Six WPIAL football teams will play in the PIAA semifinals this weekend and two of those teams will play Friday afternoon games.
On Sunday, the PIAA announced the sites, dates and times for all semifinal games. Usually, semifinal games are played on Friday and Saturday nights, and Saturday afternoons. But with the semifinals the day after Thanksgiving this year, the PIAA decided to put games on Friday afternoon also. Gateway and Thomas Jefferson, two WPIAL teams, play Friday afternoon.
Since the PIAA changed from four to six classifications in 2016, this is the first time that six WPIAL teams have made the semifinals. Here is the schedule.
CLASS 6A
Friday — Downingtown West (13-1) vs. Central Dauphin (11-2) at Coatesville, 7p.m.
Saturday — Central Catholic (12-1) vs. St. Joseph’s (10-2) at Altoona’s Mansion Park Stadium, 1 p.m.
CLASS 5A
Friday — Gateway (12-2) vs. Archbishop Wood (9-3) at Altoona’s Mansion Park Stadium, 1 p.m; Cocalico (11-2) vs. Cheltenham (13-1) at Hersheypark Stadium, 6 p.m..
CLASS 4A
Friday — Thomas Jefferson (14-0) vs. Lampeter-Strasburg (11-3) at Hollidaysburg, 1 p.m.; Jersey Shore (11-3) vs. Dallas (14-0) at Danville, 6 p.m.
CLASS 3A
Friday — Central Valley (12-1) vs. Bald Eagle Area (11-3) at Moon, 7 p.m.; Wyoming Area (12-1) vs. Tamaqua (12-2) at Wyoming Valley West, 7 p.m..
CLASS 2A
Friday — Wilmington (12-0) vs. Avonworth (14-0) at Slippery Rock High School, 6 p.m.; Southern Columbia (14-0) vs. Richland (13-0) at Selinsgrove, 7 p.m.
CLASS 1A
Friday — Clairton (11-2) vs. Farrell (12-2) at North Allegheny, 7 p.m.; Bishop Guilfoyle (11-2) vs. Lackawanna Trail (10-3) at Danville, 1 p.m.
First Published: November 24, 2019, 5:53 p.m.