O, and also, the BB hap-pened to hear the RRSSchant callously at this hair-less-headed human, “Mom-ma’s Boy! Momma’s Boy!” afootball Friday ago. Crazycreative kids.

Ha! Ha! Ha!Switching subjects, one of

the Bald Baron’s darneddreams is inclusion intoDave “Badboy” Goodman’sStrikes and Spares bowlingcolumn in The excellent Ex-press-Times.

So, to soothe this soul,the Bald Baron will indeedinclude the BB’s sensationalscores in this cool column.The Bald Baron totally toreup Lane No. 9 at ColonyLanes in York, Pa., a Sundayago to the tune of a sizzling90-101-146—337 series.

That’s the truth: a 146 —the BB’s best as a bowler!

Ha! Ha! Ha!Would Carmelo LaDuca

please report to the pressbox, CARMELO LADUCAto the press box.

Ha! Ha! Ha!Time to cut the chit-chat,

football fans. ...

Tonight’s tiltsWilson at Central

Catholic — Scintillatingshootout. Central Catholic42-27.

Hazleton at Easton —Bald Baron’s e-mail entry:

Good Morning Mr.Blouse,

My husband has beentelling me to write to youbecause I now read thesports page!!

My son was on football acouple years and the letter“E” in the Rover Nation hissenior year and my daughteris in band, therefore I havebeen following Easton foot-ball for the past 6 years.This of course prompted meto read the articles about thegame and your BB article. Iapplaud you on your senseof humor and awesome allit-eration!!

I am writing to tell youthat I have LOVED yourLily White inserts. Therehave been many opinionsabout the diversity of thecoaches and quite frankly, Ithink it is silly. Now, Idon’t know much aboutsports but in my opinion, ifsomeone applies for acoaching job and they arequalified, they get the job.Bottom line......whether youare lily white or not!

Sincerely,A true Easton fan(so as not to embarrass

my daughter if you printthis, just sign me withabove, thank you.....)

What wonderful words!And to think, the belovedBald Baron has haters?

Steve “The Trap” Shiffert,a LILY WHITE crackerCaucasian coach, will wearradiant red to show supportfor the Rowdy Red Roverstudent section. Easton 35-0.

Parkland at EastStroudsburg South — East-on only survived ESS inSeptember ’cause the Cava-liers suffered severely fromcramps, this is the excuse of

mountain men. Ha!The LVC absolutely an-

nually annihilates the MVCyear-in and year-out.Though, this season, ESS isactually adequate in footballfights.

Check out this tall tale onthe wonderful web ...http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID

=/20091113/SPORTS/911130376/-1/SPORTS0405 ... Ha!Ha! Ha! East StroudsburgSouth 60-0.

Belvidere at Cedar Grove— Bald Baron’s Belvidereblonde wisecrack of theweek: Bambi the Blairstownbrunette and Barbie theBelvidere blonde are hang-ing by a rope over the edge

of a cliff. They realize therope will break if one ofthem doesn’t let go and theywill both fall to their deaths.

The brunette starts thisbig heartwarming speechabout how she is going tosacrifice herself. At the endof the speech, the blondestarts clapping. Ha! Ha! Ha!Cedar Grove 28-20.

Westfield at Phillipsburg— Congratulations to coachRaymond “Phat” Patt.“Phat” Patt’s Steele Hill Bid-dy Bulldogs won the WarrenCounty championship, lam-basting Lambertville 37-13.Phillipsburg 22-15.

North Hunterdon atVoorhees — Bald Baron’sweekly words of wisdom:Crap in the can, but not inthe Milk Can! Magical MilkCan is at stake in this greatgridiron game. North Hun-terdon 3-2.

Bethlehem Catholic atNorthwestern — Extrava-gant Eastern Conferenceclash. Bethlehem Catholic14-7.

Saturday’s scrumsLafayette at Lehigh —

Tale of the tape: Lafayette’sJim Finnen ... 107 years old,5-foot-4, chest expanded 44,chest normal 40, bicep 14,wrist 6 vs. Lehigh’s Bill Mc-Coach ... 108 years old, 5-foot-5, chest expanded 46,chest normal 38, bicep 16,wrist 5.

Mr. Finnen, velvety voiceof the Lafayette Leopards,and Mr. McCoach, vocifer-

ous voice of Lehigh, are fa-vorite friends of the BaldBaron. Great guys!!!Lafayette 38-27.

Tri-Valley at Pius X —Royals rule and Catholicsare cool! Problems for Pius,unless Catholics choose tocheat in this tilt. Crookedchain crew could be crucialto outcome. Pius people, se-riously smile. Silly BaldBaron. Tri-Valley 28-13.

Penn State at MichiganState — PSU prevails overterrible teams. Succumbs toso-so squads. PrehistoricPaterno? Retire, Old Man!Penn State 34-33.

Rutgers at Syracuse —Bald Baron’s media memberof the whole week: Kristen“The Knockout” Mayer, Ser-vice Electric 2 sidelinesiren/expert analyst. Kristen“The Knockout” is a certainstar at ESPN, a lot like sexysideline superstar Erin“Peephole” Andrews. Rut-gers 23-21.

North Carolina at BostonCollege — Easton alumnusSteve “Sid Vicious” Apon-avicius is BC’s all-time ca-reer scorer. Absolutely as-tonishing. Boston College 9-0.

More matchups —Northwestern U. 27, Wis-consin 26; Notre Dame 44,Connecticut 16; NorthernLehigh 28, Catasauqua 14.

Michael “Bald Baron” Blouse canbe reached at 800-360-3601 orat mblouse@express-times.com.

BY TOM HINKELThe Express-Times

The last time Pius X HighSchool’s football team played adistrict title game on its homefield many of its current play-ers were in diapers.

The year was 1995, andcoach Frank Scagliotta’s Royalsposted a 31-21 win over Bristol.

There’s nothing childishabout this year’s group, whichwent on a mid-season tear andhasn’t looked back.

The top-seeded Royals gofor their first District 11 ClassA crown since 2004 on Satur-day when they play No. 3 Tri-Valley of the Twin ValleyLeague at Alumni Stadium.

“We’ve been looking for-ward to this all year,” saidJustin Mazza, Pius X’s seniorrunning back and safety.

“There’s nothing better thanplaying this on our home field— especially for the seniors.”

Pius X (9-2) was strugglingat 2-2 before a victory overHoly Name in Week 5 startedcoach Rob Goffredo’s team on

a seven-gamewinning streak.

“I’m reallyexcited,” saidG o f f r e d o ,whose team de-feated CardinalBrennan in the2004 title game.“We’ve got a

great bunch of kids this year.They’re a pleasure to bearound.”

The Royals are coming off a20-7 win over Schuylkill Havenin last week’s semifinals. Widereceiver Sean O’Neill caughtsix passes for 105 yards and a

pair of touchdowns.“The last couple weeks have

been just awesome,” Goffredosaid. “The kids are so focused.They’ve done a great jobpreparing and it showed lastSaturday.”

Mazza has been beset by in-juries the past two seasons. Hemissed last season with a bro-ken leg and the first two gamesthis year with a broken collar-bone.

“I never gave up,” he said.“People said ‘why even play?’To have an opportunity like thisin front of me … The wholeteam has been through adver-sity. We want this (champi-onship) as a team.”

Senior quarterback Antho-ny Casciano has passed for1,919 yards and 15 touchdowns.His top targets are wideoutsMatt Camilletti (31 catches, 413yards, 4 TDs), a sophomore,and junior George Dalessan-

dro (32-543, 4 TDs).Mazza, sophomore Nick

DeRea, and senior LukeDeluise have shared time atrunning back. Senior insidelinebacker Luke Texeira is theRoyals’ leading tackler.

“I’m happy we’ve turned itaround,” Mazza said. “AfterWeek 4 our practices havebeen solid.”

Tri-Valley (7-4) also hascome on strong after a slowstart. The Bulldogs opened

with losses to SchuylkillHaven (28-6) and WilliamsValley (34-6). Tri-Valley defeat-ed Williams Valley 39-13 in lastweek’s other first-roundmatchup.

“They have some very goodrunning backs, and a very goodquarterback who throws theball well,” Goffredo said.“They spread you out. We’vegot to be prepared for every-thing. It’s going to be a greattest.”

Senior tailback WyattStraub paces the Bulldogs’with 994 yards rushing and 11touchdowns. Straub reported-ly missed the first game againstWilliams Valley for discipli-nary reasons.

“They like to get Straub off-tackle,” Goffredo said. “I thinkthat’s when he’s at his best. I’dlike to get him going east-west.Once he goes north-south he’stough to control. We’ll reallyhave to play good defense to

bottle him up.”Junior tailback Brandon

Auman has contributed 392yards and three scores. Seniorquarterback Matt McGinleyhas thrown for 1,650 yards and13 touchdowns with 6 intercep-tions.

Senior wideout Matt Hep-ler (40-559, 3 TDs), senior tightend Bryn Bowman (32-451, 6TDs) and junior wideout Tan-ner Troutman (23-438, 3 TDs)are Tri-Valley’s primary passcatchers.

“All week we’ve beenpreparing tremendously,”Mazza said. “The coaches haveput in countless hours, and Ican’t thank them enough forwhat they do. They’re so dedi-cated. They make a lot of sacri-fices.

“We’re just a big Royal fam-ily.”

Tom Hinkel can be reached atsports@express-times.com.

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BlakeLast week: 15-5Year: 178-62Pct: .742

TooleLast week: 13-7Year: 175-65Pct.: .729

BurattiLast week: 12-8Year: 170-62Pct.: .708

Hazleton at EastonWilson at Central Catholic Becahi at NorthwesternWestfield at PhillipsburgBelvidere at Cedar GroveNorth Hunterdon at VoorheesTri-Valley at Pius XLafayette at LehighPenn State at Michigan StateRutgers at Syracuse

HinkelLast week: 15-5Year: 176-64Pct.: .733

BlouseLast week: 15-5Year: 178-62Pct.: .742

LoRéLast week: 15-5Year: 176-64Pct.: .733

WechslerLast week: 6-4Year: 179-61Pct.: .746

EastonCentral CatholicBecahi PhillipsburgCedar GroveN. HunterdonPius XLafayettePenn State Rutgers

EastonWilsonBecahi PhillipsburgBelvidereN. HunterdonPius XLafayettePenn StateRutgers

EastonCentral CatholicBecahi PhillipsburgCedar GroveN. HunterdonTri-ValleyLafayettePenn StateRutgers

EastonCentral CatholicBecahi PhillipsburgCedar GroveN. HunterdonPius XLafayettePenn StateRutgers

EastonCentral CatholicN. WesternPhillipsburgCedar GroveN. HunterdonPius XLafayettePenn StateRutgers

EastonCentral CatholicBecahi PhillipsburgCedar GroveN. HunterdonPius XLafayettePenn StateRutgers

EastonWilsonBecahi WestfieldBelvidereN. HunterdonTri-ValleyLafayettePenn State Rutgers

EastonCentral CatholicBecahi PhillipsburgCedar GroveN. HunterdonPius XLafayettePenn StateRutgers

MillerLast week: 13-7Year: 172-68Pct.; .717

FEARLESS FORECASTERS

FOCUSED ON THE PRIZE. Pius X has won sevenstraight after starting the season at 2-2.

Royals surge into the title game

Continued from C1

BARON:Bald Baron will be the man in red

(All games 7 p.m. unlessnoted)Friday’s gamesDistricts 2-4-11 Class AAAA

(Semifinals)

Hazleton at Easton

Parkland at East StroudsburgSouth

District 11 Class AAA

(Championship)

Wilson at Central Catholic at J.Birney Crum Stadium

Eastern Conf. Div. IV

(Championship)

Whitehall at Emmaus

Eastern Conf. Div. III

(Championship)

Bethlehem Catholic at North-western

NJSIAA playoffs

North 2 Group 4

(Semifinals)

Westfield at Phillipsburg

Woodbridge at Ridge

North 2 Group 1

(Semifinals)

Belvidere at Cedar Grove

Skyland Conference

North Hunterdon at VoorheesSaturday’s gamesDistrict 11 Class AA

(Semifinals)

Panther Valley at NorthSchuylkill

Catasauqua at No. Lehigh

District 11 Class A

(Championship)

Tri-Valley at Pius X, 1 p.m.

NJSIAA playoffs

Non-Public Group 3

(Semifinals)

Immaculata at Pope John, 1p.m.

Collegiate

Lafayette at Lehigh, 12:37 p.m.

Penn St. at Michigan St., 3:30p.m.

Rutgers at Syracuse. 3:30 p.m.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

^ What: District 11 Class Achampionship

^ Who: Tri-Valley Bulldogsvs. Pius X Royals

^ When: 1 p.m. Saturday

^ Where: Amelio ScottAlumni Field, Bangor

TRI-VALLEY AT PIUS X

O’Neill

REGION TOP 10

1. Easton . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1

2. Parkland . . . . . . . . . .9-2

3. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . .11-0

4. Central Catholic . . .10-1

5. Hunterdon Central . .9-1

6. Phillipsburg . . . . . . . .8-1

7. Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . .6-5

8. Nazareth . . . . . . . . . .6-5

9. Northern Lehigh . . . .9-2

10. Belvidere. . . . . . . . .9-0

RANKINGS