PIAA announces quarterfinal sites, times for state football playoffs

By: Chris Harlan
Sunday, November 20, 2022 | 5:07 PM

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WPIAL Class 5A champion Pine-Richland will host a state quarterfinal in the PIAA football playoffs this week while 6A winner North Allegheny starts on the road.

City League champion Westinghouse also drew a home game when the PIAA announced sites and times for the next round of the state playoffs.

Pine-Richland will host District 10’s Cathedral Prep at 7 p.m. Friday. North Allegheny visits District 6 champion State College at 7 p.m. Friday. Westinghouse hosts District 10 champion Farrell in the Class 2A bracket at 1 p.m. Saturday at Cupples Stadium.

The WPIAL’s two big-school classifications start the state playoffs this week. The four smaller classes have WPIAL championship games Friday at Acrisure Stadium.

PIAA football playoffs

Quarterfinals

Class 6A

North Allegheny (11-1) at State College (12-0), 7 p.m. Friday

#Manheim Township (9-3) at Harrisburg (9-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday

Parkland (9-4) vs. St. Joseph’s Prep (9-1) at Liberty, 1 p.m. Saturday

^Central Bucks West (9-4) at Garnet Valley (12-0), 7 p.m. Friday

Class 5A

Cathedral Prep (8-2) at Pine-Richland (10-3), 7 p.m. Friday

#Cocalico (9-4) at Exeter Township (12-0), 7 p.m. Friday

Imhotep Charter (9-1) vs. Whitehall (8-5) at Germantown Super Site, 1 p.m. Saturday

^West Chester Rustin (11-1) at Upper Dublin (13-0), 7 p.m. Friday

Class 4A

*Aliquippa (11-0) vs. Central Valley (11-1) at Acrisure Stadium, 8 p.m. Friday

Meadville (12-1) vs. Allentown Central Catholic (8-5) at Bald Eagle Area, 7 p.m. Friday

Bonner-Prendergast (11-1) vs. Crestwood (12-1) at Northeast Super Site, 1 p.m. Saturday

#Manheim Central (10-1) at Bishop McDevitt, 6 p.m. Friday

Class 3A

*Belle Vernon (9-2) vs. Avonworth (11-1) at Acrisure Stadium, 5 p.m. Friday

Martinsburg Central (11-2) at Grove City (9-3), 7 p.m. Friday

Wyomissing (12-0) at Danville (13-0), 7 p.m. Friday

Neumann Goretti (8-3) vs. Northwestern Lehigh (11-2) at South Philadelphia Super Site, 1 p.m. Saturday

Class 2A

*Steel Valley (11-0) vs. Beaver Falls (11-1) at Acrisure Stadium, 2 p.m. Friday

Farrell (10-1) at Westinghouse (12-0) at Cupples Stadium, 1 p.m. Saturday

Bishop Guilfoyle (10-3) vs. Southern Columbia (10-3) at Mansion Park, 7 p.m. Friday

Executive Education (8-3) at Camp Hill Trinity (9-4), 7 p.m. Friday

Class A

*Bishop Canevin (12-1) vs. Union (10-3) at Acrisure Stadium, 11 a.m. Friday

Port Allegany (11-1) vs. Reynolds (11-1) at Bradford, 7 p.m. Friday

Northern Cambria (10-3) vs. Canton (11-1) at Mansion Park, 5 p.m. Friday

Northern Lehigh (12-1) at Steelton-Highspire (11-1), 1 p.m. Saturday

*WPIAL championship

#District 3 championship

^District 1 championship

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

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