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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, 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)
Week Five: #1 Aliquippa Quips (3-1) at #3 New Castle Hurricanes (4-1), 7:00 PM
For the 2nd week in a row, Aliquippa needed a 4th quarter comeback to find victory. It was also the 2nd straight week that the Quips were scoreless through three quarters.
On the final play of the game, Marques Council fired a 28 yard touchdown pass to Ray Miller to stun Penn Hills 21-16.
If the Quips plan on holding on to their #1 ranking in 4A, they had better find their offense quickly, as the New Castle Hurricanes have not allowed a single point in four out of their five games.
Council has now thrown for 831 yards, seven touchdowns, and four interceptions. He’s rushed for 203 yards.
Joseph Work leads the Quips with 213 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Josh Lay has 18 catches for 340 yards and a touchdown, while Qa’Lil Goode has 12 receptions for 266 yards and four touchdowns.
The Hurricanes are lead by quarterback Marino Graham, who has 537 yards passing, nine touchdowns, and four interceptions. Graham also leads the team with 443 yards on the ground and another five touchdowns.
Kai Cox is Graham’s main receiver with 14 catches for 257 yards and five touchdowns, while Chase Lemmon has 12 receptions for 125 yards and four touchdowns.
Jermaine Walker has rushed for 158 yards, while Roderick Proctor has produced 142 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, September 26th
Central Catholic over North Allegheny
Bethel Park over Moon
South Fayette over Baldwin
Peters Township over Upper St. Clair
Woodland Hills over Latrobe
Pine-Richland over Fox Chapel
Thomas Jefferson over Belle Vernon
McKeesport over Hampton
Mars over West Mifflin
Aliquippa over New Castle
Montour over Blackhawk
West Allegheny over Ambridge
Freeport over Valley
Avonworth over Central Valley
Beaver over McGuffey
Hopewell over Quaker Valley
Freedom over Beaver Falls
Ellwood City over New Brighton
Western Beaver over Riverside
Neshannock over Shenango
Bishop Canevin over Chartiers-Houston
Fort Cherry over Burgettstown
Cornell over Serra Catholic
Clairton over Jeannette
North Catholic over Imani Christian
Norwin over North Hills
South Side Beaver over Monessen
Washington over South Park
*All kickoffs at scheduled for 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 27th
Summit Academy over Rochester (12:30 PM)
Apollo-Ridge over OLSH (7:00PM)
Last Week: 35-5
Overall: 122-28 (.813%)
Week Five Rankings
6A
- Central Catholic (4-1)
- North Allegheny (5-0)
- Norwin (3-2)
5A
- Peters Township (5-0)
- Pine-Richland (4-1)
- Upper St. Clair (5-0)
4A
- Aliquippa (3-1)
- Thomas Jefferson (4-1)
- New Castle (4-1)
3A
- Avonworth (5-0)
- Imani Christian (5-0)
- North Catholic (5-0)
2A
- Western Beaver (5-0)
- South Allegheny (5-0)
- Seton LaSalle (4-1)
1A
- Fort Cherry (5-0)
- Clairton (3-1)
- South Side Beaver (4-1)
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