La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pa.) at Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) 
Kyle Shurmer, La Salle College
File photo by Jim Stout
Defending 3A state champion and 19th-ranked Archbishop Wood would probably improve its national ranking with a win Friday against a La Salle team that might be Eastern Pennsylvania's best hope for winning the Class 4A crown. Last week, Wood (5-0) easily avenged one of its two losses from last season with a 47-14 rout of Archbishop Ryan (Philadelphia) to open Philadelphia Catholic League play,
according to philly.com. Villanova-bound senior running
Jarrett McClenton totaled 202 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, La Salle improved to 4-1 with a stellar 31-20 win against a McDonogh (Owings Mill, Md.) team that handed No. 22 Elder (Cincinnati) its only loss this season. La Salle, which features Vanderbilt-bound senior quarterback
Kyle Shurmur, suffered its only loss on the road against Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) on Sept. 6.
Follow live scoring of this game on QwixcoreJust the facts: This will be the first meeting between these teams since 1998. La Salle won that contest, 28-0, in the PCL playoffs. … La Salle has one state title and Archbishop Wood has claimed two over the past five seasons.
Mitch Stephens: Archbishop Wood 35, La Salle College 28
Kevin Askeland: Archbishop Wood 40, La Salle College 24
Jamie DeMoney: Archbishop Wood 27, La Salle College 17
Stephen Spiewak: Archbishop Wood 28, La Salle College 24
Leland Gordon: Archbishop Wood 24, La Salle College 17
Colin Ward-Henninger: Archbishop Wood 21, La Salle College 20
