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Updating the WPIAL football playoff picture
Saturday, October 27, 2007

In Class AAAA, AAA and A, four teams from each conference make the playoffs. In Class AA, the top three teams qualify from each of the five conferences, plus one wild-card fourth-place team.

The first- and second-place teams in AAAA, AAA and A play a home game in the first round of the playoffs. The first-place teams in the five AA conferences, plus three second-place teams will play home games in the first round.

Playoff pairings will be announced Monday night. Here is the playoff picture:

CLASS AAAA

BIG EAST

1. Gateway

2. Penn Hills

3. Woodland Hills

4. Plum

FOOTHILLS

1. Central Catholic

2. Norwin

3. Penn-Trafford

4. Hempfield

GREAT SOUTHERN

1. McKeesport

2. Upper St. Clair

3. Bethel Park

4. Canon- McMillan

NORTHERN FIVE

1. North Allegheny

2. Seneca Valley

3. Shaler

4. North Hills

CLASS AAA

BIG SEVEN

1. Thomas Jefferson

2. Chartiers Valley

3. Trinity

4. Keystone Oaks

GREATER ALLEGHENY

1. Knoch

2. Pine-Richland

3. Highlands

4. Franklin Regional

KEYSTONE

1. Mount Pleasant

2. Belle Vernon

3. Ringgold

4. Laurel Highlands

PARKWAY

1. Montour

2. Blackhawk

3. West Allegheny

4. New Castle

CLASS AA

ALLEGHENY

1. Ford City

2. Shady Side Academy

3. Valley

CENTURY

1. Steel Valley

2. South Fayette

3. Burgettstown

Seton-LaSalle also qualifies as the fourth-place wild-card team

INTERSTATE

1. Jeannette

2. Greensburg Central Catholic

3. E. Allegheny

MIDWESTERN

1. Aliquippa

2. Beaver Falls

3. Beaver

TRI-COUNTY NORTH

1. Mars

2. Riverside

3. Laurel

(Shady Side Academy, Beaver Falls and Riverside are the second-place teams that will have home games in the first round).

CLASS A

BIG SEVEN

1. Western Beaver

2. Monaca

3. Rochester

4. Either South Side Beaver or North Catholic, depending on today's Western Beaver-South Side Beaver game.

BLACK HILLS

1. Serra

2. Fort Cherry

3. Char-Houston

4. Beth-Center

EASTERN

1. Clairton

Springdale, Apollo-Ridge and Riverview have clinched. Their places will be determined by today's Springdale-Riverview game

TRI-COUNTY SOUTH

1. Monessen

2. Jeff-Morgan

3. California

4. Carmichaels

First published on October 27, 2007 at 12:22 am