Luke Gladden scored from 22 yards out with just 62 seconds left in regulation, then set up Joey Fonagy for a championship-winning header in overtime as Canon-McMillan rallied past Mt. Lebanon, 3-2, to win the WPIAL Boys Class 4A Soccer title. It’s the Big Macs second WPIAL soccer crown in the past five years. CM needed two late goals in the semifinals against Plum to reach Thursday’s championship match. Mt. Lebanon swept the regular season series against Canon-McMillan by scores of 3-1 and 4-3. Both teams had already qualified for the PIAA tournament which opens Tuesday. Canon-McMillan will face the District 3 fourth-place finisher somewhere in the WPIAL. Mt. Lebanon will travel to take on either the District 6 champion or the District 10 champion.
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PIAA Boys Soccer 4A First Round, Tuesday, Nov. 5, site/time to be determined
Canon-McMillan vs. District 3 fourth-place
Fort Cherry blanked previously-unbeaten #3 Shenango in three sets to advance to Saturday’s WPIAL Volleyball Championships. The Rangers won by scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-22) to earn the trip to Fox Chapel to take on top-seeded Bishop Canevin. The Crusaders beat Geibel Catholic, 3-1.
Canon-McMillan will face top-seeded North Allegheny in the Class 4A championship match, also at Fox Chapel.
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WPIAL Volleyball Championships, Saturday, Nov. 2 at Fox Chapel
1A #2 Fort Cherry vs. #1 Bishop Canevin, 12 noon
4A #3 Canon-McMillan vs. #1 North Allegheny, 6 pm