AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ARE IN FULL SWING
Al Thompson
High School football heads to the home stretch with Southeastern PA, South Jersey and Delaware playoffs well underway.
Will South Jersey powerhouse Timber Creek make it two years straight undefeated and three consecutive Group titles?
Can St. Joe’s Prep remain undefeated two consecutive years and keep the titles coming?
Will Middletown (DE) finish it’s very special season?
It all unfolds over the next four weeks….stay tuned to Footballstories to find out.
Southeastern PA Top 20 Football teams as of November 16, 2017
1. St. Joe’s Prep (10-0)
2. Coatesville (11-1)
3. Pennsbury (10-2)
4. Archbishop Wood (8-2)
5. Imhotep Charter (10-1)
6. Garnet Valley (11-1)
7. Pennridge (10-2)
8. Neshaminy (10-2)
9. Springfield (12-0)
10. Unionville (12-1)
11. Marple Newtown (8-4)
12. Downingtown East (10-2)
13. Perkiomen Valley (10-2)
14. Pottsgrove (11-1)
15. North Penn (9-3)
16. Upper Dublin (8-3)
17. Neumann-Goretti (10-0)
18. Northeast (7-2)
19. William Penn Charter (10-1)
20. Upper Moreland (10-1)
20.(tie) Simon Gratz (7-3-1)
Best of the rest (alphabetically): Academy Park (7-4), Bishop Shanahan (7-4), Bristol (8-2), Cardinal O’Hara (7-3), Central Bucks South (7-4), Central Bucks West (6-5), Episcopal Academy (6-4), Great Valley (6-5), Haverford High School (8-3), LaSalle (7-4), Penn Wood (8-3), Pope John Paul II (7-4), Spring-Ford (6-5), Upper Perkiomen (7-5), West Catholic (8-4).
South Jersey Top 20 High School Football Teams as of November 16, 2017.
1. Timber Creek (9-0)
2. Millville (9-0)
3. Lenape (9-1)
4. Rancocas Valley (9-1)
5. West Deptford (8-1)
6. St. Joseph, Hammonton (10-0)
7. Delsea (7-3)
8. Cinnaminson (7-2)
9. Holy Spirit (8-1)
10. Woodrow Wilson (8-2)
11. Camden Catholic (7-2)
12. Moorestown (10-1)
13. Shawnee (7-3)
14. Camden (7-2)
15. Vineland (7-3)
16 Cedar Creek (8-2)
17. Woodrow Wilson (8-2)
18. Haddonfield (6-3)
19. Paulsboro (8-1)
20. Salem (7-2)
20. (tie) Penns Grove (8-1)
20. (tie) Gateway Regional (8-1)
Under consideration (alphabetically), Burlington Township (6-4), Cherokee (6-3), Palmyra (5-4), Schalick (5-4), St. Augustine (5-5), Willingboro (7-3).
Delaware Top 10 High School Football Teams as of November 16, 2017.
1. Middletown (10-0)
2. Smyrna (8-2)
3. Hodgson Vo-Tech (8-2)
4. Sussex Central (9-2)
5. William Penn (6-4)
6. Caesar Rodney (6-3)
7. Delaware Military Academy (9-1)
8. Dupont (9-1)
9. Polytech (6-4)
10. Salesianum (6-4)
10. (tie) Wilmington Friends (8-1-1)
Best of the Rest: Archmere Academy (7-3), St. Mark’s (6-4), Caravel (6-5), Conrad Science (7-3), Delmar (9-1), Glasgow (6-4), Howard (8-3), Milford (7-3), St. Mark’s (5-1), Tower Hill (8-2), Woodbridge (8-2).
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