WPIAL Football Weekly

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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)

WPIAL Class 3A First Round: #7 Aliquippa Quips (6-3) vs #10 Waynesburg Raiders (8-2)

In the final week of the regular season, Aliquippa was dismantled by Hopewell by a final score of 42-10.

The Quips finished in 2nd place in the Western Hills Conference.

The WPIAL Class 3A playoffs begin this week, and the Quips will take on Waynesburg Central at The Pit at Heinz Field.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

The winner of this game will face the winner of the Propel Braddock Hills-Burrell game in the quarterfinals.

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.

Friday, November 6th

WPIAL 5A First Round

#5 West Allegheny over #12 Gateway

#6 Woodland Hills over #11 Armstrong

#7 Thomas Jefferson over #10 Moon

#8 Trinity over #9 Latrobe

WPIAL 4A Quarterfinals

#1 South Fayette over #8 Kiski Area

#2 Montour over #7 Shaler

#3 McKeesport over #6 Blackhawk

#4 New Castle over #5 Chartiers Valley

WPIAL 3A First Round

#1 Avonworth over #16 Deer Lakes

#2 Propel Braddock Hills over #15 Burrell

#3 Hopewell over #14 Mount Pleasant

#4 Belle Vernon over #13 Shady Side Academy

#5 Elizabeth Forward over #12 Highlands

#6 North Catholic over #11 Beaver

#7 Aliquippa over #10 Waynesburg Central

#8 Freeport over #9 West Mifflin

WPIAL 2A First Round

#4 Steel Valley over #13 Freedom

#5 Western Beaver over #12 Chartiers-Houston

#6 Neshannock over #11 South Allegheny

#7 Ligonier Valley over #10 Riverside

#8 McGuffey over #9 Beaver Falls

WPIAL 1A First Round

#1 Washington over #16 Frazier

#2 Shenango over #15 Serra Catholic

#3 Clairton over #14 Union

#4 Fort Cherry over #13 Avella

#5 Laurel over #12 Greensburg CC

#6 California over #11 Northgate

#7 Jeannette over #10 Monessen

#9 Burgettstown over #8 Beth-Center

*All games kickoff at 7:00 PM unless noted

Saturday, November 7th

PIAA Class 4A Districts 8-9 Regional Championship

Clearfield over University Prep (1:00 PM)

Last Week: 35-6

Overall: 218-47 (.823)

Last Year: 310-70 (.820)

WPIAL Final Regular Season Rankings

Class 6A

#1 Central Catholic

#2 Canon-McMillan

#3 North Allegheny

Class 5A

#1 Pine-Richland

#2 Upper St.Clair

#3 Penn-Trafford

#4 North Hills

#5 Woodland Hills

Class 4A

#1 South Fayette

#2 Montour

#3 McKeesport

#4 New Castle

#5 Blackhawk

Class 3A

#1 Avonworth

#2 Hopewell

#3 Propel Braddock Hills

#4 Belle Vernon

#5 North Catholic

Class 2A

#1 Bishop Canevin

#2 Seton LaSalle

#3 Apollo-Ridge

#4 Western Beaver

#5 Neshannock

Class 1A

#1 Washington

#2 Clairton

#3 Fort Cherry

#4 Shenango

#5 Laurel

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Mike Drakulich

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. There's nowhere on earth that is more dedicated to its sports teams like Western Pennsylvania and the city of Pittsburgh. The passion and pride of Pittsburgh's fan base is second to no one. From the NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA football and basketball, to W.P.I.A.L. high school sports, "The City of Champions" has it all! As Editor of Pittsburgh SportsNation, Mike Drakulich provides top notch opinions and coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pitt Panthers football & basketball, Robert Morris Colonials basketball, and Duquesne Dukes basketball, as well as all sports teams that represent Western Pennsylvania, including WPIAL High School Football. For a refreshing view of sports, mixed with humor and uncensored opinions, check out Pittsburgh SportsNation today on Facebook, Twitter @PghSportsNation and videos with over 1,000,000 views on YouTube!

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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.

There's nowhere on earth that is more dedicated to its sports teams like Western Pennsylvania and the city of Pittsburgh. The passion and pride of Pittsburgh's fan base is second to no one. From the NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA football and basketball, to W.P.I.A.L. high school sports, "The City of Champions" has it all!

As Editor of Pittsburgh SportsNation, Mike Drakulich provides top notch opinions and coverage of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pitt Panthers football & basketball, Robert Morris Colonials basketball, and Duquesne Dukes basketball, as well as all sports teams that represent Western Pennsylvania, including WPIAL High School Football.

For a refreshing view of sports, mixed with humor and uncensored opinions, check out Pittsburgh SportsNation today on Facebook, Twitter @PghSportsNation and videos with over 1,000,000 views on YouTube!