They are the WPIAL's undeniable bullies.

Every time someone gets a little nerve about them, saunters into Heinz Field with the notion that they're going to stand and slug it out with Thomas Jefferson, an invariable result remains after the final whistle -- the Jaguars batter, hammer and bruise teams until they are the ones walking off the field holding a trophy above their heads.

With what has become a signature workman-like effort on the WPIAL's largest stage, the Jaguars (13-0) churned out a 34-14 victory against Blackhawk (11-2) in the WPIAL Class AAA championship game at Heinz Field.

Thomas Jefferson, the first school to play in a championship game six years in a row, captured its third consecutive title and fourth in five seasons.

"I can honestly say, this week during practice, not one person ever mentioned we won two in a row," Thomas Jefferson coach Bill Cherpak said. "The focus was solely on this one."

Last night's win served as Thomas Jefferson's 38th consecutive against WPIAL competition. The last time the Jaguars lost to such a WPIAL team was the 2005 title game against Franklin Regional, which went on to win the PIAA title.

Thomas Jefferson did it with balance last night, getting contributions from the run game, the passing game and the defense.

First, the run game: That would be senior Brian Baldrige, who ran for four touchdowns and 138 yards on 33 carries.

The passing game? That was taken care of by senior quarterback Tyler Wehner, who connected on 6 of 9 passes for 155 yards.

And the defense stymied the normally potent Blackhawk attack, holding the Cougars to 172 yards of offense and forcing Blackhawk quarterback Zack Hayward, one of the WPIAL's surest passers in the regular season, into three interceptions.

"We had a tipped pass, that's what happened, a couple of balls sailed on us," Blackhawk coach Joe Hamilton said.

Turning defense into points, Thomas Jefferson struck first. With 8:35 left in the first quarter, Hayward escaped an initial rush, but defensive end Brock DeCicco tracked him down, knocked the ball free and linebacker Ryan Vietmeier scooped it up and ran 16 yards for the score to make it 7-0.

On the fourth play of the second quarter, Thomas Jefferson advanced the lead to 13-0, when Baldrige muscled in from the 3. Baldrige made it 20-0 just before halftime on a 10-yard run.

"We knew once we got up on them that our line was good enough and Baldrige was good enough that we could just kind of pound it on them," Wehner said.

The Jaguars did precisely as much.

And while Thomas Jefferson was busy distancing itself in that first half, Blackhawk gained just 42 yards in the first two quarters as Hayward threw three interceptions.

"The No. 1 thing we wanted to do was put pressure on their quarterback," Cherpak said. "That set the tempo there in the first half and I thought that put them on their heels a little bit when we got a couple scores."

Blackhawk played Thomas Jefferson even in the second half, as the Cougars got touchdowns from Mike Pearson and Bryan Stefanik.

But, by then, Thomas Jefferson was well on its way to another championship -- and continuing its trend of bullying just about everyone set before it.