"Mr. High School Sports" - WPIAL Football Playoff Picture Update
By Matt Popchock
We're in the home stretch of the 2011 WPIAL football regular season, so here's a quick look at the teams that have punched their ticket to the postseason, and the teams that have some work to do to get there heading into Week 7.
We'll list which teams have officially clinched a playoff berth, which teams have been officially eliminated from playoff contention, and which teams are "in trouble" (those with either zero or one conference wins entering this weekend)...
(16 spots are available in each classification; the top four teams in each conference qualify)
CLASS AAAA:
WHO'S IN: Pittsburgh Central Catholic and Penn-Trafford
WHO'S OUT: Nobody
WHO'S IN TROUBLE: Hempfield, Norwin, Latrobe, Altoona, Plum, Kiski Area, Baldwin, Peters Township, Canon-McMillan, Seneca Valley, Pine-Richland, Butler
CLASS AAA:
WHO'S IN: Nobody
WHO'S OUT: Nobody
WHO'S IN TROUBLE: Laurel Highlands, Albert Gallatin, Uniontown, Hampton, Kittanning, Valley, South Park, Elizabeth Forward, McGuffey, Ambridge, Moon
CLASS AA:
WHO'S IN: Aliquippa, Greensburg Central Catholic, Jeannette
WHO'S OUT: Freedom, Mohawk, Charleroi, Brownsville
WHO'S IN TROUBLE: Apollo-Ridge, Deer Lakes, West Shamokin, Steel Valley, Quaker Valley, South Allegheny, Southmoreland, Yough, New Brighton, Riverside
CLASS A:
WHO'S IN: Beth-Center
WHO'S OUT: Mapletown, West Greene
WHO'S IN TROUBLE: Bentworth, Avella, Serra Catholic, South Side Beaver, Union, Shenango, Neshannock, Geibel, Carmichaels, Wilkinsburg, Leechburg
CITY LEAGUE:
WHO'S IN: Nobody
WHO'S OUT: Nobody
WHO'S IN TROUBLE: Langley, Oliver, Carrick
Find out where your team stands, thanks to our friends at the MSA Sports Network.
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