Pennsylvania pick-'em

Bishop McDevitt in Harrisburg had much the same experience as that. McDevitt, a AA school, was "forced" to play AAAA in football or else drop down a division in the Mid-Penn Conference. Not too much complaint from the locals on that; McDevitt is a big-time football program.

Girls' AA: York Catholic wins its third straight state title, beating Northern Cambria 52-40. Next up: Boys' A at 2:15.

 

My favorite McDevitt story was at a boys hoops tournament several years ago. They were in the loseres bracket and didn't want to send their varsity team back for the final game of the tournament -- sending their JV team instead. The other coach was pissed.

 

This year, I think they would have sent the 4-20 varsity.

 

Boys' A: Serra Catholic, down 12 with six minutes left to a much quicker Freire Charter team, wills itself to a 67-66 victory. Patt Grubbs (6-8, 300): 31 points, 13 boards.

 

That was a great comeback. I thought for sure Serra was dead in the water, but Charter didn't play smart at all down the stretch.

 

Sure showed a lot more "wanna" than in the football final, where they were finished after about five minutes.

 

"That's Me In The Shadows, Doing Nothing," PIAA executive director Brad Cashman's autobiography. Available at Borders now.

 

No. That devalues the book.

 

It was school decision back when my alma mater bumped to AA to avoid Elk CC in single-A. (Didn't work; they still didn't make it out of districts that year.)

And that book is an instant best-seller, Sir Shot.

Tough to pick against either Strawberry Mansion or Steel-High, which absolutely smoked the local team last week.

 

Girls' AAAA: Central Dauphin trails throughout before holding Mount Lebanon scoreless for nearly six minutes spanning the third and fourth quarters, wins 56-49. CD goes 16-for-16 from line in fourth quarter, overcomes lousy shooting night by superstar Alyssa Thomas.