Western Pennsylvania is home to some of the best high school football in the United States. The WPIAL is well known for producing many of the greatest players in the history of football, including George Blanda, Mike Ditka, Aaron Donald, Tony Dorsett, Bill Fralic, Ty Law, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, and Darrell Revis among the most legendary.
The WPIAL Football Report is your resource for the Aliquippa Quips Report, weekly picks, and rankings by Class, all brought to you by local sports writer Mike Drakulich (@PghSportsNation), who also covers Pitt Football and the Pittsburgh Steelers for NGSCSports.com.
Aliquippa Quips Report
WPIAL Championships (20) | PIAA Championships (5)
Tikey Hayes had 188 yards rushing and two touchdowns as the Quips (4-1) took down West Allegheny 19-7.
This week Aliquippa travels to Blackhawk (4-3) to face the Cougars at 7:00 PM.
Beaver Valley Beat the Expert Picks
In honor of growing up reading the Beaver County Times and waiting with excitement each week to enter the contest in picking the local games against great writers like Ed Rose, Mike Prisuta, Mike Bires, Andy Nuzzo, and John Perrotto to name a few…
Friday, October 11th
Central Catholic over Norwin
North Allegheny over Canon-McMillan
Moon over Baldwin
Peters Township over South Fayette
Bethel Park over Upper St. Clair
Thomas Jefferson over Ringgold
McKeesport over Mars
Aliquippa over Blackhawk
Montour over Ambridge
West Allegheny over New Castle
Imani Christian over Deer Lakes
Beaver over North Catholic
Central Valley over Quaker Valley
Avonworth over McGuffey
South Park over Ligonier Valley
Steel Valley over OLSH
Ellwood City over Riverside
Freedom over Union
New Brighton over Beaver Falls
Neshannock over South Side
Fort Cherry over Bishop Canevin
Cornell over Rochester
Freeport over Hopewell
Pine-Richland over Latrobe
Saturday, October 12th
Western Beaver over Mohawk
Last Week: 19-6
Overall: 101-39 (.721%)
Week Seven Rankings
6A
- Central Catholic (6-2)
- North Allegheny (6-1)
- Hempfield (3-4)
5A
- Bethel Park (7-0)
- Upper St. Clair (7-0)
- Pine-Richland (6-0)
- Peters Township (6-1)
- South Fayette (6-1)
4A
- Aliquippa (4-1)
- Thomas Jefferson (7-0)
- Montour (6-0)
- McKeesport (3-4)
- Deer Lakes (6-1)
3A
- Imani Christian (7-0)
- Avonworth (5-2)
- Beaver (5-2)
- Central Valley (3-4)
- Southmoreland (6-1)
2A
- Seton LaSalle (6-0)
- Ellwood City (6-0)
- South Park (5-1)
- Western Beaver (4-2)
- South Allegheny (5-1)
1A
- Clairton (7-0)
- Fort Cherry (7-0)
- Neshannock (6-1)
- South Side (5-1)
- Leechburg (7-0)
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From Midland, "The Basketball Capital of Pennsylvania", located 35 miles NW of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River. This former steel town was home to storied athletes such as Dave Alston, Norm Van Lier, Simmie Hill, and the legendary 1965 Midland High School Basketball Team.
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