PIAA Soccer Championship Saturday: Winchester Thurston and Hampton boys, and Mars girls capture State titles – Pittsburgh Soccer Now

PIAA Soccer Championship Saturday

Saturday, November 20, 2021 HersheyPark Stadium, Hershey, PA

Girls 1A

Final Southern Columbia 4, Greensburg Central Catholic 0

Boys 1A

Final Winchester Thurston 1, Faith Christian 0 (OT)

Girls 3A

Final Mars 2, Radnor 1 (2OT)

Boys 3A

Final Hampton 1, Archbishop Wood 0

PIAA Soccer Past Champions List

Its a wrap in Hershey as the WPIAL wins five of the eight titles, with all eight matches featuring teams from District 7, as the final three matches on Saturday were swept in exciting matches going in favor of Hampton and Winchester Thurston boys and Mars girls.

Another terrific showing by teams from the Pittsburgh region.

PIAA Champions from WPIAL (2021)

Class 3A Boys: Hampton

Class 2A Boys; Quaker Valley

Class 1A Boys: Winchester Thurston

Class 4A Girls: Moon

Class 3A Girls: Mars

PIAA Runner-Up from WPIAL (2021)

Class 4A Boys: Seneca Valley

Class 2A Girls: Avonworth

Class 1A Girls: Greensburg Central Catholic

Hampton School District (23-1)boys soccer win their third ever PIAA State championship with the goal by Zach Panza.

Panza scored his 22nd goal of the season off an assist by Luke Staggers. Panza also scored the game winning goal against West Allegheny in the WPIAL final.

There were 13 seniors on this squad. In their career they went 58-16-1.

Hamptons path to winning States:

WPIAL Playoffs Penn Hills 8-0/ Moon 1-0/ Franklin Regional 1-0/ West Allegheny 1-0

PIAA Playoffs Hollidaysburg 6-0/ Franklin Regional 2-0/ West Allegheny 2-1 (6-5 PKs)/ Archbishop Wood 1-0

WPIAL Titles 1990, 2010, 2011, 2021

PIAA Titles 1990, 2010, 2021

Player Accolades:

All-WPIAL & All-Section Zach Panza, Gabe Viszlay, Luke Staggers

Archbishop Wood coached by Hugh Kelly comes up just short on their state playoff run.

PIAA Runner-Ups 2010 and 2021 both times losing to Hampton

PIAA Playoffs Fleetwood 2-0/ North Pocano 4-3/ Bishop Shanahan 1-0/ Loses to Hampton 1-0

All-Central Dominic Petruzzelli

1st Team All-Catholic Dominic Petruzzelli, Louie Daniele

2nd Team All-Catholic CJ Clyde

3rd Team All-Catholic Enzo Petruzzelli

77 Frank Galioto on Hampton given a yellow card for wasting time. Hampton has definitely been doing everything they can to just slow down this game and hold their 1-0 lead.

68 ArchBishop Wood almost scores. Great set up pass from Dominic Petruzzelli

58 HAMPTON SCORES!!

Big game Zach Panza does it again! He scores his 22nd goal of the season. Luke Staggers who just came back on after his yellow card gets his sixth assist of the year.

51 Holden Pritts hits the post. So close to giving his team the lead. Still 0-0.

Also, Luke Staggers a Senior on Hampton gets a yellow card. Hell have to sit out for 5 minutes.

34 12 fouls already called in this game. Really disrupting the tempo of play. I could say the center ref has made some questionable calls so far.

9 Looks like both teams playing a 4-3-3. That means lots of space in the midfield.

Archbishop Wood not afraid to shoot it from far as they have three times already.

Mars Fighting Planets (20-0-1) beat the Radnor Raptors (20-5) in double overtime 2-1 to win back-to-back-to-back PIAA championships. Theyve also won 3 WPIAL titles in a row.

In their three year run theyre 62-0-2. Unbeaten since 2018.

The two goals today were scored by Reese Dunaway and Alyson Cooper in double OT.

Head Coach Blair Gerlach has won every title coaching with the program except the WPIAL title back in 2000.

Mars path to State Finals:

WPIAL Playoffs Penn Hills 7-0 | Oakland Catholic 6-0 | Montour 1-0 | Plum 2-1

PIAA Playoffs Red Land 2-0 | Montour 1-0 | Plum 1-0 | Radnor 2-1 (2OT)

WPIAL Titles won 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021

PIAA Titles won 2011, 2019, 2020, 2021

Player Accolades:

All-WPIAL: Piper Coffield, Alyson Cooper, Leana Cuzzucrea, Gwen Howell

All-Section: Piper Coffield, Alyson Cooper, Leana Cuzzucrea, Gwen Howell, Reese Dunaway, Ava Lewis, Ainsley Ray

Radnor finishes 20-5 as the Runner-Up in the PIAA 3A girls final, and District 1 Champs beating Villa Joseph Marie 3-0.

PIAA Playoffs Greencastle-Antrin 2-1 | Northwestern Lehigh 2-1 (OT) | Archbishop Ryan 2-1 | Loses to Mars 2-1 (2OT)

Salah Koleth scores their lone goal in the final. Emily Daiutolo finishes the season with 10 goals, three assists and, All-District and All-Central honors.

Kathryn Boujoukas is a Franklin & Marshall commit.

Radnor won their first and only PIAA title in 1999. This is their first time back to Hershey since then.

100 1st OT period ends. Score is still 1-1. Either therell be a golden goal in the next 20 minutes or this one goes to PKs

95 Brooke Hamlett makes a huge save on the goal line. She cleared it out at her post off the corner kick chance for the Raptors. Kathryn Bajoukos who scored two goals in the state semifinals was so close to winning them the game

89 Jane Daitulo on Radnor gets a yellow card for kicking the ball away

80 After 80 minutes this is going to OT. Game is still 1-1. Teams will play two 20 minute periodsgolden goal.

72 Great dribbling move by Aly Cooper. Megged a girl and whipped a cross in but no Fightn Planets player in the box.

68 Mars close to taking the lead. A few chances in the box. Radnor blocking the shots and clears it out. 1-1 game

55 Mars ties it!! Reese Dunaway was in the mix and heads one in off the left post and in. 1-1 game now.

53 Mars gaining more possession now. Look to be playing in a 3-5-2. Need to watch out for Radnors great ability to play dangerous through balls past the defense.

45 Piper Coffield has moved from the midfield to right back, her natural position.

28 Game is getting very physical. Lots of fouls in the middle of the park. Both teams doing what they can to get that ball. 6 fouls called so far, 3 on each team

23 Aly Cooper with a header that goes high and wide. Mars has responded well since giving up a goal early but needs at least 2 to win this game. 1-0 Radnor

16 Game is very open so far. Lots of counter attacks happening.

6 Salah Koleth of Radnor scores the first goal of the game! She dribbles through three girls to score her ninth goal of the season. 1-0 Radnor

More to come from Hershey

92 GOLDEN GOAL OLIVER DABOO!

First, he plays through the WPIAL Final on a busted arm, now blasts a rebound from 25 yards, right down the middle, that sneaks past Roberts on his right!

Winchester 1-0 FCA after extra time for the Bears first ever PIAA Boys 1A championship!

91 Pringle is shown yellow. Hell sit for 5 minutes after a poor challenge on Hauskrecht, who was trying to dribble out of danger. 0-0

86 The Lions earn their second corner of extra time, and Moyer, who collects the bouncing ball, misses to the left of goal. FCAs speed is causing problems, but the Bears are hanging tough. 0-0

80 To extra time we go in Hershey. 20 minutes, maybe less, maybe more, to break a 0-0 deadlock between Faith Christian and Winchester Thurston.

71 The man of the match is The Crossbar. Gable of FCA hits another from a bad angle, trying to follow up a Pringle corner kick at the far flag that just missed its target. WT showing plenty of respect to his playmaker reputation. 0-0

67 Hauskrecht was a ghost in the first half. Nownot so much. He is denied on a corner kick from the near side, then misfires on a long free kick moments later. Dont be surprised if he takes more chances. 0-0

62 Marcus Pringle, often the focal point of FCAs attack, earns a dangerous free kick at the upper left corner of the box. Graham read him like a book and punches the shot away, perfectly positioned at the near post. 0-0

59 Kieran Ray puts one off the bar for FCA from the far post. Big break there for the Bears. The Lions are playing their fullbacks way up to keep the pressure on WT, which appeared to come out in a 4-5-1 to start the half. Countering seems easier said than done. 0-0

50 A borderline foul given just shy of the box is deemed a free kick, not a penalty, to Hauskrecht. The WT goals leader puts this ball from atop the 18, and the follow-up, right into the Lions wall. 0-0

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