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Week 10 Picks 🏈🧵 (4-2 last week, 9-3 overall)
Penn-Trafford (9-0) at Latrobe (6-3), Fri 7
Pick: Penn-Trafford 35, Latrobe 17
The Warriors have scored 42+ in six straight. A win seals the Big East and a perfect regular season.
@ptwarriorfb #WPIAL #WPIALFootball
Jeannette (7-2) at Clairton (7-2), Fri 7
Pick: Clairton 28, Jeannette 14
Eastern title game, a rematch of last year's 38-33 playoff thriller.
Fort Cherry (8-1) at Washington (8-1), Fri 7
Pick: Washington 24, Fort Cherry 21
Black Hills title on the line.
Peters Township (3-6) at Thomas Jefferson (6-2), Fri 7
Pick: TJ 27, Peters Township 17
Winner clinches a playoff spot. Kane Eggerton had 11 catches for 119 yards last week.
Who you got? 👇
@AvonworthFB #WPIAL #WPIALFootball
Plum blanks Hampton 2-0 in the WPIAL 3A boys soccer quarterfinals behind two goals from Hudson Strasser and a Chase Eber shutout. Next up for the Mustangs is Trinity in Monday's semifinals. #WPIAL
Boys Soccer WPIAL Class 3A Quarterfinal
Plum 2
Hampton 0
Hudson Strasser - 2 G
Kent Holmes - A
AJ Arrigo - A
Chase Eber - Shutout
Next: Monday vs. Trinity in WPIAL Semifinals, site and time TBD
@plumboroughsd @PlumMustangNat @RafalKolankows1 @TribLiveHSSN @pghsoccernow
Thursday in the WPIAL is loaded 🔥
🏃 WPIAL cross country championships at White Oak Park, first race at 11 AM
⚽ No. 7 Pine-Richland at No. 2 Seneca Valley, 4A boys QF (7 PM). SV beat the Rams 7-0 and 5-0 this season. Third time the charm?
⚽ No. 13 Ambridge at No. 12 @SPSD_Athletics South Park, 2A boys QF (7 PM). A double-digit seed is going to the semis
⚽ No. 5 South Fayette at No. 4 @MASDFP Mars, 3A girls QF (6 PM). Mars won 3 straight titles (2019-21), SF won 2023-24
🏐 Unbeaten Oakland Catholic (18-0), Freeport (19-0), Waynesburg (18-0) and Eden Christian (19-0) all play volleyball quarters
🏈 And unbeaten @PCC_FOOTBALL Central Catholic hosts Hempfield for the 6A crown (7 PM)
Where are you headed tonight? #WPIAL #WPIALSoccer
Final Friday playoff bubble 🏈
Spots still on the line in Week 10:
6A: North Allegheny at Norwin (winner clinches)
5A: Peters Township at Thomas Jefferson (winner clinches); Gateway at Woodland Hills (Wolverines clinch with a win, loss puts Gateway in wild-card talk)
4A: Montour at Blackhawk (winner clinches)
2A: Chartiers-Houston at McGuffey (winner clinches)
17 wild cards get named the morning after. Who's sweating the most?
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW 🏀
Meleek Thomas
Lincoln Park (Class of 2025), 2x WPIAL & PIAA champ, now a Cavs rookie guard @cavs @ThomasMeleek
NBA debut Monday: 16 pts in 19 min off the bench, 4-of-5 from 3, in a 127-125 OT win over Minnesota
Best WPIAL hooper you've ever seen?
Chaos in the 2A boys soccer bracket 🚨⚽️
Monday's upsets:
No. 12 @SPSD_Athletics South Park 2, No. 5 Mount Pleasant 1 (Dawson Battista late winner)
No. 13 Ambridge 4, No. 4 Elizabeth Forward 3 (OT)
No. 10 Belle Vernon 4, No. 7 Beaver 2
Now Ambridge plays at South Park Thursday, so a 12 or 13 seed is going to the WPIAL semis.
Also: No. 14 Springdale stunned No. 3 Brownsville in girls 1A, and USC keeper Tyler Lebau stopped 2 PKs to knock out Central Catholic.
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🔥 Friday's 3A showdown: #3 @AvonworthFB (8-1) at #1 @PropelImaniFB (7-2), a rematch of last year's WPIAL title game. Conference crown on the line, with Jaden Jones and Colorado commit Gabe Jenkins on the field. Who wins? 👇 (Fri, 7 PM) #WPIAL
Hempfield field hockey is back in the WPIAL playoffs for the first time since 2021. Welcome back, Spartans. @HASDathletics #WPIAL
Hempfield is back in the WPIAL field hockey playoffs for the first time since 2021.
@HASDathletics @TribLiveHSSN
Week 9 #WPIAL Player of the Week, all sports. Who gets your vote? Stat lines in the reply. @UpperStClairFB @WMAHSTitans_FB @SpringdaleAthl1
47%Snyder, Upper St. Clair
47%Hill, West Mifflin
7%Wylly, Springdale
0%Wright, Trinity
15 votes • Final resultsCongrats to Hempfield QB Carden Lippmann, your Week 8 #WPIAL Player of the Week! He swept the fan vote after 341 pass yds, 4 TD passes and a rush TD in a 35-6 win. @HempfieldAreaFB
Unbeaten Central Catholic (8-0) hosts Hempfield (6-3) Thursday at U.S. Steel Community Field with the Quad County title on the line. Who you got? @PCC_FOOTBALL @HempfieldAreaFB #WPIAL
#2 @HempfieldAreaFB (6-3, 4-1) at #1 @PCC_FOOTBALL (8-0, 5-0)
📍 U.S. Steel Community Field
🗓️ Thursday | 7 PM
The Quad County Conference title race and WPIAL Class 6A playoff picture take center stage Thursday night as undefeated Central Catholic hosts a red-hot Hempfield team that has won five straight and clinched its first WPIAL playoff berth in 11 years.
The #1-ranked Class 6A team in Pennsylvania brings size, talent and experience. The Vikings’ offensive line averages approximately 6’5½”, 284 pounds, led by @Jimmy_Kalis , @NDFootball commit @JamesHalter15.
@OwenHerrick12 (@IlliniFootball commit) has thrown for 1,405 yards, 16 TDs and just 1 INT while completing 74.8% of his passes. He tossed 4 TDs in a 42-0 win over Canon-McMillan.
@connormelnik21 (Week 4 Big School POTW) averages 70.9 receiving yards per game, while @ZacharyGleason_ contributes on both sides of the ball. Roman Thompson leads the defense with 5.9 tackles per game and adds a physical presence at running back. @mannyregus7 averages 4.7 tackles per game.
Head coach Nick Keefer’s Spartans have completely turned things around, winning 5 straight: Canon-McMillan (38-34 OT), Seneca Valley (41-14), Norwin (29-6), Mount Lebanon (35-6) and Greater Latrobe (35-14).
Dual-threat QB @CardenLipp12 has thrown for over 806 yards and 7 TDs. Against Greater Latrobe, he accounted for 340 total yards and 3 TDs.
@AndrewBent7136 averages 58.8 receiving yards per game with 3 TDs, while Jake Kosinski will be key in the secondary against Central Catholic’s explosive passing attack.
Hempfield must pressure Herrick, play disciplined coverage, tackle well and limit explosive plays. Sustaining drives and keeping the Vikings’ offense off the field will be crucial.
Central Catholic’s size up front and Herrick’s remarkable efficiency give the Vikings a major advantage, but Hempfield’s five-game winning streak makes this a compelling regular-season finale.
Conference title implications. Playoff positioning. One major test for both teams. @TheWPIALEdition will be on hand with coverage!
Playoff Monday in the WPIAL ⚽️🏐
Boys 4A soccer opens tonight, and the best one is a clash of recent champs: No. 11 Moon at No. 6 Fox Chapel, 6 PM. Fox Chapel coach Erik Ingram just passed 300 career wins. Winner gets No. 3 Peters Township on Thursday.
Also: No. 9 Central Catholic at No. 8 Upper St. Clair, 7 PM, with Brian Fegley facing his old school. Winner draws unbeaten No. 1 Norwin.
Volleyball playoffs start tonight too, including Indiana at Mars in 5A (7 PM).
Chartiers Valley hammered Penn-Trafford 8-0 on Saturday. Who's tonight's upset? @MoonTigersAD
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