WPIAL boys basketball playoff clinchings through Jan. 26, 2025
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Sunday, January 26, 2025 | 7:17 PM
Penn Hills’ Aiden Thompson dunks over Hampton defenders during their game on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2024, at Penn Hills. Penn Hills won, 51-46, in overtime.
The stretch run of the 2025 WPIAL boys basketball season begins this week as the district postseason field slowly takes shape.
A change in the playoff format this season has sections with eight or more teams sending the top five teams to the playoffs while sections with seven or less schools will send the traditional top four teams.
If two or more teams tie for the final playoff spot and the head-to-head tiebreaker does not break the tie, all of the tied teams qualify.
The WPIAL will release the boys basketball brackets Feb. 10 with the Playoff Pairings Show that day on Trib HSSN.
Here is the latest list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Sunday.
Class 6A: (5 of a possible 10 teams have clinched a 6A playoff berth)
Section 1
Fox Chapel Foxes
Seneca Valley Raiders
New Castle Red Hurricanes
Section 2
Upper St. Clair Panthers
Imani Christian Saints
Class 5A: (9 of a possible 17 teams have clinched a 5A playoff berth)
Section 1
Uniontown Red Raiders
Latrobe Wildcats
Section 2
Penn Hills Indians
Section 3
South Fayette Lions
Baldwin Highlanders
Section 4
Montour Spartans
Chartiers Valley Colts
Moon Tigers
Mars Fightin’ Planets
Class 4A: (7 of a possible 12 teams have clinched a 4A playoff berth)
Section 1
Deer Lakes Lancers
Knoch Knights
North Catholic Trojans
Section 2
Avonworth Antelopes
Section 3
Belle Vernon Leopards
Elizabeth Forward Warriors
Derry Trojans
Class 3A: (7 of a possible 16 teams have clinched a 3A playoff berth)
Section 1
Aliquippa Quips
Mohawk Warriors
Ellwood City Wolverines
Section 2
Bishop Canevin Crusaders
Section 3
South Allegheny Gladiators
South Park Eagles
Section 4
Southmoreland Scotties
Class 2A: (10 of a possible 19 teams have clinched a 2A playoff berth)
Section 1
Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions
Section 2
Sewickley Academy Panthers
Northgate Flames
Section 3
Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers
Jefferson-Morgan Rockets
Fort Cherry Rangers
West Greene Pioneers
Section 4
Neshannock Lancers
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers
Union Scotties
Class A: (3 of a possible 8 teams have clinched a Class A playoff berth)
Section 1
Nazareth Prep Saints
Section 2
Neighborhood Academy Bulldogs
Serra Catholic Eagles
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