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Western Pa. remains a recruiting hotbed
By The Tribune-Review
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Exactly where Pennsylvania ranks among top recruiting hotspots such as Florida, California, Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and Georgia, is open to debate.
"We're probably sixth in the country," said Earl Ceh, a former head coach at Bellevue, Fox Chapel and North Hills. "But we sure have a lot of great talent."

Western Pennsylvania high schools are located in prime recruiting territory - minutes from Pitt and close enough to West Virginia, Penn State and Ohio State that all four major programs claim the WPIAL as home turf.

"We always put a lot of time and effort into (recruiting) western Pennsylvania," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said. "It's great football."

Ohio State's Tressel would agree. He is riding a wave of success in recruiting WPIAL talent after landing two highly-rated players in 2008 - Pryor and Trinity linebacker Andrew Sweat. Three more WPIAL players have made verbal commitments to the Buckeyes for 2009 - Jeannette running back Jordan Hall, Gateway linebacker Dorian Bell and wide receiver Corey Brown.

Western Pa. remains a recruiting hotbed - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review