CTK ’16 – WPIAL Football Alignment Changes

By: HSSN Staff
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 | 3:49 PM

We all knew it was coming. A major change to the WPIAL high school sports landscape based on the PIAA’s decision last year to increase from four to six classifications in among other sports, high school football. With the increase in classes comes a change in the WPIAL Football Playoff format as well, with eight teams in 6-A, 5-A, 4-A and 3-A making the postseason (top four teams in each conference in 6-A, 5-A and 4-A and the top two teams in each conference plus two wild card teams in 3-A) with three weeks of playoffs and 16 teams qualifying in 2-A and 1-A (top 5 teams in each conference plus a wild card) with four weeks of postseason play. This will also be the alignment for the 2017 football season.

Class 6A

Northern Seven Conference:
Butler
North Allegheny
Penn Hills
Pine-Richland
Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Seneca Valley
Shaler

Southeastern Conference:
Altoona
Bethel Park
Canon-McMillan
Hempfield
Mt. Lebanon
Norwin
Peters Township

Class 5A

Allegheny Nine Conference:
Baldwin
Chartiers Valley
Fox Chapel
Hampton
Moon
North Hills
Upper St. Clair
West Allegheny
Woodland Hills

Big East Conference:
Armstrong
Connellsville
Franklin Regional
Gateway
Greater Latrobe
Kiski Area
McKeesport
Penn-Trafford
Plum

Class 4A

Northwest Nine Conference:
Ambridge
Blackhawk
Highlands
Indiana
Knoch
Mars
Montour
New Castle
South Fayette

Big Nine Conference:
Albert-Gallatin
Belle Vernon
Greensburg-Salem
Laurel Highlands
Ringgold
Thomas Jefferson
Trinity
Uniontown
West Mifflin

Class 3A

Beaver Valley Conference:
Aliquippa
Beaver
Beaver Falls
Central Valley
Ellwood City
Hopewell
Quaker Valley

Allegheny Conference:
Apollo-Ridge
Burrell
Deer Lakes
Freeport
Keystone Oaks
Seton-LaSalle
Shady Side Academy
Valley

Interstate Conference:
Derry
Elizabeth Forward
McGuffey
Mt. Pleasant
South Park
Southmoreland
Waynesburg Central
Yough

Class 2A

Three Rivers Conference:
Avonworth
Brentwood
Carlynton
East Allegheny
Serra Catholic
South Allegheny
Steel Valley
Vincentian Academy

Midwestern Athletic Conference:
Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic
Freedom
Laurel
Mohawk
Neshannock
New Brighton
Riverside
South Side

Century Conference:
Bentworth
Beth-Center
Brownsville
Burgettstown
Charleroi
Chartiers-Houston
Frazier
Washington

Class 1A

Eastern Conference:
Bishop Canevin
Clairton
Imani Christian
Jeannette
Greensburg Central Catholic
Leechburg
Riverview
Springdale

Tri-County South Conference:
Avella
California
Carmichaels
Fort Cherry
Jefferson-Morgan
Mapletown
Monessen
West Greene

Big 7 Conference:
Cornell
Northgate
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Rochester
Shenango
Sto-Rox
Summit Academy
Union
Western Beaver