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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