The WPIAL Football playoff brackets were released Saturday afternoon. Five Washington County teams (1A-Bentworth, 1A-California, 1A-Fort Cherry, 5A-Peters Township and 4A-Trinity) and two Greene County teams (1A-Jeff-Morgan and 2A-Waynesburg) earned automatic bids. 2A-Wash High received a Wild Card bid while 1A-Carmichaels was left out. Defending 1A champion Fort Cherry is the #1 seed and will open the tournament at home. Peters Township, the defending 5A champion, is seeded third and received a first-round bye. The other qualifiers all have first round games on Friday. WPIAL Football (click for brackets): 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A
Friday, Nov. 1, First Round (7:00 pm unless noted):
4A #5 Trinity at #4 Aliquippa, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here!
2A #13 Wash High at #4 Steel Valley, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here!
2A #11 Waynesburg at #6 South Allegheny
1A #16 Brentwood at #1 Fort Cherry
1A #10 California at #7 Laurel
1A #11 South Side Area at #6 Jeff-Morgan
Friday, Nov. 8, Quarterfinals (7:00 pm unless noted):
5A #6 Penn-Trafford/#11 South Fayette winner at Peters Township