Steelton-Highspire vs. Fort Cherry: Pennsylvania high school football Class 1A state championship notes, history, prediction

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Steelton-Highspire vs. Fort Cherry: Pennsylvania high school football Class 1A state championship notes, history, prediction
Steelton-Highspire vs. Fort Cherry: Pennsylvania high school football Class 1A 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 1 A bracket 

State championship game:

Steelton-Highspire vs. Fort Cherry, Thursday, Dec. 7 at 1:00 pm

How they got here:

Steelton-Highspire: Def. Northern Bedford 21-7; Lackawanna Trail 43-25; South Williamsport 48-21 

Fort Cherry: Def. Bishop Canevin 33-21; South Side 42-28; Redbank Valley 33-23

Number of state championships:

Steelton-Highspire:  4 (2022, 2020, 2008, 2007)

Fort Cherry: 0

Predicted state champion: Steelton-Highspire

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Pennsylvania high school football playoffs 2023: Class 1A brackets, matchups, predictions for final four

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

(Feature photo: Steelton-Highspire WR Jaeion Perry runs away from a defender in the 2022 PIAA Class 1A 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