WPIAL boys basketball playoff field set

By: Don Rebel
Friday, February 11, 2022 | 11:37 PM

4740681_web1_PTR-NCLHboys09-031121jpg — Rodney Gallagher and Laurel Highlands are the likely top seed in Class 5A.

The 2022 WPIAL boys basketball playoff field is set as 86 teams have punched their ticket for the Path to the Pete.

Trib HSSN will once again have exclusive coverage of the WPIAL boys basketball playoffs starting Monday with the Playoff Pairings Show at 5 p.m. as we unveil the brackets to the masses.

Here is the final list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth.

Class 6A (13 playoff teams – 3 first-round byes)

North Hills Indians

Butler Golden Tornado

Pine-Richland Rams

North Allegheny Tigers

Upper St. Clair Panthers

Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils

Baldwin Highlanders

Bethel Park Black Hawks

Fox Chapel Foxes

Central Catholic Vikings

Norwin Knights

Penn-Trafford Warriors

Hempfield Spartans

Note: Seneca Valley finished tied for fourth place with North Allegheny, but the Tigers won the head-to-head tiebreaker, 2-1.

Class 5A: (16 playoff teams – no byes, no preliminary round games)

Laurel Highlands Mustangs

Albert Gallatin Colonials

West Mifflin Titans

Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

New Castle Red Hurricane

South Fayette Lions

West Allegheny Indians

Chartiers Valley Colts

Penn Hills Indians

Gateway Gators

Kiski Area Cavaliers

Woodland Hills Wolverines

Mars Fightin’ Planets

Highlands Golden Rams

Shaler Titans

Hampton Talbots

Note: Woodland Hills, Franklin Regional and McKeesport all finished tied for fourth place in Section 3. Woodland Hills swept McKeesport and split with Franklin Regional, thus the Wolverines went 3-1 in head-to-head tiebreaker and qualified for the playoffs.

Class 4A (13 playoff teams – 3 first-round byes)

North Catholic Trojans

Burrell Buccaneers

Deer Lakes Lancers

Freeport Yellowjackets

Quaker Valley Quakers

Montour Spartans

Lincoln Park Leopards

Blackhawk Cougars

Central Valley Warriors

Belle Vernon Leopards

Uniontown Red Raiders