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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