Pennsylvania HIgh School Football Scores - Playoffs/2nd Round

by Jeff Fisher
Pennsylvania High School Football Huddle

It's a known fact that the WPIAL teams have a tough road to the state tournament.  Especially in the Class AAAA bracket where some of the state's best beat-up on each other for the right for WPIAL gold and automatic berth into the state semifinals.

Last night, nationally-ranked Pittsburgh Central Catholic (#12 USA Today) saw its perfect season go up-in-smoke with a 28-14 loss to Upper St. Clair in the semifinals.  Playing without its starting quarterback, Dakota Conwell, USC used first-time starter Pete Coughlin, who rushed for 209 yards and passed for 61 to hand the Vikings their second straight WPIAL semifinal loss.



The win the 354th of Jim Render's career, who is third on the state's all-time wins list.

Next week, Upper St. Clair will play defending state champ North Allegheny for the WPIAL AAAA title.

In Pottsville last night, Allentown Central Catholic's Kevin Gulyas became the state's all-time leading receiver in catches and yards in the Vikings 49-7 District XI championship game win over Pottsville.

Gulyas, who had 11 receptions for 163 yards, now has 232 catches in his career for 3,726 yards.

The defending Class AAA champs advance to the state quarterfinals where they'll face the winner of Saturday's game between Dallas and Valley View.

After a 5-5 regular season, the Vikings have outscored their playoff opponents 104-28.

Class AAAA 
Council Rock South 31, Downingtown East 19
Garnet Valley 52, Central Bucks South 48
North Penn 21, Neshaminy 7
Pennsbury 42, Coatesville 21
Central Dauphin 35, Cedar Cliff 32
Central York 27, Governor Mifflin 21
Cumberland Valley 42, South Western 21
West Lawn Wilson 27, Daniel Boone 7
Easton 29, Scranton 20
Nazareth 63, Parkland 27
North Allegheny 21, Gateway 17

Upper St. Clair 28, Pittsburgh Central Catholic 14

Class AAA
Phoenixville 28, Academy Park 27
Pottsgrove 29, Strath Haven 28
Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt 70, Conrad Weiser 21
Lampeter-Strasburg 35, Shippensburg 0
Red Land 56, Palmyra 28
West York 42, Susquehanna Township 14
Shamokin 21, Milton 20
Erie Cathedral Prep 49, Meadville 7
Grove City 49, Erie East 0
Allentown Central Catholic 49, Pottsville 7
Knoch 9, Franklin Regional 7

Montour 21, Central Valley 14

Class AA 
Wilkes-Barre GAR 53, Wyoming Area 44
Lancaster Catholic 60, Trinity 7
Wyomissing 34, Bermudian Springs 7
Bloomsburg 35, Towanda 20
Mount Carmel 19, Lewisburg 13
Moniteau 26, Karns City 12
Philadelphia West Catholic 28, Springfield Montco 7
Tyrone 39, Penn Cambria 6
Aliquippa 35, Greensburg Central Catholic 0

Jeannette 40, Seton-LaSalle 14

Class A 
Old Forge 47, Riverside 6
Camp Hill 27, York Catholic 0
Columbia 42, Millersburg 0
Southern Columbia 35, Line Mountain 14
North Star 28, Windber 14
Bellwood-Antis 11, Bishop McCort 10
Sharpsville 36, Farrell 0
West Middlesex 44, Mercer 34
Clairton 43, Rochester 7

Sto-Rox 12, Bishop Canevin 10

Eastern Conference Playoffs

Division I Championship
Mahanoy Area 47, Pottsville Nativity 0

Division II Championship
North Penn 34, Tamaqua 28

Division III Championship
Berwick 57, Southern Lehigh 46

Division IV Champonship
Bethlehem Liberty 42, Whitehall 35