Boys State Playoffs

[Crimson's Ghost]

Local teams in the tournament:

Wednesday games

AAAAAA
State College (9-14) at North Hills (24-1)

AAA
Penns Valley (12-13) vs. Shady Side Academy (19-6) at North Allegheny HS
Girard (16-9) at Bishop Guilfoyle (20-6)
Washington (17-3) at Chestnut Ridge (18-7)
Cambria Heights (16-8) vs. Avonworth (18-7) at North Allegheny HS
Neshannock (18-5) at Richland (23-4)

AA
Windber (16-8) at Lancaster Mennonite (16-9)
Karns City (19-7) at Penns Manor (20-5)
United (21-6) at OLSH (23-0)
Greensburg CC (18-4) at Conemaugh Township (21-3)
Sto Rox (12-8) vs. Portage (26-1) at Mount Aloysius College
West Shamokin (17-8) vs. Redbank Valley (22-4) at Clarion University

Tuesday games

AAAAA
Hampton (13-11) at Central Mountain (13-11)

AAAA
Deer Lakes (16-6) vs. Penn Cambria (21-5) at Central Cambria HS
Central (19-6) at Lincoln Park (17-7)

A
Fannett-Metal (14-11) vs. Linville Hill Christian (22-3) at Octorara HS
Conemaugh Valley (14-11) at DuBois Central Catholic (18-8)
Williamsburg (21-5) vs. Otto Eldred (22-3) at Hollidaysburg HS
Berlin (17-8) vs. Imani Christian (15-6) at UPJ
North Clarion (16-10) at Bishop Carroll (16-9)
Southern Fulton (19-7) at Union (22-3)

[12HankQB]

This Imani Christian team isn't an immovable object, can certainly be beat, but this stuff at the single A level drives me nuts. Then to watch the Pittsburgh folks worship Imani and Bishop Canevin for being amazing for such small schools.......No private school should ever play at the lowest level. Kennedy winning at 1A and then 6A should speak enough for that. I don't care that this stuff goes on, but it shouldn't be allowed at 1A.

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wild ... ier-maluk/

[12HankQB]

1A boys quarter finals, 4/4 privates, elite 8, 7/8, and the sweet sixteen was 13 out of sixteen were private schools. It's not by chance or working harder.

[Wrasslerfan]

Ok ill ask this hank what if it was 2a or higher

[12HankQB]

To be honest, I’d prefer 3A or higher, just because 2A is still just upper 1A from the 4 class system. Same teams dominating. I can’t stand the arguments against it, which is usually “but we’re a small school”. Not when you measure the quality of the 50 kids vs 50 randoms living in one district. There’s a clear advantage, worst in basketball. I don’t care that it happens, but they shouldn’t be doing it at the lowest levels. The wolf wears a wool jacket and goes out to play with the herd of sheep

[12HankQB]

I'm praying Williamsburg and Portage girls can win for a D6 State Championship. That'd be pretty sweet.

[Wrasslerfan]

To be honest, I’d prefer 3A or higher, just because 2A is still just upper 1A from the 4 class system. Same teams dominating. I can’t stand the arguments against it, which is usually “but we’re a small school”. Not when you measure the quality of the 50 kids vs 50 randoms living in one district. There’s a clear advantage, worst in basketball. I don’t care that it happens, but they shouldn’t be doing it at the lowest levels. The wolf wears a wool jacket and goes out to play with the herd of sheep

3A-6A would be better would you agree

[12HankQB]

All 1A boys and girls are private. Only 9 of 12 boys teams are private. Again, I don’t care what they do. It makes sense, but don’t play public schools for a championship then parade around. I would bet since KC boys lost in semis that they’ll try to move back to 1A

[Nemesis]

Boys

1A: 4-1 St. John Neumann vs. 7-1 Bishop Canevin
2A: 12-1 Constitution* vs. 7-1 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
3A: 12-3 Devon Prep vs. 7-3 Aliquippa
4A: 12-1 Neumann-Goretti vs. 7-1 Quaker Valley
5A: 12-1 Imhotep Charter* vs. 7-2 New Castle
6A: 12-1 Roman Catholic vs. 12-3 Archbishop Wood

9/12 Private or open enrollment high schools.

*: Constitution High School is a part of the School District of Philadelphia, but has city-wide open enrollment.

Girls

1A: 4-1 Northumberland Christian vs. 10-1 Kennedy Catholic
2A: 4-1 Southern Columbia vs. 7-1 Neshannock
3A: 12-1 Neumann-Goretti vs. 7-2 Freedom Area
4A: 12-1 Archbishop Wood vs. 12-3 Lansdale Catholic
5A: 12-3 Cardinal O'Hara vs. 7-2 Chartiers Valley
6A: 1-1 Plymouth-Whitemarsh vs. 7-1 Mt. Lebanon

6/12 Private high schools.

[Manfred]

Something has to be done to handicap the privates, parochials. Nobody in the PIAA has any balls or backbone.