The skinny: Lower Dauphin, the last District 3 challenger in the Final Four, will finish the year outside of the Top 10 after top-ranked Pittsburgh Central Catholic raced to a 45-0 semifinal win over the Falcons on Saturday at Altoona's Mansion Park. That means the unbeaten Vikings will show up in Hershey this weekend for the Class AAAA finale opposite St. Joseph's Prep. The Hawks dispatched fifth-ranked Neshaminy 37-21 last Saturday.
STATE PREP FOOTBALL RANKINGS
CLASS AAAA – Record – Previous rank
1. Pittsburgh C.C. (7) 15-0 – 1
2. St. Joseph's Prep (12) 11-3 – 2
3. Woodland Hills (7) 10-3 – 3
4. Upper St. Clair (7) 11-1 – 4
5. Neshaminy (1) 13-2 – 5
6. Parkland (11) 12-2 – 7
7. McKeesport (7) 10-1 – 8
8. Lower Dauphin (3) 13-2 – 8
9. Cumberland Valley (3) 11-3 – 9
10. La Salle College HS (12) 8-3 – 10
Honorable mention: Abington (1) 10-4, Garnet Valley (1) 11-1, North Penn (1) 10-4, Whitehall (11) 10-2, Wilson-West Lawn (3) 12-1.
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