Region 1 preview
2011 standings
Region Overall
x-Sharpsville 7-0 13-1
y-Mercer 6-1 8-3
y-West Middlesex 4-3 7-5
y-Farrell 4-3 6-5
Linesville 3-4 5-4
Lakeview 2-5 4-5
Kennedy Catholic 1-6 2-7
*Conneaut Valley 1-6 1-8
x-region champion
y-qualified for the playoffs
*No team this year; program merged with Linesville
2011 Region 1 postseason results
Class A
District 10 playoffs
Quarterfinals
Sharpsville 48, Cambridge Springs 0
Farrell 28, Mercyhurst Prep 25
West Middlesex 47, Youngsville 0
Mercer 48, Saegertown 20
Semifinals
Sharpsville 36, Farrell 0
West Middlesex 44, Mercer 34
Championship
Sharpsville 21, West Middlesex 13
PIAA playoffs
Quarterfinals
Sharpsville 35, Port Allegany 33
Semifinals
Clairton 30, Sharpsville 8
2012 outlook
Favorite: Sharpsville
Contenders: West Middlesex, Mercer, Farrell
Dark horse: Conneaut
Region 1 returning all-stars
2011 underclassmen
(Current year listed)
First-team offense
Lance Messett, Farrell 12 WR
Tyler Luchey, Sharpsville 12 WR
Sage Pope, West Middlesex 12 WR
Sam Breese, Lakeview 11 OL
Nate Brest, Mercer 12 OL
First-team defense
Sam Breese, Lakeview 11 DL
Tyler Luchey, Sharpsville 12 DB
First-team special teams
Joey Pagliaroli, Sharpsville 12 K
Second-team offense
Jake McPhatter, Kennedy Catholic 11 WR
Blake Reddick, Lakeview 11 RB
Trevor Harrison, West Middlesex 12 OL
Second-team defense
Austin Mirizio, West Middlesex 12 DL
Luke Patten, West Middlesex 12 LB
Evan Nan, Mercer 12 LB
Sage Pope, West Middlesex 12 LB
Zac VanDuesen, Lakeview 11 DB
Dwayne Burns, Farrell 11 DB
Second-team special teams
Chase Hoffman, Mercer 11 K
Jeremy Jancso, West Middlesex 12 P
New region alignment
Team Enrollment
Conneaut (AAA) 319
Farrell (A) 113
Kennedy Catholic (A) 109
Lakeview (A) 149
Mercer (A) 154
Sharpsville (A) 175
West Middlesex (A) 162
Class A range: 185 and below
Class AAA range: 299-505
Thursday: Region 2
– Tom Reisenweber
How is Conneaut able to play in class A for football when their enrollment classifies them to play in AAA?
Brad,
District 10 had to finalize its football regions in order to give ADs a chance to schedule games and get the fall season set up. D-10 did this back in February. The Conneaut decision to merge happened months later after regions and region schedules were already set. If D-10 changed everything once Conneaut became AAA it would have screwed up everything.
Basically, Conneaut is not eligible to win the region title and if they want to get into the playoffs, it has to be as an at-large team. So if Conneaut has a perfect region record, it guarantees nothing this year or next year.
Thanks,
Tom Reisenweber
If I was in the Conneaut School District and our football team won the Region I would show the following taken directly from the D-10 website
“The District 10 Football Tournament will consist of three (3) divisions; each based upon male enrollment.
The Champion Team of a region will automatically quality for the District 10 Football Tournament. All other
teams will qualify on an at large basis.”
Blogmansouth,
Conneaut cannot win the region title this year or next year. That was a decision made by the District 10 Committee based on them being two classes above everyone else. If they were just one, they could win the region.
As a result, even if Conneaut goes 10-0 this season, they would have to qualify as an at-large team.
Thanks,
Tom Reisenweber
Than District X should change the tourney info on their web page to reflect that information …. that is all I am saying….
Blogmansouth,
If you go to tournament info on the D-10 site and click on the football tournament. Scroll down to the regions. It has a double asterisk next to Conneaut and to the left it says “not eligible for region championship”.
Thanks,
Tom
Thank you sir …