PIAA boys basketball sites, times: 6 WPIAL teams reach state semifinals

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Sunday, March 17, 2019 | 1:50 PM


New Castle’s field house will host a state semifinal two nights in a row.

WPIAL champion Lincoln Park and District 10 champion Sharon will play their Class 3A semifinal in New Castle at 7 p.m., Tuesday.

The PIAA already had picked New Castle to host the Class 5A semifinal Monday between Mars and Moon, a rematch of the WPIAL championship.

In all, the WPIAL has six boys teams in the semifinals.

WPIAL teams Vincentian Academy and Monessen will meet at 7 p.m., Monday in a Class A semifinal at Mt. Lebanon.

In Class 2A, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart plays District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle at 7 p.m., Tuesday at Kiski Area.

Class 6A

Tuesday’s games

1-4 Pennridge (25-4) vs. 12-4 La Salle College (16-3) at Norristown HS, 7 p.m.

1-2 Coatesville (29-2) vs. 10-1 Kennedy Catholic (25-3) at Williamsport HS, 6 p.m.

Class 5A

Monday’s games

7-1 Mars (27-1) vs. 7-2 Moon (26-2) at New Castle HS, 7 p.m.

2-1 Abington Heights (26-2) vs. 12-1 Archbishop Wood (19-8) at Bethlehem Freedom HS, 7:30 p.m.

Class 4A

Monday’s games

12-1 Bonner-Prendergast (21-5) vs. 1-1 Lower Moreland (25-3) at Plymouth Whitemarsh HS, 7:30 p.m.

12-2 Imhotep Charter (24-6) vs. 10-1 Hickory (27-1) at Williamsport HS, 6 p.m.

Class 3A

Tuesday’s games

7-1 Lincoln Park (25-4) vs. 10-1 Sharon (24-4) at New Castle HS, 7 p.m.

12-3 Bishop McDevitt (21-7) vs. 3-1 Trinity (25-3) at Geigle Complex, Reading, 7:30 p.m.

Class 2A

Tuesday’s games

7-1 OLSH (25-2) vs. 6-1 Bishop Guilfoyle (26-2) at Kiski Area, 7 p.m.

12-1 Constitution (22-9) vs. 12-2 MCS Charter (21-9) at Philadelphia Lincoln HS, 8 p.m.

Class A

Monday’s games

7-2 Vincentian Academy (19-8) vs. 7-4 Monessen (18-9) at Mt. Lebanon HS, 7 p.m.

12-1 Sankofa Freedom Academy (16-10) vs. 4-1 Lourdes Regional (24-4) at Bethlehem Freedom HS, 8 p.m.

PIAA girls basketball sites and times

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

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