Walt Federowicz, the Villa Maria girls soccer coach, had a unique experience on Wednesday. He was principal for a day.
At Villa’s Magical Auction in February, Federowicz was the successful bidder to become principal. His duties at the school began at 8:10 a.m. and ended at 2:50 p.m. Almost magically, Federowicz became a soccer coach again at 2:51 p.m.
Rivals.com thinks highly of the Pittsburgh Central Catholic football team. So highly, in fact, that the Vikings are No. 9 in the Rivals.com Fab 50.
Central Catholic was 10-2 last year, including a 21-7 home win over Cathedral Prep during the second week of the season. The Vikings, who were upset by Penn Hills 14-6 in the WPIAL semifinals, return 14 starters from that team. Two of the best are TE/DE Quintin Williams, the NO. 26 prospect in the Rivals.com Pennsylvania ratings, and QB Tino Sunseri, who is a Louisville recruit.
An interesting note is the listing of Central Catholic’s toughest test of the regular season – Sept. 7 at Prep.
Here are the Erie Times-News preseason high school football ranking for the 2007 season.
Since there are so few Class AAAA and Class AAA schools, and some of them play against each other in Region 6 during the season, those two classifications are combined.
Class AAAA-AAA
Team 2006 record
1. Cathedral Prep (AAAA) 11-2
2. General McLane (AAA) 13-2
3. Strong Vincent (AAA) 8-4
4. McDowell (AAAA) 5-6
5. Warren (AAA) 5-6
Class AA
1. Fairview 10-2
2. Wilmington 14-1
3. Harbor Creek 8-3
4. Sharon 8-3
5. North East 6-4
Class A
1. Saegertown 7-4
2. Mercer 5-5
3. West Middlesex 15-1
4. Sharpsville 9-4
5. Iroquois 5-6
Do you remember which District 10 football players made the Associated Press and the Pennsylvania Football News all-state teams last year? If you don’t remember, here they are:
2006 AP All-State football teams
Class AAAA
First team
Offense
Dan Matha McDowell 12 OL
Defense
Abe Satterfield Cathedral Prep 12 SPEC
Second team
Offense
Chris Buzas Cathedral Prep 12 OL
Class AAA
First team
Offense
Drew Astorino General McLane 12 QB
Donte Hardin Strong Vincent 12 RB
Defense
Brad Callan General McLane 12 LB
Maurice Williams Strong Vincent 12 DB
Dan Skelton General McLane 12 SPEC
Class AA
First team
Offense
Nick Riggall Wilmington 11 PK
Defense
Pat Michael Fairview 11 LB
Second team
Offense
Mike Gdanetz Seneca 12 OL
Defense
Lou Campbell Wilmington 11 DL
Cody Cipalla Northwestern 12 DB
Chris Burns Wilmington 11 DB
Class A
First team
Offense
Kolten Hoffman West Middlesex 12 QB
Jeremy Ditzler Iroquois 12 PK
Defense
Steve Andrusky West Middlesex 12 LB
Second team
Offense
Lee Plotts Kennedy Catholic 12 RB
Jayson Nickson Mercyhurst Prep 12 RB
2006 PFN All-State football teams
Class AAAA
First team
Offense
Dan Matha McDowell 12 OL
Defense
Abe Satterfield Cathedral Prep 12 SPEC
Second team
Offense
Chris Buzas Cathedral Prep 12 OL
Defense
CLASS AAA
First Team
Offense
Drew Astorino General McLane 12 QB
Donte Harden Strong Vincent 12 RB
Defense
Maurice Williams Strong Vincent DB
Brad Callan General McLane 12 LB
Dan Skelton General McLane 12 SPEC
CLASS AA
First Team
Offense
Gordon Craig Grove City 12 PK
Second Team
Offense
Mike Gdanetz Seneca 12 OL
Nick Riggall Wilmington 11 PK
Defense
Chris Burns Wilmington 11 DB
Cody Cipalla Northwestern 12 DB
Lou Campbell Wilmington 11 DL
Kyle Gates Corry 12 LB
Pat Michael Fairview 11 LB
Class A
First Team
Offense
Jeremy Ditzler Iroquois 12 PK
Kolten Hoffman West Middlesex 12 QB
Lee Plotts Kennedy Catholic 12 RB
Defense
Steve Andrusky West Middlesex 12 LB
Second Team
Offense
Josh Brown West Middlesex 12 Ath
Jayson Nickson Mercyhurst Prep 12 RB
Defense
Tyler Gilmore West Middlesex 12 DL
Third Team
Offense
Jason Dorich Mercyhurst Prep 11 OL
Lucas Allen West Middlesex 12 WR