PA High School Football - The Trinity Shamrocks

[Comey]

I have gone through FOF: The College Years, and changed all of the schools to PA high schools. Some of it's a bit rough, in that there are rivalries that aren't really rivalries.

But, I can ignore that.

Anyway, I've changed the conference names to reflect the district play of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA). I've tried to do the best I can to keep the boundaries correct (ie District 3 is Harrisburg), but in some cases, it just didn't work. I also tried to get enough big schools and small schools in there, and will try doing rankings for AAAA, AAA, AA, and A whenever possible.

The big difference, of course, is that there will only be one state champion. But, such is life.

I will be running the Trinity Shamrocks, my alma mater. They're a AA school with only one district title to their credit, and they're more of a basketball school (122-7 record, two state titles, four district titles the last four seasons), but I hope to turn them into a state power.

I'll update this when I can. I hope you all enjoy!

-John

[revrew]

I'm curious how this turns out. I figured TCY might make a decent HS sim, but not owning it, I'm doing my own HS sim through house rules applied to FOF2K1. Good luck, and if you get a chance, visit the dynasty mentioned in the following, shameless signature plug:

[Comey]

Here are the top 25 rankings (District in parenthesis), as well as the district predictions, according to Harrisburg Patriot-News pundit Joe Simpson:

1. Bethlehem Catholic (2)
2. Cumberland Valley (3)
3. Neshaminy (1)
4. Central Bucks East (1)
5. Gateway (6)
6. Easton 2
7. Central Dauphin (3)
8. Red Land (3)
9. JP McCaskey (5)
10. Pittsburgh Central Catholic (6)
11. Moon (6)
12. Upper St. Clair (6)
13. Woodland Hills (6)
14. Reading (5)
15. St. Joe's Prep (Philly Catholic League)
16. Berwick (2)
17. Pottstown (1)
18. Strath Haven (1)
19. Bishop McDevitt (3)
20. Cedar Cliff (3)
21. Hazelton Area (2)
22. Delone Catholic (5)
23. Chartiers Valley (6)
24. Lansdale Catholic (2)
25. Parkland (2)

District 10 Predictions:

North

1. Scotland
2. Trinity
3. Steel-High
4. Milton Hershey
5. Hershey
6. East Pennsboro
7. Camp Hill

South

1. Northern
2. Boiling Springs
3. Bermudian Springs
4. Big Spring
5. Fairfield
6. James Buchanan
7. Greencastle

[Balldog]

I will be following, might do the same thing with Ohio depending on how this turns out.

[MacroGuru]

I am definately interested. How are you handling recruiting? Or are you at all?

[Comey]

Assistants do it. I treat them like an incoming 8th grade class.

Also, I talk about redshirts as being a year younger than what they are. I will take off any redshirt on an older player after this year, too.

-John

[Comey]

Sorry about this...I've been out with the flu all week. Still have it, and it sucks.

Once I'm back and healthy, I'll start this in earnest.

-John

[Balldog]

Cool.

[Dr. Sak]

I'm just wondering if my alma mater Penn-Trafford is on your list. They are a Quad A school in the WPIAL.

[Comey]

They didn't make it. I've been using schools who have had a lot of success as long as I've been following the PIAA (about the past 12 years).

I'll post the district entrants when I get the chance, probably this weekend.

-John

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Comey

I have gone through FOF: The College Years, and changed all of the schools to PA high schools. Some of it's a bit rough, in that there are rivalries that aren't really rivalries.

But, I can ignore that.

Anyway, I've changed the conference names to reflect the district play of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA). I've tried to do the best I can to keep the boundaries correct (ie District 3 is Harrisburg), but in some cases, it just didn't work. I also tried to get enough big schools and small schools in there, and will try doing rankings for AAAA, AAA, AA, and A whenever possible.

The big difference, of course, is that there will only be one state champion. But, such is life.

I will be running the Trinity Shamrocks, my alma mater. They're a AA school with only one district title to their credit, and they're more of a basketball school (122-7 record, two state titles, four district titles the last four seasons), but I hope to turn them into a state power.

I'll update this when I can. I hope you all enjoy!

-John

I want to do this for New Jersey, but there are so many schools. I think instead of putting them in clear-cut conferences, I'm just going to align them by Group and section (North I, North II, Central, South, Non-Public, then the various sectional groups...it's so crazy)

Anyway...yeah. This is a great idea.

[Comey]

I'll do 2004 quickly, so that 2005 can be the real start date, with some semblence of a history.

Trinity Schedule (with preseason rankings)

Week Team
2 @ #1 Bethlehem Catholic
3 @ Strong Vincent
4 Camp Hill
5 Concord (Non-PIAA game)
6 @ Scotland
7 East Penn
8 @ Hershey
9 Steel-High
11 Boiling Springs
12 @ Big Spring
13 @ Milton Hershey

[Recoil]

Go Easton.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Recoil

Go Easton.

Hehe..Easton (PA)
v. Phillipsburg (NJ). What a cool rivalry.

[Recoil]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Hehe..Easton (PA)
v. Phillipsburg (NJ). What a cool rivalry.

Yeah, cross town/border rivals.