The 2023 high school football regular season is in the books for Washington & Greene County teams. Canon-McMillan (6A), Peters Township (5A), Trinity (4), McGuffey, Wash High & Waynesburg (2A), Burgettstown, California, Ft. Cherry, Jeff-Morgan & West Greene (1A) have all clinched playoff berths already. Bentworth & Beth-Center were both eliminated on the final night of the regular season. The WPIAL Football Committee meets Saturday morning with the brackets due to be released mid-afternoon. Once they are available, we’ll post the pairings with links to the brackets.
Canon-McMillan dominated through three quarters on the way to a win over Mt. Lebanon, putting the Big Macs into the #3 seed in the 6A semifinals. 5A #1 Peters Township pounded Bethel Park to lock up the Allegheny Six Conference title and, likely, the overall #1 seed in the 5A bracket. Trinity rolled past Ringgold in a playoff tune-up for the Hillers who will make their first post-season appearance since 2017. Wash High built a 13-7 lead at the half and held off McGuffey to win a share of the Century Conference title and the top seed out of the conference. Waynesburg’s win over Charleroi puts the Raiders into the 2A field. The Cougars finish the season winless. Fort Cherry likely clinched the top seed in the 1A bracket, finishing the Black Hills Conference season without a loss. Burgettstown had already clinched and will go in as the 4th place team from the league. Avella’s home win handed Chartiers-Houston a 9th-straight loss. California won the Tri-County South title outright and eliminated Bentworth in the process. Monessen’s win at Beth-Center clinched the final berth from the conference and eliminated B-C who held a two-game lead with two to play. West Greene and Jeff-Morgan had both clinched and won tune-up games.
NOTES: The win for Trinity is #385 all-time, 6th most in Washington County. Wash High’s win, the school’s 740th (most in the county), gives the Little Prexies their 24th conference title and the 135th win for Mike Bosnic as the school’s head coach.
6A Tri-County Five
Canon-McMillan 41, Mt. Lebanon 28
5A Allegheny Six
Peters Township 68, Bethel Park 28
4A Big Seven
Trinity 61, Ringgold 21
2A Century
Wash High 13, McGuffey 7
Waynesburg 45, Charleroi 27
1A Black Hills
Ft. Cherry 55, Burgettstown 22
Avella 30, Chartiers-Houston 6
1A Tri-County South
California 61, Bentworth 0
Monessen 36, Beth-Center 16
West Greene 45, Mapletown 19
Jeff-Morgan 42, Carmichaels 14