The skinny: The Top 4 held firm after No. 1 Cathedral Prep downed General McLane 48-14 and Bishop McDevitt ousted 2011 AA champ Lancaster Catholic 27-7. No. 4 West Allegheny outpunched No. 7 West Mifflin 34-8 in the District 7 final. ... No. 3 Archbishop Wood was idle. ... Three teams hit the Top 10 after week 13 triumphs. West York ascends to No. 6 after rolling previously-ranked Susquehanna Twp. 31-7 in the D3-AAA semifinals. Allentown Central Catholic, after bouncing Abington Heights 23-0, and Interboro stand eighth and 10th, respectively.
CLASS AAA -- Record -- Previous rank
1. Cathedral Prep (10) -- 12-0 -- 1
2. Bishop McDevitt (3) -- 13-0 -- 2
3. Archbishop Wood* (12) -- 10-2 -- 3
4. West Allegheny (7) -- 12-1 -- 4
5. Thomas Jefferson (7) -- 11-1 -- 7
6. West York (3) -- 13-0 -- NR
7. West Mifflin (7) -- 11-2 -- 5
8. Allentown C.C. (11) -- 8-5 -- NR
9. Montour (7) -- 9-1 -- 9
10. Interboro (1) -- 11-2 -- NR
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Honorable mention: Abington Heights (2) 10-3, Berwick (2) 10-2, x-Lancaster Catholic (3) 9-4, Mars (7) 9-2, Pottsgrove (1) 11-1, Selinsgrove (4) 10-3.
*-2011 PIAA champion. x-2011 Class AA champion. Number in parentheses is PIAA district. Produced by Eric Epler and Andy Shay.