PIAA playoff picture clearing up for WPIAL basketball teams

By: Don Rebel
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 10:40 PM

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The Path to the Pete is set with six boys and six WPIAL basketball championship games at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center on Thursday through Saturday.

Four schools will double up by sending both the boys and girls teams to the district finals: Upper St. Clair, Peters Township, Aliquippa and Union.

Also on Thursday, the final four WPIAL consolation games will be played to help finalize the order for the upcoming state postseason.

The PIAA playoffs begin with first round action on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8.

Here is an update of the WPIAL teams that have qualified and the order in which they will be seeded out of District 7.

Boys 6A (4 teams)

1) Winner of Upper St. Clair Panthers vs. New Castle Red Hurricanes

2) Loser of Upper St. Clair vs. New Castle

3) Central Catholic Vikings

4) Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils

Boys 5A (8 teams)

1) Winner of Chartiers Valley Colts vs. Peters Township Indians

2) Loser of Chartiers Valley vs. Peters Township

3) Winner of Mars Fightin’ Planets at Montour game on Thursday

4) Loser of Mars at Montour

5) Uniontown Red Raiders

6) Latrobe Wildcats

7) Moon Tigers

8) Penn-Trafford Warriors

Boys 4A (5 teams)

1) Winner of Belle Vernon Leopards vs. North Catholic Trojans

2) Loser of Belle Vernon vs. North Catholic

3) Avonworth Antelopes

4) Beaver Bobcats

5) Knoch Knights

Boys 3A (7 teams)

1) Winner of Aliquippa Quips vs. South Allegheny Gladiators

2) Loser of Aliquippa vs. South Allegheny

3) Winner of Bishop Canevin at Mohawk on Thursday

4) Loser of Bishop Canevin at Mohawk

5) Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

6) Ellwood City Wolverines

7) Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles

Boys 2A (8 teams)

1) Winner of Union Scotties vs. Jeannette Jayhawks

2) Loser of Union vs. Jeannette

3) Sewickley Academy Panthers

4) Neshannock Lancers

5) Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions

6) Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers

7) Northgate Flames

8) Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers

Boys A (4 teams)

1) Winner of Neighborhood Academy Bulldogs vs. Serra Catholic Eagles

2) Loser of Neighborhood Academy vs. Serra Catholic

3) Nazareth Prep Saints

4) Aquinas Academy Crusaders

Girls 6A (3 teams)

1) Winner of Norwin Knights vs. Upper St. Clair Panthers

2) Loser of Norwin vs. Upper St. Clair

3) Winner of Mt. Lebanon at Canon-McMillan on Thursday

Girls 5A (8 teams)

1) Winner of South Fayette Lionsvs. Peters Township Indians

2) Loser of South Fayette vs. Peters Township

3) Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

4) Mars Fightin’ Planets

5) Penn-Trafford Warriors

6) Baldwin Highlanders

7) Indiana Little Indians

8) Bethel Park Black Hawks

Girls 4A (6 teams)

1) Winner of Blackhawk Cougars vs. Oakland Catholic Eagles

2) Loser of Blackhawk vs. Oakland Catholic

3) North Catholic Trojans

4) Elizabeth Forward Warriors

5) Laurel Highlands Mustangs

6) South Park Eagles

Girls 3A (6 teams)

1) Winner of Shady Side Academy Bulldogs vs. Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions

2) Loser of Shady Side Academy vs. Greensburg Central Catholic

3) Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers

4) Ellwood City Wolverines

5) Avonworth Antelopes

6) Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles

Girls 2A (7 teams)

1) Winner of Neshannock Lancers vs. Aliquippa Quips

2) Loser of Neshannock vs. Aliquippa

3) Winner of South Side Rams vs. Winchester Thurston Bears on Thursday

4) Loser of South Side vs. Winchester Thurston

5) Rochester Rams

6) Fort Cherry Rangers

7) Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers

Girls A (6 teams)

1) Winner of Union Scotties vs. Clairton Bears

2) Loser of Union vs. Clairton

3) Aquinas Academy Crusaders

4) Geibel Catholic Gators

5) St. Joseph Spartans

6) Bishop Canevin Crusaders