Imhotep Charter vs. Peters Township: Pennsylvania high school football Class 5A state championship notes, history, prediction

Get all the information for the 2023 Pennsylvania Class 5A high school football playoffs on SBLive

The Pennsylvania high school football season is down to its final two teams in each class of PIAA state tournament and those teams will now converge on Mechanicsburg for the state championship games.

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The PIAA state championships will be once again held at Cumberland Valley High School from Dec. 7-9.

Thursday, Dec. 7th

Class 1A – 1:00 p.m
Class 4A – 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 8th
Class 2A – 1:00 p.m.
Class 5A – 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 9th
Class 3A – 1:00 p.m.
Class 6A – 7:00 p.m.

You can follow all of the PIAA football playoffs action on SBLive Pennsylvania.

(All state championship information used is 1988-present)

Class 5A bracket

State championship game:

Imhotep Charter vs Peters Township, Friday, Dec. 8 at 7:00 pm 

How they got here:

Imhotep Charter: Def. Roman Catholic 30-26; Delaware Valley 31-7; Strath Haven 42-14

Peters Township: Def. Pine-Richland 43-17; Erie Cathedral Prep 33-14; Cocalico 14-9

Number of state championships: 

Imhotep Charter: 1 (2015)

Peters Township: 0

Predicted state champion: Imhotep Charter

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-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sblivepa

(Feature photo: Peters Township players hoist the trophy after winning the 2023 WPIAL Class 5A title on November 18. Photo credit: Ryan Isley, SBLive Sports)


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RYAN ISLEY, SBLIVE SPORTS

Ryan Isley is a regional editor at SBLive Sports for the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ryan, a native of Akron, Ohio, has been following and covering high school sports in Ohio for more than 20 years, including the St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball teams that featured NBA superstar LeBron James. Ryan joined the SBLive staff full-time in May, 2022 after freelancing for SBLive Sports for nearly nine months, beginning with his experience covering Bishop Sycamore, which was featured in a documentary in the summer of 2023. You can reach Ryan at ryan@scorebooklive.com