Delco Championship Team Appearances – since 1953

By Dave Burman

Since 1953 Delaware County high schools have appeared 41 times in PIAA State Championship games and have won 19 of those games.


		Delco Teams		Opponents
1953	AAA	Yeadon (Penn Wood)	55	Sharon	43
1954	AAA	Chester	52	Farrell	63
1955	AAA	Chester	48	McKeesport	54
1957	AAA	Chester	50	Sharon	59
1958	AAA	Haverford	67	Altoona	45
1959	AAA	Chester	66	Farrell	76
1960	AAA	Radnor	40	Farrell	61
1962	AA	Darby (Penn Wood)	51	Mercer	42
1963	AA	Darby-Colwyn (PW)	61	Mercer	45
1966	AAA	Chester	66	Pittsburgh Schenley	76
1966	AA	Darby-Colwyn (PW)	52	Mercer	55
1967	AAA	Chester	61	Ambridge	93
1967	A	Darby Towshp (Acad Prk)	51	Union	44
1970	AAA	Haverford	58	Beaver Falls	82
1972	AAA	Chester	55	Farrell	56
1972	AA	Darby-Colwyn (PW)	64	Monaca	54
1975	A	Darby Towshp (Acad Prk)	57	Rockwood	28
1978	A	Darby Towshp (Acad Prk)	53	Father Geibel	66
1980	A	Darby Towshp (Acad Prk)	66	East Brady	72
1981	AAA	Springfield	61	Uniontown	73
1983	AAA	Chester	82	McKeesport	66
1989	AAAA	Chester	72	Pittsburgh Brashear	57
1990	AAAA	Glen Mills (OT)	76	Ringgold	74
1991	AAAA	Glen Mills	81	Altoona	75
1992	AAA	Strath Haven	55	Blackhawk	71
1994	AAAA	Chester	69	Erie Prep	65
1994	AAA	Academy Park	59	Beaver Falls	65
2000	AAAA	Chester	73	Uniontown	48
2003	AAAA	Chester (OT)	71	State College	76
2005	AAAA	Chester	74	Lower Merion	61
2007	AAAA	Chester	71	Pittsburgh Schenley	78
2008	AAAA	Chester	81	Norristown	77
2009	AAAA	Penn Wood	72	York High	53
2009	AAA	Archbishop Carroll	75	Greensburg-Salem	54
2010	AAAA	Penn Wood	51	Plymouth-Whitemarsh	58
2011	AAAA	Chester (OT)	72	Mount Lebanon	60
2012	AAAA	Chester	59	Lower Merion	33
2013	AAAA	Chester	47	Lower Merion	63
2013	AAA	Archbishop Carroll	45	Imhotep	54
2015	AAA	Archbishop Carroll	67	Neumann-Goretti	69
2019	AAAA	Bonner Prendergast	56	Imhotep	67
		Winner in bold