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Six Washington County teams play in the second round of the WPIAL football playoffs Friday night.  WJPA Sports Network will broadcast/stream all FIVE games. Wash High/Beth-Center will be on WJPA-FM (95.3) and Trinity/Pine-Richland on WJPA-AM (1450). We’ll have online audio (free to listen) for each game and we’re producing the NFHS Network video (subscription required) as well. Click for WPIAL brackets

Wash High and Beth-Center have played against each other 29 times but only once in the WPIAL playoffs, and that was 35 years ago. Now, they’ll renew the rivalry with a spot in the 1A semifinals on the line. That winner gets the Fort Cherry/Laurel winner. Those two play tonight, the third time in less than a year and the second straight post-season. The other side of the 1A bracket has California facing defending champion Clairton at Southmoreland. In 5A, Trinity won last week, just the fourth playoff win in more than 40 years for the Hillers. Trinity heads to #1 Pine-Richland, the Rams coming in off a first-round bye. 6A Canon-McMillan won at North Allegheny in early October, the Big Macs’ first-ever win against the Tigers. Now, #2 Canon-Mac will have to repeat that effort against the #3 Tigers in the 6A semifinals, but they get to play this time at home in Canonsburg.

WPIAL Second Round, Friday, Nov. 13 (airtime 6:30 pm, kickoff 7:00 pm)
1A Quarterfinals #1 Wash High vs. #8 Beth-Center at Charleroi, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here
1A Quarterfinals #4 Fort Cherry vs. Laurel at Beaver Area, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
1A Quarterfinals #6 California vs. #3 Clairton at Southmoreland, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
5A Quarterfinals #8 Trinity at #1 Pine-Richland, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
6A Semifinals #2 Canon-McMillan hosting #3 North Allegheny, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here