WPIAL boys, girls basketball teams qualify for PIAA playoffs
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Monday, February 25, 2019 | 10:09 PM
North Catholic’s Dani Short scores past Elizabeth Forward’s Brianna Spirnak and Haylee Briggs during semifinal WPIAL action Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 at North Allegheny High School.
While the Path to the Pete continues into the semifinals this week, and the Road to Hershey will tip off next week.
The WPIAL will send a handful of teams from each class into the PIAA postseason field, ranging from five to seven teams.
While all four semifinalists have clinched state playoff berths, teams that fell in the quarterfinals are still alive … for now.
Once again this season, the district is using the follow-the-winner format to determine some of the representatives.
Quarterfinal losers must nervously wait for results from the semifinals and some of the title games to find out if their season continues in the PIAA postseason or if uniforms will be collected this week.
Classes with five qualifiers, the four semifinalists and the team that loses to the champion in the quarterfinals qualify.
Classes with six qualifiers, the four semifinalists and the two teams that lost to the finalists in the quarterfinals qualify.
Classes with seven qualifiers, the four semifinalists, the two teams that lost to the finalists in the quarterfinals and the team that lost to the team in the quarterfinals that lost to the team in the semifinals of the eventual champion.
Here is the list of teams that have qualified for the PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs through Monday with updates on the Class 3A and A boys and Class 4A and 2A girls.
The digit in parentheses is the number of WPIAL teams that will participate in the PIAA playoffs.
Boys Class 6A (5)
Boys Class 5A (6)
Boys Class 4A (5)
Boys Class 3A (7)
If Lincoln Park wins the title, Washington is in; If North Catholic wins, Neshannock is in.
Boys Class 2A (6)
South Side Beaver
Boys Class A (6)
Girls Class 6A (5)
Girls Class 5A (5)
Girls Class 4A (7)
North Catholic
If North Catholic wins a title, Quaker Valley is in; If Central Valley wins, Southmoreland is in.
Girls Class 3A (6)
Girls Class 2A (6)
Laurel
Girls Class A (6)
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