Re: Piaa split up...
Overall I think it still needs to be addressed. As far as WPIAL goes due to its size some of it is a little more well hidden especially on gridiron. For every strong private program you have you have some struggling. But I don't think for 1 second if you right the ship the transient nature of private institutions can make a program heal quicker than most public. There are less but a few public schools able to do the same. I.E. Gateway on the eastern edge of the city. When Terry Smith had the lights burning bright there were many, and I'm sure some true, that said kids from a fallen Penn Hills and the cities eastern neighborhoods were finding their way to Monroeville somehow.
I feel more of a strain for places like D5 and D6. D5 really has no juggernaut per se. I am a "yinzer" like stated before who loves his Friday night ball, especially smaller classes. I quickly found myself up IUP only really being able to follow some conference I was not too aware of. A conference called the Heritage. All I knew most of my years 97-00 was that a big story was a United team that I think upset a juggernaught private Bishop Mccort program that was facing off the WPIAL in states every year it seemed, well them and public Tyrone. They seemed to reload with guys from other programs yearly to fill holes. More of who I followed were my friends from Blairsville. They had quite a run My time up IUP but I think for like 3 years they kept facing a buzzsaw in Bishop Carroll, never seemed to get that chance at a championship. IDK United did it, but felt some of these special runs from small publics should not be stopped so much by Private schools. I think football there is less of a defense but basketball, specifically girls, public schools beyond section champs have quite a time challenging the private schools for championship runs. Again for football , in D6, you have just enough United Stories and Homer Center to argue against any restriction, but there is nothing like a small school getting that whole town behind them and enjoying the occasional couple year runs. Without the menace of a superpower able to get the who's who of kids from all over region especially in smaller classifications.
Overall I think it still needs to be addressed. As far as WPIAL goes due to its size some of it is a little more well hidden especially on gridiron. For every strong private program you have you have some struggling. But I don't think for 1 second if you right the ship the transient nature of private institutions can make a program heal quicker than most public. There are less but a few public schools able to do the same. I.E. Gateway on the eastern edge of the city. When Terry Smith had the lights burning bright there were many, and I'm sure some true, that said kids from a fallen Penn Hills and the cities eastern neighborhoods were finding their way to Monroeville somehow.
I feel more of a strain for places like D5 and D6. D5 really has no juggernaut per se. I am a "yinzer" like stated before who loves his Friday night ball, especially smaller classes. I quickly found myself up IUP only really being able to follow some conference I was not too aware of. A conference called the Heritage. All I knew most of my years 97-00 was that a big story was a United team that I think upset a juggernaught private Bishop Mccort program that was facing off the WPIAL in states every year it seemed, well them and public Tyrone. They seemed to reload with guys from other programs yearly to fill holes. More of who I followed were my friends from Blairsville. They had quite a run My time up IUP but I think for like 3 years they kept facing a buzzsaw in Bishop Carroll, never seemed to get that chance at a championship. IDK United did it, but felt some of these special runs from small publics should not be stopped so much by Private schools. I think football there is less of a defense but basketball, specifically girls, public schools beyond section champs have quite a time challenging the private schools for championship runs. Again for football , in D6, you have just enough United Stories and Homer Center to argue against any restriction, but there is nothing like a small school getting that whole town behind them and enjoying the occasional couple year runs. Without the menace of a superpower able to get the who's who of kids from all over region especially in smaller classifications.
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