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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, Russ Grimm, Ty Law, Dan Marino, Curtis Martin, Joe Montana, Joe Namath, and Darrell Revis among the most legendary.
The WPIAL Football Weekly 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 (21) | PIAA Championships (5)
Week Nine: Aliquippa Quips (5-2) at Ellwood City (0-8)
In week seven, Aliquippa buried Beaver 31-0. As the season has progressed, the Quips seem to be heating up after a slow start. Aliquippa has outscored their last three opponents by a score of 131-7.
The Quips travel to Ellwood City this Friday to face the Wolverines at Helling Stadium. Kickoff is 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… Every team from Beaver County is included, plus all ranked teams.
Thursday, October 22nd
3A
Beaver over OLSH
Friday, October 23rd
6A
Central Catholic over Canon-McMillan
North Allegheny over Mount Lebanon
Norwin over Seneca Valley
5A
Peters Township over Bethel Park
Upper St. Clair over Thomas Jefferson
West Allegheny over Trinity
Penn-Trafford over Woodland Hills
Moon over Armstrong
Pine-Richland over North Hills
4A
Ringgold over Chartiers Valley
South Fayette over Uniontown
McKeesport over Indiana
New Castle over Central Valley
Montour over Mars
3A
Freeport over Highlands
North Catholic over Valley
Belle Vernon over Waynesburg Central
Elizabeth Forward over Mount Pleasant
Avonworth over South Park
Propel Braddock Hills over Yough
Aliquippa over Ellwood City
Hopewell over Ambridge
2A
Apollo-Ridge over South Allegheny
Ligonier Valley over Steel Valley
Bishop Canevin over Chartiers-Houston
Seton LaSalle over Keystone Oaks
New Brighton over Freedom
Neshannock over Riverside
Western Beaver over Beaver Falls
1A
Cornell over Rochester
Laurel over South Side
Shenango over Summit Academy
Fort Cherry over Brentwood
Washington over Sto-Rox
Clairton over Greensburg CC
Jeannette over Leechburg
Non-Conference
Blackhawk over Kiski Area
Charleroi over Quaker Valley
City League Semifinals
Westinghouse over Allderdice
*All games kickoff at 7:00 PM unless noted
Last Week: 32-3
Overall: 148-37 (.800)
Last Year: 310-70 (.820)
WPIAL Week Nine Rankings
Class 6A
#1 Central Catholic
#2 Hempfield
#3 Canon-McMillan
Class 5A
#1 Pine-Richland
#2 Penn-Trafford
#3 Upper St.Clair
#4 Woodland Hills
#5 North Hills
Class 4A
#1 South Fayette
#2 Montour
#3 McKeesport
#4 New Castle
#5 Blackhawk
Class 3A
#1 Avonworth
#2 Propel Braddock Hills
#3 Hopewell
#4 Belle Vernon
#5 Aliquippa
Class 2A
#1 Seton LaSalle
#2 Bishop Canevin
#3 Neshannock
#4 Ligonier Valley
#5 Apollo-Ridge
Class 1A
#1 Clairton
#2 Washington
#3 Fort Cherry
#4 Shenango
#5 Beth-Center
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