Way Too Early Version of WPIAL Rankings

[natigers2005]

6A

1 Pine-Richland
2 Central Catholic
3 North Allegheny
4 Hempfield
5 Bethel Park
6 Seneca Valley
7 Norwin
8 Penn Hills
9 Mount Lebanon
10 Peters Township
11 Canon-McMillan
12 Butler
13 Altoona
14 Shaler

5A

1 West Allegheny
2 Gateway
3 McKeesport
4 Woodland Hills
5 Fox Chapel
6 Franklin Regional
7 Kiski Area
8 Penn-Trafford
9 North Hills
10 Armstrong
11 Upper St. Clair
12 Latrobe
13 Moon
14 Plum
15 Chartiers Valley
16 Baldwin
17 Hampton
18 Connellsville

4A

1 Thomas Jefferson
2 South Fayette
3 Mars
4 Belle Vernon
5 West Mifflin
6 New Castle
7 Trinity
8 Ringgold
9 Montour
10 Greensburg-Salem
11 Blackhawk
12 Indiana
13 Knoch
14 Highlands
15 Laurel Highlands
16 Ambridge
17 Albert Gallatin
18 Uniontown

3A

1 Aliquippa
2 Central Valley
3 Beaver Falls
4 Keystone Oaks
5 Valley
6 Seton-LaSalle
7 Quaker Valley
8 Beaver
9 South Park
10 Derry
11 Apollo-Ridge
12 Mount Pleasant
13 Freeport
14 Elizabeth Forward
15 Burrell
16 McGuffey
17 Hopewell
18 Yough
19 Deer Lakes
20 Shady Side Academy
21 Southmoreland
22 Ellwood City
23 Waynesburg

2A

1 Steel Valley
2 Neshannock
3 Riverside
4 Washington
5 East Allegheny
6 CW North Catholic
7 Brentwood
8 Serra Catholic
9 Beth-Center
10 Burgettstown
11 Laurel
12 Chartiers-Houston
13 Freedom
14 Charleroi
15 New Brighton
16 Frazier
17 Avonworth
18 South Side Beaver
19 Bentworth
20 Carlynton
21 South Allegheny
22 Mohawk
23 Brownsville
24 Vincentian Academy

1A

1 Clairton
2 Rochester
3 Northgate
4 Bishop Canevin
5 Jeannette
6 Imani Christian
7 Fort Cherry
8 OLSH
9 Springdale
10 Carmichaels
11 Sto-Rox
12 California
13 Shenango
14 Greensburg CC
15 Union
16 Mapletown
17 West Greene
18 Summit Academy
19 Riverview
20 Western Beaver
21 Avella
22 Monessen
23 Jefferson-Morgan
24 Leechburg
25 Cornell

[Crimson's Ghost]

Great work, as always. I'm going to get my D6 and D5 ones out shortly. 


Interesting 6A rankings, I've been hearing good things about Penn Hills and I've heard virtually nothing about Hempfield.  Also, what else does Pine-Richland have besides Jurkovec?  Is Kenny White eligible after transferring to PR for athletic purposes? 

As for 5A, Gateway has seemingly been down for a few years, nice to see them back towards the top. 

Don't know much about 4A, as a Pitt fan I'm excited Pitt has the Danielson kid from TJ committed.  He's a beast. 

Will AAA still have the stupid playoff format and only take 8 teams to accommodate the Heinz Field thing?  It still blows my mind Beaver was ranked top 5 in the state and didn't even make the playoffs with a 7-2 record last year.  

Steel Valley was a lot more complete of a team than I realized. I always assumed it was the Paris Ford show, but they were loaded.  They might go 16-0 again. 

Any chance Clairton can be beat in class A?  I've heard Jeannette has some good athletes. Still a bit young though.  Does Clairton have another top college recruit coming up through their ranks?

[natigers2005]

Great work, as always. I'm going to get my D6 and D5 ones out shortly. 


Interesting 6A rankings, I've been hearing good things about Penn Hills and I've heard virtually nothing about Hempfield.  Also, what else does Pine-Richland have besides Jurkovec?  Is Kenny White eligible after transferring to PR for athletic purposes? 

As for 5A, Gateway has seemingly been down for a few years, nice to see them back towards the top. 

Don't know much about 4A, as a Pitt fan I'm excited Pitt has the Danielson kid from TJ committed.  He's a beast. 

Will AAA still have the stupid playoff format and only take 8 teams to accommodate the Heinz Field thing?  It still blows my mind Beaver was ranked top 5 in the state and didn't even make the playoffs with a 7-2 record last year.  

Steel Valley was a lot more complete of a team than I realized. I always assumed it was the Paris Ford show, but they were loaded.  They might go 16-0 again. 

Any chance Clairton can be beat in class A?  I've heard Jeannette has some good athletes. Still a bit young though.  Does Clairton have another top college recruit coming up through their ranks?

6A: Pine-Richland not only returns an all-section WR (Raymond Falcon) and QB Phil Jurkovec, but Kenny White was ruled eligible by the PIAA.  They are loaded and have a pretty big offensive line.  It will be hard for teams to stop them.  Central Catholic and North Allegheny don't have much back from last year but they are such big schools that they can pretty much reload.  For some reason I like Hempfield.  They have their all-section QB Justin Sliwoski and TE Braden Brose back.  Bethel Park has good lines and RB John Doleno back.  Penn Hills always scares me because of their line play and defense and this year is no different.
5A: I think the most wide-open class and I have West Allegheny there because of the fact they are the returning champions with a few pieces coming back.  Gateway should be pretty good offensively with Brady Walker and Courtney Jackson leading them.  McKeesport and Woodland Hills are always in the mix.  My sleeper pick is Fox Chapel.  They bring back RB Micah Morris and have a pretty good experience offensive line.
4A: Should be pretty top-heavy with two or three teams ahead of the pack.  Thomas Jefferson is always very good defensively and they will need that to pull them through the first few weeks while they figure out new offensive weapons.  South Fayette should be very good offensively with QB Drew Saxton and TE Noah Plack back.  Mars would be the other team I could see sneaking in with RB Garrett Reinke.
3A: Same. Stupid.  Format.  The same thing will happen this year but probably not with Beaver.  Aliquippa and Central Valley are loaded with all-section players returning from last season.  Beaver Falls and Keystone Oaks are also always near the top.  Valley & Seton-LaSalle have two nice running backs returning in Deonte Ross and Lionel Deanes respectively. 
2A: Steel Valley dominated last year.  It was insane.  I still see them being able to repeat but not as dominant.  They have quite a bit of questions marks offensively, but the defense should be great again.  The competition in 2A isn't great.  The teams 2nd-6th could all be in each other's place.
1A: I don't think Clairton gets tested in their conference during the regular season.  They have too many key pieces back from a young roster last year.  They don't have the big studs they've had the past few years but Tre'sean Howard is probably the one to watch.  Rochester, Northgate, and Bishop Canevin all have some key offensive players back from last year.  Jeannette is definitely young this year and they have a lot of question marks offensively.

[billmurray]

you really think Beaver Falls will compete? They lost everyone, including coach Matsook.
Not sure about West A either, they lost a lot. Mckeesport seems loaded.
Clairton will be Clairton for sure.
PR is absolutely loaded. PCC lost their entire offensive line and many keys on defense. NA looks very strong.
I agree with your 2A assessment.
TJ is definitely on a collision course with Cathedral Prep again. love that first week match with PCC