{"id":119013,"date":"2024-10-27T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T09:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119013"},"modified":"2024-10-27T16:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T09:59:12","slug":"class-4a-seeds-raise-eyebrows-as-wpial-releases-brackets-for-2024-football-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119013","title":{"rendered":"Class 4A seeds raise eyebrows as WPIAL releases brackets for 2024 football playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By: <!--ok name (Chris Harlan)--><span class=\"author-byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tribhssn.triblive.com\/author\/chris-harlan\/\" title=\"Posts by Chris Harlan\" rel=\"author\">Chris Harlan<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<!-- normal byline--><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>Saturday, October 26, 2024  |  2:38 PM<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"postCarousel\" class=\"carousel slide\" data-interval=\"false\" data-ride=\"carousel\">\n<div class=\"carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item active\">\n<figure class=\"figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"photo-id_340879\" class=\"img-fluid figure-img t\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-tribhssn.triblive.com\/2024\/10\/7875656_web1_ptr-MontourQuips10-101924.jpg\" alt=\"7875656_web1_ptr-MontourQuips10-101924\" title=\"7875656_web1_ptr-MontourQuips10-101924\"\/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Horner | TribLive \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"caption clearfix\">\n<p>Montour\u2019s Caden Halajcio fends off Aliquippa\u2019s Akiva Woods on a first down run late in the fourth quarter on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Robinson.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> <!-- row --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShocked and surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how the coach of three-time defending champion Aliquippa felt when the WPIAL revealed football playoff brackets Saturday. The Quips received a No. 4 seed in a Class 4A bracket that looked a lot different than what coach Vashawn Patrick and some others around the WPIAL had expected to see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and my coaching staff went through all of the scenarios this morning and last night,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cWe were just more shocked than anything when the brackets came out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick had expected a top-three seed for the Quips, but he wasn\u2019t the only coach left puzzled.<\/p>\n<p>West Allegheny coach Dave Schoppe was disappointed that the WPIAL seeded his team eighth in the eight-team bracket despite sharing the Parkway Conference title with Aliquippa and Montour. West Allegheny defeated Montour, 13-7, in overtime Friday to force a three-way tie.<\/p>\n<p>The tied teams were seeded second, fourth and eighth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure how they can justify what they did there, but it\u2019s their call,\u201d Schoppe said. \u201cI don\u2019t understand how two wild card teams can be seeded higher than us. Not to mention Montour, after we beat them. There are just a lot of questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WPIAL administrator Vince Sortino said the traditional tiebreaking formulas were used to break the three-way tie. Aliquippa (6-2, 4-1) was identified as the top team from that conference with West Allegheny (4-3, 4-1) second. Montour (8-1, 4-1) was third and needed a wild card to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>But the WPIAL seeded them in a different order. Sortino said the committee has that ability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee thought it was hard to put Montour behind Aliquippa,\u201d said Sortino, noting that Montour won their matchup, 36-35, in Week 8. \u201cBut you also have a (West Allegheny) team that lost to Aliquippa and beat Montour. So, what do you do? It\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated Thomas Jefferson was seeded first in Class 4A followed by No. 2 Montour, No. 3 McKeesport, No. 4 Aliquippa, No. 5 Trinity, No. 6 Belle Vernon, No. 7 Mars and No. 8 West Allegheny. Sortino said the football committee considered each team\u2019s entire body of work.<\/p>\n<p>Schoppe disagreed with West A\u2019s seed but said his team won\u2019t dwell on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I know is I\u2019ve got to get my guys ready to play at TJ next week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The playoffs start Friday for most classifications. Class 6A qualifiers must wait until Nov. 8. Acrisure Stadium will host championship games Nov. 23 for Class 5A, 3A, 2A and A. Norwin will host the Class 6A and 4A finals Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Thomas Jefferson as No. 1 seeds were Central Catholic in 6A, Pine-Richland in 5A, Imani Christian in 3A, Seton LaSalle in 2A and Fort Cherry in A.<\/p>\n<p>Some top seeds were easy choices. Others were not, such as in 5A, where the WPIAL chose one-loss Pine-Richland over undefeated Upper St. Clair, which was seeded second.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew going in the committee was going to wrestle with that,\u201d Upper St. Clair coach Mike Junko said. \u201cThere are a lot of good teams with impressive resumes. It\u2019s not an easy job. I imagine there was a lot of discussion and that\u2019s where they landed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pine-Richland\u2019s lone loss was to Class 6A contender North Allegheny. The Rams also had a nonconference win over Central Catholic, the No. 1 team in 6A.<\/p>\n<p>Going in Upper St. Clair\u2019s favor, along with being undefeated, was winning what was arguably the deepest conference in the WPIAL. Five teams from the Allegheny Six qualified for the 5A playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our resume speaks for itself,\u201d Junko said. \u201cThis has been a team that\u2019s had to overcome adversity along the way. We\u2019re going to face adversity in the playoffs regardless of the seed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WPIAL used a new method for choosing wild cards. Rather than rely on its traditional tiebreaking formulas of Gardner Points and margin-of-victory, the football committee was empowered to choose wild card teams outright.<\/p>\n<p>Those wild card spots were awarded to Brentwood, Monessen, Jeannette and Rochester in Class A; Carlynton, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Riverside and Washington in 2A; Greensburg Salem, Highlands and North Catholic in 3A; Belle Vernon and Montour in 4A; and Latrobe, Moon and South Fayette in 5A.<\/p>\n<p>Montour seemed unlikely to need a wild card after defeating Aliquippa in Week 9. That changed after the Spartans lost Friday in overtime to West Allegheny.<\/p>\n<p>The three tied Parkway champions had the same number of Gardner Points. The WPIAL\u2019s second tiebreaker formula, based on margin of victory in conference games, gave Aliquippa the edge. The Quips have reached the WPIAL finals 16 years in a row and expected a top three seed, but the committee put them fourth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely is motivation,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cBut I gave my speech earlier that it doesn\u2019t matter where we\u2019re at. We\u2019ve still got to play at 7 o\u2019clock and we\u2019ll be ready. I think they\u2019re just happy for the playoffs. This is our time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">WPIAL playoffs<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All games are 7 p.m. Friday at the lower seed unless otherwise indicated.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">Class 6A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4-Seneca Valley (3-6) vs. 1-Central Catholic (8-2), Nov. 8<\/p>\n<p>3-Mt. Lebanon (3-7) at 2-North Allegheny (9-1), Nov. 8<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">Class 5A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1-Pine-Richland (8-1) bye<\/p>\n<p>9-Franklin Regional (7-3) at 8-North Hills (8-2)<\/p>\n<p>4-Woodland Hills (8-2) bye<\/p>\n<p>12-Latrobe (5-5) at 5-Bethel Park (8-2)<\/p>\n<p>2-Upper St. Clair (10-0) bye<\/p>\n<p>10-Moon (5-4) at 7-Penn Hills (6-4)<\/p>\n<p>3-Peters Township (9-1) bye<\/p>\n<p>11-South Fayette (6-4) at 6-Penn-Trafford (8-2)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">Class 4A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>8-West Allegheny (6-4) at 1-Thomas Jefferson (10-0)<\/p>\n<p>5-Trinity (5-5) at 4-Aliquippa (6-2)<\/p>\n<p>7-Mars (5-5) at 2-Montour (8-1)<\/p>\n<p>6-Belle Vernon (4-4) at 3-McKeesport (6-4)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">Class 3A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1-Imani Christian (10-0) bye<\/p>\n<p>9-Highlands (5-4) at 8-Southmoreland (7-3)<\/p>\n<p>4-Beaver (8-2) bye<\/p>\n<p>12-Greensburg Salem (7-3) at 5-Avonworth (7-3)<\/p>\n<p>2-Central Valley (5-5) bye<\/p>\n<p>10-Mt. Pleasant (5-5) at 7-Freeport (7-3)<\/p>\n<p>3-Elizabeth Forward (7-3) bye<\/p>\n<p>11-North Catholic (4-6) at 6-Deer Lakes (8-2)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">Class 2A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1-Seton LaSalle (9-0) bye<\/p>\n<p>9-Riverside (5-5) vs. 8-Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (5-4), site TBA<\/p>\n<p>13-Washington (5-5) at 4-Steel Valley (7-3)<\/p>\n<p>12-Carlynton (6-4) at 5-Western Beaver (7-2), 1 p.m. Saturday<\/p>\n<p>2-South Park (9-1) bye<\/p>\n<p>10-Keystone Oaks (4-5) at 7-Mohawk (6-3)<\/p>\n<p>3-Ellwood City (9-0) bye<\/p>\n<p>11-Waynesburg (6-4) at 6-South Allegheny (8-2)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"neFMT neFMT_body-subhead\">Class A<\/span><\/p>\n<p>16-Brentwood (4-6) at 1-Fort Cherry (10-0)<\/p>\n<p>9-Cornell (8-2) at 8-Leechburg (8-2)<\/p>\n<p>13-Jeannette (6-3) at 4-Neshannock (9-1)<\/p>\n<p>12-Monessen (7-3) at 5-Greensburg Central Catholic (7-2)<\/p>\n<p>15-Rochester (3-6) at 2-Clairton (10-0), site TBA<\/p>\n<p>10-California (7-3) at 7-Laurel (5-5)<\/p>\n<p>14-Bentworth (6-4) vs. 3-Bishop Canevin (7-2) at Dormont Stadium<\/p>\n<p>11-South Side (6-3) at 6-Jefferson-Morgan (10-0)<\/p>\n<p class=\"credits\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. 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