Southern Columbia vs. Westinghouse: Pennsylvania high school football Class 2A state championship notes, history, prediction

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Southern Columbia vs. Westinghouse: Pennsylvania high school football Class 2A state championship notes, history, prediction
Southern Columbia vs. Westinghouse: Pennsylvania high school football Class 2A state championship notes, history, prediction /

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 2A bracket

State championship game:

Southern Columbia vs. Westinghouse, Friday, Dec. 8 at 1:00 pm

How they got here:

Southern Columbia: Def. Troy Area 14-0; Bald eagle Area 18-8; Dunmore 39-7

Westinghouse: Def. Central Clarion 46-30; Farrell 36-20; Beaver Falls 28-8

Number of state championships:

Southern Columbia: 13 (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1994)

Westinghouse: 0

Predicted state champion: Southern Columbia 

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

(Feature photo: Southern Columbia players celebrate after a play in the 2022 PIAA Class 2A state championship game. Photo credit: Paul Burdick, 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