Pennsylvania high school football playoff scores: state championships (12/09/2023)

Get the latest Pennsylvania high school football scores on SBLive as the state semifinals play out across the state in each class

Ryan Isley, SBLive Sports | Dec 9, 2023

The road to Mechanicsburg is complete for 12 high school football teams in Pennsylvania as the state championship games will begin on Thursday, December 7 and conclude on Saturday, December 9.

The PIAA state championships will be once again held at Cumberland Valley High School and began on Thursday, as Steelton-Highspire won its second straight Class 1A title with a 42-8 win over Fort Cherry and Aliquippa defeated Dallas 60-14 in Class 4A.

On Friday, Southern Columbia took home its seventh straight title with a 21-20 win over Westinghouse in Class 2A and Imhotep Charter defeated Peters Township 38-13 in Class 5A.

Saturday finishes off the season as Norhwestern Lehigh plays Belle Vernon in Class 3A and St. Joseph's Prep plays North Allegheny in Class 6A.

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 this week's action live on SBLive Pennsylvania.

Thursday state championship scoreboard

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

Dallas vs Aliquippa, Thursday, Dec. 7 at 7:00 pm

Friday state championship scoreboard

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

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

Saturday state championship scoreboard

Northwestern Lehigh vs. Belle Vernon, Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1:00 pm

St. Joseph's Prep vs. North Allegheny, Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 pm

Pennsylvania high school football playoff brackets: 2023 state tournament matchups, game times for state championship games

St. Joseph's Prep vs. North Allegheny: Pennsylvania high school football Class 6A state championship notes, history, prediction

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

Dallas vs. Aliquippa: Pennsylvania high school football Class 4A state championship notes, history, prediction

Northwestern Lehigh vs. Belle Vernon Pennsylvania high school football Class 3A state championship notes, history, prediction

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

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

(Feature image: St. Joseph's Prep players celebrate winning the 2022 PIAA Class 6A state championship game. Photo credit: Paul Burdick, SBLive Sports)

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

Published Dec 9, 2023

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