IN BRIEF
Four Butler County football teams learned their first-round opponent at the WPIAL pairings meeting Monday night.
All games will be played at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Class AAAA
Seneca Valley (5-4) will play Central Catholic (7-2) at Fox Chapel.
Class AAA
Mars (6-3) will host Trinity (4-5) while Knoch (3-6) will square off at West Allegheny (7-2).
Class AA
Freeport (8-1) will host Greensburg Central Catholic (7-2).
The following are first-round matchups of the WPIAL playoffs. All games will be played at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Quad APlum at Gateway; Penn Hills at Upper St. Clair; Latrobe at North Allegheny; North Hills at McKeesport; Baldwin at Woodland Hills;
Seneca Valley vs. Central Catholic (at Fox Chapel); Penn Trafford at Bethel Park; Mount Lebanon at Shaler
Class AAALaurel Highlands at Thomas Jefferson; Montour at Franklin Regional; Knoch at West Allegheny; New Castle at Greensburg Salem; Derry at Hopewell;
Trinity at Mars; Hampton at Chartiers Valley; Belle Vernon at Uniontown
Class AABeaver at South Fayette; Aliquippa at McGuffey; Steel Valley at Beaver Falls; Sto-Rox at Shady Side Academy; Kittanning at Mt. Pleasant; Burrell at Keystone Oaks; Washington at Center;
Greensburg Central Catholic at Freeport
Class ACarmichaels at Rochester; Brentwood at Fort Cherry; Jefferson Morgan at North catholic; Springdale at Monessen; Burgettstown at Laurel; Serra at Beth Center; South Side Beaver at Clairton; Monaca at Avonworth.
PITTSBURGH — No. 19 Notre Dame's Nov. 14 football game at 14th-ranked Pittsburgh will kick off at 8 p.m. and will be one of two games televised then by ABC.The network will also show the Texas Tech-Oklahoma State game to part of the country.The Notre Dame-Pitt time no doubt is of interest to the Cincinnati Bengals and the Steelers. The teams will play an important AFC North game on Heinz Field's grass field less than 14 hours after the college game ends.Notre Dame hasn't played at Pitt since winning there 42-21 on Sept. 3, 2005 — Charlie Weis' first game as the Fighting Irish's coach and Dave Wannstedt's first at Pittsburgh.
The Seneca Valley girls soccer team (19-0-1) will face Canon-McMillan (16-5) in a WPIAL Class AAA semifinal game at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Chartiers Valley High.