TribHSSN PIAA football rankings: Top seeds hold serve

By: HSSN Staff
Sunday, September 16, 2018 | 8:42 PM

Whether you are a fan of your local district team or you like to know what’s going on in high school football around Pennsylvania, the TribLive High School Sports Network has you covered this fall. We rank the top WPIAL teams in each class every Sunday and follow up with our PIAA state rankings every Monday during the high school football season.

Once again, all the top seeds held serve with Week 3 victories. There were changes, however, as five teams lost their grip and fell out of the PIAA rankings, including a pair of WPIAL teams.

McKeesport and Steel Valley lost homes games last week and were bounced from the state Top 5. Two district teams join the state rankings for the first time with Shady Side Academy in 2A and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in 1A now wearing the statewide bullseye.

Here is the PIAA Top Five in each of the six classifications prior to Week 4. Their ranking from last week is the number in parenthesis after their record.

Class 6A

1. St. Joseph’s Prep (2-0) (1): The Hawks beat Our Lady of Good Counsel (Md.), 34-27. They have no game this weekend and next play Sept. 29 when they host LaSalle College.

2. Coatesville (4-0) (2): The Red Raiders beat Bishop Shanahan, 49-0. On Friday they host West Chester Henderson.

3. Pine-Richland (3-1) (3): The defending PIAA champion Rams beat Butler, 63-0. On Friday they visit Norwin.

4. State College (4-0) (4): The Little Lions beat Carlisle, 56-17. On Friday they host Chambersburg.

5. North Allegheny (4-0) (5): The Tigers beat Canon-McMillan, 45-21. On Friday they visit Mt. Lebanon in a game you can hear on Trib HSSN.

Out: None

Class 5A

1. Manheim Central (4-0) (1): The Barons beat West Lawn Wilson, 20-10. On Friday they host Elizabethtown.

2. Gateway (4-0) (2): The Gators beat Latrobe, 53-19. On Friday they visit Ringgold.

3. Penn Hills (4-0) (3): The Indians beat Mars 36-15. On Friday they host Kiski Area in a game you can hear on Trib HSSN.

4. Springfield-Delco (4-0) (4): The Cougars beat Harriton, 36-0. On Friday they visit Marple Newtown.

5. Penn Wood (4-0) (NR): The Patriots beat Oxford, 28-7. On Friday they visits Bayard Rustin.

Out: McKeesport

Class 4A

1. Thomas Jefferson (3-0) (1): The Jaguars beat Indiana, 49-14. On Friday they host Trinity.

2. Bishop McDevitt (4-0) (2): The Crusaders beat Red Land, 49-2. On Friday they host Cedar Cliff.

3. Pottsgrove (4-0) (3): The Falcons beat Glen Mills, 43-0. On Friday they visit Pottstown.

4. Cathedral Prep (2-2) (4): The defending PIAA champion Ramblers beat St. Benedictine (Ohio), 66-39. On Friday they host Canisius (NY).

5. Berks Catholic (3-1) (5): The Saints beat Boyertown, 64-6. On Friday they visit Malvern Prep.

Out: None

Class 3A

1. Aliquippa (4-0) (1): The Quips beat Montour, 62-0. On Friday they visit Beaver Falls host Montour in a game you can hear on Trib HSSN.

2. Sharon (3-1) (3): The Tigers beat Slippery Rock, 30-27. On Friday they visit Sharpsville.

3. Conwell-Egan Catholic (4-0) (4): The Eagles beat Lansdale Catholic, 55-28. On Saturday they visit Neumann-Goretti.

4. Middletown (3-1) (5): The Blue Raiders beat Camp Hill, 63-0. On Friday they visit Steelton-Highspire.

5. Grove City (4-0) (NR): The Eagles beat Brashear, 47-31. On Friday they visit Slippery Rock.

Out: Scranton Prep

Class 2A

1. Southern Columbia (4-0) (1): The defending PIAA champion Tigers beat Shamokin ,48-0. On Friday they visit Central Columbia.

2. Ligonier Valley (4-0) (2): The Rams won by forfeit over Saltsburg. On Friday they visit West Shamokin.

3. Wilmington (3-1) (3): The Greyhounds beat Lakeview, 67-0. On Friday they host Conneaut.

4. Delone Catholic (4-0) (5): The Squires beat York County Tech, 55-0. On Friday they visit Littlestown.

5. Shady Side Academy (3-0) (NR): The Indians beat Steel Valley, 56-36. On Friday they host Neshannock.

Out: Steel Valley

Class A

1. Farrell (4-0) (1): The Steelers beat West Middlesex, 40-0. On Friday they host Cambridge Springs.

2. Jeannette (4-0) (2): The defending PIAA champion Jayhawks beat Avella, 55-7. On Friday they host Springdale.

3. Clairton (3-0) (5): The Bears beat Riverview, 54-0. On Friday they visit Laurel.

4. Muncy (4-0) (NR): The Indians beat South Williamsport, 32-24. On Friday they host Bucktail.

5. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (4-0) (NR): The Chargers beat Rochester, 37-8. On Friday they host Bishop Canevin.

Out: Williams Valley, South Williamsport

Don Rebel is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Don at drebel@tribweb.com or via Twitter @TheDonRebel.

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