The 2023 WPIAL football playoff field continued to shake out on Friday, November 10. The league seems to have gotten most of the upsets out of their system last weekend, but there were still some surprising results.
Class-6A will get a rematch of one of the most highly anticipated games of the year after the North Allegheny Tigers knocked off Canon-Mac 49-7.
The Pine-Richland Rams trailed the Penn Hills Indians 9-0 with less than four minutes remaining in their 5A semifinal game. Even playing in a hostile road environment, that didn’t stop them from storming back to score 16 points in the last minutes of the game to steal the win.Â
Elizabeth Forward rolled past West Mifflin in the 3A bracket, but not without controversy. WTAE’s Andrew Stockey reported that a member of the West Mifflin school board was investigated by police for allegedly sharing the Titans’ game plan with the opposition. Any potential collusion likely wouldn’t have affected the final result, as the Warriors defeated the Titans handily earlier in the season too.
Class-2A saw a pair of upsets, with No. 10 Beaver Falls knocking off No. 2 Neshannock and No. 5 Mohawk sending No. 4 Imani Christian Academy packing, while most of the rest of the brackets played out as expected. Steel Valley continued their title defense after getting a scare against Western Beaver.Â
Check out Pittsburgh Sports Now’s live coverage of these exciting matchups:
North Allegheny Crushes Canon-Mac, Sets Up Title Rematch
Steel Valley Survives Strong Western Beaver Challenge, 21-18
Elizabeth Forward Rolls Over West Mifflin, 42-21
WPIAL Class-6A
Both the 6A and 5A championship games will take place at Norwin High School on Saturday, November 18. The 5A game kicks off at noon, while the 6A game starts at 6 p.m.
No. 1 Central Catholic vs No. 2 North Allegheny
WPIAL Class-5A
No. 1 Peters Township vs No. 3 Pine-Richland
WPIAL Class-4A
The 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A championship games will take place at Acrisure Stadium on Friday, November 24. Each of the semifinal games in these brackets are set to take place on Friday, November 17, with locations and kickoff times yet to be announced.
No. 1 Aliquippa vs No. 4 Mars
No. 2 McKeesport vs No. 3 Montour
WPIAL Class-3A
No. 1 Belle Vernon vs No. 4 East Allegheny
No. 2 Avonworth vs No. 3 Elizabeth Forward
WPIAL Class-2A
No. 1 Steel Valley vs No. 5 Mohawk
No. 10 Beaver Falls vs No. 3 WashingtonÂ
WPIAL Class-1A
No. 1 South Side Beaver vs No. 4 ClairtonÂ
No. 2 Fort Cherry vs No. 3 Bishop Canevin
