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Thursday, September 15, 2022 | 12:50 p.m
Westinghouse’s Sincere Smith (8) tries to elude Allderdice defender Brandon Massie during last year’s City League championship game at Cupples Stadium.
For the first time this high school football season, Thursday kicks off a weekend of district action.
It will be two intense days of District 8 football at the home of the City League, George Cupples Stadium on Pittsburgh’s south side.
It begins Thursday with undefeated Westinghouse taking on University Prep at 7 p.m.
The Bulldogs are heavy favorites to win the City League crown this fall. They are off to a 3-0 start and have outscored their opponents 138-32, including a 59-6 drubbing of Perry last week in their City League opener.
Westinghouse is ranked third in the latest Trib HSSN state rankings in Class 2A.
University Prep is 0-2 this season as it prepares for its first City League game. The Panthers lost to Steubenville last week, 40-14, in Ohio.
On Friday at Cupples Stadium, Perry will face defending champion Allderdice at 3:30 p.m. while Brashear will host Our Lady of Mount Carmel away from Maryland in a non-conference game at 7 p.m.
The top four teams from a pair of district sectionals face each other on a busy Thursday for WPIAL boys soccer.
In Section 2-4A, one game separates the top five teams. Four of them collide Thursday when Peters Township (4-1) visits neighboring Upper St. Clair (4-1) while Canon-McMillan (4-1) hosts Allderdice (3-2).
Mt. Lebanon is also 3-2 in the section. The Blue Devils are Norwin’s home.
In Section 3-2A, first place Mt. Pleasant (5-0) hosts Belle Vernon (4-1) while fourth-ranked Brownsville (3-2) travels to McGuffey (4-1).
Other key matches with top-ranking implications include:
• Kiski Area (4-0) at Mars (3-1) in Section 1-3A
• Charleroi (4-0) at Greensburg Central Catholic (3-0) in Section 2-A
