MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/05/2016
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Monday, September 5, 2016 | 7:14 PM
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…including a NEW #1 team in Class 3-A. Here are the rankings following Week One of the 2016 high school football season.
WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN:
1. PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (1-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Two – host #3 North Allegheny on MSA)
2. PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (1-1)
(Last Week #2…..Week Two – host #4 Seneca Valley on MSA)
3. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (1-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Two – at #1 Pittsburgh Central Catholic on MSA)
4. SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (1-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Two – at #2 Pine-Richland on MSA)
5. MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS (1-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Two – at #7 Hempfield on MSA)
6. PENN HILLS INDIANS (1-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Two – at Canon-McMillan)
7. HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (2-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – host #5 Mount Lebanon on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 6-A Top Seven from last week – Bethel Park Black Hawk
WPIAL CLASS 5-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS (1-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Two – at North Hills on MSA)
2. UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (1-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Two – host Moon)
3. WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES (2-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Two – at Fox Chapel on MSA)
4. McKEESPORT TIGERS (1-0)
(Last Week #4…..Week Two – host #6 Armstrong on MSA)
5. PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (2-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Two – at Plum)
6. ARMSTRONG RIVERHAWKS (2-0)
(Last Week #9…..Week Two – at #4 McKeesport on MSA)
7. FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS (0-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Two – host #10 Kiski Area on MSA)
8. GATEWAY GATORS (1-1)
(Last Week #10…..Week Two – host Connellsville on MSA)
9. CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS (1-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – host Latrobe on MSA)
10. KISKI AREA CAVALIERS (1-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – at #7 Franklin Regional on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 5-A Top Ten from last week – Plum Mustangs, North Hills Indians
WPIAL CLASS 4-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS (2-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Two – at Ambridge)
2. THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS (1-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Two – at Trinity on MSA)
3. RINGGOLD RAMS (1-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Two – host Albert Gallatin)
4. HIGHLANDS GOLDEN RAMS (1-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Two – at #8 New Castle on MSA)
5. BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS (1-0)
(Last Week #7…..Week Two – host Uniontown on MSA)
6. WEST MIFFLIN TITANS (2-0)
(Last Week #9…..Week Two – host Knoch on MSA)
7. MARS FIGHTING PLANETS (1-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Two – at #10 Blackhawk on MSA)
8. NEW CASTLE RED HURRICANE (1-1)
(Last Week #8…..Week Two – host #4 Highlands on MSA)
9. MONTOUR SPARTANS (0-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Two – host Indiana on MSA)
10. BLACKHAWK COUGARS (1-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – host #7 Mars on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 4-A Top Ten from last week – Knoch Knights
WPIAL CLASS 3-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. ALIQUIPPA QUIPS (2-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Two – host #3 Beaver)
2. BEAVER FALLS TIGERS (0-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Two – at Apollo-Ridge)
3. BEAVER BOBCATS (1-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Two – at #1 Aliquippa)
4. MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS (2-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Two – host #10 South Park on MSA)
5. CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS (1-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Two – at Elizabeth Forward)
6. KEYSTONE OAKS GOLDEN EAGLES (1-0)
(Last week #6…..Week Two – host Carlynton)
7. SETON-LaSALLE REBELS (1-0)
(Last Week #7…..Week Two – host Valley on MSA)
8. QUAKER VALLEY QUAKERS (1-0)
(Last Week #10…..Week Two – host 2-A #3 Neshannock)
9. FREEPORT YELLOW JACKETS (1-0)
(Last Week #9…..Week Two – host Deer Lakes)
10. SOUTH PARK EAGLES (1-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – at #4 Mount Pleasant on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 3-A Top Ten from last week – McGuffey Highlanders
WPIAL CLASS 2-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN (1-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Two – host #4 Avonworth on MSA)
2. WASHINGTON LITTLE PREXIES (1-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Two – host Brownsville)
3. NESHANNOCK LANCERS (2-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Two – at 3-A #8 Quaker Vallley)
4. AVONWORTH ANTELOPES (1-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Two – at #1 Steel Valley on MSA)
5. SOUTH SIDE BEAVER RAMS (1-0)
(Last Week #8…..Week Two – at Serra Catholic)
6. BRENTWOOD SPARTANS (1-0)
(Last Week #9…..Week Two – at #10 East Allegheny on MSA)
7. LAUREL SPARTANS (2-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – host Riverside on MSA)
8. CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS (0-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Two – host Mohawk)
9. BURGETTSTOWN BLUE DEVILS (1-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – at 1-A #6 Bishop Canevin Saturday on MSA)
10. EAST ALLEGHENY WILDCATS (1-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – host #6 Brentwood on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 2-A Top Ten from last week – Frazier Commodores, Beth-Center Bulldogs, Freedom Bulldogs
WPIAL CLASS 1-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. CLAIRTON BEARS (1-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Two – at #9 Springdale)
2. JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS (2-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Two – at Leechburg)
3. ROCHESTER RAMS (1-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Two – at Summit Academy on Saturday)
4. STO-ROX VIKINGS (2-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Two – at Shenango)
5. CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES (1-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Two – at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)
6. BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS (0-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Two – host 2-A #9 Burgettstown on MSA)
7. NORTHGATE FLAMES (1-0)
(Last Week #8…..Week Two – host Union)
8. FORT CHERRY RANGERS (1-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Two – at #10 Greensburg Central Catholic Saturday on MSA)
9. SPRINGDALE DYNAMOS (1-1)
(Last Week #7…..Week Two – host #1 Clairton)
10. GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS (1-1)
(Last Week #10…..Week Two – host #8 Fort Cherry Saturday on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 1-A Top Ten from last week – Monessen Greyhounds
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