Week 8 of the 2018 WPIAL football season can be likened to the 8th inning of a baseball game. There are a TON of high-profile games on deck next week that will decide conference titles and Casket Matches that will send one team to the playoffs and the other to the basketball court. For this week, it is the set-up week where teams will look to solidify their positions for next week’s showdowns. This came to a head early in the week when a story broke that North Allegheny and West Allegheny, scheduled to play a meaningless non-classification game this week, had agreed to play with a running clock to limit potential injuries.