Playoff Preview: McGuffey vs Beaver Falls

Tagged under: District 7, Playoffs

Collin Matthews | November 4, 2026

It’s the first round of the WPIAL 2A playoffs!! The 9 seeded Beaver Falls Tigers will travel to face the 8 seeded McGuffey Highlanders on Friday at 7.

Heading into the game both team are even matched with each team having 3 losses but McGuffey had 7 wins while Beaver Falls has 6. Whoever wins this game will travel to face the 1 seeded Bishop Canevin.

The Highlanders are lead by the  junior running back duo Caleb Simons and Dennis Furmanek. Both back combined have over 500 yards and 9 touchdowns. McGuffey’s 2 losses on the season are by either one point or 1 touchdown, expect for the loss to Seaton LaSalle. The Highlanders when 4-0 in conference play and ended the season on a 3 game wing streak

On the other side, Beaver Falls is lead by freshman quarterback Rodney Slappy. Beaver Falls lost 3 games this season with the most recent game being a 15-14 loss to Western Beaver. The Tigers went 4-2 in conference play and ended the season on a 1 game winning streak.

The 8 and 9 seeded games are always even paced matchups and make some of the best playoff matchups. To see the rest of the playoff bracket. Click this the link below