The 2020 WPIAL season kicks off this Friday night. Even in these unprecedented times, I kept with tradition and got together with some of the best high school football minds around to put out our predictions for the season. Links to my conference previews are also included so you can take a deeper look at the competition. This year, our WPIAL coverage is sponsored by the Small Player Big Play App, which provides schools the opportunity to fundraise by live-streaming their games and events. Check out their Twitter page and get the app for free on Apple or Andriod devices.
In addition to myself (on Twitter at @WPIAL_Blitz), our panelists this year are:
Steve Richey – @BucFever422on Twitter
Josh Rowntree – TribLive High School Sports Network and 93.7 The Fan. Find him on Twitter at @JRown32
Josh Rizzo – Freelance writer who has been covering high school sports for many years. Find him on Twitter @J_oshRizzo
Jamie Miller – Owner of WPIALWarehouse.com. Find him on Twitter at @WPIAL_Warehouse
Our panelists gave their predictions on conference champions as well as championship game matchups in each classification. One of the difficulties this season is that the WPIAL has not yet announced how many teams will make the playoffs in each classification. The WPIAL is waiting on the PIAA to decide if State Playoffs will be held before deciding if 4 or 8 teams per classification (other than 6A, which will just be 4 teams) will make the playoffs.
Class 6A | Ian | Steve | JRown | Rizzo | Jamie |
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Quad County Conference | |||||
Championship | over |
over |
over |
over |
over |
Class 5A | Ian | Steve | JRown | Rizzo | Jamie |
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Allegheny Six Conference | |||||
Big East Conference | |||||
Northeastern Conference | |||||
Championship | over |
over |
over |
over | over |
Class 4A | Ian | Steve | JRown | Rizzo | Jamie |
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Big Eight Conference | |||||
Greater Allegheny Conference | |||||
Parkway Conference | |||||
Championship | over | over | over | over | over |
Class 3A | Ian | Steve | JRown | Rizzo | Jamie |
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Allegheny Seven Conference | |||||
Interstate Conference | |||||
Northwest Six Conference | |||||
Championship | over | over | over | over | over |
Class 2A | Ian | Steve | JRown | Rizzo | Jamie |
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Allegheny Conference | |||||
Century Conference | |||||
Midwestern Conference | |||||
Three Rivers Conference | |||||
Championship | over | over |
over |
over | over |
Class 1A | Ian | Steve | JRown | Rizzo | Jamie |
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Big Seven Conference | |||||
Eastern Conference | |||||
Tri-County South Conference | |||||
Championship | over | over | over | over | over |