The WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer playoff tournaments are down to the Final Four in each classification.
On Tuesday night, on the boys’ side, the Class 4A and 3A semifinal round matches will be played.
Look for more coverage to come from the doubleheader at Dormont Stadium, as PSN photographer, Jared Todhunter, will be on hand to capture the action.
Be sure to follow along below with the latest updates, highlights and scores.
Tuesday WPIAL Boys Playoff Soccer Schedule / Scoreboard
4A
Semifinal Round (10/28/2025)
FINAL: #2 Fox Chapel 3, #3 Plum 0
FINAL: #4 Seneca Valley 3, #1 Peters Twp 0
Championship Game — #2 Fox Chapel vs #4 Seneca Valley (Day/Time TBA) at Highmark Stadium
3A
Semifinal Round (10/28/2025)
Both matches at Keystone Oaks, Dormont Stadium
FINAL: #8 West Allegheny 1, #5 Thomas Jefferson 0
FINAL: #3 Franklin Regional 1, #2 Bethel Park 0
Championship Game — #8 West Allegheny vs #3 Franklin Regional (Day/Time TBA) at Highmark Stadium
The winners will advance to the WPIAL Finals to be played at Highmark Stadium.
Check out the latest Kids on the Pitch Podcast, as PSN’s John Krysinsky and Westmoreland Sports Network broadcast analyst Mike Powers took a look at Championship Week and discussed upcoming semifinal round matchups.
BOYS 4A Match Capsules and Schedule / Bracket
Semifinal Round (Tuesday, October 26)
8 p.m. #2 Fox Chapel (14-2-0) vs #3 Plum (14-4-2) (at Gateway)
Rosters: Fox Chapel | Plum
Both teams are coming off narrow quarterfinal round wins, but Plum may be the team may be a little bit more bruised and battered.
The Foxes outlasted section foe Pine-Richland, 1-0. Junior Noah Fincher had the game-winner while Goalkeeper Brady Matthews posted the clean sheet.
In a back-and-forth contest in regulation, Plum rallied to find the equalizer against its rivals, Norwin, in the dying moments as Joaquin Santiago’s goal sent the match into extra time. The match would eventually go to a penalty kick shootout, where Chase Eber made two saves in the shootout for Plum. Luke Hoburg, Austin Kolankowski, Andy Strasser and Kent Holmes scored in the shootout for the Mustangs.
Coming off winning the school’s first boys soccer District title in 30 years, Head Coach Erik Ingram shared with PSN that his team has the ingredients for another deep run as they’ve only lost twice this season — bookending the campaign with a season opener loss at Canon-McMillan, then season-ending setback in meaningless class with 3A West Allegheny.
Otherwise, against a very strong section, the Foxes went 10-0-0.
Fox Chapel’s returning players have kept a high standard and level of play.
“We have a lot of talent. Secondly, people were focused on some of the players we lost, but we have a lot of players who are interested in writing their own chapters,” Ingram said.
Rocco DiDomenico, Sean Regan and Nicolas Squeglia are the attacking threats for the Foxes, who boast a balanced scoring output, with DiDomenico leading the way with 10 goals.
In PSN’s Coaches Corner, one coach pointed out about Squeglia, FC’s target forward is “just a beast up front”.
Eber will likely have to be on top of his game again. In three matches against Norwin this season, Eber made 22 saves.
“He’s given up five goals all year,” Raf Kolankowski, Plum Head Coach, said of Eber, heading into the playoffs.
“He is hard to score on. We will go as he goes.”
Leading Plum’s attack is Austin Kolankowski and Kent Holmes with 10 goals each during the regular season. Also, in PSN’s Coaches Corner, one coach noted that midfielder Hudson Strasser, stood out and is a player to watch: “His work rate against us an ability to take on players was fabulous.”
Kolankowski is the youngest sibling of trio of brothers who have excelled on the pitch for the program led by their father, who was also a high school standout in the late 80s and early 90s.
On Friday night, Kolankowski also scored the game-winning touchdown for the school’s football team.
6:30 p.m. #1 Peters Twp (14-0-1) vs #4 Seneca Valley (16-2-0) (at West Allegheny)
Rosters: Peters Township | Seneca Valley
In getting to this match, both teams were well rested — and used fresh legs to outlast their opponents on Saturday.
Keedan Kelly scored in the 54th minute to provide the winning goal for Peters, in beating North Allegheny, while Seneca Valley blitzed and wore down Canon McMillan, 3-1, behind Connor Mackrell and Owen Eastgate first half goals and Michael Pokrzywinski scored 10 minutes into the second half
While these are programs that have seen plenty of WPIAL title wining success under coaches Bobby Dyer and George Williams, but the last time Seneca Valley won was in 2021 and Peters Township, have to go back to 2014. They faced off in District title matches in back-to-back seasons, in 2020 and 2021 with Seneca Valley winning each time in memorable, exciting matches.
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Peters Township have been on the front foot all season to the tune of an unbeaten record.
And that’s typically how its longtime Head Coach Bobby Dyer likes it as his teams typically come at opponents relentlessly from the first whistle.
“It has been the collective rather than individuals that have helped us through it,” Dyer told PSN in Coaches Corner earlier this season.
“Our captains, Brayden Apple, Colin Froelich, Cam Glass and Anthony Maiello have been fantastic.”
Maiello has led the way with 16 goals, which is third-best in a classification where goals are hard to come by.
Though both schools have played tough schedules, both in and out of sections, they have not met yet this season.
In a classification where scoring is hard to come by — Seneca Valley’s Owen Eastgate boasts 17 — and was described by WSN’s Mike Powers as ‘an absolute sniper’.
Seneca Valley’s only two blemishes this season have come to section foe, Fox Chapel, while Canon-McMillan can say the same thing — losing twice to Section champs Peters Township and one other loss, in extra time, to Mt. Lebanon. The Big Macs were — oh so close to knocking out Plum last year in the quarterfinal round — but were eliminated by a golden goal.
Seneca Valley were featured in PSN’s early season coverage at JRK Memorial Classic, when they defeated Moon and Philadelphia’s La Salle impressively at the start of the season — where they’ve built the foundation to be battle-ready for October.
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“We have a lot of guys to replace. We have a lot of youth, but they’ve stepped up and seniors we have, are showing leadership,” George Williams, Seneca Valley’s Head Coach told PSN.
A senior who also features for Beadling SC’s MLSNext Academy squad, Eastgate along with midfielder Brady Eubanks, has a talented group that’s getting better with each match.
The Raiders have won six straight since its second, back-and-forth, 3-2 loss to Fox Chapel, showing resilience, as they did that very first weekend of the season when they rallied for a pair of late goals to eclipse La Salle in a tight contest, then defeat last year’s Class 3A WPIAL champs.
On Tuesday, Canon-Mac rolled to a 9-0 victory in the first-round against Hempfield, as Gabe Fegely, had two goals and two assists
It should be a fun tactical match to see how Canon-Mac’s Tom Sochacki (along with his coaching staff that includes none other than Riverhounds Hall of Famer Justin Evans) counters Seneca Valley’s George Williams, who will keep legs fresh with heavy squad rotation that often wears down opponents.
“Seneca is there every year,” Big Macs coach Tom Sochacki said after the win on Tuesday.
“They always have talent. It seems like they can reload every year. I think (Class 4A) is wide open. You take the top five or six teams and I think any of us can win it. We’re all pretty even. It’s just any given night.”
WPIAL Boys Soccer Class 4A First Round Scoreboard
WPIAL Boys Soccer Class 4A Quarterfinal Round Final Scoreboard
Final
TBA (at Highmark Stadium)
PIAA
Top Two teams will advance to State playoffs
BOYS 3A Match Capsules and Tournament Schedule / Bracket
Semifinal Round (Tuesday, October 26)
6 p.m. #2 Bethel Park (14-2-3) vs #3 Franklin Regional (16-3-0) (at Keystone Oaks, Dormont Stadium)
Rosters: Bethel Park | Franklin Regional
The highest seed remaining in Class 3A is Bethel Park — who advanced last week thanks to a first-half goal from Youssef Benrabia and a penalty from Xavier Jackson in the second half saw the Blackhawks take down No. 7 Mars.
Franklin Regional won an exciting match after trailing early to Chartiers Valley. In regulation, the Panthers found the equalizer when Cruise Lamanna converted a penalty kick.
Then in the second period of extra time, after some solid build-up play, Lamanna was on the receiving end of a well-placed, lofted ball over to the middle of the box from Joey Bayne. From there, Lamanna drove a fabulous one-time volley to send the Panthers through.
Franklin Regional have players on the roster who experienced getting to the WPIAL Final last year. Now they’re sniffing for another deep run as a stingy squad, giving up nine goals all season. The Panthers have 11 shutouts. Holding things up well in the back for the Panthers is Emerson Bush, who one coach commented: “Has height and top end talent and very hard to score against”.
Sure enough, on Saturday, the Panthers shut down Montour, then found timely goals from Michael Hillebrand (early in the match), then Daniel Todd was in the right spot in the 64th minute, to knock in a rebound that secured the victory.
Bethel Park’s had an outstanding season, with its only two losses coming out of section in regular season’s opening and closing matches to Class 4A Peters Township and Canon-McMillan. Otherwise, they’ve outscored the competition 65-11. A big part of Bethel Park’s success has come with senior Xavier Jackson scoring goals. Jackson, one of Bethel Park’s senior leaders, has stood out in the eyes many of the coaches in Class 3A, received lots of praise from numerous coaches.
Additionally, Bethel Park stood out among coaches for being a group that can score quickly.
“They are a very dangerous transition team. They will make you pay for not being balanced defensively.”
Still, Fink shared that his squad’s contributions are many: “I feel that our goalkeepers, back line, and midfielders have done a lot of the dirty work to keep the opposition from scoring goals. I would like to mention Luke Rubican, Jake Coffield, Gavin DeClair, Jonah Stearman, Cooper Kicinski, Aaden McClelland, Julian Kountz, and Pravas Dahal as they have all played a significant part of our success.”
In the first round, Bethel Park rode a full team effort in a convincing 6-0 victory against Knoch. Also scoring for Bethel Park were Kountz, Jackson and Andrew Hughes. Jacob Lang and Josh Pantin added assists for the Black Hawks.
8 p.m. #8 West Allegheny (11-6-1) vs #5 Thomas Jefferson (17-2-1) (at Keystone Oaks, Dormont Stadium)
Rosters: West Allegheny | Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson has only lost a couple times this season (once to section champs Bethel Park and another to Ringgold) — holding an impressive goal differential of plus-61. TJ’s goalkeeper Sam Wessel has stood tall this season — and again posted a clean sheet in the Jags’ 1-0 first round victory against a pesky Shaler outfit. The difference in that match proved to come on a penalty in the box in the first half — leading the way for Owen Householder to convert his 19th goal of the season. Again, in the Quarterfinal win against Moon, it was Householder who scored the match’s lone goal in the first half that proved to be the difference.
A snippet from our Coaches Corner, Montour’s Gavin Stabbe, on section rivals West Allegheny as his sleeper pick in this tournament. “If they can put it all together, they’ve got one of the most talented rosters out there.”
Leading the way for West A are Harrison Murray, Aaron Bouch and Colton Yonker. One coach on Murray: “He has been the most dangerous and exciting player we’ve seen. A press-proof, very intelligent player.”
Back on Saturday, October 18, West A comfortably beat Latrobe, 5-0 as Anthony Mimna scored two goals while Yonker, Jonah Luffe and Milo Kent also added to the five-goal output, while Murray, Kent, Michael Johnson and Jensen Wolfe assisted on the goals. Then, West A knocked out top seeded Hampton by staying aggressive. Colton Yonker and Anthony Mimna scored early, then they held on for a 2-1 victory.
WPIAL Boys Soccer Class 3A First Round Scoreboard
WPIAL Boys Soccer Class 3A Quarterfinal Round Scoreboard
Final
TBA (at Highmark Stadium)
PIAA Play-In Match
Semifinal losers (Date, Site, Time TBA)
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Both boys classifications are completely up for grabs. Jordan Wiegand, who won a title in 2022 with Pine-Richland, pointed out in the latest Kids on the Pitch Podcast previewing the playoffs, Class 4A boys soccer may be closer to reality of higher levels of soccer in terms of scoring totals — as it’s hard for players to score in large bunches because the teams are so talented and well-organized.
Westmoreland Sports Network’s Mike Powers joined PSN’s John Krysinsky on Kids on the Pitch Podcast on Sunday and offered that the technical skill and depth of rosters for boys Class 4A and Class 3A has drastically improved — as has the quality of play overall.
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