WPIAL boys, girls basketball teams qualify for PIAA playoffs
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Thursday, February 28, 2019 | 10:47 PM
While district basketball gold is being determined this weekend at Pitt, the Road to Hershey is scheduled to tip off next weekend.
The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five teams to seven teams.
While all four semifinalists have clinched state playoff berths, some teams that fell in the quarterfinals have clinched or will learn their fate this weekend.
Once again this season, the district is using the follow-the-winner format to determine some of the representatives.
Classes with five qualifiers, the four semifinalists and the team that loses to the champion in the quarterfinals qualify.
Classes with six qualifiers, the four semifinalists and the two teams that lost to the finalists in the quarterfinals qualify.
Classes with seven qualifiers, the four semifinalists, the two teams that lost to the finalists in the quarterfinals and the team that lost to the team in the quarterfinals that lost to the team in the semifinals of the eventual champion.
Here is the list of teams that have qualified for the PIAA playoffs through Thursday with updates on Class 3A and A boys and Class 2A girls.
The number next to the class is the number of WPIAL teams that will participate in the PIAA playoffs.
The number in front of the team is the seed that team will be from the WPIAL.
Boys Class 6A (5)
Butler
Mt. Lebanon
Pine-Richland
Canon-McMillan
If Butler wins, Upper St. Clair is in; If Mt. Lebanon wins, Fox Chapel is in.
Boys Class 5A (6)
Mars
Moon
Chartiers Valley
Penn Hills
Shaler
Franklin Regional
Boys Class 4A (5)
New Castle
Quaker Valley
Highlands
Ambridge
If New Castle wins, Ringgold is in; If Quaker Valley wins, Knoch is in.
Boys Class 3A (7)
1. Lincoln Park
2. North Catholic
3. Seton LaSalle
4. Aliquippa
5. Beaver Falls
6. Deer Lakes
7. Washington
Boys Class 2A (6)
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Serra Catholic
South Side
Sewickley Academy
Shenango
Sto-Rox
Boys Class A (6)
1. Nazareth Prep
2. Vincentian Academy
3. Cornell
4. Monessen
5. Union
6. Leechburg
Girls Class 6A (5)
Peters Township
North Allegheny
Bethel Park
Norwin
If Peters Township wins, Fox Chapel is in; If North Allegheny wins, Upper St. Clair is in.
Girls Class 5A (5)
Chartiers Valley
Thomas Jefferson
Penn Hills
Oakland Catholic
If Chartiers Valley wins, Trinity is in; If Thomas Jefferson wins, Gateway is in.
Girls Class 4A (7)
North Catholic
Central Valley
Elizabeth Forward
Blackhawk
Keystone Oaks
McKeesport
If North Catholic wins, Quaker Valley is in; If Central Valley wins, Southmoreland is in.
Girls Class 3A (6)
Neshannock
Shady Side Academy
Avonworth
South Park
Washington
Beaver
Girls Class 2A (6)
1. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
2. Brentwood
3. Bishop Canevin
4. Laurel
5. Serra Catholic
6. Winchester Thurston
Girls Class A (6)
West Greene
Rochester
Vincentian Academy
Quigley Catholic
Sewickley Academy
Avella
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