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D6/9-AAAA (Top 4 Advance)
1. Bellefonte 100
1. Clearfield 100
3. Bradford, Juniata, Johnstown, DuBois 0

D6-AAA (Top 4 Advance)
1. Central Cambria 110
2. Bald Eagle Area 90
2. Tyrone 90
2. Huntingdon 90
2. Penn Cambria 90
6. Central 80
7. Forest Hills, Westmont Hilltop, Philipsburg 0

D6-AA (Top 8 Advance)
1. Bishop Carroll 100
2. Penns Valley 90
2. Ligonier Valley 90
2. Richland 90
2. Southern Huntingdon 90
2. West Branch 90
2. West Shamokin 90
8. Bellwood-Antis, Mount Union, Cambria Heights, Marion Center 0

D6-A (Top 12 Advance)
1. Bishop Guilfoyle 120
2. Conemaugh Valley 110
2. Saltsburg 110
4. Portage 100
4. Glendale 100
4. Northern Cambria 100
4. Penns Manor 100
8. Bishop McCort, Blacklick Valley, Blairsville, Claysburg, Ferndale, Homer Center, JV, MV, Purchase Line, United, Williamsburg 0

So d6 AAA is only a 4 team bracket this year?

Goldeneagles12 wrote:So d6 AAA is only a 4 team bracket this year?

Yes, if you go on the PIAA site you will see the formula for determining at what point districts enter interdistricts based off the number of teams in the district. For D6-AAA they incorrectly have the district listed as only having 3 teams plus 2 teams from D5 (Bedford & Somerset) which aren't even part of our bracket this year according to the D6 site. D6 actually has 9 teams and if the 2 D5 teams are indeed included it would give us 11 teams and based on the formula should be starting later in interdistricts. Very confusing as the formula they use shows 5 teams total competing at D5/6-AAA level. This was posted in January so maybe it has been fixed since and with only have 9 teams and thus being a smaller district requires the reduced field. My question would then be where are the 2 D5-AAA teams being counted???

http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/document ... otball.pdf

Crazy to think 3A would only get 4 teams (44% of field) while 4A gets (67%), 2A (73%) and 1A (67%).

According to the district 5 website.  AAA football is playing a sub regional with 8 and 9.  6 total teams and 4 make the playoffs. The winner plays the winner of district 6 in the slot in the state playoffs where the district 6 champ entered the last 2 years. Seems to be D6 got ripped off for some reason which is surprising with the success the lower 3 classes have had these last couple of years.

Thanks for clearing that up funfacts. Makes a little more sense now but still stinks for what is a pretty competitive field of 9 teams. Every game will be significant in 3A.


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Yea 4 teams is ridiculous in my opinion. You could lose 2 or 3 games and be on the outside looking in.

I don't think 4 out of 9 teams is ridiculous. I think it's perfect . AA , for example getting 8 out of 11 is ridiculous.

This is what the D5 site states:
Class AAA Playoffs
AAA will play through the 5/8/9 subregional.
Teams involved include: Bedford, Somerset, Perry, Westinghouse, St. Marys, and Punxsutawney. The 4 team playoff format will be determined by mid September.
The subregional Champion will play the District 6 Champion at a 5/8/9 site on Nov. 16 or 17.

This really make losing to Ridge big for FH, as they have possible losses to Richland and BG as the season rolls on , if they took another hit unexpectedly, could be ugly swan song for Coach Bailey ,
Hard to understand why he chose to play up if he would have had better chance of making AA playoffs