PIAA basketball qualifiers for 5A, 2A boys, 6A, A girls
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018 | 11:48 PM
As the WPIAL basketball playoffs enter the final week, it's not too early to look ahead to the 2018 PIAA playoffs which begin next weekend. After the district semifinals in boys 5A, boys 2A, girls 6A and girls A, here are the qualifiers for the state playoffs from those brackets. The final order will be decided after the championship games Thrusday, Friday and Saturday.
Boys Class 5A qualifiers — 5 teams
Mars Fightin' Planets
Franklin Regional Panthers
Trinity Hillers
Highlands Golden Rams
(If Mars wins, Hampton qualifies. If Franklin Regional wins, Moon qualifies)
Boys Class 2A qualifiers — 6 teams
Sewickley Academy Panthers
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers
Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers
Jeannette Jayhawks
Leechburg Blue Devils
Springdale Dynamos
Girls Class 6A qualifiers — 5 teams
North Allegheny Tigers
Peters Township Indians
Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils
Bethel Park Black Hawks
(If North Allegheny wins, Upper St. Clair qualifies. If Peters Township wins, Hempfield qualifies)
Girls Class A qualifiers — 5 teams
Winchester Thurston Bears
West Greene Pioneers
Sewickley Academy Panthers
Quigley Catholic Spartans
(If Winchester Thurston wins, Cornell qualifies. If West Greene wins, Rochester qualifies)
Don Rebel is a TribLive High School Sports Network broadcaster and staff writer. Reach him at drebel@tribweb.com.
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