MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/12/2016
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Monday, September 12, 2016 | 6:31 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 another NEW #1 team in Class 3-A. Here are the rankings following Week Two of the 2016 high school football season.
WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN:
1. PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (2-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Three – host #4 Hempfield on MSA)
2. PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (2-1)
(Last Week #2…..Week Three – at #3 Penn Hills on MSA)
3. PENN HILLS INDIANS (2-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Three – host #2 Pine-Richland on MSA)
4. HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (3-0)
(Last Week #7…..Week Three – at #1 Pittsburgh Central Catholic on MSA)
5. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (1-2)
(Last Week #3…..Week Three – at Shaler on MSA)
6. SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (1-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Three – at Butler on MSA)
7. MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS (1-2)
(Last Week #5…..Week Three – host Canon-McMillan on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 6-A Top Seven from last week – Nobody
WPIAL CLASS 5-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS (2-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Three – host Chartiers Valley)
2. UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (2-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Three – at #10 Baldwin)
3. WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES (3-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Three – at #4 Penn-Trafford on MSA)
4. PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (3-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Three – host #3 Woodland Hills on MSA)
5. ARMSTRONG RIVERHAWKS (3-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Three – host #6 Gateway on MSA)
6. GATEWAY GATORS (2-1)
(Last Week #8…..Week Three – at #5 Armstrong on MSA)
7. McKEESPORT TIGERS (1-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Three – at Connellsville on MSA)
8. KISKI AREA CAVALIERS (2-1)
(Last Week #10…..Week Three – at Latrobe on MSA)
9. CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS (2-1)
(Last Week #9…..Week Three – at #1 West Allegheny)
10. BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS (1-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Three – host #2 Upper St. Clair)
Out of MSA Sports 5-A Top Ten from last week – Franklin Regional Panthers
WPIAL CLASS 4-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS (3-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Three – host Uniontown)
2. THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS (2-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Three – host Greensburg-Salem)
3. RINGGOLD RAMS (2-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Three – host #4 Belle Vernon on MSA)
4. BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS (2-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Three – at #3 Ringgold on MSA)
5. WEST MIFFLIN TITANS (3-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Three – at Albert Gallatin)
6. MARS FIGHTING PLANETS (2-1)
(Last Week #7…..Week Three – host #9 Montour on MSA)
7. NEW CASTLE RED HURRICANE (2-1)
(Last Week #8…..Week Three – host Ambridge on MSA)
8. HIGHLANDS GOLDEN RAMS (1-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Three – at Knoch on MSA)
9. MONTOUR SPARTANS (1-1)
(Last Week #9…..Week Three – at #6 Mars on MSA)
10. BLACKHAWK COUGARS (1-1)
(Last Week #10…..Week Three – at Indiana on MSA)
Out of MSA Sports 4-A Top Ten from last week – Nobody
WPIAL CLASS 3-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. BEAVER BOBCATS (2-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Three – host #6 Quaker Valley on MSA)
2. ALIQUIPPA QUIPS (2-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Three – at #8 Freeport)
3. BEAVER FALLS TIGERS (1-1)
(Last Week #2…..Week Three – host Ellwood City)
4. MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS (3-0)
(Last Week #4…..Week Three – at McGuffey on MSA)
5. CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS (2-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Three – host 2-A #6 Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic on MSA)
6. KEYSTONE OAKS GOLDEN EAGLES (2-0)
(Last week #6…..Week Three – at Deer Lakes)
7. QUAKER VALLEY QUAKERS (2-0)
(Last Week #8…..Week Three – at #1 Beaver on MSA)
8. FREEPORT YELLOW JACKETS (2-0)
(Last Week #9…..Week Three – host #2 Aliquippa)
9. HOPEWELL VIKINGS (3-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Three – host Yough)
10. DERRY TROJANS (3-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Three – host Southmoreland)
Out of MSA Sports 3-A Top Ten from last week – Seton-LaSalle Rebels, South Park Eagles
WPIAL CLASS 2-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN (2-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Three – at Valley)
2. WASHINGTON LITTLE PREXIES (2-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Three – at South Park)
3. EAST ALLEGHENY WILDCATS (2-1)
(Last Week #10…..Week Three – at Vincentian Academy)
4. RIVERSIDE PANTHERS (1-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Three – at Mohawk)
5. NESHANNOCK LANCERS (2-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Three – at New Brighton on MSA)
6. CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS (1-1)
(Last Week #8…..Week Three – at 3-A #5 Central Valley on MSA)
7. CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS (2-1)
(Last Week Unranked…Week Three – host Brownsville)
8. AVONWORTH ANTELOPES (1-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Three – host #9 Serra Catholic)
9. SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES (2-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Three – at #8 Avonworth)
10. SOUTH SIDE BEAVER RAMS (1-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Three – host Laurel)
Out of MSA Sports 2-A Top Ten from last week – Brentwood Spartans, Laurel Spartans, Burgettstown Blue Devils
WPIAL CLASS 1-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:
1. CLAIRTON BEARS (2-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Three – host Greensburg Central Catholic)
2. JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS (3-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Three – host Riverview)
3. ROCHESTER RAMS (2-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Three – at #4 Sto-Rox on MSA)
4. STO-ROX VIKINGS (3-0)
(Last Week #4…..Week Three – host #3 Rochester)
5. BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS (1-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Three – host Leechburg)
6. NORTHGATE FLAMES (2-0)
(Last Week #7…..Week Three – at Shenango on MSA)
7. FORT CHERRY RANGERS (2-0)
(Last Week #8…..Week Three – at Monessen on MSA)
8. CALIFORNIA TROJANS (2-1)
(Last week Unranked…..Week Three – host Imani Christian)
9. WESTERN BEAVER GOLDEN BEAVERS (3-0)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Three – host Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Saturday on MSA)
10. SPRINGDALE DYNAMOS (1-2)
(Last Week #9…..Week Three – host Beth-Center)
Out of MSA Sports 1-A Top Ten from last week – Carmichaels Mighty Mikes, Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions
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