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WPIAL High School Football Changes
The WPIAL Board of Control approved a new football conference alignment Tuesday night.
Major changes for WPIAL high school football in the next two seasons.
The WPIAL Board of Control approved a new conference alignment on Tuesday night.
's conference now includes , Penn Hills and , along with , Bethel Park, , Mt. Lebanon and .
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Starting in the 2012 season, five teams from the conference will make the WPIAL playoffs, plus one wild card team. Previously, four teams from each conference made the playoffs.
In addition, the WPIAL will schedule all games in the regular season for all teams, including the season opener. In the past, most WPIAL teams scheduled their own opener and the WPIAL scheduled the rest of the games, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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The pdf of the new alignment is located in the photo box to the right.
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