The PIAA girls volleyball and boys/girls soccer tournaments featured quarterfinal action across the state Saturday. Semifinals are now set for Tuesday with the finals scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 17-18 on the Cumberland Valley School District campus in Mechanicsburg. Click for PIAA Girls Volleyball brackets PIAA Soccer brackets
PIAA Quarterfinals
1A Boys Soccer
Bentworth 3, Burrell 1 Ryan Colbert scored 13 minutes in, Billy Moyer found the net four minutes later, leading the WPIAL champion Bearcats (20-2) past Burrell. Hadyn Herbulock scored for Burrell before the end of the first half. After intermission, John Scott set the final score with his marker off Ryan Moessner’s free kick in the 65th minute. Bentworth beat Burrell, 2-1, in overtime in the WPIAL semifinals.
Charleroi 1, Tulpehocken 0, OT Nate Mazon put up a clean sheet and Bryce Large found the net in the 4th minute of overtime as Charleroi (21-1) got past District 3 runner-up Tulpehocken. Charleroi and Bentworth meet in the PIAA semifinals on Tuesday, the fourth meeting this season. Charleroi won the two regular season matches. Bentworth won in the WPIAL Finals.
4A Girls Volleyball
Hempfield (Dist. 3) 3, Canon-McMillan 1 The Big Macs (16-5) were led by Natalie Carr’s 15 kills but it wasn’t enough to extend the season. Hempfield remained perfect (20-0) with the four-set win (25-14, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21).