Nazareth, ES South, ACCHS, Notre Dame all make top 10s
The season has been completed and state champions have been crowned.
Even though District 11 opted out of the state tournament, several teams earned state recognition throughout the course of the year and several Eastern Pennsylvania Conference teams including Nazareth, East Stroudsburg South and Allentown Central Catholic earned places in the final top 10 polls of their respective classes. The same goes for Colonial League member Notre Dame-Dame-Green Pond.
Here’s the final list of state rankings courtesy of Eric Epler and pennlive.com:
Final Pennsylvania 2020 high school football rankings
CLASS 6A Team, District, Record, Previous
1. St. Joseph’s Prep (12), 6-0, 1 2. Central York (3), 10-1, 2 3. McDowell (10), 7-1, 3 4. La Salle College HS (12), 6-1), 4 5. Souderton (1), 7-1, 5 6. Pittsburgh C.C. (7), 6-3, 6 7. North Allegheny (7), 6-1, 7 8. Nazareth (11), 8-0, 8 9. Harrisburg (3), 4-1, 9 10. Pennridge (1), 6-1, 10 Honorable mention: Central Dauphin (3), 5-1; Delaware Valley (2), 5-2; Spring-Ford (1), 6-1; Wilson (3), 6-1; York High (3) 7-1.
CLASS 5A
Team, District, Record, Previous
1. Pine-Richland (7), 11-0, 1 2. Governor Mifflin (3), 8-1, 2 3. Cathedral Prep (10), 7-3, 3 4. Warwick (3), 8-1, 4 5. Upper Dublin (1), 6-2, 5 6. Peters Township (7), 8-1, 6 7. Gateway (7), 5-1, 7 8. Mechanicsburg (3), 8-1, 9 9. Penn-Trafford (7), 6-2, 9 10. East Stroudsburg South (11), 4-0, 10 Honorable mention: New Oxford (3) 6-1, Southern Lehigh (11) 5-2, Unionville (1) 3-1, West Chester Rustin (1) 4-2; Whitehall (11) 5-3.
CLASS 4A
Team, District, Record, Previous
1. Thomas Jefferson (7), 10-1, 2 2. Jersey Shore (4), 10-1, 1 3. Lampeter-Strasburg (3), 9-1, 3 4. Aliquippa (7), 9-1, 4 5. Bishop McDevitt (3), 6-0, 5 6. Oil City (10), 10-1, 6 7. Crestwood (2), 8-1, 7 8. ELCO (3), 7-1, 8 9. Plum (7), 8-1, 9 10. Allentown C.C. (11), 7-2, 10 Honorable mention: Belle Vernon (7) 6-2, Conrad Weiser (3) 6-1, Harbor Creek (10) 7-1, Juniata (3) 5-2, McKeesport (7) 6-2, 10 Northwestern Lehigh (11) 7-2, Upper Moreland (1) 5-1.
CLASS 3A
Team, District, Record, Previous
1. Central Valley (7), 12-0, 1 2. Wyomissing (3), 9-1, 2 3. Bedford (5), 10-1, 3 4. Danville (4), 9-2, 4 5. North Schuylkill (11), 8-0, 8 6. Hickory (10), 8-1, 6 7. Montoursville (4), 8-1, 7 8.Notre Dame-Green Pond(11),8-1,5 9. Elizabeth-Forward (7), 7-1, 9 10. Lakeland (2), 5-1, 10 Honorable mention: Central Martinsburg (6) 8-1, Lake-Lehman (2) 7-2, Middletown (3) 4-2, North Catholic (7) 8-1, Tyrone (6) 6-2.
CLASS 2A
Team, District, Record, Previous
1. Southern Columbia (4), 12-0, 1 2. Wilmington (10),10-1, 2 3. Beaver Falls (7), 10-1, 3 4. Bishop McDevitt (12), 5-2, 4 5. Sto-Rox (7), 8-2, 5 6. Richland (6), 8-2, 6 7. Berlin-Brothersvalley (5), 8-1, 7 8. Apollo-Ridge (7), 6-1, 8 9. Farrell (10), 5-3, 9 10. Chestnut Ridge (5), 7-3,10 Honorable mention: Bellwood-Antis (6) 7-1,Brookville (9) 7-1,CampHill (3)3-3, South William sport (4)5-2, York Catholic(3)6-2.
CLASS 1A
Team, District, Record, Previous
1. Steel-High (3), 10-0, 2 2. Jeannette (7), 10-2, 1 3. Old Forge (2) 5-1, 3 4. Clairton (7), 7-1, 6 5. Bishop Guilfoyle (6), 7-3, 5 6. Reynolds (10), 9-1, 4 7. Williams Valley (11), 8-1, 7 8. Muncy (4), 7-2, 8 9. Tri-Valley (11), 5-1, 9 10. Redbank Valley (9), 7-1, 10 Honorable mention: Canton (4) 4-1, Delone Catholic (3) 6-1, Homer-Center (6) 6-2,Juniata Valley (6) 6-3, Northwestern (10) 7-1, Rochester (7) 7-2.