WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff qualifiers through Jan. 30, 2025
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Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 11:38 PM
The stretch run of the WPIAL girls basketball season is underway 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 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 Thursday.
*Won or shared section championship
Class 6A
4 of at least 8 teams have clinched
Section 1
Seneca Valley Raiders
Pine-Richland Rams
Section 2
Norwin Knights
Upper St. Clair Panthers
Class 5A
14 of at least 16 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
Section 3
South Fayette Lions
Chartiers Valley Colts
Moon Tigers
Section 4
Peters Township Indians
Thomas Jefferson Jaguars
Baldwin Highlanders
Bethel Park Black Hawks
Class 4A
10 of at least 14 teams have clinched
Section 1
Oakland Catholic Eagles
North Catholic Trojans
Knoch Knights
Burrell Buccaneers
Section 2
Blackhawk Cougars
Beaver Bobcats
Central Valley Warriors
Section 3
Elizabeth Forward Warriors
South Park Eagles
Laurel Highlands Mustangs
Class 3A
12 of at least 14 teams have clinched
Section 1
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers
Beaver Falls Tigers
Quaker Valley Quakers
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
Class 2A
13 of at least 16 teams have clinched
Section 1
Neshannock Lancers
Aliquippa Quips
Rochester Rams
Section 2
Fort Cherry Rangers
South Side Rams
Brentwood Spartans
Section 3
Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers
Beth-Center Bulldogs
California Trojans
Section 4
Winchester Thurston Bears
Riverview Raiders
Apollo-Ridge Vikings
Ellis School Tigers
Class A
9 of at least 10 teams have clinched
Section 1
Union Scotties
St. Joseph Spartans
Aquinas Academy Crusaders
Springdale Dyanmos
Section 2
Geibel Catholic Gators
Serra Catholic Eagles
Clairton Bears
West Greene Pioneers
Bishop Canevin Crusaders
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