The No. 1 teams:

AAAA – Ridley
AAA – Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt
AA – Lancaster Catholic
A – Clairton

Have fun with ‘em while I tend to my sick wife.

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Easternpafootball.com Super 10 (scroll down)

The video is 6:36 and shows mostly offensive highlights, a bit unfortunate in this case since both defensive fronts were so impressive. You will see and hear a couple of the ferocious hits that were meted out on Saturday. There’s a pretty harsh lick by Gateway’s Armstead Williams on McDevitt RB Jameel Poteat about the 2:15 mark.

Don’t skip past past the pre-game coin toss. The players gathered for the toss have either committed to Division I schools, or are future Division I or I-AA (yeah, I know: FCS or FBS) players: McDevitt’s Matt Johnson (11), Jameel Poteat (10), Noah Spence (9) and Sean Barowski (32) and Gateway’s Armstead Williams (21), Dondi Kirby (3) and Gregory Coleman (10). Coleman is the only one whose playing future might be below Division I.

Again, many thanks to David Mika at easternpafootball.com. Be sure to visit his site and his Super 10 rankings.

No. 2 Ridley 27, Coatesville 20: Delaware County Times … West Chester Daily Local News

Nationally ranked Manatee, FL 39, No. 3 Woodland Hills 16: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

No. 4 Cumberland Valley 45, Red Lion 6: Harrisburg Patriot-News (with some bonus wrap-ups) … York Daily Record

No. 5 Pittsburgh Central Catholic 35, Akron Buchtel, Ohio, 6: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

AAA No. 2 Allentown Central Catholic 30, No. 6 Downingtown East 21: Allentown Morning Call …. West Chester Daily Local News

No. 8 Bethel Park 48, Kiski Area 20: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

No. 9 Wilson 21, Governor Mifflin 14: Reading Eagle

St. Joseph’s Prep 36, No. 10 George Washington 25: Philadelphia Inquirer

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CLASS AAA

No. 1 Bishop McDevitt 23, Gateway 0: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review … Harrisburg-Mechanicsburg Patriot-News

No. 2 Allentown Central Catholic 30, AAAA No. 6 Downingtown East 21: Allentown Morning Call

No. 3 West Allegheny 41, South Park 0: Beaver County Times

No. 4 Archbishop Wood 38, Quakertown 23: Allentown Morning Call

Cocoa, FL 43, No. 5 Thomas Jefferson 7: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

No. 6 Abington Heights 51, Hazleton 7: Scranton Times-Tribune

No. 9 Montour 35, No. 7 Chartiers Valley 28: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

No. 8 Pottsgrove 49, Jules Mastbaum 6: Pottstown Mercury

McDowell 34, No. 10 Cathedral Prep 7: Game was completed this morning. Here’s the Erie Times-News story about the suspension Friday night.

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CLASS AA

No. 1 Lancaster Catholic 35, Camp Hill Trinity 7: Lancaster Newspapers

Roman Catholic 23, No. 2 West Catholic 14: A cut-and-paste from the Inky’s Saturday football round-up; game was played in Wildwood: Roman Catholic 23, West Catholic – At Wildwood, Roman scored on a recovered fumble in the end zone, a safety, a run and an interception. Dennis Regan’s 45-yard sprint with an interception near the end of the first half gave Roman Catholic a 21-0 lead before West Catholic scored a pair of second-half touchdowns.

No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic 48, Waynesburg Central 0: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

No. 4 Aliquippa 31, Laurel 6: Beaver County Times

No. 5 North Schuylkill 43, Shenandoah Valley 0: Pottsville Republican

Strong Vincent 14, No. 6 General McLane 3: Erie Times-News

No. 7 South Fayette 28, West Mifflin 6: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

No. 8 Forest Hills 41, Bedford 6: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat

No. 9 Tyrone 36, Bellwood-Antis 13: Altoona Mirror

No. 10 Loyalsock Twp. 28, Jersey Shore 20: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

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CLASS A

North Pocono 10, No. 1 Dunmore 8: Scranton Times-Tribune

No. 2 Clairton 41, Washington 0: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

No. 3 Rochester 35, Serra Catholic 0: Beaver County Times

No. 4 Southern Columbia 49, No. 9 Line Mountain 20: Harrisburg-Mechanicsburg Patriot-News … Shamokin News-Item

No. 5 Steelton-Highspire 33, Halifax 22: Harrisburg-Mechanicsburg Patriot-News

No. 6 Springdale 20, Pittsburgh North Catholic 6: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

No. 7 Sharpsville 60, Eisenhower 0: WKBN.com (hey, you find it where you can)

No. 8 Taylor Riverside 32, West Scranton 19: Scranton Times-Tribune

No. 10 Mercyhurst Prep 24, Mercer 0: Erie Times-News

Clay Durham IV, 16, died in the accident which occurred just a few miles from his home. He was a tight end for the Panthers and was also a wrestler.

The Carlisle Sentinel has the story here.

I know Clay’s father a bit (I live in East Pennsboro Twp.). He is a tremendous wrestling fan who has commented on this site a few times. Needless to say, my heart is broken for the Durham family. Please keep them in your prayers.

Click here for the Week 1 Scoreboard.

Trust me, they do all of the work.

Mike White of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has just reported on his Varsity Blog that Caputo underwent surgery this morning and, surprisingly, might not miss the entire season.

Click on Mike’s blog, which includes details of Steubenville’s 7-0 win over McKeesport and Pittsburgh Central Catholic’s 35-6 triumph over Akron Buchtel, here.

La Salle’s superb second half (coupled with terrible play and decisions by North Penn), resulted in a 27-14 win for La Salle, its 12th straight. It shattered North Penn’s consensus No. 1 ranking. Will McDevitt suffer the same fate against a big and swift Gateway team?

Who knows? Check here for our live, interactive blog. Feel free to post comments or questions throughout the game. The blog will go live at 11:15 a.m. We’ll take questions and comments right up until kickoff at noon and continue fielding the same throughout the game at McDevitt Field.

La Salle begins its 2009 PIAA AAAA title defense in the toughest possible way: at North Penn

La Salle, of course, is the defending PIAA Class AAAA champion. The Explorers lost several seniors who were key elements of that state championship tea, but return enough starters – including RB Jamal Abdur-Rahman – to be a playoff threat in three months if all goes well. But Abdur-Rahman has a knee injury and might not play tonight. It will likely be a game-time decision.

North Penn returns plenty of yardage: RB Craig Needhammer (1,515 yards) and receivers Dom Taggart (593) and Gerard Wendowski (131). Both teams have new QBs – La Salle’s Matt Magarity and North Penn’s Cory Ernst – so the common thought is that both teams will try to pound it. But with both teams featuring strong defensive lines and interior defenses, teams will have to throw.

The good news is that Hurricane Earl shouldn’t be a major factor unless the winds kick up over 20 mph, which is a possibility during game time.

Below is the live blog for tonight’s La Salle vs. North Penn game: