Mid-September high school football has a casino feel to it with a big shuffling of the deck of the top teams in the state.<\/p>\n
Only two of the four classes remain unchanged from No. 1 to No. 5 in the weekly Trib HSSN state rankings.<\/p>\n
The biggest facelift was in Class 3A where Hopewell, Aliquippa and Archbishop Wood dropped out of the Top 5 for now, allowing Elizabeth Forward, Propel Braddock Hills and Mount Carmel to join the elite fun.<\/p>\n
Two of the six No. 1-ranked teams fell to defeat in Week 3, but only one lost its spot at the top of the classification.<\/p>\n
Class 5A No. 1 Pine-Richland lost in a WPIAL showdown to 6A top-ranked Central Catholic, yet the Rams remain on top in 5A.<\/p>\n
District 12 Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast fell from No. 1 to No. 4 in Class 4A after its second loss in three weeks.<\/p>\n
It was replaced at No. 1 by undefeated Shamokin.<\/p>\n
That was the only change at the top with Central Catholic in 6A, Pine-Richland in 5A, Northwestern Lehigh in 3A, Southern Columbia in 2A and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy all still at No. 1.<\/p>\n
There were three head-to-head clashes of ranked teams in Week 3, but there is only one coming up in Week 4.<\/p>\n
Small school powers in District 10 are set to collide when Class 2A No. 2 Farrell visits Class A No. 4 Wilmington.<\/p>\n
Here are the latest Trib HSSN rankings in each of the six classifications. Teams are listed with overall record, last week\u2019s ranking and district.<\/p>\n
Class 6A<\/p>\n
1. Central Catholic (3-0) (1) (D-7): The Vikings defeated 5A No. 1 Pine-Richland in Week 3, 48-24. They host Norwin on Friday.<\/p>\n
2. Harrisburg (3-0) (3) (D-3): The Cougars defeated Cumberland Valley in Week 3, 28-7. They host Central Dauphin on Saturday.<\/p>\n
3. State College (3-0) (5) (D-6): The Little Lions defeated No. 4 Bishop McDevitt in Week 3, 27-20. They visit Central Dauphin East on Friday.<\/p>\n
4. St. Joseph Prep (1-1) (2) (D-12): The Hawks lost to Bergen Catholic (NJ) in Week 3, 33-3. They host Malvern Prep on Saturday.<\/p>\n
5. Bishop McDevitt (2-1) (4) (D-3): The Crusaders lost to No. 5 State College in Week 3, 27-20. They visit Cedar Cliff on Friday.<\/p>\n
Out: None<\/p>\n
Class 5A<\/p>\n
1. Pine-Richland (2-1) (1) (D-7): The Rams lost to 6A No. 1 Central Catholic in Week 3, 48-24. They visit Mt. Lebanon on Friday.<\/p>\n
2. Springfield-Delco (3-0) (2) (D-1): The Cougars defeated Lower Merion in Week 3, 54-0. They host Penncrest on Friday.<\/p>\n
3. Imhotep Charter (2-1) (3) (D-12): The Panthers defeated Malvern Prep in Week 3, 27-21. They visit Belmont Charter School on Saturday.<\/p>\n
4. Southern Lehigh (3-0) (4) (D-11): The defending PIAA 4A champion Spartans defeated Jim Thorpe in Week 3, 43-7. They host Wilson on Friday.<\/p>\n
5. Twin Valley (3-0) (5) (D-3): The Raiders defeated Wyomissing in Week 3, 42-14. They visit Manheim Central on Friday.<\/p>\n
Out: None<\/p>\n
Class 4A<\/p>\n
1. Shamokin (3-0) (2) (D-4): The Indians defeated Shikellamy in Week 3, 37-0. They host Jersey Shore on Friday.<\/p>\n
2. General McLane (3-0) (4) (D-10): The Lancers defeated Warren in Week 3, 35-0. They host Oil City on Friday.<\/p>\n
3. West York (3-0) (5) (D-3): The Bulldogs defeated South Western in Week 3, 49-21. They host York Suburban on Friday.<\/p>\n
4. Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast (1-2) (1) (D-12): The Friars lost to Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Week 3, 24-7. They host The Haverford School on Friday.<\/p>\n
5. South Fayette (3-0) (NR) (D-7): The Lions defeated No. 3 Montour in Week 3, 35-28. They visit Trinity on Friday.<\/p>\n
Out: Montour (7)<\/p>\n
Class 3A<\/p>\n
1. Northwestern Lehigh (3-0) (1) (D-11): The Tigers defeated Bangor in Week 3, 56-7. They visit Salisbury on Friday.<\/p>\n
2. Notre Dame-Green Pond (3-0) (5) (D-11): The Crusaders defeated Salisbury in Week 3, 48-7. They visit Pen Argyl on Saturday.<\/p>\n
3. Elizabeth Forward (3-0) (NR) (D-7): The Warriors defeated South Park in Week 3, 45-0. This week they host Waynesburg Central on Friday.<\/p>\n
4. Propel Braddock Hills (2-1) (NR) (D-7): The Lions defeated No. 2 Hopewell in Week 3, 28-21. They visit McKeesport on Thursday.<\/p>\n
5. Mount Carmel (3-0) (NR) (D-4): The Red Tornadoes defeated Milton in Week 3, 48-14. They visit North Schuylkill on Friday.<\/p>\n
Out: Hopewell (7), Aliquippa (7), Archbishop Wood (12)<\/p>\n
Class 2A<\/p>\n
1. Southern Columbia (3-0) (1) (D-4): The defending PIAA 2A champion Tigers defeated Montoursville in Week 3, 48-14. They visit Lewisburg on Saturday.<\/p>\n
2. Farrell (3-0) (2) (D-10): The Steelers defeated Reynolds in Week 3, 84-0. They visit Class A No. 4 Wilmington on Friday.<\/p>\n
3. Seton LaSalle (3-0) (3) (D-7): The Rebels defeated 3A No. 3 Aliquippa in Week 3, 28-0. They visit Steel Valley on Friday.<\/p>\n
4. Richland (3-0) (4) (D-6): The Rams defeated Westmont-Hilltop in Week 3, 42-21. They host Bishop McCort on Friday.<\/p>\n
5. Westinghouse (2-0) (5) (D-8): The Bulldogs did not play in Week 3. They host Carrick on Friday.<\/p>\n
Out: None<\/p>\n
Class A<\/p>\n
1. Bishop Guilfoyle Academy (2-1) (1) (D-6): The Marauders defeated Bellefonte in Week 3, 35-0. They visit Huntingdon on Friday.<\/p>\n
2. Washington (3-0) (NR) (D-7): The Little Prexies defeated California in Week 3, 50-6. They visit Brentwood on Friday.<\/p>\n
3. Fort Cherry (3-0) (2) (D-7): The Rangers defeated Laurel in Week 3, 21-17. They visit Monessen on Friday.<\/p>\n
4. Wilmington (3-0) (3) (D-10): The Greyhounds defeated Mercer in Week 3, 72-0. They host 2A No. 2 Farrell on Friday.<\/p>\n
5. Clairton (1-2) (4) (D-7): The defending PIAA champion Bears defeated Allderdice in Week 3, 26-6. They host Serra Catholic on Friday.<\/p>\n
Out: Belmont Charter School (12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mid-September high school football has a casino feel to it with a big shuffling of the deck of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-287187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}