![]() ![]() To keep things fair, the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League, more commonly known as the WPIAL, reconfigured its divisions so schools of roughly the same size would be in the same division. Like any sport, some teams are better than others, mostly because larger schools have a bigger pool of talent to choose from. Outside of Texas and Western Pa., that kind of devotion to youth sports sounds crazy. But the bleachers are packed every Friday, and we even put games on television. When you get down to it, the game is simply children, most of whom can’t even vote, throwing wobbly passes to other kids. When it comes to high school football, maybe only Texans love it the way we do here. But without question, we here in Western Pennsylvania are a very close second. In the world of high school-football fandom, Texas fans are often credited as the most rabid. Phil Jurkovec (15) looks to pass during a recent Pine-Richland football game
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