MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/19/2016

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Monday, September 19, 2016 | 4:16 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. Here are the rankings following Week Three of the 2016 high school football season.

WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN:

1.    PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (3-1)
(Last Week #1…..Week Four – at #4 Seneca Valley)

2.    PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (3-1)
(Last Week #2…..Week Four – host Bethel Park)

3.    NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (2-2)
(Last Week #5…..Week Four – host Butler on MSA)

4.    SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (2-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Four – host Pittsburgh Central Catholic)

5.    PENN HILLS INDIANS  (2-2)
(Last Week #3…..Week Four – host Shaler)

6.    HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (3-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Four – host Peters Township on MSA)

7.    MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS  (2-2)
(Last Week #7…..Week Four – host Altoona 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  (3-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Four – at Baldwin)

2.    UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (3-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Four – host Fox Chapel)

3.    PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS  (4-0)
(Last Week #4…..Week Four – host Latrobe on MSA)

4.    ARMSTRONG RIVERHAWKS  (4-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Four – host #9 Franklin Regional on MSA)

5.    WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES  (3-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Four – host #10 Chartiers Valley on MSA)

6.    McKEESPORT TIGERS  (2-1)
(Last Week #7…..Week Four – host Plum on Saturday on MSA)

7.    KISKI AREA CAVALIERS  (3-1)
(Last Week #8…..Week Four – host Connellsville on MSA)

8.    GATEWAY GATORS  (2-2)
(Last Week #6…..Week Four – at Hampton on MSA)

9.    FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (1-2)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – at #4 Armstrong on MSA)

10.  CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS  (2-2)
(Last Week #9…..Week Four – at #5 Woodland Hills on MSA)

Out of MSA Sports 5-A Top Ten from last week – Baldwin Highlanders

WPIAL CLASS 4-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS  (4-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Four – host #9 Knoch on MSA)

2.    THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (3-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Four – host Albert Gallatin)

3.    BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS  (3-0)
(Last Week #4…..Week Four – at Greensburg-Salem)

4.    WEST MIFFLIN TITANS  (4-0)
(Last Week #5…..Week Four – at Uniontown)

5.    MARS FIGHTING PLANETS  (3-1)
(Last Week #6…..Week Four – at Highlands)

6.    NEW CASTLE RED HURRICANE  (3-1)
(Last Week #7…..Week Four – at Indiana on MSA)

7.    RINGGOLD RAMS  (2-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Four – at Laurel Highlands)

8.    BLACKHAWK COUGARS  (2-1)
(Last Week #10…..Week Four – at Trinity)

9.    KNOCH KNIGHTS  (1-2)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – at #1 South Fayette on MSA)

10.  MONTOUR SPARTANS  (1-2)
(Last Week #9…..Week Four – host on Ambridge on MSA)

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

WPIAL CLASS 3-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    BEAVER BOBCATS  (3-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Four – at #5 Keystone Oaks on MSA)

2.    ALIQUIPPA QUIPS  (3-1)
(Last Week #2…..Week Four – host Ellwood City)

3.    BEAVER FALLS TIGERS  (2-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Four – host Southmoreland)

4.    CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS  (3-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Four – at #8 Quaker Valley on MSA)

5.    KEYSTONE OAKS GOLDEN EAGLES  (3-0)
(Last week #6…..Week Four – host #1 Beaver on MSA)

6.    HOPEWELL VIKINGS  (4-0)
(Last Week #9…..Week Four – host Mohawk)

7.    DERRY TROJANS  (4-0)
(Last Week #10…..Week Four – host South Park on MSA)

8.    QUAKER VALLEY QUAKERS  (2-1)
(Last Week #7…..Week Four – host #4 Central Valley on MSA)

9.    McGUFFEY HIGHLANDERS  (3-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – host Elizabeth Forward on MSA)

10.  MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS  (3-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Four – at Brownsville on MSA)

Out of MSA Sports 3-A Top Ten from last week – Freeport Yellow Jackets
 

WPIAL CLASS 2-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN  (3-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Four – host South Allegheny)

2.    WASHINGTON LITTLE PREXIES  (3-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Four – host Frazier on MSA)

3.    EAST ALLEGHENY WILDCATS  (3-1)
(Last Week #3…..Week Four – at #5 Neshannock)

4.     RIVERSIDE PANTHERS  (2-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Four – host South Side)

5.    NESHANNOCK LANCERS  (3-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Four – host #3 East Allegheny)

6.    CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS  (3-1)
(Last Week #7…Week Four – host Burgettstown on MSA)

7.    CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS  (1-2)
(Last Week #6…..Week Four – host New Brighton)

8.    AVONWORTH ANTELOPES  (2-1)
(Last Week #8…..Week Four – host Brentwood)

9.    LAUREL SPARTANS  (3-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – at Freedom)

10.  BURGETTSTOWN BLUE DEVILS  (2-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – at Chartiers-Houston on MSA)

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

WPIAL CLASS 1-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:

1.    CLAIRTON BEARS  (3-0)
(Last Week #1…..Week Four – at Monessen)

2.    JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS  (4-0)
(Last Week #2…..Week Four – host Imani Christian)

3.    ROCHESTER RAMS  (3-0)
(Last Week #3…..Week Four – host Cornell on MSA)

4.    BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS  (2-1)
(Last Week #5…..Week Four – at Riverview on Saturday on MSA)

5.    NORTHGATE FLAMES  (3-0)
(Last Week #6…..Week Four – at #7 Sto-Rox on MSA)

6.    FORT CHERRY RANGERS  (3-0)
(Last Week #7…..Week Four – host Shenango)

7.    STO-ROX VIKINGS  (3-1)
(Last Week #4…..Week Four – host #5 Northgate on MSA)

8.    SPRINGDALE DYNAMOS  (2-2)
(Last Week #10…..Week Four – at Leechburg)

9.    OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHARGERS  (2-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – host Summit Academy)

10.  MAPLETOWN MAPLES  (3-1)
(Last Week Unranked…..Week Four – host California)

Out of MSA Sports 1-A Top Ten from last week – California Trojans, Western Beaver Golden Beavers

 

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