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BHS Football Season Stats and Playoffs Scenario

One way or another, the Highlanders will need some help on Friday.

At 4-4 overall and 1-3 in the WPIAL's AAAA Great Southern Conference, 's varsity football team still has a shot at the 2011 postseason with one game left to play—this Friday night at home against Great Southern foe Bethel Park High School (3-5, 2-2 conference) at 7:30.

Any which way that you slice it, Baldwin High will need some help on Friday to get into the WPIAL football playoffs.

Both  and Mt. Lebanon high schools (each 4-0 in conference play) have clinched postseason berths out of the Great Southern, but Bethel Park, and Baldwin are battling for the conference's final two playoffs spots.

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Should Baldwin win at home against Bethel on Friday and (0-4 Great Southern) win at Peters that same night, the Highlanders and Bethel will clinch.

But even if Peters wins, Baldwin could still earn a playoffs spot if it beats Bethel by 10 or more points. That way, Baldwin, which lost to Peters, , would be in a three-way tie for third and fourth place with Bethel and Peters. Since Baldwin, Peters and Bethel would have all defeated each other in some way this year by at least 10 points every time, two of those teams will advance to the playoffs as determined by a coin toss, or a series of coin tosses.

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Technically, Baldwin could still get into the playoffs with a loss on Friday (even by 10 or more points) if Canon-McMillan beats Peters by at least 10. That would put Baldwin, Peters and Canon-Mac in a three-way tie for fourth place with the coin-toss gods taking over from there. Should Baldwin lose to Bethel by less than 10 and Canon-Mac beat Peters by 10 or more, that would put Baldwin in the postseason, as well.

Click on the PDF located toward the right side of this page (below the photo) to see Baldwin's updated season statistics.

Contrary to a public address during Baldwin's at Canon-McMillan last week, Baldwin's junior running back Dorian Brown is still 27 yards away from 1,000 rushing yards this season.

Playoffs or not, if Baldwin beats Bethel on Friday, the Highlanders will enjoy their first winning season since 2003.

What's your final-score prediction for Friday? Is a 5-4 record a successful season? Tell us in the comments section below.


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