Who’s headed to Hershey? We’ll find out after this weekend when the top four teams in the High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25 high school football ranking collide in the Class 6A state semifinals.
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep, ranked No. 6 in the latest High School Football America 100 national rankings, plays No. 3 Pine-Richland. It’s a rematch of last year’s title game that was won by P-R. In the other bracket, is undefeated No. 2 Coatesville, ranked No. 78 in our latest national rankings, taking-on No. 4 Harrisburg. The Red Raiders and Cougars battled in Week 1 with Coatesville winning 37-6
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In 5A, No. 10 Penn Hills faces five-time state champ Archbishop Wood, ranked No. 10 in this week’s rankings. In the other half of the bracket, Manheim Central, which moves up one spot to No. 5 in the latest rankings created with our proprietary algorithm, plays Upper Dublin.
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Like 6A, all four semifinalists in 4A are ranked in our Top 25. Two-time defending champ Cathedral Prep faces No. 20 Bishop McDevitt from Harrisburg. The Ramblers re-enter the rankings this week at No. 23. The winner will get the winner of No. 9 Imhotep Charter and Bethlehem Catholic, which re-enters the rankings this week at No. 25.
High School Football America Pennsylvania Top 25
No. 1 St. Joseph’s Prep (11-0), LW: #1
No. 2 Coatesville (14-0), LW: #2
No. 3 Pine-Richland (11-2), LW: #3
No. 4 Harrisburg (12-1), LW: #4
No. 5 Manheim Central (13-0), LW: #6
No. 6 North Penn (13-1), LW: #5
No. 7 Malvern Prep (11-0), LW: #7
No. 8 Imhotep Charter (10-2), LW: #8
No. 9 Penn Hills (14-0), LW: #9
No. 10 Archbishop Wood (9-3), LW: #10
No. 11 State College (12-2), LW: #11
No. 12 Freedom (Bethlehem) (12-2), LW: #12
No. 13 Central Dauphin (9-5), LW: #13
No. 14 Downingtown West (11-2), LW: #14
No. 15 Garnet Valley (12-1), LW: #15
No. 16 Gateway (12-1), LW: #16
No. 17 Thomas Jefferson (11-1), LW: #17
No. 18 Seneca Valley (9-4), LW: #18
No. 19 Cedar Cliff (10-3), LW: #19
No. 20 Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) (12-1), LW: #22
No. 21 North Allegheny (10-1), LW: #20
No. 22 Cocalico (10-3), LW: #21
No. 23 Cathedral Prep (11-3), LW: NR
No. 24 Downingtown East (9-3), LW: #25
No. 25 Bethlehem Catholic (11-3), LW: NR
Dropped-out: No. 23 Valley View, No. 24 Berks Catholic
Editor’s Note: The High School Football America national, regional and state rankings are developed using our proprietary algorithm.
