PIAA bumps Thomas Jefferson to Saturday, changes sites for Westinghouse, Central Catholic games
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 1:26 PM
Central Catholic’s Xxavier Thomas (r) celebrates with Bradly Gompers after Gompers’ touchdown catch against North Allegheny on the first play of the game during the WPIAL Class 6A championship on Saturday at Norwin High School.
The PIAA has pushed Thomas Jefferson’s state playoff game back a day and changed the location of games involving Westinghouse and Central Catholic.
Citing impending weather, the PIAA moved Thomas Jefferson’s Class 4A quarterfinal against District 9 champ Clearfield to 1 p.m. Saturday at Mansion Park in Altoona. It was originally scheduled for Friday night at Windber.
Westinghouse and Central Catholic will still play at 7 p.m. Friday, but their games have been moved.
Westinghouse will face District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle in a Class A quarterfinal at Highlands. It was originally scheduled to be played in Johnstown.
Central Catholic will meet District 6 champion State College at Mansion Park in Altoona. It was originally scheduled to be played at Forest Hills.
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Due to impending weather, two games have changed sites.
Updated brackets: https://t.co/2LTeYqyWq1 pic.twitter.com/FYyB2Hd8bK
— PIAA (@PIAASports) November 20, 2024
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Due to impending weather, Thomas Jefferson and Clearfield's game has moved to Altoona and has also been moved to Saturday.
Updated brackets: https://t.co/2LTeYqzufz pic.twitter.com/PNkFm28f3b
— PIAA (@PIAASports) November 20, 2024
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.
Tags: Central Catholic, Westinghouse
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