Notable changes to the 2025-26 WPIAL boys tennis alignment

By: Bill Hartlep
Monday, September 30, 2024 | 11:20 AM

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The WPIAL released new section alignments for the next two-year cycle in all sports, and changes will be implemented starting this fall.

This summer, the Tribune-Review will break down changes for each of the WPIAL sports.

Here’s a look at the upcoming WPIAL boys tennis season:

2024 WPIAL championships

Class 3A: North Allegheny

Class 2A: Sewickley Academy

Notable changes

• Class 3A boys tennis grew by five teams for the next two-year cycle, with each being spread into the four sections.

Latrobe and Kiski Area will join Section 1, Sewickley Academy moves into Section 2, Thomas Jefferson bumps up to Section 3, and Section 4 will welcome Chartiers Valley.

• Several teams moved around in Class 2A, which shrunk from five sections to four.

Burrell, West Mifflin and Winchester Thurston moved over into Section 1. Carlynton, Keystone Oaks and Montour moved into Section 2. Quaker Valley and West Allegheny slid into Section 3, and Ambridge moved over to Section 4.

Headed out

• St. Joseph will not play a WPIAL schedule for the next two-year cycle.

Past champions

• Sewickley Academy added to its WPIAL leading number of championships the past two seasons to give the Panthers 25 titles overall. They won 15 straight titles from 2004-18.

• Other schools with five or more crowns include Mt. Lebanon (18), Upper St. Clair (16), Edgewood (9), Shady Side Academy (8), Fox Chapel (5), North Allegheny (5) and Latrobe (5).

Key dates

March 3: First practice date

March 8: First scrimmage date

March 10: First play date

March 12: First section date

April 2-3: Section singles

April 8-9: WPIAL singles

April 15-16: Section doubles

April 22-23: WPIAL doubles

May 7: WPIAL team championships

May 16-17: PIAA team championships

May 23-24: PIAA individual championships

2025-26 alignment

Class 3A (33 teams)

Section 1: Connellsville, Franklin Regional, Gateway, Hempfield, Kiski Area, Latrobe, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Plum

Section 2: Butler, Mars, Moon, North Allegheny, North Hills, Pine-Richland, Seneca Valley, Sewickley Academy

Section 3: Allderdice, Baldwin, Central Catholic, Fox Chapel, Shady Side Academy, Shaler, Thomas Jefferson, Woodland Hills

Section 4: Bethel Park, Canon-McMillan, Chartiers Valley, Mt. Lebanon, Peters Township, South Fayette, Trinity, Upper St. Clair

Class 2A (29 teams)

Section 1: Burrell, Greensburg Salem, Indiana, Mt. Pleasant, Southmoreland, Valley, West Mifflin, Winchester Thurston

Section 2: Carlynton, Keystone Oaks, McGuffey, Montour, Ringgold, Seton LaSalle, South Park

Section 3: Hampton, Highlands, Knoch, North Catholic, Quaker Valley, Springdale, West Allegheny

Section 4: Ambridge, Beaver, Beaver Falls, Blackhawk, Central Valley, Ellwood City, Riverside

Bill Hartlep is the TribLive sports editor. A Pittsburgh native and Point Park graduate, he joined the Trib in 2004, covering high school sports. He held various editing roles before assuming his current position in 2019. He can be reached at bhartlep@triblive.com.

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