Football: WPIAL Class 6A Championship Notebook

Football: WPIAL Class 6A Championship Notebook

Last score: Pine-Richland 34, Seneca Valley 7

History: As a consecutive WPIAL champions, Pine-Richland included its 6th region title in program history, which incorporates a couple of consecutive crowns Richland High School won in 1969 and 1970. As head mentor, Eric Kasperowicz won his third title over the most recent five years. His Rams (10-2), who additionally are safeguarding state champs, halted the Raiders (9-4) from procuring their first football title. Seneca Valley is 0-3 in title recreations. The Raiders lost to Aliquippa in 1989 and to Central Catholic two years prior. Saturday night's WPIAL headliner, however, was the second time the two groups squared off this season. About multi month back, Pine-Richland earned a 21-7 win against Seneca Valley. As of late, Seneca Valley has battled against Pine-Richland, losing six straight since beating the Rams, 43-25, in 2013.

By the numbers: Cole Spencer scrambled for a couple of touchdowns and tossed for a couple of scores. The sophomore quarterback had 95 surging yards and scored on keeps running of 16 and 3 yards. He additionally finished 11 of 18 goes for 158 yards and tossed touchdown goes of 29 and 50 yards. Through 12 diversions, Spencer has finished 112 of 183 goes for 1,342 yards and 13 touchdowns. Luke Meckler paced the Rams' running assault with 115 yards on 13 conveys. While Spencer and whatever is left of the offense unquestionably did their part, Pine-Richland's protection was amazingly parsimonious through the initial seventy five percent. Seneca Valley was restricted to a unimportant 127 yards, which included just six hurrying yards, and zero first downs. The Rams didn't enable the Raiders to acquire a first down until the opening moment of the final quarter.

Key play: The scoreboard at Heinz Field exhibited a zero for every rival before Luke Miller put the Rams on the board with stay in the second quarter. Mill operator pulled in a 29-yard go from Cole Spencer and given Pine-Richland a 7-0 lead at halftime. Pine-Richland kept on steamrolling during that time half, scoring 26 in the second from last quarter.

Quotables: With every one of the playmakers Pine-Richland displayed on the two sides of the ball, Kasperowicz was clearly inspired with his players down in the trenches. "We don't play in Florida or Texas, so when it's 32 degrees out there and it won't get any hotter, that is it. That is Western Pennsylvania football and you need to win the line of scrimmage. That is the manner in which we're assembled and we will ride those enormous young men are far as they'll take us."

Various stuff: Seneca Valley mentor Ron Butschle wasn't shocked by what he seen from the Rams a second time around this season. "I thought the primary half was tight. They set the tone in the second quarter and that is the thing that they did when they beat us the last time. When you have [Meckler] and [Spencer] running the ball, it's hard to stop. At last, we committed errors and they didn't."

Up next: Pine-Richland should hold up until the point that Sunday evening to discover up who's on tap for one week from now PIAA quarterfinal confrontation. Due to poor climate conditions Friday night, the first-round matchup between Delaware Valley (9-3) and State College (11-1) was moved to 2 p.m. Sunday at Danville High School. On the off chance that State College wins, Kasperowicz will be somewhat comfortable with his next adversary. The Rams beat the Little Lions in a year ago's PIAA quarterfinals, and additionally when they won in 2014. Area 6's State College is riding a five-diversion winning streak and has outscored adversaries by a normal of 37.3-16.9. Quarterback Tommy Friberg has 1,882 yards and 21 touchdowns, while beneficiary Keaton Ellis has 44 gatherings for 672 yards and 17 touchdowns. Running back Isaiah Edwards has contributed with 717 yards and 15 touchdowns

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