Since this came up on another thread (I think arguing about Pine-Richland's talent level?) - from the state champs project stuff I've done, here are all the FBS players who started for state champs in 6A/4A. Outside of a few outliers, which will be apparent, I was surprised how consistent the numbers were from year-to-year. Discuss away.

1988 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (1): Todd Orlando (Wisconsin)

1989 Upper St. Clair (3): Pete Habib (Akron), Doug Whaley (Pittsburgh), Phil Dunn (Akron)

1990 North Allegheny (5): Paul Failia (Notre Dame), Kevin Rock (Pittsburgh), Jusin Goheen (Notre Dame), Matt Haff (Boston College), Jason Augustino (Virginia)

1991 CB West (3): Greg Moylan (Temple), Rob Swett (Michigan), Todd Volitis (Virginia Tech)

1992 Cumberland Valley (2): Jon Ritchie (Stanford/Michigan), Askari Adams (Penn State)

1993 North Hills (5): Eric Kasperowicz (Pittsburgh), Lavar Arrington (Penn State), Seamus Murphy (NC State), Chris Barie (Kent State), Chris Feola (Pittsburgh)

1994 McKeesport (3): Brandon Short (Penn State), Roger Wilson (Kansas), Jermain Cromerdie (Kansas)

1995 Penn Hills (5): Victor Strader (Pittsburgh), DeWayne Thompson (Rutgers), Mike White (Pittsburgh), Demond Gibson (Pittsburgh), Ron Graham (Penn State)

1996 Downingtown (2): Dan Ellis (Virginia), Arlen Harris (Virginia)

1997 CB West (2): Dave Armstrong (Michigan), Ben Carber (Virginia)

1998 CB West (2): Dustin Picciotti (Pittsburgh), Ben Carber (Virginia)

1999 CB West (2): Dustin Picciotti (Pittsburgh), Justin Outten (Syracuse)

2000 Erie Cathedral Prep (5): Ed Hinkel (Iowa), Jawan Walker (Pittsburgh), Charles Rush (Penn State), Dale Williams (Pittsburgh), Joe Dipre (Pittsburgh)

2001 Neshaminy (3): Jamar Brittingham (Rutgers), Mike Loveland (Temple), Kevin Kelly (Penn State)

2002 Parkland (2): Austin Scott (Penn State), Adam Atiyeh (Pittsburgh)

2003 North Penn (2): Kevin Akins (Boston College), Deanco Oliver (Syracuse)

2003 St. Joseph Prep (4): Brian Tracz (Indiana), Steve Quinn (Notre Dame), Matt Parkhurst (Marshall), Charlie Noonan (Rutgers)

2004 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (5): Shane Murray (Pittsburgh), Eugene Jarvis (Kent State), John Pelusi (Pittsburgh), Stefan Wisniewski (Penn State), Nate Williams (Northwestern)

2005 McKeesport (2): Travis McBride (Penn State), Anthony Leonard (West Virginia)

2006 Upper St. Clair (1): Dane Conwell (Indiana)

2007 Pittsburgh Central Catholic (8): Tino Sunseri (Pittsburgh), Jeff Knox (Pittsburgh), Andrew Taglianetti (Pittsburgh), Dan Vaughan (Syracuse), Quentin Williams (Northwestern), Terrell Anderson (Toledo) Matt Oczypok (Bowling Green), Liam Krahe (UMass)

2008 Liberty (4): Anthony Gonzalez (Pitsburgh), Devin Street (Pittsburgh), Levi Brown (Temple), Jarrod West (Syracuse)

2009 LaSalle (0):

2010 North Allegheny (3): Rob Kugler (Purdue), Justin Haser (Ohio), Patrick Kugler (Michigan)

2011 Central Dauphin (2): Zayd Issah (Penn State/Temple), Evan Schwan (Penn State)

2012 North Allegheny (4): Patrick Kugler (Michigan), Elijah Zeise (Pittsburgh), Mack Leftwich (UTEP), Jeremy Gonzales (Pittsburgh/UTEP)

2013 St. Joseph’s Prep (4): Olamade Zaccheus (Virginia), D’Andre Swift (Georgia), John Reid (Penn State), Jon Daniel Runyan (Michigan)

2014 St. Joseph’s Prep (6): Jack Clements (Rutgers), Olamade Zaccheus (Virginia), D’Andre Swift (Georgia), John Reid (Penn State), Jon Daniel Runyan (Michigan), Benny Walls (Temple)

2015 Pitsburgh Central Catholic (9): Ronnie Jones (Toledo), Bricen Garner (Pittsburgh), Rashad Wheeler (Pittsburgh), CJ Thorpe (Penn State), David Adams (notre Dame), Damar Hamlin (Pittsburgh), Ron George (Western Michigan), Kurt Hinisch (Notre Dame), David Green (Pittsburgh)

2016 St. Joseph’s Prep (4): D’Andre Swift (Georgia), Darryle Simmons (Virginia Tech), Ryan Bryce (Army), Bradley Cobaugh (Temple)

2017 Pine Richland (3): Phil Jurkovec (Notre Dame/BC/Pit), Andrew Kristofic (Notre Dame), Mike Katic (Indiana)

2018 St. Joseph’s Prep (6): Kyle McCord (Ohio State), Kolbe Burrell (Buffalo), Marvin Harrison Jr (Ohio State), Matt Lombardi (Tulane), Brad Harris (Rutgers), Jeremiah Trotter JR (Clemson)

2019 St. Joseph’s Prep (11): Kyle McCord (Ohio State), Kolbe Burrell (Buffalo), Marvin Harrison Jr (Ohio State), Malik Cooper (Temple), Sahmir Haggans (Duke), Matt Lombardi (Tulane), Brad Harris (Rutgers), Josiah Trotter (West Virginia), Jeremiah Trotter JR (Clemson), Keenan Nelson (South Carolina), Antonio Chadha (Rutgers)

2020 St. Joseph’s Prep (9): Kyle McCord (Ohio State), Marvin Harrison Jr (Ohio State), Malik Cooper (Temple), Sahmir Haggans (Duke), Brad Harris (Rutgers), Josiah Trotter (West Virginia), Jeremiah Trotter Jr. (Clemson), Keenan Nelson (South Carolina), Antonio Chadha (Rutgers)

2021 Mount Lebanon (2): Eli Heidenreich (Navy), Alex Tecza (Navy)

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Just read where their QB/DB shawn lee received a D1 offer from old Damion and thier junior tackle Kevin Brown received his biggest offer thus far from Florida state.

I believe both teams move up in class next year so they have no chance of meeting in a playoff format . This is a matchup I would like to see next year with 2 outstanding running backs in the game . Any chance this taking place ??

Since Romans has been recognized ,I was interested if the Preps has been announced yet ?

Headed into the medal round, Easton and Bethlehem Catholic are tied with 214.5 points. Nazareth is in third at 202.5. Easton leads with six finalists and nine already qualifier for Regional, and one more who can win his 5th place match and move on. Bethlehem Catholic has eleven wrestlers still alive (to Easton’s ten), and five in finals. Becahi has qualified eight for next weekend, with three needing to win a 5th place match to move on. Nazareth has five in finals, eight qualified for regionals l, and two more in 5th place matches.

Seeds mostly held, as nine of the finals are 1 vs 2. Easton freshman Justin Cosover is in finals as the 6th seed at 172 - he beat state #3 Terrrell McFarland of Pottsville in the semifinal, a monster win for the precociously talented 9th grader. Three seeds Kam Abboud (Liberty 139), Kurtis Crossman (Easton 215) and Gavin Grell (Northamtpon 285) are the other semi upsets to make finals, which are this afternoon.

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he said it's because they wouldn't give him a teaching job at the high school, which prevented him from recruiting kids to play football

seems like a bizarre reason to resign after 1 season, smells like BS to me

It seems to me that 6A is down this year across the state. The wpial doesn't have a team that sticks out. Pcc might be the best of the bunch. They are young and got blown out in week 0 by St eds. I think when pcc plays NA that'll decide the best of the wpial. District 1 has been down for some time now. I thought north Penn had a chance this year but they lost their opener to la salle. Speaking of La salle they just got whooped by mcdevitt so I thought Harrisburg would be the team to beat but they lost last week to Manheim. IMO other then St Joe's prep here's the best teams in the state: Erie prep, aliquippa, McKeesport, Imhotep, gateway, central valley, and bishop mcdevitt. All of which aren't 6A schools. Is their a team in pa that can complete with sjp because it's not looking like it thus far.

lets say you are a top of the line coach and you can be the head coach at any public school

what school would you choose and why would you choose it?

in the WPIAL I would think North Allegheny would be a good choice as they have always been a top team and they have the financial resources along with out of state transfers often choosing the district for various reasons, and they are the largest school in the WPIAL

but maybe the entitled parents in that school would be a pain in the ass so maybe it wouldn't be the best choice for a coach, maybe the school board would be a pain too?

what school would you choose and why?

Today opens state duals in 2A and 3A. I won't follow the 2A tournament particularly closely (Faith Christian will win in a rout) but the 3A has more intrigue than has existed in years. This is the most parity at the top of the big school classification that I have seen in years. There are legitimately seven teams that could win a state championship on Saturday if everything breaks right. Today, with one exception, is probably going to be chalk outcomes, tomorrow's quarterfinal round is total fireworks.

The top half of the bracket is loaded. Council Rock South wrestles Franklin Regional today and should beat them handily. CRS comes in ranked as the #1 team in the state by PaPower, and despite the ineligibility of state #1 Anthony Mutarelli (127), they are still loaded. Connor Lenehan (114), Luke Reitter (121, probably wrestling up at 127), Pat Woloshyn (127/133), Gavin Cole (160), and Bekruz Saddridinov (172) are all projected state medalists, with Saddridinov (a Lehigh commit) the top ranked wrestler in Pennsylvania at his weight.

CRS will face the winner of Central Mountain and Boiling Springs. Central Mountain is ranked #2 in the state, so the looming quarterfinal is massive. Central Mountain is probably the most star studded lineup in the field, with two former state champs in Dalton Perry (139/145) and Luke Simcox (139/145/152). Simcox has been hurt for a lot of the year and has wrestled at wildly fluctuating weights since his return, so where he slots in has a lot of intrigue. They also have wrestlers ranked near the top of the state in Griffin Walizer (#4 at 152) and Rocco Serafini (#7 at 215), so bonus points will be there ticket to keep moving on.

Selinsgrove and Trinity should be a win for the District 7 champs. The teams are weird match ups, with Selinsgrove really good from 189 and up and Trinity having their strength in the middle and lower parts of their lineups. Lots of falls here.

Last match on top is Bethlehem Catholic and Central Dauphin. Certainly a premier match up of blue bloods and the Hawks are looking to match Central Dauphin's run of four straight state championships, which the Rams did from 2008-2011. Bethlehem Catholic should win comfortably, but keep an eye out for a possible match up of state champ Kollin Rath (Missouri commit) and two-time state state finalist Ryan Garvick (Indiana commit) at 160.

The lower half feels wide open once quarters hit, but should be kind of chalk today. Gettysburg and LaSalle meet at the top and the Warriors really don't have a star, but they are one of the most balanced lineups in the tournament and should be able to overwhelm the D12 champ.

West Scranton takes on Easton in a preview of a lot of Northeast Regional match ups come individual time. West Scranton actually has more stars than the Red Rovers, with Michael Turi (145) a possible state finalist and Connor Lagier (#6 at 107) and Tyson Cook (#7 at 127) setting up for really good match ups with Easton lineup anchors Noah Fenner (#5 at 107) and Chris Kelly (#9 at 127). But one through thirteen, Easton is too deep.

In other years, Erie Cathedral Prep and Pennridge would be a big match up, but the Ramblers are not a power team this year and Pennridge is a very strong lineup after getting alot of guys healthy. Colby Martinelli (#2 at 114) is the headliner, but Cole Coffin (#6 at 121), Quinn McBride (#8 at 127), Sam Kuhns (#10 at 152), and Talan Hogan (#10 at 172) are all hammers in their own right. The Rams are a sneaky pick to make finals.

Biggest toss up match of the day is Connellsville and Wilson West Lawn in the bottom of the bracket. Again, the winner here could make a run all the way to finals. Connellsville is tough through the middle with the Vielma brothers (Kai is #7 at 133 and Lonny is #6 at 160) and Evan Petrovich (#4 at 145). West Lawn counters with four real hammers in McKaden Speece (#6 at 127), James Garcia (#6 at 133), Blaise Eidle (#7 at 172) and Ryan McMillan (#7 at 215). Vielma-Garcia may be a toss up that decides the dual if it happens.