Dorian Bell has taken a toll on virtually all of Gateway's opponents this football season. Twenty miles to the southwest, Bethel Park and running back Lyle Marsh have swamped the opposition.

At about 7:30 Saturday evening, these teams will converge in a Heinz Field matchup that fans should relish. Both have 12-0 records heading into the WPIAL Class AAAA championship game.

Pride will be part of the equation -- but not just for these juggernauts. The self-esteem of Greg Erosenko and Cliff Morton will be at stake as well.

Mr. Erosenko is the mayor of Monroeville, home of Gateway High School. Mr. Morton is his counterpart in Bethel Park. Via the telephone this week, they have fashioned the proverbial friendly wager.

The mayor representing the losing community will have to wear a shirt from the other school all day Monday. Then, on a day and at restaurant to be determined, he will pay for the winner's lunch.

"We wanted to make this fun," said Mr. Erosenko, who is in his first year as mayor.

"This is about good sportsmanship and camaraderie between two schools," said Mr. Morton, a mayor for 11 years.

The two will attempt to meet -- for the first time -- in the stands Saturday at Heinz Field.

Each will bring "his" school's shirt.

The Monroeville mayor is upbeat. "It's going to be an excellent game," he said. "I still think we have the edge. Cliff wants me to give him three touchdowns."

Mr. Morton insists the title game will be closer than that, but is uneasy. Gateway is ranked No. 1 in the state.

Gateway has a championship pedigree, winning or sharing five WPIAL crowns. But the Gators haven't worn one since 1986, and have dropped their past two title-game appearances, to Central Catholic last year and in 2004,

Bethel Park has never won a WPIAL championship, and last appeared in a title game in 1980. The Black Hawks' quarterback then was Shawn Morton -- the mayor's son and now an Upper St. Clair assistant coach.

Mt. Lebanon mom and soprano Amelia Baisley will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Drive in Oakland.

Ms. Baisley, who performs as Amelia D'Arcy, was one of six winners of the Pittsburgh Concert Society's major auditions held this spring. Winners are awarded $1,000 in addition to the opportunity to perform in a public concert.

The Society was formed about 65 years ago to give talented local musicians an opportunity to perform in a formal concert. The society holds auditions annually, one for young artists and one, the majors, for adults.

Ms. Baisley will sing music by Mozart, Schubert, Chausson, Verdi, Poulenc, Barber and Gershwin.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors; students are admitted free.

For more, visit www.pittsburghconcertsociety.org.

So we can spend time around the Thanksgiving dinner table with family and friends, we're moving up publication of next week's South. So look for us a day early next week, that's Wednesday, Nov. 26.

And start shopping for that turkey.