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Prep hopes to reverse D-10′s fortunes vs. WPIAL

When Cathedral Prep’s football team plays West Allegheny on Friday in the PIAA Class AAA quarterfinals, the Ramblers will also be going against history.

WPIAL teams have dominated District 10 teams during the past decade, going 16-4 against D-10. The only D-10 teams to beat WPIAL opponents since 2000 were:

• Cathedral Prep, 2000, in Class AAAA (Mount Lebanon)

• West Middlesex, 2006, in Class A (Clairton)

• General McLane, 2006, in Class AAA (Thomas Jefferson)

• Wilmington, 2008, in Class AA (Aliquippa)

Click below for the complete D-10 vs. WPIAL results from this decade:

2000
-Class A semifinal: Rochester 27, Sharpsville 3
-Class AA semifinal: Aliquippa 20, Sharon 7
-Class AAA semifinal: West Allegheny 37, Wilmington 7
-Class AAAA semifinal: Cathedral Prep 39, Mt. Lebanon 14. (Prep beat Central Bucks West 41-35 in overtime of the PIAA final.)

2001-02

No games.

2003

-Class AA semifinal: Aliquippa 28, Slippery Rock 15

2004
-Class AAA semifinal: Thomas Jefferson 13, Strong Vincent 2
-Class AAAA quarterfinal: Pittsburgh Central Catholic 44, McDowell 3

2005

-Class AA semifinal: South Park 28, Reynolds 2

-Class AAA semifinal: Franklin Regional 27, General McLane 21

-Class AAAA quarterfinal: McKeesport 42, Cathedral Prep 7

2006

-Class A semifinal: West Middlesex 37, Clairton 30. (West Middlesex lost to Southern Columbia 56-14 of the PIAA final.)

-Class AA semifinal: Jeannette 28, Wilmington 7

-Class AAA semifinal: General McLane 28, Thomas Jefferson 7. (McLane beat Pottsville 28-23 of the PIAA final.)

-Class AAAA quarterfinal: Upper St. Clair 30, Cathedral Prep 7.

2007

-Class AA semifinal: Jeannette 41, Wilmington 21

-Class AAA semifinal: Thomas Jefferson 35, Strong Vincent 6

-Class AAAA quarterfinal: Pgh. Central Catholic 44, Cathedral Prep 6

2008

-Class A semifinal: Clairton 24, Farrell 21

-Class AA semifinal: Wilmington 29, Aliquippa 28 OT. (Wilmington beat Philadelphia West Catholic 35-34 in double overtime of the PIAA final.)
-Class AAA quarterfinal: Thomas Jefferson 35, Strong Vincent 21

2009

-Class AAA quarterfinal: Cathedral Prep vs. West Allegheny, Friday

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