North Allegheny, Sewickley Academy earn No. 1 seeds for WPIAL boys team tennis tournament

By: Chris Harlan
Thursday, April 25, 2024 | 7:05 PM

North Allegheny and Sewickley Academy drew No. 1 seeds for the WPIAL boys team tennis tournament when brackets were released Thursday.

North Allegheny (12-0) was seeded first in Class 3A ahead of No. 2 Gateway (9-0), No. 3 Upper St. Clair (10-1) and No. 4 Fox Chapel (9-1). Gateway defeated North Allegheny, 3-2, in last year’s finals.

In Class 2A, top-seeded Sewickley Academy (10-0) is the defending WPIAL champion. North Catholic (9-0) earned the second seed followed by No. 3 Winchester Thurston (7-0) and No. 4 South Park (7-1).

Sewickley Academy defeated Winchester Thurston, 4-1, in last year’s finals.

There are 18 teams in the Class 3A bracket and 15 in 2A. The tournament starts Monday and ends May 8 with finals at Washington & Jefferson.

Also qualifying in 3A were Allderdice, Bethel Park, Butler, Franklin Regional, Mars, Moon, Mt. Lebanon, North Hills, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Shady Side Academy and Shaler.

The 2A field includes Blackhawk, Burrell, Central Valley, Chartiers Valley, Hampton, Indiana, Montour, Mt. Pleasant, Quaker Valley, Ringgold and Valley.

Class 3A bracket

Class 2A bracket

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.