Boys Soccer WPIAL Semifinals Preview

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#8 NORWIN (13-5-1) vs. #5 FOX CHAPEL (12-4-2) at HAMPTON – 6 PM

#8 NORWIN

QUARTERFINALS: def. #1 Seneca Valley 3-2 in PKs

Luke Halberg and Alex Brown were the goal scorers for Norwin.

#5 FOX CHAPEL

QUARTERFINALS: def. #4 Upper St. Clair 2-1

WHAT’S AT STAKE:

Norwin – looking to get to the WPIAL Championship game for the first time since 2018

Fox Chapel – 4th straight WPIAL Semifinal appearance (0-3 in those games)

#3 BUTLER (14-2-3) vs. #2 NORTH ALLEGHENY (15-1-3) at HAMPTON – 8 PM

#3 BUTLER

QUARTERFINALS: def. #6 Peters Township 3-0

Jaxon Llewellyn, Chris Rubcic and Thomas Shoptalk scored the goals. Drew Knight got the clean sheet in net.

#2 NORTH ALLEGHENY

QUARTERFINALS: def. #7 Canon-McMillan 6-1

Joey Vojtas had 2 goals while Arnav Patel, Will Love, Nathan Katari and Zach Nash all scored as well. Scored the last 5 goals of the game after the score was tied 1-1.

REGULAR SEASON:

North Allegheny def. Butler 4-1 on Sept. 5 at Butler

North Allegheny and Butler tied 2-2 on Sept. 28 at North Allegheny

WHAT’S AT STAKE:

Butler – back-to-back WPIAL Semifinal appearances (lost to Pine-Richland last season)

North Allegheny – looking to get to the WPIAL Championship for the first time since 2017 (won second of back-to-back titles that year)