Road to Highmark: 2023 WPIAL Postseason Soccer Schedule & PSN’s Playoff Seeding Projections

File photo courtesy Ed Thompson

The WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer Championships will return to Highmark Stadium on the first week of November, but we have a bit of a way to go before we get to that point.

First, the WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer playoff brackets will be released Wednesday (very early in the afternoon is what we’re hearing)

Pittsburgh Soccer Now will be posting the brackets as soon as they’re made available and getting reaction from various coaches.

We are looking forward to providing coverage throughout the postseason culminating with our wall-to-wall coverage of each Championship matches at Highmark Stadium, which will include photography along with John Krysinsky, Matt Popchock’s reporting, analysis and post-game live interviews on PSN’s YouTube Channel.

Plus, we plan to bring you more on our YouTube Channel and our newest ‘Kids on the Pitch’ Podcast, look for lots of talk and interviews throughout the high school postseason — including reaction to the playoff brackets being released on Wednesday.

In addition, the WPIAL has recently updated its WPIAL Champions history, now with the boys’ records dating all the way back to the 1930s and the girls’ to 1980!

https://wpial.org/sports/2023/7/27/wpial-boys-soccer-champions.aspx

https://wpial.org/sports/2023/7/27/wpial-girls-soccer-champions.aspx

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Boys’ Reigning Champions
Class 4A	Class 3A	Class 2A	Class 1A
Pine-Richland 1-0 vs. Seneca Valley	Moon 3-0 vs. Ambridge	Deer Lakes 1-0 (OT) vs. Beaver	Winchester Thurston 3-2 vs. Charleroi

 

Girls’ Reigning Champions
Class 4A	Class 3A	Class 2A	Class 1A
North Allegheny 1-1 (3-2 PK) vs. Peters Township	Moon 1-0 vs. Mars	Avonworth 2-1 vs. Mt. Pleasant	Freedom Area 3-0 vs. Springdale

In the meantime, here’s a broader look at the WPIAL and PIAA playoff schedule dates.

WPIAL Boys & Girls Soccer Playoffs

(Projected dates)

• 1st Round:                      Saturday, October 21,  Monday, October 23, Tuesday, October 24
• Quarterfinal Round     Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26
• Semifinal Round          Saturday October 28, Monday, October 30 and Tuesday, October 31
• Finals                              Wednesday, November 1, Thursday, November 2, Friday, November 3, Saturday November 4

In the first two rounds, teams from schools with higher seeding will host unless they don’t meet WPIAL facility requirements.

The Finals will be played at Highmark Stadium.

PIAA Boys & Girls Soccer Playoffs

PIAA QUALIFIERS FROM WPIAL:

GIRLS:

• • 1A – 3 qualifiers
  • 2A – 3 qualifiers
  • 3A – 4 qualifiers,
  • 4A – 2 qualifiers

BOYS:

• • 1A – 3 qualifiers
  • 2A – 3 qualifiers
  • 3A – 3 qualifiers
  • 4A – 2 qualifiers

PIAA Boys and Girls Soccer Schedule:

• Brackets announced on Sunday, November 5
• First Round: Tuesday, November 7 (Regional Sites)
• Quarterfinals: Saturday, November 11 (Regional Sites)
• Semi-Finals: Tuesday, November 14 (Regional Sites)
• Championships: Friday, November 17 & Saturday, November 18 (Cumberland Valley, PA)

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PSN’s PLAYOFF PROJECTIONS BY CLASSIFICATION

Here’s a look at each classification and PSN’s playoff bracket projections

GIRLS

CLASS 1A 

1. Freedom
2. Winchester Thurston
3. Riverview
4. Charleroi
5. Springdale
6. Greensburg Central Catholic
7. OLSH
8. Chartiers Houston
9. Eden Christian
10. Waynesburg Central
11. Ellis School
12. Sewickley Academy
13. South Allegheny
14. Seton LaSalle
15. Aquinas Academy
16. Riverside

CLASS 2A 

1. Mount Pleasant
2. Avonworth
3. South Park
4. North Catholic
5. Freeport
6. Shady Side Academy
7. Southmoreland
8. Burrell
9. Woodland Hills
10. Knoch
11. Beaver Area
12. Quaker Valley
13. Keystone Oaks
14. Deer Lakes
15. Yough
16. West Mifflin

CLASS 3A 

1. Mars
2. Moon
3. Plum
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Montour
6. South Fayette
7. Elizabeth Forward
8. Latrobe
9. Hampton
10. Oakland Catholic
11. Franklin Regional
12. Connellsville
13. Penn-Trafford
14. West Allegheny
15. Laurel Highlands
16. Kiski Area

CLASS 4A 

1. North Allegheny
2. Upper St. Clair
3. Seneca Valley
4. Peters Township
5. Fox Chapel
6. Canon-McMillan
7. Butler
8. Mt. Lebanon

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Boys 

CLASS 1A 

1. Charleroi
2. Seton LaSalle
3. Burrell
4. Sewickley Academy
5. Serra Catholic
6. Bentworth
7. Springdale
8. Eden Christian
9. Winchester Thurston
10. OLSH
11. Carlynton
12. Beth-Center
13. Trinity Christian
14. Greensburg Central Catholic
15. Bishop Canevin
16. Beaver County Christian

CLASS 2A

1. South Park
2. Deer Lakes
3. Quaker Valley
4. Belle Vernon
5. Avonworth
6. Shady Side Academy
7. Mt. Pleasant
8. East Allegheny
9. Beaver Area
10. Knoch
11. McGuffey
12. Keystone Oaks
13. Hopewell
14. Elizabeth Forward
15. Jeannette
16. Yough

CLASS 3A

1. Hampton
2. Plum
3. Moon
4. Bethel Park
5. Mars
6. Montour
7. Thomas Jefferson
8. Latrobe
9. South Fayette
10. Ringgold
11. Franklin Regional
12. North Catholic
13. Gateway
14. Trinity
15. Chartiers Valley
16. Indiana

CLASS 4A 

1. Seneca Valley
2. Upper St. Clair
3. North Allegheny
4. Peters Township
5. Butler
6. Norwin
7. Fox Chapel
8. Canon-McMillan