Pennsylvania
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Oct. 3, 2023 | Trib HSSN
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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 11:28 PM
The best teams in the state finished September strong.
Teams ranked in the Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings were a combined 27-3 with most of those 27 wins coming in runaway victories as 18 of the winning teams scored 40 points or more.
The 27 ranked teams from a week ago won by a combined score of 1,194-244 or an average score of 44-9.
It wasn’t all runaway victories, however, as three teams — West Chester Rustin in 5A, Allentown Central Catholic in 4A and Bishop Canevin in A — all lost and fell out of the Top 5.
They were replaced by three undefeated teams in Southern Lehigh in 5A, Jersey Shore in 4A and South Side in A.
The top-ranked teams all won and remain on top with St. Joe’s Prep in 6A, Imhotep Charter in 5A, Bishop McDevitt in 4A, Wyomissing in 3A, Southern Columbia in 2A and Steelton-Highspire in A still ranked No. 1.
Here are the latest rankings in each of the six classifications. Teams are listed with overall record, last week’s ranking and district.
Class 6A
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (4-1) (1) (D-12): The defending PIAA champion Hawks defeated Archbishop Wood in Week 5, 62-0. They host LaSalle College on Friday.
2. Central Catholic (6-0) (2) (D-7): The Vikings defeated Canon-McMillan in Week 5, 49-6. They visit Pine-Richland on Friday.
3. Parkland (6-0) (3) (D-11): The Trojans defeated Whitehall in Week 5, 36-7. They visit William Allen on Friday.
4. Manheim Township (6-0) (4) (D-3): The Blue Streaks defeated J.P. McCaskey in Week 5, 44-6. They host Cedar Crest on Friday.
5. North Allegheny (5-1) (5) (D-7): The Tigers defeated Pine-Richland in Week 5, 45-10. They visit Mt. Lebanon on Friday.
Out: None
Class 5A
1. Imhotep Charter (6-0) (1) (D-12): The Panthers defeated John Bartram in Week 5, 42-0. They host Northeast Philadelphia on Friday.
2. Roman Catholic (5-1) (2) (D-12): The Cahillites defeated Father Judge in Week 5, 33-25. They visit Archbishop Wood on Friday.
3. Strath Haven (6-0) (4) (D-1): The Panthers defeated Radnor in Week 5, 54-7. They visit Garnet Valley on Friday.
4. Peters Township (6-0) (5) (D-7): The Indians defeated Baldwin in Week 5, 49-6. They host Moon on Friday on Trib HSSN.
5. Southern Lehigh (6-0) (NR) (D-11): The Spartans defeated Wilson Area in Week 5, 56-14. They visit Saucon Valley on Friday.
Out: West Chester Rustin (1)
Class 4A
1. Bishop McDevitt (6-0) (1) (D-3): The defending PIAA champion Crusaders defeated Milton Hershey in Week 5, 55-14. They visit Hershey on Friday.
2. Aliquippa (5-0) (2) (D-7): The Quips defeated Ambridge in Week 5, 53-16. They host Blackhawk on Friday.
3. Pope John Paul II (6-0) (3) (D-1): The Golden Panthers defeated Pottsgrove in Week 5, 35-7. They visit Upper Merion on Friday.
4. Thomas Jefferson (6-0) (4) (D-7): The Jaguars defeated Laurel Highlands in Week 5, 56-6. They visit Trinity on Friday.
5. Jersey Shore (5-0-1) (NR) (D-4): The Bulldogs defeated Executive Education Academy in Week 5, 48-14. They visit Shamokin on Friday.
Out: Allentown Central Catholic (11)
Class 3A
1. Wyomissing (6-0) (1) (D-3): The Spartans defeated Donegal in Week 5, 49-0. They visit Cocalico on Friday.
2. Belle Vernon (4-1) (2) (D-7): The defending PIAA champion Leopards defeated South Allegheny in Week 5, 57-6. They host Greensburg Salem on Friday.
3. Neumann-Goretti (4-1) (3) (D-12): The Saints defeated Cardinal O’Hara in Week 5, 22-7. They visit Bonner-Prendie on Friday.
4. Martinsburg Central (6-0) (4) (D-6): The Scarlet Dragons defeated Huntingdon in Week 5, 34-21. They visit Penns Valley on Friday.
5. Danville (5-1) (5) (D-4): The Ironmen defeated Lewisburg in Week 5, 35-3. They host Montoursville on Friday.
Out: None
Class 2A
1. Southern Columbia (6-0) (1) (D-4): The defending PIAA champion Tigers defeated Montoursville in Week 5, 21-0. They host Central Columbia on Friday.
2. Farrell (6-0) (2) (D-10): The Steelers defeated Wilmington in Week 5, 34-6. They host Sharpsville on Friday.
3. Westinghouse (5-0) (3) (D-8): The Bulldogs defeated Hollidaysburg in Week 5, 30-22. They visit Butler on Friday.
4. Bald Eagle (6-0) (4) (D-6): The Eagles defeated Bellefonte in Week 5, 55-7. They host Clearfield on Friday.
5. Richland (6-0) (5) (D-6): The Rams defeated Somerset in Week 5, 46-6. They visit Johnstown on Friday.
Out: None
Class A
1. Steelton-Highspire (6-0) (1) (D-3): The defending PIAA champion Steamrollers defeated Middletown in Week 5, 48-7. They visit Camp Hill on Friday.
2. Canton (6-0) (3) (D-4): The Warriors defeated Wyalusing in Week 5, 47-14. They visit Montgomery on Friday.
3. Northern Bedford (6-0) (4) (D-5): The Panthers defeated Tussey Mountain in Week 5, 62-28. They visit Meyersdale on Friday.
4. Lackawanna Trail (6-0) (5) (D-2): The Lions defeated Old Forge in Week 5, 41-7. They visit Taylor Riverside on Friday.
5. South Side (6-0) (NR) (D-7): The Rams defeated Summit Academy in Week 5, 56-7. They visit Shenango on Friday.
Out: Bishop Canevin (7)
Pennsylvania
Bill to ensure access to contraception advances in Pennsylvania, aided by dozens of GOP House votes
Planned Parenthood PA Advocates executive director Signe Espinoza called the proposal “an enormous shift toward control over our bodies.”
“We must have control over if and when we decide to start our families, but Pennsylvania has for too long allowed loopholes, exemptions and oversights to stand between us and our autonomy,” Espinoza said in a statement.
Rep. Krueger said in an interview Monday that she also was concerned about Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion access two years ago. Thomas wrote that the Supreme Court “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,” including cases that found married people have the right to obtain contraceptives, people can engage in private, consensual sex acts and the right to same-sex marriage.
A state law could help people obtain contraceptives if federal law changes, Krueger said.
“We have seen that access to reproductive health care, including contraception, is coming down to a state’s rights issue,” Krueger said.
In other states, contraception has been a politically contentious issue. A review earlier this month by the Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for abortion access, found several states have proposed or enacted laws to reduce access to contraception this year.
KFF, a nonprofit that studies health care issues, said in May that 14 states have legal or constitutional protections for the right to contraception, with six states and Washington, D.C., enacting them since the high court’s decision on abortion in June 2022.
Pennsylvania
Pa. woman who drowned after being swept over waterfall in Glacier National Park is ID’d
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman drowned after being swept over a waterfall on the east side of Glacier National Park in Montana, park officials said.
National Park Service officials on Tuesday identified the victim as Gillian Tones from North Apollo in western Pennsylvania’s Armstrong County. She was remembered as caring and kind, triblive.com reported.
Tones fell into the water above St. Mary Falls at around 5:20 p.m. Sunday. She was washed over the 35-foot (11-meter) tall waterfall and trapped under water for several minutes, the park said in a statement.
Bystanders pulled Tones from the water and administered CPR until emergency responders arrived. She was declared dead at 7 p.m., park officials said.
The death is under investigation, and an autopsy was planned.
Her name was initially withheld until family members could be notified.
Drowning is one of the leading causes of death in Glacier National Park, according to the National Park Service.
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RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA — Conestoga Road in Radnor Township will have a weekday closure due to Aqua Pennsylvania work for about two months, PennDOT said.
According to PennDOT, a weekday closure is scheduled on Conestoga Road between Lowrys Lane and Glenbrook Avenue in Radnor.
The closure will be in place weekdays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Monday, July 1 to Friday, Aug. 30,
During the closure, drivers will be detoured, using Sproul Road/Route 320, Lancaster Avenue/U.S. 30, and County Line Road.
Local access will be maintained up to the work zone.
Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through or near the work area because backups and delays will occur.
All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
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