WPIAL Boys Soccer: Class 1A Sections and Preseason Players to Watch (2023)

Photo courtesy Ed Thompson

As the high school boys soccer season prepares to officially start up in Western Pennsylvania this week (first games are set to be played on Friday), we are pleased to share the list of teams by section and the Preseason Players to Watch list for the 2023 season by classification.

These are preliminary lists based mostly returning players who earned All-WPIAL honors in the 2022 season and those who landed on Tribune-Review players to watch lists.

As always, we look forward to seeing many other players develop and come to the forefront of our attention during the course of the 2023 season.

We look forward to another season of coverage on Pittsburgh Soccer Now, which will culminate with the WPIAL Playoffs including the return of the Finals for each of the eight Boys and Girls classifications at Highmark Stadium in early November and the PIAA (State) playoffs which will follow.

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WPIAL Boys Soccer Class 1A
Section I	Section II	Section III	Section IV
Beaver County Christian	Bentworth	Aquinas Academy	Bishop Canevin
Eden Christian Academy	Bethlehem-Center	Burrell	Brentwood
Freedom Area	California	Riverview	Carlynton
Neshannock	Charleroi	Saint Joseph	Chartiers-Houston
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart	Geibel Catholic	Springdale	Serra Catholic
Sewickley Academy	Greensburg Central Catholic	Trinity Christian	Seton LaSalle
South Side	Ligonier Valley	Winchester Thurston

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Defending Champions: WINCHESTER THURSTON

The Bear Necessities: RDA duo lead Winchester Thurston to Boys 1A repeat

Runner-Up:   CHARLEROI

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Boys Class 1A Players To Watch 

• Jack Billick, Sr., F, Seton LaSalle;
• Danny Bourgeois, Sr., F, OLSH;
• TJ Braun, Sr., MF, Trinity Christian;
• Mateo Carrasco, Jr., MF, Carlynton;
• Jake Chambers, Sr., D, Charleroi;
• Nick Cherry, Sr., GK, Seton LaSalle;
• Jordan Delon, Jr., MF, Freedom;
• Cole Evans, Sr., F, Bishop Canevin;
• James Farnan, Sr., D, Seton LaSalle;
• Mason Gent, Sr., D, Springdale;
• Luke Kost, Jr., MF, Trinity Christian;
• Bryce Large, Sr., MF, Charleroi;
• William Lawrence, Sr., F, Springdale;
• Ryan Lewis, Jr., MF, Carlynton;
• Arlo McIntyre, Sr., MF, Charleroi;
• AJ Mejalli, Sr., MF, Serra Catholic;
• Alex Merritt, Sr., GK, California;
• Ryan Moessner, So., HF, Bentworth;
• Jaxson Pozivak, Sr., D, Serra Catholic;
• Mason Smith, So., GK, Neshannock;
• Tomer Tuti, Sr., MF, Winchester Thurston;
• Jackson Vacanti, Jr., MF, Greensburg Central Catholic;
• Cam Wagner, Sr., MF, Burrell