The matchups are set for four WPIAL football championship games being played on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium.<\/p>\n
The championship games being played at the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and will be airing on KDKA+ for a third consecutive year. \u00a0<\/p>\n
New champions will be crowned in two of the four classifications, while two other teams are looking to go back-to-back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Class 1A – Laurel vs. Clairton<\/p>\n
In the first of four championship games on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium, one of the WPIAL’s most successful teams is looking to add another trophy to its case.<\/p>\n
No. 2 seed Clairton (12-1) advanced to the championship game with playoff wins against Monessen, Jeannette, and Bishop Canevin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clairton’s defense posted nine consecutive shutouts this season, allowing zero points between August 22 and November 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No. 4 Laurel (12-1) made headlines last week, earing a spot in the title game against Clairton with an upset win over Matt Sieg and No. 1 seeded Fort Cherry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Laurel defeated Jefferson-Morgan, Chartiers-Houston, and Fort Cherry en route to their championship game appearance.<\/p>\n
Clairton is seeking its 15th WPIAL title and first since 2019. Laurel won its only WPIAL championship in 1980.<\/p>\n
Kickoff for the 1A game is scheduled for 11 a.m\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Class 2A – Seton LaSalle vs. Steel Valley<\/p>\n
In the second of four games scheduled for Saturday, a new champion will be crowned in Class 2A.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No. 1 seed Seton LaSalle (11-1) are unbeaten dating back to their opening season loss to North Catholic and have advanced to the championship game with playoff wins against Mohawk and Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No. 3 Steel Valley (9-3) has won five straight games and have won big in their playoff contests vs. Ellwood City and Western Beaver.<\/p>\n
Seton LaSalle has five WPIAL championships with its last win coming in 2004. Steel Valley has won six titles, most recently in 2022. <\/p>\n
Kickoff for the 2A game is scheduled for 2 p.m.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Class 3A – Avonworth vs. Imani Christian<\/p>\n
The third game of the day at Acrisure Stadium will be the first of two games with a team trying to win its second straight championship. The game also pits two undefeated teams against one another.<\/p>\n
No. 1 Avonworth (12-0) are one of just three WPIAL teams yet to lose a game this season. Avonworth won big in their playoff opener vs. Freeport before a high-scoring victory over North Catholic in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
No. 2 Imani Christian (12-0) are also undefeated this season and advanced to the championship game with playoff wins against Hopewell and Central Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Avonworth are the defending 3A champions, also having won titles in 2019 and in 1959. Imani Christian has never won a WPIAL championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kickoff for the 3A game is scheduled for 5 p.m.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Class 5A – Pine-Richland vs. Peters Township<\/p>\n
The final game of the day at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday will feature another team trying to win back-to-back and a team with an unbeaten record.<\/p>\n
No. 1 Pine-Richland (11-1) suffered its only loss of the season in late October against Central Catholic and have won ten straight games since then, including playoff wins against Shaler and Moon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No. 2 Peters Township (12-0) enters the championship game with playoff wins against Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair.<\/p>\n
Pine-Richland are the defending 5A champions and have won nine WPIAL titles, including six in the last 11 seasons. Peters Township won its lone championship in 2023.<\/p>\n
Kickoff for the 5A game is scheduled for 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The matchups are set for four WPIAL football championship games being played on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8206,304,73,75,74,1833,5950],"class_list":["post-36340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-acrisure-stadium","tag-high-school-football","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-wpial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}