First-year Seneca Valley football coach Don Holl doesn't think the same way as most high school coaches. That's because Holl has Will Hugo.

Hugo hasn't received as much attention as, say, Hopewell running back Rushel Shell or Gateway quarterback Rob Kalkstein this season, but he has made his mark for the Raiders.

A senior, Hugo is Seneca Valley's place kicker. Make that long-range weapon.

So far this season he had made seven field goals. But it's not so much how many field goals he has kicked as it is how far away he has kicked a couple of them.

In the Raiders' crucial 19-17 victory against Pine-Richland this past Friday Hugo made what proved to be the game-winning kick from a school-record 52 yards out in the fourth quarter. He was also good from 43 yards as the Raiders rallied from 17 points down for the victory.

In a 21-14 victory against North Hills earlier this month he made field goals of 50 and 43 yards.

"He's a talented soccer player and one of the nicest kids you'd ever want to meet," Holl said. "I saw him kick in [training] camp and it was like 'Man, he has a strong leg.' He's done that [connect from 50 yards] a couple of times for us this season."

The fact Hugo has made pressure field-goal attempts from long range has made Holl change his thinking when the Raiders are on the opponent's side of the 50. He realizes that if his team gets to the 30, it has a chance to come away with three points.

"When you get down in there, you always want to come away with points," Holl said. "But because we have Will, we might not gamble as much on offense once we get to about the 30 because we know we can come away with three points."

And here's something else for Seneca Valley opponents to think about. Although Hugo is hardly the biggest guy on the team at 5 feet 8 and 162 pounds, he has a solid build and is a good athlete. Because the Raiders soccer team was playing, Hugo never pushed to do any more than just kick. But now that the Raiders soccer season has ended, a wrinkle or two might be put in the football playbook.

"He runs well, so we could get it to him on a fake," Holl said. "We could maybe do a couple different things."

Holl, who coached at Gannon University in Erie for six years, said his kicker is good enough to attract the eyes of college scouts.

"He had kind of an up-and-down season last year from what I understand," Holl said. "But I would think somebody would take a look at him."

Kicking 52-yard game-winning field goals in high school tends to get an individual noticed.

Seneca Valley (4-4 overall, 2-2 in the conference) entertains rival Butler at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.

The WPIAL will conduct its pairings meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Embassy Suites in Moon. At that time, the league will reveal the road each team must travel it wants to reach Heinz Field and the championships Nov. 27.

The WPIAL's Football Steering Committee does a good job, for the most part, in seeding the playoffs. But if the committee is looking for some help, here is one guy's opinion on which schools should be the top four seeds in each classification.

This weekend's games will have some bearing on our suggested seedings, but not much.

• Class AAAA -- No. 1 is the winner of the Gateway-McKeesport game with No. 2 the loser of Gateway-McKeesport. The No. 3 seed is Woodland Hills with Bethel Park No. 4. This was the toughest classification to figure out because after Gateway and McKeesport there are a lot of teams of equal ability.

• Class AAA -- No. 1 is Thomas Jefferson and No. 2 is Hopewell. West Allegheny, if it beats Montour tonight, is No. 3 and Chartiers Valley is No. 4.

• Class AA -- The No. 1 team in Midwestern Athletic Conference, probably Center, is the top seed. The No. 2 team in the MAC, probably Beaver Falls, is the No. 2 seed. South Fayette is No. 3 and Shady Side Academy is No. 4.

• Class A -- Rochester is No. 1 and Clairton is No. 2. The North Catholic-Avonworth winner is No. 3 with Laurel, the runner-up to Rochester in the Big Seven, No. 4.

Can't make it out to the pairing's meeting but want to find out who is playing who in the first round? Check out the brackets as soon as they are announced Monday by going to www.post-gazette.com. You can also listen to the WPIAL Football Pairings Show on the MSA Sports Network.

The show, hosted by Don Rebel, will air on various radio stations in the area or listen to it on the Internet by going to www.MSAsportsnetwork.com and clicking on Broadcasts. There will be a list of stations carrying the show or just click on MSA. There will also be video streaming of the show on the web site.

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