CV, Trinity shoot up rankings

In the latest Pennsylvania Football News state rankings, both Cumberland Valley and Trinity moved up. The poll for all classes can be found here.

CV, on the strength of a 28-7 victory over Central Dauphin in the District 3 Class AAAA semifinals, moved from seventh to sixth and enters the 3-AAAA final with an 11-2 record.

The Eagles will be playing Red Lion, which entered the PFN rankings for the first time this year at No. 7 and come into Saturday night's 6 p.m. game with a 10-3 record.

In Class AA, Trinity jumped from eighth to fifth after it beat Wyomissing, 28-0, for the 3-AA title Friday night. The victory was Trinity's second district football title.

The Shamrocks (12-1) play unbeaten Lewisburg (13-0), ranked No. 2 by PFN, in the PIAA quarterfinals at Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday at noon.

Early glimpse at next week's games

The final two area football teams still playing will invade the same stadium Saturday.

Cumberland Valley and Trinity will play their next game at Hersheypark Stadium. The Shamrocks open the day's doubleheader at noon against Lewisburg in a PIAA Class AA quarterfinal before CV meets Red Lion in the District 3 Class AAAA final at 6 p.m.

Here's a closer look at the games.

Class AAAA

Red Lion (8, 10-3) vs. Cumberland Valley (7, 11-2) at Hersheypark Stadium -- In a rematch of Week 1, these two teams meet to decide the District 3 Class AAAA title.

Much like the first meeting, this one won't be pretty.

Sure, Red Lion is an improved bunch but so is CV. That's bad news for a Red Lion team that dropped a 45-6 decision at Chapman Field back in September.

CV is dealing with a few injuries but even if star running back/linebacker Kevin Snyder isn't at full strength, the Eagles should still roll.

CV came out of the more difficult bracket and will win its second straight 3-AAAA title and 10th overall.

Warm up the charter buses for a return trip to Altoona next week.

Class AA

Lewisburg (13-0) vs. Trinity (12-1) at Hersheypark Stadium -- The Shamrocks are rolling right along with 12 wins in a row and another shutout -- their second of the playoffs and fifth overall.

Lewisburg, the District 4 champion, is more battle-tested than the Shamrocks, who haven't been forced to play an entire 48 minutes this year. That's a major concern, especially if this game is close late.

The Green Dragons also force other teams to make mistakes. Lately, Trinity has made mistakes without any added help. It's going to take a special effort from the Shamrocks -- and this team is capable of that -- to keep their season going.

At this stage, we hate to say a team's season is over but the Green Dragons are our pick to reach the state semifinals.

BPI Projections: Class AAAA

First Round

North Penn by 12 over Council Rock South

Neshaminy by 2 over West Chester Rustin

LaSalle College defeated Northeast, 35-0, Nov. 20 (District 12 championship)

Easton by 6 over Whitehall (District 11 championship)

Red Lion by 7 over Daniel Boone

Cumberland Valley by 4 over Central Dauphin

North Allegheny by 6 over Woodland Hills (District 7 championship)

State College by 14 over Perry Traditional Academy

Quarterfinals

North Penn by 13 over Neshaminy (District 1 championship)

LaSalle College by 7 over Easton

Cumberland Valley by 15 over Red Lion (District 3 championship)

North Allegheny by 23 over State College

Semifinals

LaSalle College by 7 over North Penn

North Allegheny by 8 over Cumberland Valley

State Championship

Dec. 18 at Hersheypark Stadium, 5 p.m.

North Allegheny over LaSalle College in OT

BPI Projections: Class AA

First Round
Northern Lehigh by 19 over GAR Memorial

West Catholic defeated Bok Vo-Tech, 34-6, Nov. 20 (District 12 championship)

Trinity over Wyomissing by 30 (District 3 championship)

Danville by 7 over Lewisburg (District 4 championship)

Aliquippa by 2 over South Fayette (District 7 championship)

Brockway over Oliver by 45

Sharon over Hickory by 3 (District 10 championship)

Forest Hills over Tyrone by 6 (District 6 championship)

Quarterfinals

West Catholic by 5 over Northern Lehigh

Trinity by 7 over Danville

Aliquippa by 7 over Brockway

Forest Hills by 6 over Sharon

Semifinals

Trinity by 3 over West Catholic

Aliquippa by 7 over Forest Hills

State Championship

Dec. 18 at Hersheypark Stadium, noon

Aliquippa by 2 over Trinity

BPI Projections: Class AAA

First Round

Allentown Central Catholic by 11 over Abington Heights

Clearfield by 12 over Shikellamy

Strath Haven over Pottsgrove in OT (District 1 championship)

Archbishop Wood defeated Dobbins-Radolph Vo-Tech, 44-7, on Nov. 20 (District 12 championship)

Erie Cathedral Prep by 5 over Grove City (District 10 championship)

Montour by 4 over Central Valley (District 7 championship)

Bishop McDevitt by 16 over Lampeter-Strasburg

Cocalico by 4 over Conrad Weiser

Quarterfinals

Allentown Central Catholic by 16 over Clearfield

Archbishop Wood by 14 over Strath Haven

Erie Cathedral Prep by 6 over Montour

Bishop McDevitt by 24 over Cocalico (District 3 championship)

Semifinals

Allentown Central Catholic by 2 over Archbishop Wood

Bishop McDevitt by 3 over Erie Cathedral Prep

State Championship

Dec. 17 at Hersheypark Stadium, 7 p.m.

Bishop McDevitt by 2 over Allentown Central Catholic

BPI Projections: Class A

First Round

Bishop McCort by 1 over Bishop Carroll (District 6 championship)

Holy Name by 11 over Millersburg (District 3 championship)

Southern Columbia by 15 over Riverside

Schuylkill Haven by 16 over Calvary Christian Academy

North Star defeated Northern Bedford, 36-20, Nov. 19 (District 5 championship)

Clairton by 12 over Rochester (District 7 championship)

Curwensville by 11 over Port Allegheny (District 9 championship)

Mercyhurst Prep by 1 over Farrell (District 10 championship)

Quarterfinals

Bishop McCort by 6 over Holy Name

Southern Columbia by 21 over Schuylkill Haven

Clairton by 35 over North Star

Mercyhurst Prep by 10 over Curwensville

Semifinals

Southern Columbia by 15 over Bishop McCort

Clairton by 14 over Mercyhurst Prep

State Championship

Dec. 17 at Hersheypark Stadium, 1 p.m.

Clairton by 12 over Southern Columbia

CV back in rankings; Trinity moves up

The Pennsylvania Football News released its latest state rankings Sunday night and two area teams are now in the top 10 of their respective classes.

Trinity, which entered the Class AA rankings for the first time last week at No. 10, improved to eighth with its 48-12 victory over Bermudian Springs in the District 3-AA semifinals.

Cumberland Valley spent a few weeks unranked following a 28-21 loss to Harrisburg in Week 8 but the Eagles are back thanks to a win over then No. 3 Wilson, 28-14, in the District 3-AAAA quarterfinals.

Neither area teams will play ranked foes this week -- Trinity (11-1) meets Wyomissing (9-3) in the 3-AA final at Hersheypark Stadium on Friday at 7 p.m. while CV (10-2) heads to Landis Field for a rematch with Central Dauphin (10-2) on the same night and time.

Overall, it was a bad week for ranked teams in District 3. Dallastown and Wilson, in Class AAAA, losted to unranked foes Red Lion and CV, respectively. The same fate befell Greencastle-Antrim and Lancaster Catholic in AAA and AA, respectively.

The top-seeded and previously unbeaten Blue Devils lost to Conrad Weiser, 34-20. Lancaster Catholic, also an unbeaten top seed, dropped a 21-14 decision to Wyomissing.

The only District 3 teams, excluding Trinity, that won while ranked were Bishop McDevitt and Holy Name. The Crusaders slammed Hershey, 63-0, in 3-AAA and Blue Jays hammered Steel-High, 42-7, in 3-A.