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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.
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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…
PIAA State Championship Games
Saturday, December 7th
Games at Cumberland Valley HS
Class 3A
Northwestern Lehigh over Avonworth (1:00 PM)
Class 6A
St. Josephs Prep over Central Catholic (7:00 PM)
Last Week: 2-4 (.333)
Regular Season: 169-51 (.768)
Playoffs: 35-23 (.603)
Overall: 194-74 (.724%)
Final Rankings
6A
- Central Catholic (11-2)
- North Allegheny (10-2)
- Mount Lebanon (3-8)
5A
- Pine-Richland (11-1)
- Peters Township (11-2)
- Upper St. Clair (11-1)
- Bethel Park (10-3)
- Woodland Hills (8-3)
4A
- Thomas Jefferson (14-0)
- McKeesport (8-5)
- Aliquippa (7-3)
- Mars (6-6)
- Montour (8-2)
3A
- Avonworth (11-3)
- Central Valley (7-6)
- Imani Christian (11-1)
- Elizabeth Forward (8-3)
- Beaver (8-3)
2A
- South Park (12-1)
- Seton LaSalle (11-1)
- Ellwood City (10-1)
- Steel Valley (9-4)
- Western Beaver (8-3)
1A
- Fort Cherry (14-0)
- Clairton (13-1)
- Bishop Canevin (10-3)
- Jeannette (9-4)
- Neshannock (9-2)
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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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