Tussey Won !!!

[ham55]

No other teams from around the county got in the playoffs at 3-6 my friend. Since the post season, they've earned what they've won. That doesn't mean them getting to the playoffs was justified. A team that finished a season 3-6 should sit at home after the week 10 pick-up game. No matter which way you cut it, Tussey does NOT belong in the post season. I don't care if it's because the system allowed them in. They didn't do what they needed to do in the regular season to make the post season, IN MY OPINION. District 5 could have said they only wanted to accept 4 this year and all this TM talk would be moot and non-existant. Your opinion differs, and that's allowed. Just don't tell everybody to shut it when they don't say the same thing as you do.

[oldsport]

Well footballfanatic06 there are a couple of reasons nobody was bashing Rockwood. One even as bogus as it was they did have a winning record. Two and probably more important is the fact that a bunch of idiots from Rockwood didn't come here and start spouting off about how they were gonna go whoop up on anybody that got in their way and because they won a few games that they were now great. Most of the bashing was directed at the fans not the players. I wish the Titans all the best and I'm sure they will play their butts off and in the end they can be proud of what they accomplished. For all the moron fans come down out of the mountains every now and then and know what goes on in the rest of the world before you start blowing off about stuff you know nothing about.

[Gunner18]

seetjrun, bedford, ridge, and even evert are in d6 because there are not enough teams in d5 in their classifications. they dont elect to be in district 6, but because they dont have enough teams they must play in the playoffs of the closest district, which is district 6 (yes mansion park is alot closer than heinz field!) so no matter what happens with classifications or conferences, unless a 4th d5 team becomes AA then the 4 previously mentioned teams will remain district 6.

[seetjrun]

Gunner, I don't want to split hairs here but Bedford, Ridge and Everett are not in district six. They are in district five but they are invited to play in district six playoffs. That situation could change if district six wants it to change. Somerset I think applied many years ago to be in district six and was accepted. However the other three are still in district five (they play every other sport in D5 playoffs) and district six allows them to play in their football playoffs. If district six went to an all classification schedule I am sure Bedford would follow suit. However I honestly don't know if Everett or Ridge would do the same. If D six bases their playoff points only on schools that are the same classification and these schools didn't conform they would never qualify for the playoffs. It is just another factor to be considered, if and when re-alignment occurs.

[Gunner18]

bedford and ridge are district 5 yes, but because the district does not have enough teams for playoffs, THEY MUST PLAY DISTRICT 6 PLAYOFFS this comes down from the PIAA, no where else.

[Opinionguy]

Ham. I am currently marking your words.

Next year Forest Hills will be triple A. Unless of course McCort convinces some people to challenge themselves at a private institution.

[oldsport]

I think Gunner hit the nail on the head. I feel it's more like the PIAA told D6 that Bedford ,CR and Everett are in your district and not an invitation out of the kindness of D6's heart.

[Xylo]

I agree, the PIAA is in charge. If districts could determine who got to play in their playoffs certainly some district would have tried to push out all of their Catholic schools by now .......

[Gunner18]

If districts could determine who got to play in their playoffs certainly some district would have tried to push out all of their Catholic schools by now

o how that just opened up a HUGE window for me to poke my nosey little head through, but alas, i shadnt do it. but yes districts can only set up guidlines (within PIAA regulations) as to how their playoffs will go. PIAA only tells them what teams most be awarded the opportunity to qualify for the playoffs

[Head Roadie]

To clarify some of the confusion on this page of the thread regarding the playoffs and the 5-AA teams. First, expect Everett to only be "AA" for two more years, they will then in all likelihood return to "A".

Next, the PIAA tells the districts how many teams will qualify out of their districts and who they must take into their playoffs (forming a sub-region) in each sport. The rule is that you must have 4 teams to have your own playoff or you are placed into a sub-region. You can also "choose" to form a subregion (D5 and 6 did that in "A" for a few years) as some of the eastern districts still do in certain classifications and 6-AAAA (with 4 teams) chooses to do.

Currently Bedford, C.Ridge, and Everett....all District 5 members....must qualify through District 6 in football (and volleyball and soccer actually too)

However, IF Dist. 6 went to a sectionalization system like the WPIAL and District 10 where they were playing by class they WOULD NOT have to include the 5-AA schools in their sections. They would have to provide a means for these schools to qualify for their playoffs. Would they include the 5-AA schools in their sectional plan? Anybodies guess. They might want something in return and they covet the 5-A interdistrict playoff position and have proposed 5 & 6 subregionalizing again in Class "A" and taking TWO state football tournament spots. These overtures have been rejected by District 5 due to many reasons...the two most important being the opportunity to have an all public school Single-A champion and even more importantly the Thousands of dollars they gain by running their own tournament (D6 gave D5 10,000 in the past--equivalent of Two 1st round games this year!). Another would be to keep Dist. 5's own identity.

Some Dist. 6 people do not like D5's stance on this and it has been suggested that if they went to a Sectional format that the D5 member schools would be left OUT of the scheduling mix.

This would hurt C.R. and Bedford the most. The powers to be at Everett could care less, they know they'll eventually be "A" again and if it would happen the last year they were "AA" they would go the way of the D5-A schools and merely forfeit their opportunity to enter the 6-AA playoffs if need be.

Again to repeat....D6 must take D5-AA teams into their playoffs but they do not have to provide them a league/section or schedule.

I hope this is understandible/clear.