WPIAL teams prominent in state football rankings

By: HSSN Staff
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | 7:48 PM

Seven of the eight WPIAL football finalists are in the top 10 of their respective classifications in the latest installment of the Pennlive.com state football rankings.

Here's a look:

Pennlive state football rankings, Nov. 13, 2017

Class 6A

RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank

1. St. Joseph's Prep (12)10-01

2. Pine-Richland (7)12-02

3. Parkland (11)12-03

4. Delaware Valley (2)12-04

5. Coatesville (1)11-15

6. Cumberland Valley (3)9-28

7. Manheim Twp. (3)10-1NR

8. State College (6)9-2NR

9. Garnet Valley (1)11-1NR

10. Pennsbury (1)10-2NR

Honorable mention: Downingtown East (1) 10-2, La Salle College HS (12) 7-4, North Penn (1) 9-3, Neshaminy (1) 10-2, Pittsburgh C.C. (7) 10-2, Wilson (3) 8-3.

Class 5A

RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank

1. Harrisburg (3)11-01

2. Archbishop Wood (12)8-22

3. Springfield-Delco (1)12-03

4. Gateway (7)11-14

5. Manheim Central (3)11-05

6. Grove City (10)11-06

7. Penn-Trafford (7)11-18

8. Cocalico (3)10-19

9. Unionville (1)11-110

10. Governor Mifflin (3)10-1NR

Honorable mention: McKeesport (7) 8-3, Upper Moreland (1) 10-1, Southern Lehigh (11) 10-2, Whitehall (11) 9-3, Marple-Newtown (1) 8-4.

Class 4A

RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank

1. Cathedral Prep (10)11-01

2. Imhotep Charter (12)9-12

3. Berks Catholic (3)11-03

4. Thomas Jefferson (7)10-16

5. Bethlehem Catholic (11)10-27

6. Montour (7)9-2NR

7. Pottsgrove (1)11-19

8. Bellefonte (6)10-2NR

9. Bishop McDevitt (3)9-210

10. Selinsgrove (4)10-2NR

Honorable mention: Belle Vernon (7) 10-1, South Fayette (7) 11-1, John Bartram (12) 11-1, Berwick (7) 10-2.

Class 3A

RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank

1. Aliquippa (7)12-01

2. Scranton Prep (2)12-02

3. Middletown (3)11-03

4. Palisades (11)12-05

5. Quaker Valley (7)10-16

6. Lehighton (11)12-08

7. Forest Hills (6)10-110

8. Huntingdon Area (6)10-1NR

9. Wyomissing (3)10-19

10. Sharon (10)8-3NR

Honorable mention: Mercyhurst Prep (10) 10-1, Seton-LaSalle (7) 9-2, Jim Thorpe (11) 10-2, Beaver Area (7) 9-3, Littlestown (3) 9-2, Loyalsock Twp. (4) 8-4.

Class 2A

RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank

1. Southern Columbia (4)12-01

2. Steel Valley (7)10-02

3. Dunmore (2)12-03

4. Washington (7)11-04

5. Ligonier Valley (6)12-05

6. Wilmington (10)11-06

7. Neumann-Goretti (12)10-08

8. Newport (3)10-19

9. Clarion (9)11-010

10. Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic (7)10-2NR

Honorable mention: Kane (9) 11-1, Chestnut Ridge (5) 10-1, West Catholic (12) 8-4, Bishop McCort (6) 10-2, Mount Carmel (4) 8-4.

Class A

RankSchoolRecordPrevious rank

1. Bishop Guilfoyle (6)11-01

2. Williams Valley (11)12-02

3. California (7)12-03

4. Steel-High (3)9-24

5. Imani Christian (7)10-25

6. Clairton (7)9-26

7. Jeannette (7)11-17

8. Homer-Center (6)10-18

9. Old Forge (2)11-110

10. Farrell (10)9-2NR

Honorable mention: Oour Lady of the Sacred Heart (7) 9-3, Curwensville (9) 9-1, Ferndale (6) 9-3, Ridgway/Johnsonsburg (9) 8-3.

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