Rankings: Class 2A in District 6 is tight

By: Paul Schofield
Sunday, September 29, 2019 | 9:40 PM

The PIAA District 6 football rankings have been posted through Week 5.

There still are three games involving District 6 that need to be completed Monday and Tuesday.

Here are the top teams in each classification:

6A: State College (6-0); 5A Hollidaysburg (2-4); 4A: Bellefonte (5-1); 3A: Bald Eagle Area (5-1); 2A Richland (6-0) and A: Bishop Guilfoyle (5-1).

Class 2A has three undefeated teams: Richland, Bellwood-Antis and Ligonier Valley. Richland moved past Bellwood-Antis for the first time this year after the Rams defeated Westmont Hilltop, a Class 3A team.

District 6 isn’t strictly teams from the district. There are also teams from District 8 (Pittsburgh City League) and District 9

Here are the current rankings.

PIAA District 6 Rankings

6A

1. State College (6-0), 670; T2. Altoona (1-5) and Mifflin County (1-5) 110.

5A

1. Hollidaysburg (2-4) 240; 2. Brashear (1-5) 80; 3. Central Mountain (0-6) 0.

4A

1. Bellefonte (5-1) 580; 2. Clearfield (5-1) 570; 3. Juniata (2-3) 200; T4. Bradford (0-6), DuBois (0-6) and Johnstown (0-6) 0.

3A

1. Bald Eagle Area (5-1) 620; 2. Westmont Hilltop (3-3) 350; 3. Central (Martinsburg) (3-3) 340; 4. Tyrone (2-4) 230; T5. Central Cambria (2-4) and Huntingdon (2-4) 220; 7. Penn Cambria (1-4) 110; 8. Philipsburg-Osceola (1-5) 100; 9. Forest Hills (0-6) 0.

2A

1. Richland (6-0) 740; 2. Bellwood-Antis (6-0) 720; 3. Ligonier Valley (6-0) 710; 4. Penns Valley (5-1) 670; 5. Marion Center (5-1) 580; 6. Cambria Heights (3-3) 350; 7. Bishop Carroll (3-3) 340; 8. Southern Huntingdon (3-3) 310; 9. West Shamokin (2-4) 210; 10. Mount Union (1-4) 110; 11. West Branch (1-5) 100.

A

1. Bishop Guilfoyle (4-1) 540; 2. Homer-Center (5-1) 630; 3. Portage (5-1) 620; 4. Claysburg-Kimmel (4-1) 480; 5. Glendale (4-2) and Juniata Valley (4-2) 470; 7. Saltsburg (4-2) 450; 8. Bishop McCort (3-3) 380; 9. Purchase Line (3-3) 360; 10. Northern Cambria (2-4) 230; T11. Blacklick Valley (2-4), Ferndale (2-4) and Moshannon Valley (2-4) 220; 14. Penns Manor (2-4) 210; 15. Blairsville (1-5) 100; T16. Conemaugh Valley (0-0), United (0-0) and Williamsburg (0-6) 0.

Note: Three games have not been played: Monday: Penn Cambria at Bishop Guilfoyle and Juniata at Pine Grove; Tuesday: Mount Union at Claysburg-Kimmel.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

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