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Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school football rankings for Sept. 19, 2023 | Trib HSSN
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 8:14 PM
There were not a lot of changes in this week’s Trib HSSN PIAA football rankings, but that could be changing big time in Week 4.
Of the 30 ranked teams in the Top 5, only two came up on the short end of the stick last weekend.
In 5A, Roman Catholic lost to Maryland power DeMatha Catholic in five overtimes; however, the Cahillites only dropped one spot.
The only team to drop out of the rankings was Camp Hill Trinity in Class 2A after the Shamrocks lost their second straight game.
The Top 5 might get a major change in Week 4, which features four battles between ranked teams.
The WPIAL has two of those showdowns. In Class 6A, No. 2 North Allegheny will host No. 3 Central Catholic while the top-ranked team in 3A, Belle Vernon, welcomes 4A No. 5 Thomas Jefferson to “The Beach.”
In District 11, Class 6A No. 4 Parkland visits 4A No. 3 Allentown Central Catholic and in District 4, 2A top-ranked Southern Columbia hosts 3A No. 4 Danville.
The teams at the top from last week remain the same with St. Joe’s Prep (6A), Imhotep Charter (5A), Bishop McDevitt (4A), Belle Vernon (3A), Southern Columbia (2A) and Steelton-Highspire (A) still at 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 (3-1) (1) (D-12): The defending PIAA champion Hawks defeated Don Bosco Prep (NJ) in Week Three, 28-7. They do not play this weekend.
2. North Allegheny (4-0) (2) (D-7): The Tigers defeated Baldwin in Week Three, 67-20. They host No. 3 Central Catholic on Friday on Trib HSSN.
3. Central Catholic (4-0) (3) (D-7): The Vikings defeated Mt. Lebanon in Week Three, 49-0. They visit No. 2 North Allegheny on Friday on Trib HSSN.
4. Parkland (3-0) (4) (D-11): The Trojans defeated Nazareth in Week Three, 31-24. They visit 4A No. 3 Allentown Central Catholic on Friday.
5. Manheim Township (4-0) (5) (D-3): The Blue Streaks defeated Spring-Ford in Week Three, 63-28. They visit Landisville Hempfield on Friday.
Out: None
Class 5A
1. Imhotep Charter (4-0) (1) (D-12): The Panthers defeated Malvern Prep in Week Three, 24-14. They visit Abraham Lincoln on Friday.
2. Roman Catholic (3-1) (2) (D-12): The Cahillites lost to DeMatha Catholic (Md.) in Week Three, 25-23 in five overtimes. They visit Cheltenham on Friday.
3. Cathedral Prep (2-1) (3) (D-10): The Ramblers defeated St. Francis (N.Y.) in Week Three, 78-72 in six overtimes. They host Clarksdon Football North (CAN) on Friday.
4. West Chester Rustin (3-0) (4) (D-1): The Golden Knights defeated Kennett in Week Three, 38-0. They host Chichester on Friday.
5. Strath Haven (4-0) (5) (D-1): The Panthers defeated Penncrest in Week Three, 20-14. They visit Upper Darby on Friday.
Out: None
Class 4A
1. Bishop McDevitt (4-0) (1) (D-3): The defending PIAA champion Crusaders defeated Palmyra in Week Three, 68-7. They visit Cedar Cliff on Friday.
2. Aliquippa (3-0) (2) (D-7): The Quips defeated Montour in Week Three, 42-18. They visit West Allegheny on Friday.
3. Allentown Central Catholic (4-0) (3) (D-11): The Vikings defeated Bethlehem Freedom in Week Three, 35-34. They host 6A No. 4 Parkland on Friday.
4. Pope John Paul II (4-0) (4) (D-1): The Golden Panthers defeated Father Judge in Week Three, 41-20. They visit Upper Perkiomen on Friday.
5. Thomas Jefferson (4-0) (5) (D-7): The Jaguars defeated Latrobe in Week Three, 41-14. They visit 3A No. 1 Belle Vernon on Friday.
Out: None
Class 3A
1. Belle Vernon (3-0) (1) (D-7): The defending PIAA champion Leopards defeated Penn-Trafford in Week Three, 21-0. They host 4A No. 5 Thomas Jefferson on Friday.
2. Wyomissing (4-0) (2) (D-3): The Spartans defeated Berks Catholic in Week Three, 35-7. They host Eastern Lebanon County on Saturday.
3. Neumann-Goretti (2-1) (3) (D-12): The Saints defeated Lansdale Catholic in Week Three, 20-0. They visit West Catholic on Saturday.
4. Danville (4-0) (4) (D-4): The Ironmen defeated Loyalsock Township in Week Three, 28-25. They visit 2A No. 1 Southern Columbia on Friday.
5. Martinsburg Central (4-0) (5) (D-6): The Scarlet Dragons defeated Bellwood-Antis in Week Three, 41-20. They host Bishop Guilfoyle on Friday.
Out: None
Class 2A
1. Southern Columbia (4-0) (1) (D-4): The defending PIAA champion Tigers defeated Lewisburg in Week Three, 69-13. They host 3A No. 4 Danville on Friday.
2. Farrell (4-0) (2) (D-10): The Steelers defeated Greenville in Week Three, 28-12. They visit Hickory on Friday.
3. Westinghouse (3-0) (5) (D-8): The Bulldogs defeated University Prep in Week Three, 34-18. They host Allderdice on Thursday.
4. Bald Eagle (4-0) (4) (D-6): The Eagles defeated Tyrone in Week Three, 41-22. They host Philipsburg-Osceola on Friday.
5. Richland (4-0) (NR) (D-6): The Rams defeated Bishop McCort in Week Three, 35-16. They visit Forest Hills on Friday.
Out: Camp Hill Trinity (3)
Class A
1. Steelton-Highspire (4-0) (1) (D-3): The defending PIAA champion Steamrollers defeated Boiling Springs in Week Three, 55-7. They visit Big Springs on Friday.
2. Bishop Canevin (3-0) (2) (D-7): The Crusaders defeated Burgettstown in Week Three, 35-0. They visit Avella on Friday.
3. Canton (4-0) (3) (D-4): The Warriors defeated Towanda in Week Three, 40-0. They visit South Williamsport on Friday.
4. Northern Bedford (4-0) (4) (D-5): The Panthers defeated Everett in Week Three, 34-7. They host Berlin-Brothersvalley on Friday.
5. Lackawanna Trail (4-0) (5) (D-2): The Lions defeated Honesdale in Week Three, 39-13. They visit Dunmore on Friday.
Out: None
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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