#WPIAL Boys Soccer Quarterfinals Results

What a night in WPIAL Boys soccer as all four classifications saw some exciting contests on Wednesday evening — including ome pretty big upsets.
 
I was fortunate to be on hand to see two of them — Freedom’s 1-o win over Greensburg Central Catholic in 1A, and Pine-Richland’s 3-1 win over Penn-Trafford in which sophomore Niko Marsh had the hat-trick for the Rams.
In the top tier classification, it was a clean sweep for all the Section 1 teams remaining– as top seed Seneca Valley, North Allegheny and Pine-Richland all won to join Upper St. Clair in the Class 4A semifinals.
Maybe, this will be the year that a non-South Hills team will win the top classification, which hasn’t happened since 2005 (Plum).

4A

Seneca Valley 1  Canon McMillan  0
North Allegheny 2  Peters Twp 0
Upper St. Clair 1  Allderdice 0 
Pine-Richland 3 Penn-Trafford 1
4a Semifinals (Saturday, Oct. 29 – Sites/Times TBA)
Seneca Valley vs Upper St. Clair
Pine Richland vs North Allegheny
 

3A

Montour 1 vs Hampton 0 
Thomas Jefferson 2  Laurel Highlands 0 
Chartiers Valley 1 West Allegheny 0
Mars 3 Moon 1
3a Semifinals(Saturday, Oct. 29 – Sites/Times TBA)
Montour vs Chartiers Valley
Mars vs Thomas Jefferson
 
 

2A

No. 1 South Park 2  Deer Lakes 1
Shady Side Academy 3  No. 4 Waynesburg 2 (2OT) 

Quaker Valley  3  Central Valley 1 
Beaver 5  Riverside 2 

Semifinals (Saturday, Oct. 29 – Sites/Times TBA)
South Park vs Shady Side Academy
Beaver vs Quaker Valley winner
 

1A

Seton LaSalle 2   Aquinas Academy 1

 
North Catholic 2   Eden Christian 0
Freedom 1   Greensburg Central Catholic 0
 (here’s my recap of Freedom’s win in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and post-game interview with coach Colin Williams) 

Sewickley Academy 1   Bentworth 0 
Semifinals (Saturday, Oct. 29 – Sites/Times TBA)
Seton LaSalle vs North Catholic
Sewickley Academy vs Freedom