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WPIAL unveils brackets, pairings for 2025 high school football playoffs

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Updated: 12:24 PM EDT Oct 27, 2025

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WPIAL has officially released its high school football playoff pairings for the 2025 season. On Saturday, the organization released its playoff brackets, with Central Catholic (Class 6A), Pine-Richland (5A), Avonworth (3A) and Fort Cherry (1A) being the defending champs that got No. 1 seeds. McKeesport (Class 4A) and Seton LaSalle (2A) are also No. 1 seeds.The WPIAL playoffs will begin with first-round games on Friday, October 31.Championship games in Class 4A and Class 6A will be held on Saturday, November 15 at Pine-Richland High School, and championship games for 1A, 2A, 3A and 5A will be held on Saturday, November 22 at Acrisure Stadium.Here’s when each team will play:WPIAL CLASS 6A:WPIAL CLASS 5A: WPIAL CLASS 4A:WPIAL CLASS 3A:WPIAL CLASS 2A:WPIAL CLASS 1A:For more information, check out WPIAL’s website here.Each champion qualifies for the PIAA state football playoffs. The Class 4A and Class 6A champions enter the quarterfinal round on November 22-23, and the 1A, 2A, 3A and 5A champions enter the semifinal round on November 28-29.PIAA championship games will be held December 4-6 at Chapman Field on the campus of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg.

PITTSBURGH —

WPIAL has officially released its high school football playoff pairings for the 2025 season.

On Saturday, the organization released its playoff brackets, with Central Catholic (Class 6A), Pine-Richland (5A), Avonworth (3A) and Fort Cherry (1A) being the defending champs that got No. 1 seeds.

McKeesport (Class 4A) and Seton LaSalle (2A) are also No. 1 seeds.

The WPIAL playoffs will begin with first-round games on Friday, October 31.

Championship games in Class 4A and Class 6A will be held on Saturday, November 15 at Pine-Richland High School, and championship games for 1A, 2A, 3A and 5A will be held on Saturday, November 22 at Acrisure Stadium.

Here’s when each team will play:

WPIAL CLASS 6A:

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WPIAL CLASS 5A:

CLASS 5A

WPIAL CLASS 4A:

CLASS 4A

WPIAL CLASS 3A:

CLASS 3A

WPIAL CLASS 2A:

CLASS 2A

WPIAL CLASS 1A:

CLASS 1A

For more information, check out WPIAL’s website here.

Each champion qualifies for the PIAA state football playoffs. The Class 4A and Class 6A champions enter the quarterfinal round on November 22-23, and the 1A, 2A, 3A and 5A champions enter the semifinal round on November 28-29.

PIAA championship games will be held December 4-6 at Chapman Field on the campus of Cumberland Valley High School in Mechanicsburg.