Northwestern Lehigh vs. Belle Vernon Pennsylvania high school football Class 3A 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 3A bracket
State championship game:
Northwestern Lehigh vs.Belle Vernon, Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1:00 pm
How they got here:
Northwestern Lehigh: Def. Palmerton Area 58-8; Scranton Prep 27-6; Wyomissing 33-24
Belle Vernon: Def. East Allegheny 49-8; Avonworth 26-0; Hickory 42-16
Number of state championships:
Northwestern Lehigh: 0
Belle Vernon: 1 (2022)
Predicted state champion: Belle Vernon
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Pennsylvania high school football playoff brackets: 2023 state tournament matchups, game times for state championship games
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-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sblivepa
(Feature photo: Belle Vernon players celebrate winning the 2022 PIAA Class 3A state championship game. Photo credit: Paul Burdick, SBLive Sports)
