FINAL SCOREBOARD: WPIAL girls semi's – all 4 defending champs advance

FINAL SCOREBOARD – WPIAL Girls semifinals

4A 

Norwin 2, North Allegheny 0
Penn-Trafford 2, Upper St. Clair 1
Game recap – Lawrence scores game winner to lead Penn Trafford to first WPIAL final since 2003 

 

3A

Mars 2, South Park 1
Moon 3, Montour 0

2A

Waynesburg 7, Freeport 0
Freedom 3, Yough 0

1A

Greensburg Central Catholic 1, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 0
Shady Side Academy 4, Seton-LaSalle 0

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10:15 p.m. — All of the finals are in — and each of the defending champs from 2016 are back in the finals in 2017: Shady Side (1A), Freedom (2A), Moon (3A) and Norwin (4A).
And each will face a pretty tough challenge in repeat (or 3-peat in case of Norwin) bids.

WPIAL Girls Soccer Semifinals: Freedom 3, Yough 0. @WBG_RAIDERS will face Freedom in WPIAL Championship Game!

— GreeneSports.net (@greenesports) October 31, 2017

10:06 p.m. – defending champions, Moon in 3A, also had little trouble tonight. As we’ll now have (throw in the interstellar jokes here) Moon vs Mars the final at Highmark Stadium.

There they are! Your WPIAL AAA semi final winners. Moon beats rival Montour 3-0. Mars next. Overall record is 21-0.
#……15 pic.twitter.com/AwH1rqxSle

— Moon Girls Soccer (@_MLTS_) October 31, 2017

10:04 p.m. – defending 1A champs — Shady Side rolls into the final for yet another match with section rivals — Greensburg Central Catholic.

Girls soccer defeats No 1 Seton LaSalle 4-0 to advance to #WPIAL 1A final! Defending champ SSA faces GCC in rematch of 2016 final #SSAsports

— Shady Side Academy (@shady_side) October 31, 2017

9:35 p.m. – it’s over here at Fox Chapel — Norwin beats North Allegheny 2-0.
The Knights will be heading to Highmark Stadium to go for the three-peat — and they’ll have to do it against section rivals Penn Trafford, the only team that’s beaten them in WPIAL match in the past three years.
9:20 p.m. – with 11 minutes left here, Norwin carrying most of the play, but North Allegheny finding some room on the width — and have sent some crosses into the box, but Wexell’s been solid on all balls in air.
9 p.m. –  2A – halftime score: Freedom 2 Yough 0
Freedom goals scored by Chloe Keller and Lyndsee Monac
8:59 p.m. – Norwin taking command of this one — another goal early in the half.

GOOAALLL
Norwin's Katherine Ericson finishes after a terrific pass from Emily Harrigan
42'
2-0 Knights lead North Allegheny#WPIAL

— John Krysinsky (@PghSoccerScribe) October 31, 2017

 
8:43 p.m. – halftime here — pretty quiet final 30 minutes of the 1st half — and Norwin still holding on to 1-0 lead on strength of Emily Harrigan strike.
8:12 p.m. – Sam Wexell, Norwin’s keeper and Ohio University commit makes a dazzling save on a ball played quickly to near post.
8:05 p.m. – GOAL – Norwin scores just two minutes into match with North Allegheny. It was Emily Harrigan with a shot that NA keeper Olivia Ruppersburger.
7:45 p.m. – early game final scores:
3A – Mars 2, South Park 1
4A – Penn Trafford 2, Upper St. Clair
2A – Waynesburg 7, Freeport 0 — The Yellow Jackets make it to a WPIAL soccer final for the first time in school history.
1A – Greensburg Central Catholic 1, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 0

FINAL: #3 Greensburg Central Catholic 1, #2 Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic 0. GCC back into the #WPIAL Class A final. #TribHSSN

— Matt Grubba (@Matt_Grubba) October 30, 2017

7:34 p.m. – Jordan Lawrence with the game winner for Penn Trafford — beating Upper St. Clair with a goal with one minute remaining in the match. PT’s Lauran Stovar took the ball all the way to the left side endline — cut back a nice pass to Mackenzie Aunkst at the top of the box. Aunkst had the presence of mind to play the ball to a wide open Lawrence by the far post who had all kinds of time to bury the clinical finish.
It ended a match that was played at a furious pace — after the Warriors tied it up at 1-1 in the 60th minute.
Penn Trafford will now await the winner of Norwin-North Allegheny.

Mars up 2-1 with 17m left.

— Derek Pyda (@DPyda) October 30, 2017

7:12 p.m. –
Greensburg Central Catholic 1, CW North Catholic 0, 2nd Half. Alexa Schwerha breaks the deadlock!
6:45 p.m.
Halftime scores:
Waynesburg Central 3, Freeport 0
Upper St. Clair 1, Penn Trafford 0
6:05 p.m.  — a weather forecast for the evening — chilly but clear…

If anyone's wondering, it's absolutely perfect soccer weather here in Moon, Pennsylvania. #WPIAL pic.twitter.com/bAzQX32OIz

— jacob calvin meyer (@jcalvinmeyer) October 30, 2017

 
Monday’s girls WPIAL semifinal matches provide for some very interesting match-ups across all classifications.
I’ll be at Fox Chapel for the 4A games. You can follow along with my updates here in this live file or follow on Twitter @pghsoccerscribe

Girls schedule for the WPIAL/PIAA playoffs is as follows:

• Semifinals: Monday, October 30
• 3rd place / PIAA qualifying matches:  Wednesday, November 1
• Finals: Thursday, November 2 – S
• Saturday, November 4
• PIAA Playoffs
  • First Round: Tuesday, November 7 (Regional Sites)
  • Quarterfinals: Saturday, Novermber 11 (Regional Sites)
  • Semi-Finals: Tuesday, November 14 (Regional Sites)
  • Championships: Friday, November 17 & Saturday, November 18 (Hersheypark Stadium)