PIAA girls basketball rankings for the Week of Dec. 24, 2018

By: HSSN Staff
Sunday, December 23, 2018 | 6:12 PM

Whether you are a fan of a local district team or you like to know what’s going on in girls’ high school basketball around Pennsylvania, the TribLive High School Sports Network has you covered this winter.

We rank the top WPIAL teams in each class every Sunday and follow with PIAA state rankings every Monday during the high school basketball season.

One WPIAL team dropped out of this week’s rankings, leaving six District 7 teams among the top 30. One WPIAL team climbed to the top spot in their classification.

While East Allegheny was bounced from the Class 3A rankings after losing to Carlynton, North Allegheny leapfrogged Upper Dublin to take the No. 1 spot in Class 6A.

Here is the PIAA Top Five in each of the six classifications for the week of Dec. 24. Their ranking from last week is in parenthesis after their record.

Class 6A

1. North Allegheny (8-0, 2)

2. Upper Dublin (5-1, 1)

3. Neshaminy (7-0, 5)

4. Abington (5-1, 3)

5. Cumberland Valley (6-0, NR)

Out: William Allen

Class 5A

1. Chartiers Valley (6-0, 1)

2. Mars (6-0, 2)

3. Grove City (7-0, NR)

4. Springfield-Delco (4-0, NR)

5. Archbishop Wood (3-4, 4)

Out: West Chester Henderson, Strath Haven

Class 4A

1. Lancaster Catholic (6-0, 1)

2. North Catholic (5-0, 2)

3. Villa Maria Academy (4-0, 3)

4. Bishop McDevitt (6-0, 4)

5. Scranton Prep (5-0, NR)

Out: Valley View

Class 3A

1. Neumann-Goretti (1-1, 1)

2. St. Basil Academy (6-0, 3)

3. Loyalsock Township (7-0, 4)

4. Beaver (6-0, 5)

5. Dunmore (5-0, NR)

Out: East Allegheny

Class 2A

1. Bellwood-Antis (4-2, 1)

2. West Catholic (4-3, 2)

3. Bishop Canevin (5-1, 3)

4. Penns Manor (5-0, 4)

5. West Middlesex (6-0, 5)

Out: Nobody

Class A

1. Jenkintown (7-0, 1)

2. Lourdes Regional (5-0, 3)

3. Lancaster Country Day (7-1, NR)

4. Bishop Carroll (3-2, 2)

5. The Christian Academy (5-2, 4)

Out: Lebanon Catholic

Don Rebel is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Don at drebel@tribweb.com or via Twitter @TheDonRebel.

Tags: Beaver, Bishop Canevin, Chartiers Valley, Mars, North Allegheny