WPIAL 3A Quarterfinals Preview

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Collin Matthews | November 11, 2026

The first week of the WPIAL 3A playoffs have come and gone and the field has been cut from sixteen teams down to eight teams. So far out of every team that has played, their hasn’t been any major upsets besides nine seeded West Mifflin beating eight seeded Freeport in overtime with a score of 34-31

All round two matchups are set to played at neutral sights, so that means that the West Mifflin vs Avonworth game is going to played at Peters Township MS.

Avonworth easily defeated the sixteen seeded Deer Lakes last week with a score of 41-7. Avonworth and West Mifflin met in week eight this year with Avonworth easily winning the game with a score of 33-6. The Antelopes are lead by Sophomore quaterback Mason Mobley and are poised to make a run to the 3A championship. If West Mifflin want to win this game they have to cut down on the penalties after having fourteen last week.

The two vs seven matchup pins seven seeded Alliquipa, who is coming off an dominant win against ten seeded Waynesburg Central in which they won with a score of 52-14, against two seeded Propel Braddock Hills who themselves are coming off an dominant win against fifteen seeded Burrell. The Quips who have been an underdog all year have the tall task in trying to defeat Propel who it looks like with meet up with one seeded Avonworth in the championship.

Three seeded Hopewell and six seeded North Catholic are set to play this week and like the two teams above them Hopewell had a great win defeating fourteen seeded Mount Pleasant by way of 62-7. Six seeded North Catholic beat eleven seeded Beaver 21-0 last week in an element filed game. North Catholic will need their offense to put more than twenty-one points if they want to defeat Hopewell and if Hopewell is able to win this game and Propell Braddock Hills wins there game it will be a week 3 rematch between both teams in which Propell was able to win 28-21.

The four vs five matchup is not only a very anticipated rematch but it is the Pittsburgh Steelers Matchup of the Week. Four seeded Belle Vernon against five seeded Elizabeth Forward is going to be a huge game. The last time these teams met was only 2 weeks ago where Belle Vernon came back after being down fourteen to beat Elizabeth Forward in the final seconds of the game 29-28. It’s going to be a big game with both teams combined having three losses.