Pennsylvania high school football playoffs roundup: Bishop McDevitt, Belle Vernon, Steelton-Highspire among winners (11/24/2023)

The Pennsylvania high school football playoffs continued on Friday night with the state quarterfinals

Ryan Isley, SBLive Sports | Nov 24, 2023

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association football playoffs continued Friday night with 16 teams remaining in each of Pennsylvania's six classes.

There were 36 games were played Friday, Nov. 17 with 12 games still scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 18.

On Friday night, 20 teams punched their ticket to the state semifinals, while there are four more games to be played on Saturday.

Four of the six state champions from 2022 - Bishop McDevitt (4A), Belle Vernon (3A), Southern Columbia (2A) and Steelton-Highspire (1A) - picked up wins on Friday night and the other remaining state champion from 2022 - St. Joseph's Prep (6A) - will play on Saturday.

The PIAA state championships will be once again held at Cumberland Valley High School from Dec. 7-9.

Thursday, Dec. 7th

Class 1A – 1:00 p.m
Class 4A – 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 8th
Class 2A – 1:00 p.m.
Class 5A – 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 9th
Class 3A – 1:00 p.m.
Class 6A – 7:00 p.m.

You can follow all of this week's action live on SBLive Pennsylvania.

Class 6A playoff scoreboard

Class 5A playoff scoreboard

Class 4A playoff scoreboard

Class 3A playoff scoreboard

Class 2A playoff scoreboard

Class 1A playoff scoreboard

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Feature image: Belle Vernon players celebrate winning the 2022 PIAA Class 3A state championship. Photo credit: Paul Burdick, SBLive Sports)

-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sbliveoh

Published Nov 24, 2023

RYAN ISLEY, SBLIVE SPORTS

Ryan Isley is a regional editor at SBLive Sports for the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ryan, a native of Akron, Ohio, has been following and covering high school sports in Ohio for more than 20 years, including the St. Vincent-St. Mary basketball teams that featured NBA superstar LeBron James. Ryan joined the SBLive staff full-time in May, 2022 after freelancing for SBLive Sports for nearly nine months, beginning with his experience covering Bishop Sycamore, which was featured in a documentary in the summer of 2023. You can reach Ryan at ryan@scorebooklive.com

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