Lets be serious, as dominant Clairton has been these 4-5 on the local and then state levels, Southern Columbia has been that good for 2 decades. SCA had 12 State Title Appearances in 13 years(1994-2006) and won 6 of them including a 5 year winning streak from 2001-2006. Check this, other than 2007 SCA has won every District 4 Championship since 1991.
Coach Jim Roth owns a 330-58-2 record during his span at SCA(1984-2011) and was the youngest Head Coach to ever achieve 300 wins. And in his 27 years at SCA his teams won 10 or more game 24 of those seasons.
The Tigers just seems to have a way with wearing teams down as the game goes along. Both Old Forge and Pius X had 10+ point leads on the Tigers, only to see those leads wither away into 10+ point losses. They're led by 2 1,000 yard rushers in Tyler Laven and Matt Moore and their QB Brad Fegley has quietly been extremely proficient. He's 114 of 167 for 1698 yards, 13 TDs and 0 Interceptions.
What can I say about the Bears that I-or anybody else- has said about them. Its been unbelievable to look at the stats during the 46 game winning streak.
The Bears are led by Safety Jr Tyler Boyd. He has 2182 yards(53 yards short of Deonte Howards school record) on 172 Carries, 386 yards on 16 catch's, and amassed a total of 46 TD's on the season.
There are a plethora of WR weapons in Clairton's arsenol for Sr Capri Thomspon to throw to in 6'3 Trenton Coles(Pittsburgh Recruit), 6'0 Terrence Webb, 6'4 Titus Howard and 5'8 Byron Clifford. Thompson is 79 of 125 for 1701 and 15 TDs.
I have no doubt in my mind Southern Columbia is going to give the Bears the fight of their lives and will force them to earn their 47th straight win. And this is a game of totally conflicting styles, and is this is the ultimate Speed vs Power contest.
Ultimately I'm going with the homer pick because I can. I'm going Clairton 30 SCA 20.
PIAA Class A Title Game
Site: Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey PA
Time: 1PM
Broadcasts: PCN on Cable and Online Feed, MSA Radio
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