Defending champions Fort Cherry and Peters Township advanced to the WPIAL semifinals with wins Friday night. The Rangers got 180 yards rushing and three touchdowns from Matt Sieg to get past Cornell, rallying from a 12-0 deficit after one quarter. Peters Township rolled over Penn-Trafford. Nolan DiLucia threw for one score, ran for another, and Mickey Vaccarello took an interception back 45 yards to push the Indians to an early 21-0 lead.. Meanwhile, California’s season came to an end at the hands of Clairton. The Bears built a 30-0 lead in the opening quarter. Sites and times will be announced over the weekend for the WPIAL semifinals. We’ll have the Fort Cherry & Peters Township games on the WJPA Sports Network.
WPIAL Football (click for brackets): 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A
Friday, Nov. 8, Quarterfinals:
5A #3 Peters Township 42, #6 Penn-Trafford 13
1A #1 Fort Cherry 27, #9 Cornell 20
1A #2 Clairton 54, #10 California 0
Friday, Nov. 15, Semifinals:
5A #3 Peters Township vs. #2 Upper St. Clair (at Bethel Park), 6:30 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3)
1A #1 Fort Cherry vs. #13 Jeannette (at Canon-McMillan), 6:30 pm on WJPA-AM (1450)