WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Feb. 1, 2026

By: Don Rebel
Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 8:14 PM

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The 2025-26 WPIAL girls basketball regular season is down to one more week as the district playoff field is starting to take shape with 54 teams having punched tickets to participate in the February Frenzy.

Sections with eight or more teams send 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.

Here is the latest list of teams that earned a district playoff berth through Sunday.

*-indicates team won or shared section championship

Class 6A: (5 of a possible 8 Class 6A playoff teams have clinched)

Section 1

Seneca Valley Raiders

Pine-Richland Rams

Section 2

Norwin Knights

Canon-McMillan Big Macs

Upper St. Clair Panthers

Class 5A: (12 of at least 16 Class 5A playoff teams have clinched)

Section 1

Plum Mustangs

Fox Chapel Foxes

Penn Hills Indians

Section 2

Penn-Trafford Warriors

Indiana Little Indians

Latrobe Wildcats

Section 3

*-South Fayette Lions

West Allegheny Indians

Chartiers Valley Colts

Section 4

*-Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

Baldwin Highlanders

Trinity Hillers

Class 4A: (9 of at least 13 Class 4A playoff teams have clinched)

Section 1

*-Oakland Catholic Eagles

North Catholic Trojans

Burrell Buccaneers

Section 2

Blackhawk Cougars

Beaver Bobcats

Hampton Talbots

Section 3

Belle Vernon Leopards

Elizabeth Forward Warriors

South Park Eagles

Class 3A: (10 of a possible 14 Class 3A playoff teams have clinched)

Section 1

Beaver Falls Tigers

Quaker Valley Quakers

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers

Section 2

Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions

Avonworth Antelopes

Deer Lakes Lancers

Section 3

Seton LaSalle Rebels

Waynesburg Central Raiders

McGuffey Highlanders

Class 2A: (11 of a possible 16 Class 2A playoff teams have clinched)

Section 1

Neshannock Lancers

Rochester Rams

Aliquippa Quips

Section 2

Fort Cherry Rangers

Burgettstown Blue Devils

Section 3

Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers

California Trojans

Beth-Center Bulldogs

Bentworth Bearcats

Section 4

Winchester Thurston Bears

Riverview Raiders

Class A: (7 of a possible 10 Class A playoff teams have clinched)

Section 1

Aquinas Academy Crusaders

Union Scotties

St. Joseph Spartans

Sewickley Academy Panthers

Section 2

Geibel Catholic Gators

Serra Catholic Eagles

West Greene Pioneers