Operation Football: Featured WPIAL playoff games for Oct. 31
GAME OF THE WEEK: Thomas Jefferson vs. Mars Area
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Operation Football: Featured WPIAL playoff games for Oct. 31
GAME OF THE WEEK: Thomas Jefferson vs. Mars Area
Updated: 8:00 AM EDT Oct 31, 2025
It’s time for high school football playoffs in Western Pennsylvania, with first-round games set to kick off across the Pittsburgh region.Operation Football will be covering these WPIAL playoff matchups on Friday night:Game of the Week: Mars at Thomas JeffersonNorth Hills at Bethel ParkPlum at Upper St. ClairHopewell at SouthmorelandWaynesburg Central at South AlleghenyChartiers Valley at McKeesportBeaver at FreeportJeannette at BentworthNOTE: Lineup is subject to change.Download the WTAE app to receive a mobile alert with final scores on Friday night.Watch highlights during Operation Football on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 at 11 p.m.
PITTSBURGH —
It’s time for high school football playoffs in Western Pennsylvania, with first-round games set to kick off across the Pittsburgh region.
Operation Football will be covering these WPIAL playoff matchups on Friday night:
Game of the Week: Mars at Thomas JeffersonNorth Hills at Bethel ParkPlum at Upper St. ClairHopewell at SouthmorelandWaynesburg Central at South AlleghenyChartiers Valley at McKeesportBeaver at FreeportJeannette at Bentworth
NOTE: Lineup is subject to change.
Download the WTAE app to receive a mobile alert with final scores on Friday night.
Watch highlights during Operation Football on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 at 11 p.m.