A-K Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsule: Game for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023

By: Bill Hartlep
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | 3:42 PM

Boys

Class A

Consolation game

4-Seton LaSalle (15-3-1) vs. 3-Burrell (14-4)

7:30 tonight at Fox Chapel

Players to watch: Tyler Kovalcik, Seton LaSalle; Luke Postupack, Burrell

Throw-ins: A spot in the PIAA playoffs is on the line. Kovalcik scored 11 goals in the regular season to lead the Rebels. Jack Billick, Nick Cherry and James Farnan were All-WPIAL selections. … Jason Ireland led the Bucs with 16 goals in the regular season. He was joined by Luke Guerrini, Billy Kowalkowski and Cam Wagner on the All-WPIAL team.

Class 3A

Consolation game

Franklin Regional (12-8) vs. Montour (15-5)

6 tonight at North Allegheny

Players to watch: Jovan Sankoorikal, Franklin Regional; Jaxson Camp, Montour

Throw-ins: The winner qualifies for the PIAA playoffs. … Both teams have short weeks to prepare because they both played semifinal games Monday night. … … Franklin Regional gets coach Lukas Petersen back after he sat out the semifinal with a one-game suspension because of a pair of yellow cards in the previous game. Petersen plans to resign after the season. … Camp and Andrew Prunier are prime scoring threats for Montour. … The teams have been in a combined 19 one-goal games. … Montour upset Franklin Regional in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs last year. … Montour hasn’t made the PIAA playoffs since 2017.

— Bill Hartlep and Bill Beckner Jr.

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.

Tags: Burrell, Seton La Salle