What to watch for in WPIAL sports for Oct. 6, 2025: First-place showdowns set in girls soccer

By: Don Rebel
Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 8:30 PM

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The final full week of the WPIAL girls soccer regular season gets underway.

There are five district sections in which the gap between first and second place are one game or less. Three of those five sections will square off in showdowns on Monday.

In a Section 2-4A clash of playoff bound teams, first-place Peters Township visits second-place Mt. Lebanon.

The Indians are 7-0 in the section and 9-1-2 overall.

Peters Township has won eight of its last nine games and two in a row since a nonsection loss to North Allegheny.

The Blue Devils sit at 7-1 in the section and winners of 12 of their 14 games overall.

Lebo has won six straight since falling at Peters Township in mid-September, 2-0.

In Section 3-3A, front running South Fayette is set to host second-place Thomas Jefferson.

The Lions are 8-0 in the section and 11-1-1 overall with 11 straight victories since their 0-1-1 start to the season.

The Jaguars are 7-1 in the section with an overall mark of 9-6. TJ has won two straight and four of its last six since falling at home to South Fayette, 5-0.

Finally in Section 4-A, both Springdale and Riverview have dominated the section and have clinched a playoff berth.

The Dynamos are 6-0-1 atop the section and 7-1-1 overall while the Raiders are 6-1 in section play and 7-1 for the season.

The two teams have outscored their opponents in their 14 section contests by a combined score of 73-12.

In the first meeting of the season, Riverview lost at home to Springdale, 5-1.

Monday’s game will be played at Springdale.

Aiming to clinch

Monday marks another busy evening on the pitch in district girls soccer with the district playoff field far from set.

These girls soccer teams can clinch a WPIAL postseason berth with a victory Monday no matter what happens elsewhere:

• In Class 4A:

Upper St. Clair with a win at Connellsville

Canon-McMillan with a win at Baldwin

Butler is in with a North Hills loss to Pine-Richland

• In Class 3A:

Shaler with a win over Mars

Hampton with a win at Fox Chapel

Laurel Highlands with a win over Albert Gallatin

• In Class 2A:

Ringgold with a win at South Park

• In Class A:

Carlynton with a win at Aquinas Academy

Aquinas Academy with a win over Carlynton

Class 2A team golf semis set

The WPIAL team golf titles will be up for grabs later this week.

On Monday, the championship finals teams will be determined in boys 2A golf with two semifinals qualifiers.

The top three teams from each semifinals bracket will play for WPIAL gold on Thursday.

Here are the teams trying to earn their spots in the finals.

In the top bracket held at Champion Lake in Boliver will be these 10 teams:

Brentwood, Chartiers-Houston, Deer Lakes, Elizabeth Forward, Freeport, Greensburg Salem, Jefferson Morgan, Ligonier Valley, North Catholic and South Park.

In the bottom bracket to be played at the Hickory Heights Golf Club in Bridgeville will be these 11 schools:

Avonworth, Beaver, Bishop Canevin, Central Valley, Ellwood City, Neshannock, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Quaker Valley, Shady Side Academy, South Side and Waynesburg Central.

Qualifiers will play in the championship finals at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon on Thursday.

First round serves in 3A

The 2025 WPIAL Class 3A girls team tennis playoffs begin Monday at eight different sites.

The first round matches are:

No. 16 Thomas Jefferson at No. 1 Shady Side Academy

No. 9 Pine-Richland at No. 8 Franklin Regional

No. 13 Hempfield vs. No. 4 and defending WPIAL champion Mt. Lebanon

No. 12 Penn-Trafford at No. 5 Uper St. Clair

No. 15 Baldwin at No. 2 Bethel Park

No. 10 North Hills at No. 7 Latrobe

No. 14 Peters Township vs. No. 3 North Allegheny

No. 11 Mars at No. 6 Fox Chapel

All seven first round matches begin at 3 p.m.

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