MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/24/2016

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten seven in 6-A and top ten football teams in each of the other five classifications. Here are the rankings following Week Eight of the 2016 high school football season.

WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN:

1.    PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (8-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Nine – at Penn Hills)

2.    NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (7-2)
(Last Week #2…..Week Nine – at #3 Pine-Richland on MSA)

3.    PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (6-3)
(Last Week #3…..Week Nine – host #2 North Allegheny on MSA)

4.    MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS  (6-3)
(Last Week #4…..Week Nine – at #6 Bethel Park on MSA)

5.    SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (5-3)
(Last Week #5…..Week Nine – host Altoona)

6.    BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (5-3)
(Last Week #6…..Week Nine – host #4 Mount Lebanon)

7.    NORWIN KNIGHTS  (5-4)
(Last Week #7…..Week Nine – host Hempfield)

Out of MSA Sports 6-A Top Seven from last week – Nobody

WPIAL CLASS 5-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS  (8-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Nine – host Moon)

2.    ARMSTRONG RIVER HAWKS  (8-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Nine – host Kiski Area on MSA)

3.    McKEESPORT TIGERS  (7-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Nine – at #8 Penn-Trafford on MSA)

4.    UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (6-2)
(Last Week #5…..Week Nine – at #5 Woodland Hills on MSA)

5.    WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES  (7-2)
(Last Week #2…..Week Nine – host #4 Upper St. Clair on MSA)

6.    FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (6-2)
(Last Week #7…..Week Nine – at #7 Gateway on MSA)

7.    GATEWAY GATORS  (6-3)
(Last Week #6…..Week Nine – host #6 Franklin Regional on MSA)

8.    PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS  (6-3)
(Last Week #9…..Week Nine – host #3 McKeesport on MSA)

9.    NORTH HILLS INDIANS  (5-4)
(Last Week #8…..Week Nine – host Hampton on MSA)

10.  FOX CHAPEL FOXES  (4-5)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Nine – host Plum)

Out of MSA Sports 5-A Top Ten from last week – Kiski Area Cavaliers

WPIAL CLASS 4-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS  (9-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Nine – host #9 Montour on MSA)

2.    THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (8-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Nine – at #5 West Mifflin on MSA)

3.    RINGGOLD RAMS  (6-2)
(Last Week #3…..Week Nine – host Trinity on MSA)

4.    MARS FIGHTING PLANETS  (7-2)
(Last Week #4…..Week Nine – host Knoch on MSA)

5.    WEST MIFFLIN TITANS  (7-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Nine – host #2 Thomas Jefferson on MSA)

6.    BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS  (6-2)
(Last Week #5…..Week Nine – host Ambridge)

7.    MONTOUR SPARTANS  (4-4)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Nine – at #1 South Fayette on MSA)

8.    BLACKHAWK COUGARS  (5-3)
(Last Week #7…..Week Nine – host #9 New Castle on MSA)

9.    NEW CASTLE RED HURRICANE  (5-4)
(Last Week #8…..Week Nine – at #8 Blackhawk on MSA)

10.  GREENSBURG-SALEM GOLDEN LIONS  (4-5)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Nine – at Uniontown)

Out of MSA Sports 4-A Top Ten from last week – Trinity Hillers, Highlands Golden Rams
 

WPIAL CLASS 3-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    BEAVER BOBCATS  (7-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Nine – host #2 Beaver Falls on MSA)

2.    BEAVER FALLS TIGERS  (7-1)
(Last Week #2…..Week Nine – at #1 Beaver on MSA)

3.    ALIQUIPPA QUIPS  (7-2)
(Last Week #4…..Week Nine – host Hopewell on MSA)

4.    KEYSTONE OAKS GOLDEN EAGLES  (7-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Nine – host Seton-LaSalle on MSA)

5.    DERRY TROJANS  (9-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Nine – at McGuffey on MSA)

6.    CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS  (6-3)
(Last Week #3…..Week Nine – at Shady Side Academy)

7.    APOLLO-RIDGE VIKINGS  (6-3)
(Last Week #9…..Week Nine – at South Allegheny)

8.    MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS  (6-3)
(Last Week #7…..Week Nine – at Southmoreland on MSA)

9.    VALLEY VIKINGS  (5-3)
(Last Week #8…Week Nine – at Freeport)

10.  SOUTH PARK EAGLES  (4-4)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Nine – host Yough on MSA)

Out of MSA Sports 3-A Top Ten from last week – Seton-LaSalle Rebels
 

WPIAL CLASS 2-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN  (8-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Nine – at #5 Brentwood on MSA)

2.    WASHINGTON LITTLE PREXIES  (8-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Nine – host Beth-Center)

3.    NESHANNOCK LANCERS  (8-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Nine – host Mohawk)

4.     RIVERSIDE PANTHERS  (6-2)
(Last Week #4…..Week Nine – at New Brighton)

5.    BRENTWOOD SPARTANS  (7-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Nine – host #1 Steel Valley on MSA)

6.    EAST ALLEGHENY WILDCATS  (6-3)
(Last Week #9…..Week Nine – at Serra Catholic)

7.    LAUREL SPARTANS  (6-3)
(Last Week #10…..Week Nine – host Carlynton)

8.    CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS  (6-3)
(Last Week #6…Week Nine – at #9 Frazier on MSA)

9.    FRAZIER COMMODORES  (5-4)
(Last week Unranked…..Week Nine- host #8 Chartiers-Houston on MSA)

10.  CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS  (4-4)
(Last Week #7…..Week Nine – host Freedom)

Out of MSA Sports 2-A Top Ten from last week – Serra Catholic Eagles
 

WPIAL CLASS 1-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    CLAIRTON BEARS  (8-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Nine – at #2 Jeannette on MSA)

2.    JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS  (9-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Nine – host #1 Clairton on MSA)

3.    ROCHESTER RAMS  (8-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Nine – at Western Beaver Saturday on MSA)

4.    BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS  (6-2)
(Last Week #5…..Week Nine – at #6 Carmichaels)

5.    NORTHGATE FLAMES  (7-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Nine – host Cornell)

6.    CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES  (7-1)
(Last Week #7…..Week Nine – host #4 Bishop Canevin)

7.    FORT CHERRY RANGERS  (7-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Nine – host Jefferson-Morgan)

8.    OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHARGERS  (6-2)
(Last Week #8…..Week Nine – at #9 Sto-Rox)

9.    STO-ROX VIKINGS  (6-3)
(Last Week #9…..Week Nine – host #8 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)

10.  IMANI CHRISTIAN SAINTS  (3-5)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Nine – at Leechburg)

Out of MSA Sports 1-A Top Ten from last week – Shenango Wildcats