WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Feb. 3, 2025

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Monday, February 3, 2025 | 11:18 PM


The stretch run of the girls basketball season has less than a week left as the district postseason field continues to take 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 fewer 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 girls basketball brackets Monday, 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 Monday, along with the teams that are still alive heading into the final days of the season.

*Won or shared section championship

Class 6A

8 of a possible 9 teams have clinched

Section 1

*Seneca Valley Raiders

Pine-Richland Rams

Butler Golden Tornado

North Allegheny Tigers

Section 2

Norwin Knights

Upper St. Clair Panthers

Canon-McMillan Big Macs

Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils

Still alive in Class 6A: North Hills in Section 1

Class 5A

16 of a possible 17 teams have clinched

Section 1

*Franklin Regional Panthers

Shaler Titans

Fox Chapel Foxes

Plum Mustangs

Section 2

*Penn-Trafford Warriors

Indiana Little Indians

Latrobe Wildcats

Greensburg Salem Golden Lions

Section 3

*South Fayette Lions

Chartiers Valley Colts

Mars Fightin’ Planets

Moon Tigers

Section 4

*Peters Township Indians

Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

Baldwin Highlanders

Bethel Park Black Hawks

Still alive in Class 5A: Kiski Area in Section 2

Class 4A

13 of a possible 17 teams have clinched

Section 1

Oakland Catholic Eagles

North Catholic Trojans

Knoch Knights

Burrell Buccaneers

Freeport Yellowjackets

Section 2

*Blackhawk Cougars

Beaver Bobcats

Central Valley Warriors

Section 3

*Elizabeth Forward Warriors

South Park Eagles

Laurel Highlands Mustangs

Belle Vernon Leopards

Yough Cougars

Still alive in Class 4A: Highlands in Section 1, Hampton and Hopewell in Section 2, Mt. Pleasant in Section 3

Class 3A

13 of a possible 16 teams have clinched

Section 1

*Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers

Quaker Valley Quakers

Beaver Falls Tigers

Riverside Panthers

Ellwood City Wolverines

Section 2

*Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions

Deer Lakes Lancers

Avonworth Antelopes

Section 3

Seton LaSalle Rebels

Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles

McGuffey Highlanders

Brownsville Falcons

Still alive in Class 3A: Ligonier Valley and South Allegheny in Section 2, Washington in Section 3

Class 2A

16 of a possible 18 teams have clinched

Section 1

Neshannock Lancers

Aliquippa Quips

Rochester Rams

Laurel Spartans

Section 2

Fort Cherry Rangers

South Side Rams

Brentwood Spartans

Burgettstown Blue Devils

Section 3

*Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers

Beth-Center Bulldogs

California Trojans

Bentworth Bearcats

Section 4

*Winchester Thurston Bears

Riverview Raiders

Apollo-Ridge Vikings

Ellis School Tigers

Still alive in Class 2A: Carlynton in Section 2, Carmichaels in Section 3

Class A

10 of a possible 12 teams have clinched

Section 1

*Union Scotties

St. Joseph Spartans

Aquinas Academy Crusaders

Springdale Dynamos

Eden Christian Academy Warriors

Section 2

*Geibel Catholic Gators

Clairton Bears

Serra Catholic Eagles

West Greene Pioneers

Bishop Canevin Crusaders

Still alive in Class A: Sewickley Academy and Leechburg in Section 1, Avella in Section 2

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