the second half with a 79 yard kickoff return for a TD. Dalvyn Reyolds chipped in 81 yards and a score and Easton's defense forced five turnovers and held Freedom to 167 yards of offense.

The Series: Easton has won the last eight meetings between the schools and is 36-7-2 all time against Freedom.

Easton Leaders
Passing: Trey Durrah: 47-94, 609 yards, 5 TDs, 8 INTs
Rushing: Nysir Minney-Gratz: 142 carries, 1,140 yards, 18 TDs
Receiving: Trey Bailey: 17 catches, 250 yards, 4 TDs

Freedom Leaders
Passing: Joe Young: 55-98, 833 yards, 5 TDs, 4 INTs
Rushing: Andres Santos: 82 carries, 336 yards, 9 TDs
Receiving Alkhion Dunkins: 16 catches, 280 yards, 1 TD

Freedom Offense: Freedom showed little punch offensively last week against a physical Parkland defense and without quarterback Joe Young. Young did warm up prior to the game in a knee brace, but the Patriots gave Jonah Gundrum the start. Gundrum is a senior two-way starter at wide receiver and safety and is one of the better perimter weapons for the Patriots. He’s a running threat at QB and Freedom went heavy zone-read last week with Gundrum and running back Andres Santos. HOwver, Gundrum cannot throw the ball like Young, and Freedom is down a receiver without him. If Young starts, expect Freedom to initiate a short passing game early to try and spread Easton out and keep their defensive line away from digging their heels in. Freedom has a size advantage up front against Easton, but the Rovers have a clear speed advantage, so when they do run the ball, it’ll make more sense to go right at Easton.

Easton Defense: Easton is built to defend the spread. The Rovers have played a lot of 4-2-5 this year where they can generate pressure with just their front four and let the back seven drop into coverage and defend the four and five receiver sets that have become so common in high school football. Defensive tackle Craig Stahlecker has been the lynchpin, and he’ll need to create pressure up the middle to blow up the Freedom run game designed to attack the edges. Unlike Parkland or Liberty, Freedom doesn’t have a real match up problem at receiver and Easton’s secondary should be primed for a big night.

Easton Offense: Easton got back to basics last week, using Nysir Minney-Gratz on outside runs and play action passes to the tight end over the middle to roll up almost 500 yards of offense on Liberty. Minney-Gratz is a threat to score everytime he touches it due to his breakaway speed, but I’ve been particularly impressed with his patience to let his blocking develop and his Emmitt Smith like ability to seemingly never get hit clean despite his diminutive frame. Even on plays that don’t work, he seems to find a crack and fall forward rather than get swallowed up at the line. The passing game isn’t as far along as I thought it would be this season, but they had a ton of success last week with action off of the sweep to Minney-Gratz. Easton tight ends have made their hay running right down the middle of the field on play-fakes since Dan Gelbert in the ‘50s, and it was good to see them get back to that wrinkle in their passing game.

Freedom Defense: Freedom’s defense thrives on creating turnovers. The Patriots are plus ten in turnover margin this year and lead the EPC in interceptions. Easton has been lax with the football, particularly in the passing game, and that’s exactly how you can keep Freedom in a football game. In terms of personnel, it starts up front with Cordell Cotto. After watching Easton-Parkland, the Trojan’s size on the defensive line gave Easton big problems in the running game. Freedom has similar kind of size, and Cotto is every bit the athlete as Noel Brouse. Brady Hornbaker also leads the EPC South in tackles at middle linebacker, and is a 230 pound thumper specifically designed to shut down an offense like Easton’s. Of course, in their first real challege, Freedom gave up 218 yards rushing to Parkland last week, a team that has had nowhere near the success on the ground as Easton.

Special Teams: Freedom’s special teams blew up last week, getting a punt blocked and failing to secure a snap on a second punt led to 10 Parkland points and got the game away from them in the first half. The Rovers are down to their backup place kicker, 5’4 120 pound sophomore Diego Santiago, but he has held his own on kick offs and is a perfect 2-2 on field goals. And Easton is the most dangerous team in the area in the return game, evidence by their fifth kick/punt return for a TD of the year last week.

Freedom Wins If: They get Easton to cough up the football, slow down the Easton rushing attack, and find a way to consistently attack the Easton defense through the air.

Easton Wins If: Their defensive line beats Freedom’s offensive line off the ball and they create havoc in the backfield, they are able to run the ball and get some big plays out of their home run hitters.

The Pick: Like last week, how I feel about this game is very tied to whether Joe Young plays or not. If he can go, Freedom is the more talented team and has a difference maker QB. If he can’t, it makes Freedom awfully one dimensional and Easton generally swallows teams like that up. I think I’ll split the difference somewhere and Freedom keeps their hopes alive for an EPC South split.Freedom 28-17.

Week 8 Stats
Played - 8
Eliminated - 0
Survived - 8


Picks
Archbishop Ryan - 4
LaSalle - 4
Downingtown West - 2
Neshaminy - 2
St. Joe's Prep - 2
WC Rustin - 2
West Catholic - 2
Coatesville - 1
Owen J. Roberts - 1
Perkiomen Valley - 1
Unionville - 1
Upper Dublin - 1
WC East - 1


Survivors/Teams Used
16th&Georgetown - Archbishop Wood, Souderton, Quakertown, Harry S. Truman, Downingtown East, Downingtown West, Upper Dublin, Spring-Ford, Pennsbury, Perkiomen Valley, Boyertown, North Penn, CR South, Garnet Valley, Neshaminy, St. Joe's Prep, LaSalle
d1football1 - Cheltenham, Avon Grove, Conestoga, Spring-Ford, Garnet Valley, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Ridley, Great Valley, Pennsbury, Unionville, Downingtown East, Archbishop Wood, CR South, WC Rustin, Archbishop Ryan, Upper Dublin, Downingtown West
Fletchster1 - Perkiomen Valley, Great Valley, Souderton, Harry S. Truman, CB South, Neshaminy, Boyertown, Garnet Valley, CR South, Pennridge, Quakertown, CB East, CR North, Spring-Ford, Coatesville, Unionville, WC Rustin
Joe_Kane - Archbishop Wood, Spring-Ford, Conestoga, Upper Dublin, Coatesville, Downingtown West, Pennsbury, Souderton, Ridley, Downingtown East, Quakertown, Haverford, Perkiomen Valley, Garnet Valley, West Catholic, Archbishop Ryan, LaSalle
newman107 - Norristown, William Tennent, Conestoga, Haverford, CB South, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, WC Rustin, CR North, Ridley, Unionville, Boyertown, Hatboro-Horsham, Upper Darby, West Catholic, Archbishop Ryan, Owen J. Roberts, WC East
not_a_fan - Haverford, Quakertown, Father Judge, Neshaminy, Downingtown West, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Conestoga, Souderton, Avon Grove, Pennridge, Downingtown East, North Penn, Ridley, Spring-Ford, LaSalle, Archbishop Ryan, WC Rustin
Patton2Moscow - CR South, William Tennent, Father Judge, Coatesville, Neshaminy, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Pennsbury, CR North, Ridley, North Penn, Downingtown East, Archbishop Ryan, Archbishop Wood, CB East, LaSalle, St. Joe's Prep, West Catholic
Relayer - Archbishop Wood, William Tennent, Conestoga, Spring-Ford, Coatesville, Upper Dublin, Quakertown, Souderton, Pennsbury, CB East, Downingtown East, WC Rustin, CR South, Garnet Valley, Downingtown West, Neshaminy, Perkiomen Valley


I must have been in a jovial mood compiling the stats for Week 7 last Tuesday morning after the Eagles MNF blowout (my how things change in a week); two people were given a stay of execution. Kudos to btm for stepping down. Patton, all four of your picks won so we are all square. Down to 8 participants entering the final stretch of the season.

Use this thread to make your picks for Week 9. I will take WC Rustin, North Penn and Upper Darby.