Latrobe’s Robin Reilly and Seneca Valley’s Tyler Prex were named to the High School All-American team by the United Soccer Coaches.

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The WPIAL announced the playoff pairings for the 2024 WPIAL Boys & Girls Soccer Championships. The first round for the girls will begin on Monday with 4 contests. The first round for the boys will begin on Tuesday with 5 contests. On each side, the top 2 teams will be taken to the PIAA Tournament.

GIRLS SOCCER

WPIAL First Round – Monday, October 21

#9 Latrobe (8-5-1) at #8 Pine-Richland (12-5) – 6:30 pm

#12 Mt. Lebanon (9-8-1) at #5 Norwin (10-7-1) – 6:30 pm

#10 Butler (9-8) at #7 Upper St. Clair (9-5-2) – 6:30 pm

#11 Hempfield (5-13) at #6 Canon-McMillan (11-3-1) – 6:30 pm

WPIAL Quarterfinals – Thursday, October 24

Pine-Richland/Latrobe winner at #1 Peters Township (16-0-1) – TBA

Norwin/Mt. Lebanon winner at #4 North Allegheny (11-5-1) – TBA

Upper St. Clair/Butler winner at #2 Seneca Valley (12-2-2) – TBA

Canon-McMillan/Hempfield winner at #3 Penn-Trafford (13-4) – TBA

The WPIAL Semifinals will take place on Monday, October 28 with the date and time of the WPIAL Championship still to be determined.

BOYS SOCCER

WPIAL First Round – Tuesday, October 22

#9 Gateway (8-7) at #8 Canon-McMillan (11-4-2) – 6:30 pm

#13 Central Catholic (5-11-1) at #4 North Allegheny (14-3-1) – 6:30 pm

#12 North Hills (10-8) at #5 Norwin (12-5-1) – 6:30 pm

#10 Mt. Lebanon (11-7) at #7 Seneca Valley (12-5) – 6:30 pm

#11 Pine-Richland (6-10-1) at #6 Upper St. Clair (10-5-2) – 6:30 pm

WPIAL Quarterfinals – Saturday, October 26

Canon-McMillan/Gateway winner at #1 Plum (15-0-3) – TBA

North Allegheny/Central Catholic winner vs. Norwin/North Hills winner at TBA – TBA

Seneca Valley/Mt. Lebanon winner at #2 Peters Township (15-1-1) – TBA

Upper St. Clair/Pine-Richland winner at #3 Fox Chapel (10-4-2) – TBA

The WPIAL Semifinals will take place on Tuesday, October 29 with the date and time of the WPIAL Championship still to be determined.

GIRLS SOCCER

NON-SECTION

Greensburg Salem 3, Hempfield 1

Hempfield (5-13)

Jiana Patterson – Goal

Penn-Trafford 1, Kiski Area 0

Penn-Trafford (13-4)

Shannah Coleman – GW Goal

Rease Solomon & Alannah Hall – combined shutout

North Allegheny 6, Montour 1

North Allegheny (11-5-1)

Kieran Shannon – 2 goals

Aubrey Wells – 2 goals

Meghan Dutkovich – Goal

Addison Heim – Goal

Pine-Richland 3, Mt. Lebanon 1

BOYS SOCCER

NON-SECTION

Canon-McMillan 5, Bethel Park 1

Canon-McMillan (11-4-2)

Adam Kuchera – 2 goals

Seneca Valley 5, Central Catholic 1

Seneca Valley (12-5)

Michale Pokrzywinski – 2 goals

Tyler Prex – Goal

Zach White – Goal

Ben Barroner – Goal

by: Don Rebel

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The postseason can’t begin without a little bracketology.

The 2024 WPIAL soccer playoffs will likely begin Saturday and continue through the eight championship matches slated for Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at Highmark Stadium in Station Square.

The brackets for the four boys and four girls tournaments will be unveiled Wednesday afternoon.

On the boys side, there will be 63 teams and two preliminary round matches, one each in 3A and A.

Three of the four defending champions have qualified with Norwin in 4A, South Park in 2A and Bentworth in A looking to win more gold. Only South Fayette in 3A did not qualify after winning a district crown in 2023.

For the girls, 61 teams will be participating with only one preliminary round contest slated for Class A.

All four 2023 winners are back in the search for gold even though a new champion will be crowned in 4A.

Last year’s 4A winner Fox Chapel is now in 3A, in the same field as that classification’s champ 12 months ago, South Fayette.

Avonworth in 2A and Freedom in A are back in the championship hunt. The Antelopes are looking for a fourth straight WPIAL title while the Bulldogs are looking to three-peat.