Jeannette's Terrelle Pryor is a kid of few words. But he was the talk of the WPIAL championships last night.

Pryor, a 6-foot-6, 215-pound junior quarterback, had 322 yards offense as Jeannette defeated Greensburg Central Catholic, 24-14, in the WPIAL Class AA title at Heinz Field. Pryor completed 7 of 13 passes for 179 yards and rushed 22 times for 143 yards.

Steelers running backs coach Dick Hoak helped Jeannette win a WPIAL title 50 years ago and watched yesterday's game from the press box and the sideline.

"I don't know if I've ever seen a player like him," Hoak said "A guy who can play football and basketball like he does, and he's only a junior. He needs to learn some things as a quarterback, but he's like a young Vince Young. His speed is so deceiving. It looks like he's just gliding, but he's outrunning everyone on the field."

Pryor has 2,773 yards offense: 1,428 passing and 1,345 rushing.

Scott Milanovich, a former quarterback at the University of Maryland who played briefly in the NFL, also watched the game from the press box.

"Without putting him on a pedestal, he does remind you of Vince Young," Milanovich said. "His mechanics aren't great, but when I think back of when I was young, my mechanics were terrible, too. College coaches can teach you that stuff. He has all those other things that you can't teach."

West Allegheny coach Bob Palko, whose son, Tyler, is Pitt's quarterback, watched from the sideline.

"Absolutely, he can be a quarterback at the big-time college level," Palko said. "The more you see him play football, the better he gets."

Charlie says

Before Jeannette's semifinals game last week, Pryor answered his cell phone and Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch was on the other end. Batch also attended the game yesterday.

"I was surprised," Pryor said of Batch's phone call. "That's probably one of the best things that's ever happened to me, having an NFL quarterback calling me. He just told me good luck and no matter what happens, keep your head in the game."

Final numbers

It was certainly not a grand finale for Greensburg Central Catholic running back Max Suter, but he finished his career with 5,252 rushing yards, seventh-best in WPIAL history.

Jeannette held Suter, a senior, to 25 yards on 13 carries. It was, by far, his lowest output of the season and only the third time he was held below 100 yards. Suter was averaging 187 yards rushing per game.

Making noise

Loud music emanated from the Thomas Jefferson locker room before and after the Jaguars defeated Blackhawk, 34-15, in the Class AAA final. This was nothing unusual. The Jaguars bring a huge sound system with them to all away games.

"They just like to listen to music before the games," Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak said. "I like some of the old stuff they play. But some of the other stuff they play, I couldn't tell you what it is."

Tearful goodbye

As Rochester coach Gene Matsook was talking to reporters after the game, he broke down into tears.

"It's my seniors, not you guys," Matsook said.

This group of Rochester's seniors had a special place in Matsook's heart. The class was moved up to the varsity three years ago because Rochester disbanded its junior high team for one year.

"We went 24-2 the past two years, which is a great career," Matsook said. "You always look at the final game, but you have to look at the journey that you took, and we took a great journey."

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Rochester's Derek Moye scored two touchdowns in the Class A championship and finished his career with 77 touchdowns.

Cherpak's record the past seven seasons is 79-12 (.868 percentage).

Rochester was trying to become only the third school in WPIAL history to win five titles over seven years. The others were Braddock (1950s) and Aliquippa (1980s). Talk about coincidence. After the game, legendary former Braddock coach Chuck Klausing and some of his players from the 1950s handed out the championship trophies.