Trib HSSN girls basketball state rankings for week of March 3, 2019

By: Don Rebel
Sunday, March 3, 2019 | 1:30 AM

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The district playoffs are in the rear-view mirror, and the road to Hershey is about to open.

Nearly 200 teams are about to begin a three-week journey referred to as the PIAA girls basketball playoffs.

This week’s edition of the state rankings didn’t have many changes, but it is lighter from a WPIAL standpoint, shrinking from eight teams to six.

Norwin in Class 6A and Oakland Catholic in 5A were bounced after losing in the WPIAL semifinals, and West Greene was ousted in Class A after losing to Rochester in the district title game. The Rams are the only WPIAL team new to the rankings.

Speaking of Class A, three ranked teams lost last week Three new district champs joined the rankings.

District 6 Class 2A champ Bellwood-Antis is the new No. 1 team in the rankings, taking over for Bishop Canevin, which lost to WPIAL champion OLSH in the district semifinals.

Here is the PIAA Top Five in each of the six classifications for the week of March 3, 2019. Their ranking from last week is the number in parenthesis after their record.

Class 6A

1. Peters Township (25-0, 1)

2. Garnet Valley (25-1, 4)

3. North Allegheny (23-2, 2)

4. Neshaminy (23-2, NR)

5. Spring-Ford (21-3, 3)

Out: Norwin

Class 5A

1. Chartiers Valley (25-0, 1)

2. Archbishop Carroll (21-5, 2)

3. Malvern Villa Maria Academy (24-4, 4)

4. Warren (21-3, NR)

5. Springfield-Delco (23-3, 3)

Out: Oakland Catholic

Class 4A

1. Lancaster Catholic (28-0, 1)

2. Erie Villa Maria Academy (20-3, 2)

3. Scranton Prep (24-1, 4)

4. North Catholic (22-3, 5)

5. Bishop McDevitt (21-4, 2)

Out: None

Class 3A

1. St. Basil Academy (26-0, 1)

2. Dunmore (25-0, 2)

3. Camp Hill Trinity (24-2, 3)

4. Neumann-Goretti (18-8, 5)

5. Loyalsock Township (23-3, 4)

Out: None

Class 2A

1. Bellwood-Antis (22-3, 3)

2. Mahoney Area (23-2, 4)

3. West Middlesex (22-3, 5)

4. Bishop Canevin (21-3, 1)

5. Penns Manor (22-2, 2)

Out: None

Class A

1. Jenkintown (24-1, 1)

2. Bishop Carroll (17-7, 5)

3. Our Lady of the Lourdes Regional (19-6, NR)

4. Rochester (19-6, NR)

5. Lancaster Country Day (19-5, NR)

Out: West Greene, Chester Charter-Arts, Greenwood

Tags: Bishop Canevin, Chartiers Valley, North Allegheny, North Catholic, Peters Township