Tickets were punched for the finals at Heinz Field next Saturday. Let’s take a look at who will be competing for the WPIAL Championship in each class.
Class AAAA
Central Catholic 24, Woodland Hills 6
Central Catholic – 7 – 10 – 0 – 7 – — – 24
Woodland Hills – 0 – 0 – 0 – 6 – — – 6
CC — Ronald George 75 kickoff return (Jacob Rocchi kick)
CC — Rocchi 35 FG
CC — Ronnie Jones 87 interception return (Rocchi kick)
WH — Dayna Wilson-Adams 18 fumble return (kick failed)
CC — Vinny Emanuele 8 run (Rocchi kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Central Catholic – – Woodland Hills
6 – First Downs – 16
120 – Rushing Yards – 212
36 – Passing Yards – 38
156 – Total Yards – 250
5-11-0 – Comp-Att-Int – 6-6-1
3-1 – Fumbles-Lost – 2-1
3-25 – Penalties-Yards – 6-35
4-42.0 – Punts-Average – 3-38.0
Prugar’s Prediction: Woodland Hills 35, Central Catholic 24.
Penn-Trafford 38, Pine-Richland 34
Pine-Richland – 6 – 14 – 7 – 7 – — – 34
Penn-Trafford – 10 – 7 – 7 – 14 – — – 38
PT — Tim Vecchio 59 pass from Brett Laffoon (Nick Tarabrella kick)
PR — Jimmy Graf 6 run (kick failed)
PT — Tarabrella 19 FG
PR — Saige Simpson 55 interception return (Jacob Gill kick)
PT — Jonah Lisbon 14 pass from Laffoon (Tarabrella kick)
PR — Graf 1 run (Gill kick)
PT — Laffoon 1 run (Tarabrella kick)
PR — Graf 12 run (Gill kick)
PT — Laffoon 1 run (Tarabrella kick)
PR — Graf 6 run (Gill kick)
PT — Tyler Bruno 20 pass from Laffoon (Tarabrella kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Pine-Richland – – Penn-Trafford
30 – First Downs – 28
236 – Rushing Yards – 211
207 – Passing Yards – 292
443 – Total Yards – 503
12-19-1 – Comp-Att-Int – 19-33-1
3-27 – Penalties-Yards – 5-54
Prugar’s Prediction: Penn-Trafford 38, Pine-Richland 28.
Class AAA
Central Valley 48, Mars 41
Mars – 7 – 14 – 6 – 14 – — – 41
Central Valley – 10 – 17 – 7 – 14 – — – 48
M — Garrett Reinke 1 run (Caleb Brake kick)
CV — Brendan Jugan 31 FG
CV — Kurt Reinstadtler 23 pass from Chris Callaghan (Jugan kick)
CV — Kyle Vreen 1 run (Jugan kick)
M — Nathan Sablowski 37 pass from Sam Morrissey (Brake kick)
CV — Reinstadtler 65 pass from Callaghan (Jugan kick)
M — Reinke 4 run (Brake kick)
CV — Jugan 30 FG
M — Reinke 3 run (kick failed)
CV — Terry Woods 3 run (Jugan kick)
CV — Reinstadtler 92 pass from Callaghan (Jugan kick)
M — John Castello 13 pass from Morrissey (Brake kick)
CV — Vreen 60 run (Jugan kick)
M — Eli Brooks 23 pass from Morrissey (Brake kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Mars – – Central Valley
16 – First Downs – 18
115 – Rushing Yards – 256
179 – Passing Yards – 301
294 – Total Yards – 557
9-20-0 – Comp-Att-Int – 10-21-0
1-0 – Fumbles-Lost – 0-0
3-35 – Penalties-Yards – 9-75
Prugar’s Prediction: Central Valley 42, Mars 21.
Thomas Jefferson 34, Franklin Regional 21
Thomas Jefferson – 0 – 20 – 7 – 7 – — – 34
Franklin Regional – 0 – 7 – 0 – 14 – — – 21
TJ — Zane Zandier 7 pass from Bobby Kelley (Tommy Campbell kick)
TJ — Jake Giegerich 15 pass from Kelley (Campbell kick)
TJ — Quinton Hill 12 run (kick failed)
FR — Adam Grajewski 38 pass from Stephen Johns (James Young kick)
TJ — Braden Pahanish 72 run (Campbell kick)
FR — Jake Lauer 6 pass from Santino Birty (Young kick)
TJ — Hill 20 run (Campbell kick)
FR — Jacob Ross 51 pass from Birty after lateral from Grajewski (Young kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Thomas Jefferson – – Franklin Regional
17 – First Downs – 9
304 – Rushing Yards – 100
52 – Passing Yards – 133
356 – Total Yards – 233
5-12-0 – Comp-Att-Int – 6-18-2
1-1 – Fumbles-Lost – 0-0
4-42 – Penalties-Yards – 3-35
Prugar’s Prediction: Thomas Jefferson 17, Franklin Regional 14.
Class AA
South Fayette 27, Steel Valley 19
Steel Valley – 7 – 6 – 6 – 0 – — – 19
South Fayette – 6 – 14 – 0 – 7 – — – 27
SV — DeWayne Murray 2 run (Alex Ligeros kick)
SF — Hunter Hayes 24 fumble return (kick failed)
SV — Murray 66 run (kick failed)
SF — Hayes 1 run (Dan Trimbur kick)
SF –Ryhan Culberson 21 pass from Drew Saxton (Trimbur kick)
SV — Murray 23 run (kick failed)
SF — Hayes 30 run (Trimbur kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Steel Valley – – South Fayette
13 – First Downs – 12
203 – Rushing Yards – 100
98 – Passing Yards – 162
301 – Total Yards – 262
8-13-0 – Comp-Att-Int – 9-22-1
2-1 – Fumbles-Lost – 1-0
7-45 – Penalties-Yards – 6-58
Prugar’s Prediction: South Fayette 56, Steel Valley 10.
Aliquippa 36, Freeport 14
Freeport – 0 – 7 – 0 – 7 – — – 14
Aliquippa – 14 – 8 – 14 – 0 – — – 36
A — Jassir Jordan 50 pass from Sheldon Jeter (pass failed)
A — Draper Gilliam 31 pass from Jeter (Canard Tates pass from Jeter)
A — Kaezon Pugh 2 run (Pugh run)
F — Dylan Hochbein 56 fumble recovery (Jacob Sarver kick)
A — Pugh 25 run (Pugh run)
A — Jeter 8 run (run failed)
F — Josh Beale 13 pass from Ryan Weigold (Sarver kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Freeport – – Aliquippa
10 – First Downs – 13
85 – Rushing Yards – 276
57 – Passing Yards – 90
132 – Total Yards – 366
11-21-2 – Comp-Att-Int – 5-7-0
5-1 – Fumbles-Lost – 4-3
7-73 – Penalties-Yards – 11-90
3-33.3 – Punts-Average – 4-31.2
Prugar’s Prediction: Aliquippa 49, Freeport 14.
Class A
Clairton 56, Frazier 15
Frazier – 0 – 8 – 0 – 7 – — – 15
Clairton – 16 – 20 – 14 – 6 – — – 56
C — Harrison Dreher 97 kickoff return (Dreher pass from Aaron Mathews)
C — Noah Hamlin 59 punt return (Lamont Wade run)
F — Hunter Patterson 1 run (Caleb Cox run)
C — Mathews 1 run (Dreher pass from Mathews)
C — Hamlin 17 pass from Mathews (pass failed)
C — Dreher 3 run (pass failed)
C — Dreher 30 pass from Mathews (Wade run)
C — Dreher 45 pass from Mathews (pass failed)
C — Dreher 18 run (run failed)
F — Damon Lovis 40 pass from Caleb Cox (Josh Cox kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Frazier – – Clairton
7 – First Downs – 18
minus-51 – Rushing Yards – 126
115 – Passing Yards – 186
64 – Total Yards – 312
9-23-3 – Comp-Att-Int – 14-21-0
3-2 – Fumbles-Lost – 2-1
4-30 – Penalties-Yards – 11-107
6-38.5 – Punts-Average – 2-35.0
Prugar’s Prediction: Clairton 42, Frazier 24.
Jeannette 22, C.W. North Catholic 14
Jeannette – 0 – 0 – 15 – 7 – — – 22
C.W. North Catholic – 0 – 7 – 7 – 0 – — – 14
CWNC — Mario Latronica 24 pass from Erick Taylor (Noah Kosobucki kick)
CWNC — Latronica 10 run (Kosobucki kick)
J — Safety, Jefferson Jones tackled Latronica in end zone
J — Robert Kennedy 31 pass from GioVonne Sanders (Swade Redman kick)
J — Sanders 5 run (run failed)
J — Sanders 10 run (Redman kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
Jeannette – – C.W. North Catholic
7 – First Downs – 15
104 – Rushing Yards – 143
91 – Passing Yards – 141
195 – Total Yards – 284
4-11-0 – Comp-Att-Int – 11-24-1
1-0 – Fumbles-Lost – 3-2
8-70 – Penalties-Yards – 9-70
Prugar’s Prediction: North Catholic 35, Jeannette 28.
Prugar’s Prediction: (this week) 6-2.
Prugar’s Prediction: (overall) 41-19.
