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Seneca Valley football 2024 preview: What to watch, 3 things to know and schedule

For the last two years, Seneca Valley’s football team found itself on the outside looking in when the WPIAL playoffs began.

Competing in Class 6A, which had dwindled from eight teams in 2021 to just five teams in 2022-23, SV was the odd team out in the district’s four-team playoff bracket. The Raiders were 3-7 overall last year, 0-4 in conference games.

Hempfield and Norwin, which had dropped to 5A for two years, are back in the Quad County Conference, and while the number of teams qualifying for the postseason remains four, SV coach Ron Butschle welcomes more conference games.

“Thank God,” Butschle said when referencing Hempfield and Norwin’s return. “With just four conference opponents, you’re looking at the same people all the time. You lose once and you feel like you’re in a do-or-die situation in the other games.”

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