2026 WPIAL high school playoffs Round 2 matchups revealed

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The WPIAL officially released the sites and times for the second round of its 2026 high school football playoffs, and four Beaver County teams are still playing for a state championship. 

All of the games will be played on Friday, November 13th at 7 p.m., with semifinal matchups in Class 6A and Class 4A and quarterfinals in the other four classes. 

Here are the matchups and where they will be played at, with the Beaver County/Beaver Valley teams in bold:

Class 6A Bracket

No. 1 Central Catholic vs. No. 4 Hempfield Area at U.S. Steel Community Field in the Hazelwood neighborhood

No. 3 North Allegheny at No. 2 Canon-McMillan

Class 5A Bracket

No. 8 Trinity at No. 1 Pine-Richland

No. 5 West Allegheny at No. 4 North Hills

No. 7 Thomas Jefferson at No. 2 Penn-Trafford

No. 11 Armstrong at No. 3 Upper St. Clair

Class 4A Bracket

No. 1 South Fayette vs. No. 4 New Castle at Central Valley

No. 2 Montour vs. No. 3 McKeesport at Penn Hills

Class 3A Bracket

No. 1 Avonworth vs. No. 9 West Mifflin at Peters Township

No. 4 Belle Vernon vs. No. 5 Elizabeth Forward at West Mifflin

No. 2 Propel Braddock Hills vs. No. 7 Aliquippa at Deer Lakes

No. 3 Hopewell vs. No. 6 North Catholic at Chartiers Valley

Class 2A Bracket

No. 1 Bishop Canevin vs. No. 9 Beaver Falls at Dormont Stadium

No. 4 Steel Valley vs. No. 5 Western Beaver at Fox Chapel

No. 2 Seton LaSalle vs. No. 7 Ligonier Valley at Mt. Lebanon

No. 6 Neshannock at No. 3 Apollo-Ridge

Class 1A Bracket

No. 1 Washington vs. No. 8 Bethlehem-Center at Charleroi

No. 4 Fort Cherry vs. No. 5 Laurel at Beaver Area

No. 2 Shenango vs. No. 10 Monessen at Ambridge

No. 3 Clairton vs. No. 6 California at Southmoreland