WPIAL announces pairings for 2023 field hockey playoffs

By: Chris Harlan
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 2:53 PM

Defending WPIAL field hockey champions Pine-Richland and Penn-Trafford each earned No. 1 seeds Tuesday when the WPIAL playoff brackets were announced.

Pine-Richland (17-0) was seeded first in Class 3A, and Penn-Trafford (16-2) was first in 2A. The top seed in Class A went to Shady Side Academy (8-5).

Each classification has a four-team bracket. The semifinals are Saturday at the higher seed’s home site. The finals are Nov. 4 at Washington & Jefferson.

The champion from each classification qualifies for the state playoffs.

Class 3A

Semifinals

No. 4 North Allegheny (8-8-2) at No. 1 Pine-Richland (17-0), noon Saturday

No. 3 Mt. Lebanon (10-3-3) at No. 2 Peters Township (12-4-2), noon Saturday

Championship

Semifinal winners at Washington & Jefferson’s Cameron Stadium at 4 p.m. Nov. 4

Class 2A

Semifinals

No. 4 Latrobe (5-6-2) at No. 1 Penn-Trafford (16-2), noon Saturday

No. 3 Upper St. Clair (5-9-1) at No. 2 Fox Chapel (11-6), noon Saturday

Championship

Semifinal winners at Washington & Jefferson’s Cameron Stadium at 2 p.m. Nov. 4

Class A

Semifinals

No. 4 Ellis School (0-11) at No. 1 Shady Side Academy (8-5), noon Saturday

No. 3 Winchester Thurston (2-9) vs No. 2 Aquinas Academy (6-3-1) at Shady Side Academy, 2 p.m. Saturday

Championship

Semifinal winners at Washington & Jefferson’s Cameron Stadium at noon Nov. 4

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: Aquinas Academy, Ellis School, Fox Chapel, Latrobe, Mt. lebanon, North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Shady Side Academy, Upper St. Clair, Winchester Thurston