Week 9 Coming Up
2 weeks left to protect your play-off spot or drop (maybe drop out). It seems like the biggest games this week are in District 12 - Wood-O'Hara and (maybe) LaSalle-Prep. I've read that St. Joe's Prep has brought their game up since the beginning of the season. It doesn't seem to me that it could be at a level to challenge LaSalle, but we shall see on Saturday. Rod Frisco's rankings show PCC ahead of LaSalle at the top of AAAA, followed by Ridley, North Allegheny, North Penn, CV, CR South, Harrisburg, Downingtown East and Mt. Lebanon.
Of course, in District 1 AAAA, the only rankings that count are
1 - Council Rock South, 8-0
2 – Ridley, 8-0
3 - Downingtown East, 7-1
4 - North Penn, 7-1
5T – Boyertown, 8-0
5T – Neshaminy, 7-1
7 - W.C.Rustin, 7-1
8 - C.B.West, 6-2
9 – Coatesville, 6-2
10 – Cheltenham, 7-1
11 – Abington, 6-2
12 - Upper Dublin, 6-2
13 - Garnet Valley, 6-2
14 - O.J.Roberts, 6-2
15 – Souderton, 5-3
16 - Penn Wood, 7-1
Some games of interest - #1 Council Rock South takes on #11 Abington on Friday; #2 Ridley takes on #13 Garnet Valley; #3 D'town East takes on #17 Henderson. Can Henderson play desperate enough to move into the playoff bracket? #5 Boyertown takes on #14 OJ Roberts and #10 Cheltenham takes on AAA #1 seed Upper Moreland (UM dropped Upper Dublin in 14-13 squeaker last Friday).
Finally, Tom Moore wrote a very nice article about former Pennridge HS football coach Wayne Helman in the Doylestown Intelligencer today.
posted by Ed at 6:37 PM
North Penn 40 - Souderton 22
The Reporter headline sums it up - Dom-inating. Dom Taggart's line from Friday night: Rushing-Dom Taggart 17-89, 3 TD; Receiving-Dom Taggart 7-147, 2 TD; Interception. Souderton jumped out to a 16-0 lead, and then Dom took over, including 2 TD's in the last 30 seconds of the half to put the Knights up 20-16. North Penn still has a lot to correct for the play-offs, but, barring disaster, they should be in the 4th or 5th seed with a 9-1 record.
Week 8 results and current record for the top 20 in District 1 -
Council Rock South Won 8-0
Ridley Won 8-0
Downingtown East Won 7-1
Neshaminy Won 7-1
North Penn Won 7-1
Boyertown Won 8-0
Upper Dublin Lost 6-2
W.C.Rustin Won 7-1
Souderton Lost 5-3
C.B.West Won 6-2
Abington Won 6-2
Cheltenham Won 7-1
Garnet Valley 5-2 (Play Sat. night)
Coatesville Won 6-2
W.C.Henderson Lost 5-3
O.J.Roberts Won 6-2
Spring-Ford Lost 5-3
Upper Darby Lost 5-3
Penn Wood Won 7-1
Downingtown West Lost 4-4
posted by Ed at 11:08 PM
I know this post kind of stinks, but maybe I will fix the formatting later (Hah!)
It's make or break week for a lot of teams this week. North Penn at Souderton will determine where North Penn ends up in the playoff seeding and possibly if Souderton makes it into the playoffs at all. The Upper Dublin Cardinals probably need a win tonight against Upper Moreland to keep their playoff hopes alive. Will Spring-Ford reveal Boyertown's fatal flaw? Boyertown has beaten up a lot of AAA teams, but they close out with games against AAAA schools.
The top 16 in District 1 AAAA after 7 weeks:
AAAA
PTS. AVERAGE
1 Council Rock South 7-0 920 131.4
2 Ridley 7-0 840 120
3T Downingtown East 6-1 770 110
3T Neshaminy 6-1 770 110
5 North Penn 6-1 750 107.1
6 Boyertown 7-0 740 105.7
7 Upper
Dublin 6-1 730 104.3
8 W.C.Rustin 6-1 720 102.9
9 Souderton 5-2 660 94.3
10 C.B.West 5-2 650 92.9
11T Abington 5-2 630 90
11T
Cheltenham 6-1 630 90
13
Garnet
Valley 5-2 620 88.6
14T Coatesville 5-2 600 85.7
14T W.C.Henderson 5-2 600 85.7
16 O.J.Roberts 5-2 590 84.3
Cuck's Corner IS the premier blog for District 1 / 12 football
More cuck - http://www.cuckscorner.com/search/label/North%20Penn
Philly week 8 picks - http://www.mikeferris.net/2010/10/week-8-picks.html
Pittsburgh’s 93.7 the Fan - http://937thefan.cbslocal.com/2010/10/20/mr-high-school-sports-spanning-the-states-8/
Roosevelt field is closing down.
The Intel’s Upon Further Review – Oct. 19, 2010
By: TODD THORPE
The Intelligencer
First and 10
1. This week was moving week in terms of the District One Class AAAA playoff chase. Heading into Friday, 34 teams had three or fewer losses and were still very much in the hunt for one of the district's 16 postseason berths. Eight of those teams lost their fourth games over the weekend, and at this point it's difficult to imagine a scenario where a four-loss team makes the field. The top 19 teams according to the points standings still have two or fewer losses, meaning there's a very good chances that not all of the teams that finish with 7-3 records in three weeks will find themselves in districts.
2. Council Rock South, Ridley and Boyertown all improved to 7-0 with wins last week, and all will be heavily favored to win out. If they do, expect those three to be the top three seeds.
(redwolf's note - I don't think Boyertown will pass Neshaminy even if they win out. I think the 4 seed is the best they can hope for.)
7. North Penn (6-1) has won six in a row by an average of 28.1 points, but it hasn't been nearly as dominant as has been the case the past two seasons in the SOL Continental Conference. At halftime in their last three games the Knights have lead by just eight, 10 and eight points. And judging by coach Dick Beck's pointed criticism of his team after its 35-20 win over Quakertown on Friday, he seems quite concerned about his team going into this week's rivalry game against at 5-2 Souderton.
First Down
It took a couple of career firsts for Palisades to get its first win of the season, and, in doing so, give Jim Brady his first victory as a head coach, but the Pirates' ravenous defense also deserves a pat on the back following a 32-13 win over Salisbury on Friday night.
Salisbury junior Andy Ehrets proved to be a load out of the Falcons' backfield. On
Salisbury's first offensive series of the night, Ehrets, who is 6-2, 225 pounds, was handed the ball six straight times, covering a total of 42 yards for a 7.0 yards per rush average.
"He's a big kid," said
Palisades junior defensive tackle Jake Thompson. "You have to wrap up (because) he runs his feet after contact. You have to give him a shoulder and drive your feet. He's a good player."
Thompson, incidentally, was one of those players who recorded a career first, making his very first interception. It came off a deflected pass and helped set up one of
Palisades' five touchdowns on the night.
At 6-3, 225, Thompson proved tough to block, too, because after Ehrets' got off to his rip-roaring start, the Pirates defense brought that heady yards-per-rush average down to a more manageable number. In Ehrets' next 20 carries, he ran for just 65 yards for a 3.25 yard average.
"We just had to hit him low, keep him inside and gang tackle him," said Justin Marsh, a linebacker, who, like Thompson, had a career night with his most yards running (133) and most TDs in a game (3).
Now 1-6, the Pirates are hopeful of winning out to end the year with four victories. This week, they play winless Notre Dame-Green Pond and they close the season against 2-5
Saucon
Valley. In between those two, however, will be challenging date with 5-2
Southern Lehigh.
"All this hard work we did in the offseason is paying off, especially on the O-line," said Thompson, who plays offensive tackle. "We have a lot of young guys who are finally hitting their stride."
Three offensive line starters are sophomores - center Jon Anton, guard Mike Roszkowski, and tackle Jake Lynch.
- Ed Kracz
Players of Week
Offensive
Central Bucks South junior quarterback Matt Johns threw for 335 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for a touchdown, in the Titans' 45-35 loss to Souderton.
Defensive
Lansdale Catholic senior Michael Bradley intercepted three passes, two inside the Crusaders' 5-yard line, to help LC defeat Neumann-Goretti, 35-7, in a Philadelphia Catholic League game. Bradley also scored three touchdowns on offense.
Special teams
Upper Moreland sophomore Dan Cripps booted field goals of 37 and 22 yards, and made two extra points, in the Golden Bears' 37-6 win over Wissahickon in a Suburban One League American Conference game.
October 19, 2010 02:17 AM
http://www.neshaminyfootball.com/edthomas/2010/week_07.htm
Southeastern Pennsylvania Top 10
Districts 1, 12 and Inter-Ac
October 19, 2010
Southeastern Pennsylvania Top 10
1. LaSalle (6-1) LaSalle had no difficulty with slumping Father Judge as they coasted to a 42-14 rout. Total yards showed LaSalle with a 393 to 128 advantage. Judge hasn’t been the same since beating
St. Joseph’s Prep 28-21 the 5thweek of the season upping their record to 5-0. Since then they’ve been handled by Roman and now LaSalle. Just the opposite is true for the Explorers who since suffering their only loss of the season to Bergen Catholic 22-21 (5-1, lost to Don Bosco 38-18) in week number two, have won five straight by an average score of 38-8. Running back Jamal Abdur-Rahman had his way with the Crusaders, rushing for 137 yards to improve his season total to 854 yards rushing. How about junior Matt Magarity’s development at quarterback this year, completing 59% of his passes for 746 yards with 11 touchdown passes? Three of his six completions (119 total yards) against Father Judge went for touchdowns. Archbishop Ryan (2-5, 0-3) is up next at LaSalle coming off consecutive losses to Carroll, West Catholic, St. Joe’s and Roman. Tough schedule.
2. Ridley (7-0)
3. North Penn (6-1) North Penn wasn’t at their best against Quakertown but didn’t have to be as they rolled to a 35-20 Suburban One-Continental win. Quakertown (3-4, 2-1) scored in the last few seconds of the game to make it look closer than it was. Still, the Panthers came to play. Their quarterback junior Zac Gravelle accounted for 244 total yards, completing 14 of 30 passes for 168 yards and two scores while rushing for another 76 yards on 25 carries. Nice, but it was not enough with North Penn feeding them a steady diet of Brandon Mercer (5 carries-72 yards), Craig Needhammer (13-53) and Dom Taggart (13-52). Quarterback Corey Ernst added 7 completions on 14 attempts for 110 yards to balance things out. Sometimes a game against an opponent like Ridley and North Penn faced last week can serve as a needed and timely wake up call. For the second week in a row, the Knights take on an undefeated Continental foe when they travel to Souderton (5-2, 4-0). For all intents and purposes, this is the Continental title game and an interesting game knowing the Indians only losses were to SOL-National Conference bullies Neshaminy (6-1) and Abington (5-2) by a combined three points. North Penn won last year’s game 27-6 with a more consistent team than this year so it could get interesting.
4. Cardinal O’Hara (7-0, AAA)
5. Archbishop Wood (7-0, AAA)
6. Council Rock South (7-0)
7. Downingtown East (6-1)
8. West Catholic (5-2, AA)
9. Neshaminy (6-1)
10. Coatesville (5-2)
Honorable Mention
Souderton (5-2)
Abington (5-2)
Upper Dublin (6-1)
Central Bucks West (6-1)
George Washington (6-1)
Roman Catholic (5-2)
Boyertown (7-0)
Upper Darby (5-2)
Strath Haven (6-1, AAA)
Rustin (6-1)
Henderson (5-2)
posted by Ed at 1:04 PM 