WPIAL clinched: Field of automatic qualifiers set for football playoffs

By: Triblive
Friday, October 25, 2024 | 11:02 PM

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Here’s a look at teams that have automatically qualified for the WPIAL football playoffs. The WPIAL football committee will choose the wild card qualifiers Saturday. The playoffs begin next Friday. Watch the Trib HSSN playoff pairings show at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Class 6A (4 qualifiers)

1. Central Catholic, 2. North Allegheny, 3. Mt. Lebanon, 4. Seneca Valley

Class 5A (12 qualifiers)

Allegheny Six: 1. Upper St. Clair, 2. Peters Township, 3. Bethel Park

Big East: 1. Woodland Hills, 2. Penn-Trafford, 3. Franklin Regional

Northeast: 1. Pine-Richland, 2. Penn Hills, 3. North Hills

*3 at-large wild card teams TBD

Class 4A (8 qualifiers)

Big Six: 1. Thomas Jefferson, 2. Trinity

Greater Allegheny: 1. McKeesport, 2. Mars

Parkway: 1. Aliquippa, 2. West Allegheny

*2 at-large wild card teams TBD

Class 3A (12 qualifiers)

Allegheny 7: 1. Imani Christian, 2. Deer Lakes, 3. Freeport

Interstate: 1. Elizabeth Forward, 2. Southmoreland, 3. Mt. Pleasant

Western Hills: 1. Central Valley, 2. Beaver, 3. Avonworth

*3 at-large wild card teams TBD

Class 2A (13 qualifiers)

Allegheny: 1. South Park, 2. Steel Valley, 3. South Allegheny

Century: 1. Seton LaSalle, 2. Keystone Oaks, 3. Waynesburg Central

Midwestern Athletic: 1. Ellwood City, 2. Western Beaver, 3. Mohawk

*4 at-large wild card teams TBD

Class A (16 qualifiers)

Big 7: 1. Neshannock, 2. Laurel, 3. South Side

Black Hills: 1. Fort Cherry, 2. Bishop Canevin, 3. Cornell

Eastern: 1. Clairton, 2. Greensburg C.C., 3. Leechburg

Tri-County South: 1. Jefferson-Morgan, 2. California, 3. Bentworth

*4 at-large wild card teams TBD

**Jeannette plays at Riverview at noon Saturday