PIAA releases quarterfinal sites, times for 2024 state softball playoffs

By: Chris Harlan
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 2:11 PM

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The PIAA has announced sites and times for the the state softball quarterfinals with 10 WPIAL teams still in contention for a title.

Thursday’s playoff schedule includes two all-WPIAL matchups in a tripleheader at Gateway.

In Class 4A, Chartiers Valley plays Elizabeth Forward at 2 p.m., and Bentworth faces Laurel in a Class 2A quarterfinal at 4 p.m. A noon game matches District 5 champion Chestnut Ridge and District 10 champion Sharon in 3A.

Also reaching the quarterfinals were Seneca Valley in Class 6A, Armstrong and Thomas Jefferson in 5A, Neshannock in 2A and Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels in A.

The WPIAL has no teams remaining in the 3A bracket.

Class 6A

1-1 Downingtown West (25-0) vs. 1-4 Downingtown East (21-4) at Unionville, noon

3-3 Warwick (23-5) vs. 1-5 Council Rock South (20-3) at Boyertown, 3 p.m.

3-1 Central Dauphin (17-3) vs. 1-2 Quakertown (23-1) at Boyertown, 5:30 p.m.

1-3 North Penn (22-3) vs. 7-1 Seneca Valley (22-1) at Norlo Park Softball Complex, Chambersburg, 2:30 p.m.

Class 5A

3-3 Mechanicsburg (21-6) vs. 2-1 Pittston Area (19-1) at Patriots Park, Allentown, noon

3-4 Shippensburg (14-11) vs. 3-1 South Western (25-0) at Cumberland Valley, 4 p.m.

1-2 West Chester East (16-8) vs. 7-2 Thomas Jefferson (13-8) at Norlo Park Softball Complex, Chambersburg, noon

6-1 Central Mountain (15-5) vs. 7-1 Armstrong (19-3) at Heindl Memorial Field, DuBois, 1:30 p.m.

Class 4A

11-1 Blue Mountain (24-1) vs. 1-1 Pope John Paul II (15-8) at Patriots Park, Allentown, 2:30 p.m.

11-2 Northwestern Lehigh (21-4) vs. 2-1 Valley View (21-3) at Central Columbia, 1 p.m.

12-3 Archbishop Wood (12-7) vs. 9-1 St. Marys (18-2) at Central Columbia, 3:30 p.m.

7-3 Chartiers Valley (18-4) vs. 7-1 Elizabeth Forward (21-1) at Gateway, 2 p.m.

Class 3A

4-1 Midd-West (16-6) vs. 12-1 Conwell-Egan (14-3) at Millersville University, 4 p.m.

4-2 Loyalsock (20-3) vs. 6-2 Juniata (23-2) at Bloomsburg University, 1 p.m.

10-2 Harbor Creek (19-5) vs. 6-1 Forest Hills (19-2) at Heindl Memorial Field, DuBois, 11 a.m.

5-1 Chestnut Ridge (20-2) vs. 10-1 Sharon (24-0) at Gateway, noon

Class 2A

4-1 South Williamsport (22-2) vs. 1-1 Bristol (18-1) at Wilkes University, 3 p.m.

11-1 Williams Valley (19-5) vs. 6-1 Bald Eagle Area (19-4) at Bloomsburg University, 3 p.m.

7-1 Neshannock (24-0) vs. 10-1 Saegerstown (19-2) at Allegheny College, 1 p.m.

7-2 Bentworth (18-4) vs. 7-3 Laurel (20-5) at Gateway, 4 p.m.

Class A

11-1 Tri Valley (20-4) vs. 2-1 Old Forge (19-6) at Patriots Park, Allentown, 5 p.m.

5-1 Meyersdale (22-1) vs. 9-1 DuBois Central Catholic (20-2) at St. Francis, 3:30 p.m.

7-1 Chartiers-Houston (19-2) vs. 6-2 West Branch (21-3) at Mt. Aloysius, 3 p.m.

7-3 Carmichaels (17-2) vs. 6-1 Claysburg-Kimmel (23-1) at Berlin Brothersvalley, 4 p.m.

Note: Numbers listed before school name represent PIAA district and qualifying seed.

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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