Teams are not supposed to score 61 points in WPIAL championship football games. But then, there are not a lot of teams the caliber of Jeannette.

Even before the Class AA final concluded yesterday afternoon at Heinz Field the debate had begun: How well would Jeannette fair if it played in Class AAA or Class AAAA?

What started the discussion was the number of points Jeannette with all-everything quarterback Terrelle Pryor dropped on outmanned Beaver Falls. The Jayhawks crushed the Tigers, 61-12.

At the end of the first quarter, Jeannette held a 27-6 lead. By halftime, Jeannette was on top 42-6 and the mercy rule -- once a team gets a 35-point lead the scoreboard clock runs almost continuously to shorten the game and the embarrassment -- was in effect.

Also by the intermission, Jeannette had set a record for the most points in a WPIAL Class AA final, breaking the mark of 41 set by Albert Gallatin in 1974.

It gets better.

The 61 points were just three short of tying the all-time championship game record of 64 set by Bridgeville, now part of the Chartiers Valley School District, against Trafford in 1949.

Jeannette (13-0) also became the first Class AA school to win consecutive WPIAL titles since Steel Valley in 1988-89 and it is 21 points away from breaking the state record for most points scored in a season. Southern Columbia set that mark last year with 755.

The Jayhawks move on to the PIAA playoffs and will take on the winner of today's Karns City-Moniteau game Dec. 1 at a site and time to be determined. Beaver Falls finished the season 11-2.

"All of us together, we're just trying to make history and that's what we're doing ... breaking records scoring-wise," said Pryor, who led the onslaught.

All Pryor did was rush 12 times for 166 yards and two touchdowns, complete five of six passes for another 81 and two scores, and come up with three tackles on defense.

Jeannette isn't a one-man show, however. The Jayhawks finished with 429 yards offense, limited Beaver Falls to 152 yards and dominated play until coach Ray Reitz pulled most of his starters midway through the third quarter.

"Our goal coming in was to try and establish something early and shorten the game a bit," Beaver Falls coach Ryan Matsook said. "Turned out to be the longest first quarter of my life."

Matsook's nightmare started with the Tigers' first punt. It traveled just 10 yards and gave Jeannette the ball at the Beaver Falls 31. Six plays later, Pryor rolled right and flipped a touchdown pass to Nick Spino standing in the back of the end zone from 13 yards out at 7:53.

After the kickoff, Beaver Falls running back Cody Cook fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and Jeannette recovered on the 17. One play later, Pryor dashed around right end from 14 yards out for a touchdown. The extra-point attempt was blocked and Jeannette was up, 13-0.

On the second play from scrimmage after the kickoff, Jeannette's Moziah Harris intercepted a Beaver Falls pass intended for Kenny Cottman giving the Jayhawks the ball at the Tigers 34. Two plays later, Pryor tossed a 35-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Hall and Hall ran in the two-point conversion.

With 5:03 left in the first quarter, Jeannette had a 21-0 advantage. Todd Thomas gave Beaver Falls fans a faint glimmer of hope when he returned the ensuing kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown. But the Tigers missed the extra point and Jeannette came right back, marched 66 yards in 10 plays on its next possession with Hall, who rushed for 72 yards on nine carries, scoring on a 3-yard run for a 27-6 lead.

"I'd be hard pressed to say there's another team out there that can match them ... their physicality, their speed, their size," Matsook said of Jeannette.

As for Pryor, Matsook said, "He's the best player I've seen. He makes it look easy."

After losing by a point in last year's PIAA final, the Jayhawks are on a mission this season. In the first half of games they have outscored opponents 503-40, with 28 of those coming in last week's 70-48 victory against Aliquippa.

But would Jeannette be as dominating if it played in Class AAA or AAAA?

"A good football player is a good football player. All we want to do is win with class and remain humble," Reitz said.

"They took it to us, no ifs, ands or buts about it," Matsook said. "They were the better team today."

By a large margin.