Just when you think you've seen just about everything from Terrelle Pryor, just when you think he has nothing left in his bag of eye-opening plays, he does something else to drop jaws.

How's this for something new: A 100-yard interception return.

That's what Pryor came up with yesterday. It was the exclamation point on a history-making day for the Jeannette High School senior as he led the Jayhawks past Wilmington, 41-21, in a PIAA Class AA semifinal at Slippery Rock University's N. Kerr Thompson Stadium.

The win puts undefeated Jeannette (15-0) into the PIAA final at 1 p.m. Saturday in Hershey, Pa., against Dunmore (14-1), which defeated Loyalsock, 28-7, in the other semifinal.

Pryor became the first player in WPIAL history to reach 4,000 yards passing and rushing. He surpassed 4,000 passing last week and went over 4,000 rushing yesterday.

"Hey, 4 and 4," Pryor said, smiling to a reporter in the locker room after the game. "That's an honor to get that. I guess it's really not that big of a deal, but it goes down in history as the first, so ..."

Pryor's statistical line was eye-opening again as he accounted for 365 yards. He rushed for 158 yards on 16 attempts, completed 9 of 13 passes for 142 yards and returned two kickoffs for 65 yards. He contributed to a sack on defense.

And then there was the interception return. Wilmington coach Terry Verrelli said the best way to try and stop Pryor was for Wilmington to try and control the ball on offense and keep Pryor from playing quarterback. But the 6-foot-6 Pryor still came up with the ball when he was playing safety.

Jeannette was leading, 21-0, but Wilmington was driving, moving to the Jeannette 6. On second-and-goal, Wilmington tried a quick halfback pass, with Chris Burns trying to hit tight end Dallas Hartman just off the line. Hartman was a little behind Pryor, but Pryor tipped the ball in the air to himself, brought it to his chest and took off down the left sideline.

Burns, a Pitt recruit, seemed to have an angle on Pryor, but Pryor raced past Burns for a 100-yard return for a touchdown.

"He's supposed to have 4.4 speed in the 40," Pryor said of Burns. "But I think I have 4.3."

Jeannette already had its foot on Wilmington's throat. Pryor's play took all of the air out of the Greyhounds.

"We were in man-to-man and he made a great play," Jeannette coach Ray Reitz said. "He might have been out of position a little bit, but like Inspector Gadget, he has those 8-foot arms. So he reached out and tipped it. Then he saw Burns chasing him and he saw that as a challenge. So he just put the jets on."

Verrelli, Wilmington's longtime coach, was shaking his head afterward when talking about Pryor.

"He's just an unusual human being," Verrelli said. "I felt before the game that he was unstoppable. He was tonight and will continue to be."

When asked what it would take for Dunmore to beat Jeannette in the PIAA title game, Verrelli said, "Keep [Pryor] at home. Ain't no other way," Verrelli said.

Jeannette's Jordan Hall scored three touchdowns and ran for 73 yards on 11 carries. He scored the first three touchdowns of the game on a 27-yard pass from Pryor and runs of 6 and 2 yards. Pryor also scored on a 5-yard run and fullback Mike Matt scored on a 7-yard run. Jeannette had 362 yards rushing and the 41 points scored was the fourth-highest in a Class AA semifinal since the playoffs started in 1988.

"I thought our line played pretty well today," Reitz said.

And Jeannette's defense also performed admirably, even though it gave up 21 points. Burns, who came into the game with a little more than 2,000 yards rushing, was held to 93 yards on 23 carries.

"But I have a new respect for Chris Burns," Reitz said.

"I thought he ran hard. I thought he took some great shots from us. I think he's a great back."

Burns' younger brother, Derrick, scored Wilmington's first touchdown on a 1-yard run with 53.9 seconds left in the first half.

Chris Burns scored on two 1-yard runs in the second half.

"You're not going to be able to run the ball, no matter who you have, when the other team has 8-9 guys in the box," Verrelli said. "We wanted to throw the ball some."

Pryor helped foil those plans.