The Knoch and Mars football teams learned their first-round fate Monday night as the WPIAL playoffs kick off this weekend.

Knoch (3-6) will travel to Thomas Jefferson (8-1) for a 7:30 p.m. game Friday in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs.

Mars (5-4) will travel to Burrell (8-1), also at 7:30 p.m. Friday, in a Class AA game.

The following are the first-round match-ups for the WPIAL football playoffs. All games are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted

Quad ALatrobe vs. Central Catholic at North Allegheny; Bethel Park at Gateway; North Allegheny at Woodland Hills; Baldwin at Upper St. Clair; Penn-Trafford at North Hills; Shaler at McKeesport; Connellsville at Mt. Lebanon; Trinity at Penn Hills

Class AAAAlbert Gallatin at West Mifflin; Blackhawk at Yough; Ambridge at Franklin Regional; Uniontown at Hampton; Elizabeth Forward at West Allegheny; Chartiers Valley at Hopewell; Pine-Richland at Mt. Pleasant;

Knoch at Thomas Jefferson

Class AALaurel at South Park; Jeannette at Mohawk; Ford City at Center;

Mars at Burrell; Washington at Aliquippa; Beaver vs. Seton LaSalle at site TBD; South Fayette at Valley; Riverside at Greensburg Central Catholic

Class ACarmichaels at Rochester; California at Western Beaver; Riverview at Beth Center; Avonworth at Springdale; Apollo Ridge vs. Bishop Canevin at Keystone Oaks; Bentworth at Mapletown; Chartiers-Houston at South Side Beaver-1 p.m. Saturday; Jefferson-Morgan at Duquesne-1 p.m. Saturday