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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 LaVar Arrington, 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, Beat the Expert, 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)
Class 4A Semifinals: #7 Aliquippa Quips (7-3) at #3 New Castle Hurricanes (9-2)
Venue:
Aliquippa entered the 2025 WPIAL playoffs in an unusual position.
The underdogs.
The Quips had other ideas, especially with the surprise return of quarterback Marques Council, and all #7 Aliquippa did was shock the #2 Trinity Hillers 21-14 last Friday night.
Now, with Council back, the Quips are ready for a revenge match with #3 New Castle, and the winner will move on to play in the Class 4A Championship game against the winner of #1 McKeesport and #4 Thomas Jefferson.
During the regular season Council had passed for 983 yards, nine touchdowns, four interceptions, and rushed for 190 yards.
Josh Lay leads the team with 27 catches for 457 yards and one touchdown. Qa’Lil Goode is 2nd on the team with 18 receptions for 383 yards, adding 128 yards rushing and 10 total touchdowns.
J.J. Work has rushed for 653 yards and eight touchdowns.
The Hurricanes are led by quarterback Marino Graham, who has 1,450 yards passing, 19 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. Graham also leads the team with 842 yards on the ground and another 13 touchdowns.
Kai Cox leads the ‘Canes with 548 yards receiving off of 35 receptions and five touchdowns, while Chase Lemmon has 39 receptions for 465 yards and nine touchdowns.
Roderick Proctor has rushed for 293 yards, while Jermaine Walker has produced 220 yards on the ground.
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, November 7th
Class 6A
Central Catholic over Canon-McMillan
Norwin over North Allegheny
Class 5A
Pine-Richland over Shaler
Moon over Penn-Trafford
Peters Township over Bethel Park
Woodland Hills over Upper St. Clair
Class 4A
McKeesport over Thomas Jefferson
Aliquippa over New Castle
Class 3A
Avonworth over Freeport
Elizabeth Forward over North Catholic
Imani Christian over Hopewell
Central Valley over Highlands
Class 2A
Seton LaSalle over Mohawk
Washington over South Allegheny
Western Beaver over Apollo-Ridge
Steel Valley over Ellwood City
Class A
Fort Cherry over Neshannock
Laurel over Chartiers-Houston
Clairton over Jeannette
Bishop Canevin over Frazier
All games kickoff at 7:00 PM
Last Week: 21-4
Regular Season: 254-56 (.811%)
Playoffs: 21-4 (.840%)
Overall: 275-60 (.821%)
Playoff Rankings
6A
- Central Catholic (9-1)
- North Allegheny (8-2)
- Norwin (7-3)
5A
- Pine-Richland (9-1)
- Peters Township (10-0)
- Woodland Hills (8-2)
4A
- McKeesport (8-3)
- New Castle (9-2)
- Aliquippa (7-3)
3A
- Avonworth (10-0)
- Imani Christian (10-0)
- Elizabeth Forward (9-1)
2A
- Seton LaSalle (9-1)
- Western Beaver (9-1)
- Steel Valley (8-3)
1A
- Fort Cherry (11-0)
- Clairton (10-1)
- Laurel (10-1)
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