{"id":8365,"date":"2025-10-19T21:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/8365\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T21:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:45:09","slug":"best-in-show-pup-high-school-football-rankings-oct-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/8365\/","title":{"rendered":"Best in Show: PUP high school football rankings (Oct. 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each week the Pittsburgh Union Progress issues its high school football rankings throughout the season, with all rankings voted on by the PUP sports staff.<\/p>\n

Class 6A<\/p>\n

1. Central Catholic (8-1)<\/p>\n

2. North Allegheny (7-2)<\/p>\n

3. Norwin (6-3)<\/p>\n

4. Canon-McMillan (4-5)<\/p>\n

5. Mt. Lebanon (2-7)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0Central Catholic remains on top after routing Seneca Valley, 48-6, while North Allegheny took one of its worst losses in school history against Pine-Richland, 67-0. Norwin is now all but assured of a playoff berth following a 24-21 win against Canon-McMillan, and Mt. Lebanon moves into the No. 5 spot after a 28-6 win over Hempfield.<\/p>\n

Class 5A<\/p>\n

1. Pine-Richland (8-1)<\/p>\n

2. Peters Township (9-0)<\/p>\n

3. Woodland Hills (7-2)<\/p>\n

4. Penn-Trafford (8-1)<\/p>\n

5. Moon (6-3)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0Pine-Richland turned plenty of heads with a 67-0 beatdown against perennial powerhouse North Allegheny in a non-conference clash, while Peters Township put up its own lopsided shutout win at Baldwin, 61-0. \u2026 Woodland Hills and Penn-Trafford each moved up one spot after vanquishing Franklin Regional and Armstrong, respectively \u2014\u00a0and for the first time all year, say hello to Moon! The Tigers knocked off then-No. 3 Upper St. Clair in double overtime, 20-13.<\/p>\n

Class 4A<\/p>\n

1. McKeesport (6-3)<\/p>\n

2. Thomas Jefferson (7-2)<\/p>\n

3. Mars (7-2)<\/p>\n

4. New Castle (7-2)<\/p>\n

5. Montour (6-3)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0McKeesport racked up 62 points in the first half on its way to tallying a school-record 74 points in a 74-6 win at Indiana, while Thomas Jefferson picked up a pivotal 45-6 win at Chartiers Valley. \u2026 Mars thumped Hampton, 45-10, and New Castle blasted Ambridge, 56-7. \u2026 Meanwhile, Montour re-enters the rankings at No. 5 after roaring back to defeat Aliquippa on the road, 34-20<\/a>, behind a stellar performance from sophomore quarterback Brandon Bennett.<\/p>\n

\"\"Montour\u2019s Dylan Rogers celebrates after scoring against Aliquippa on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, at Aliquippa\u2019s Heinz Field. Montour won, 34-20. (Emily Matthews\/Pittsburgh Union Progress)<\/p>\n

Class 3A<\/p>\n

1. Avonworth (8-0)<\/p>\n

2. Imani Christian (8-0)<\/p>\n

3. Elizabeth Forward (7-1)<\/p>\n

4. Central Valley (5-4)<\/p>\n

5. Hopewell (6-3)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0Three of the five teams represented here hail from the Western Hills Conference, and you could make a case for both North Catholic and Beaver being deserving of spots, too. Surely nobody can argue against Avonworth\u2019s claim to the throne after posting yet another one-sided win, though, this time against the Trojans, 42-10. \u2026 Imani Christian kept its perfect record intact, beating Burrell, 53-7, while Elizabeth Forward shut out Southmoreland to hand the Scotties their first loss, 42-0. \u2026 Elsewhere, Central Valley rejoins the rankings after taking out Hopewell, 23-7.<\/p>\n

Class 2A<\/p>\n

1. South Allegheny (8-0)<\/p>\n

2. Seton LaSalle (8-1)<\/p>\n

3. Washington (8-1)<\/p>\n

4. Western Beaver (8-1)<\/p>\n

5. Apollo-Ridge (6-3)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0The WPIAL\u2019s only classification without any changes, as South Allegheny kept on rolling with a 64-14 rout over Sto-Rox, while Seton LaSalle and Washington both posted shutout victories to set up a must-see matchup between the Rebels and Little Prexies for the Century Conference crown in the regular-season finale. \u2026 Western Beaver held on for a 20-14 win against New Brighton, and Apollo-Ridge battled past South Park, 45-34.<\/p>\n

Class 1A<\/p>\n

1. Fort Cherry (9-0)<\/p>\n

2. Clairton (8-1)<\/p>\n

3. Bishop Canevin (6-3)<\/p>\n

4. Laurel (8-1)<\/p>\n

5. South Side (7-2)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0Fort Cherry remained unbeaten with a 42-0 romp against Shenango in a non-conference affair, while Clairton collected its seventh consecutive shutout against Riverview on Saturday, 66-0. \u2026 Bishop Canevin cruised past Monessen, 44-7, and Laurel dominated South Side, 45-7, to stake its claim to the Big 7 Conference championship.<\/p>\n

City League<\/p>\n

1. University Prep (6-2)<\/p>\n

2. Westinghouse (6-3)<\/p>\n

3. Allderdice (4-5)<\/p>\n

The skinny:\u00a0The City League championship game is all set for Saturday afternoon, as three-time defending champion Westinghouse advanced to its eighth consecutive title game with a 26-6 victory over Allderdice on Thursday. Meanwhile, University Prep blew out Brashear on Friday, 63-6, to set up a highly anticipated rematch against the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

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Steve is a sports writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, but he’s currently on strike. Email him at srotstein@unionprogress.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each week the Pittsburgh Union Progress issues its high school football rankings throughout the season, with all rankings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7195,7196,7197,7198,7199,304,7200,7201,7202,7203,73,75,74,7204,7205,7206,7207],"class_list":{"0":"post-8365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-avonworth","9":"tag-caden-halajcio","10":"tag-central-catholic","11":"tag-dylan-rogers","12":"tag-fort-cherry","13":"tag-high-school-football","14":"tag-high-school-football-rankings","15":"tag-mckeesport","16":"tag-montour","17":"tag-pine-richland","18":"tag-pittsburgh","19":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","20":"tag-pittsburgh-news","21":"tag-pup-best-in-show","22":"tag-south-allegheny","23":"tag-university-prep","24":"tag-wpial-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8365","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=8365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}