PIAA announces sites, times for Tuesday’s basketball quarterfinals
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Saturday, March 12, 2022 | 2:50 PM
New Castle’s Jonathan Anderson scores against Gateway’s Ryan Greggerson during their WPIAL Class 5A semifinal on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at UMPC Events Center in Moon.
The WPIAL is guaranteed to have a boys team in the Class 5A state championship with Laurel Highlands, New Castle, Gateway and Penn Hills all reaching the quarterfinals.
They’ll pair off Tuesday in two matchups in a doubleheader at Robert Morris’ UPMC Events Center. New Castle plays Penn Hills at 6 p.m. Laurel Highlands faces Gateway at 8 p.m. The PIAA announced sites and times for the six classifications with quarterfinals on Tuesday.
The six other classifications have quarterfinals Wednesday.
PIAA basketball playoffs
Tuesday’s games
1-1 Plymouth Whitemarsh (28-0) vs. 1-6 Perkiomen Valley (20-9) at Upper Dublin, 7 p.m.
3-3 Cedar Cliff (27-1) vs. 1-3 Pennsbury (25-3) at Governor Mifflin, 7 p.m.
1-2 Spring-Ford (22-6) vs. 3-1 Central Dauphin (22-4) at Manheim Township, 6 p.m.
11-3 Easton (27-2) vs. 7-1 Mt. Lebanon (25-1) at Bald Eagle, 5 p.m.
1-1 Chester (20-3) vs. 3-2 Shippensburg (22-4) at Manheim Township, 7:30 p.m.
1-5 Marple Newtown (18-10) vs. 12-1 Imhotep Charter (25-4) at Bensalem, 7 p.m.
7-7 Penn Hills (20-5) vs. 7-2 New Castle (25-2) at Robert Morris, 6 p.m.
7-1 Laurel Highlands (27-0) vs. 7-4 Gateway (17-6) at Robert Morris, 8 p.m.
12-1 Neumann-Goretti (20-4) vs. 11-1 Bethlehem Catholic (21-6) at Geigle Complex, Reading, 7:30 p.m.
12-2 West Philadelphia (21-5) vs. 2-1 Dallas (24-3) at Liberty, 7:30 p.m.
12-5 Archbishop Carroll (14-10) vs. 7-2 Montour (22-5) at Penns Valley, 6 p.m.
7-1 Quaker Valley (25-0) vs. 10-1 Fairview (25-2) at Sharon, 7 p.m.
12-1 Neumann Goretti (14-9) vs. 12-3 Conwell Egan (13-10) at Archbishop Carroll, 6 p.m.
2-1 Riverside (22-4) vs. 12-2 Imhotep Charter (15-9) at Liberty, 6 p.m.
6-1 River Valley (23-4) vs. 7-2 Freedom (20-5) at Norwin, 7:30 p.m.
7-1 North Catholic (21-5) vs. 6-2 Forest Hills (21-7) at Norwin, 6 p.m.
4-3 Mt. Carmel (22-5) vs. 4-2 South Williamsport (23-4) at Danville, 7 p.m.
4-1 Southern Columbia (27-1) vs. 6-2 Bishop McCort (25-4) at Bald Eagle, 6:30 p.m.
7-1 Neshannock (26-2) vs. 7-5 Shenango (16-9) at Blackhawk, 7 p.m.
6-1 Homer-Center (25-4) vs. 6-3 Bellwood-Antis (23-6) at Central Cambria, 7 p.m.
11-1 Nativity BVM (21-6) vs. 3-3 Mt. Calvary Christian (27-2) at Geigle Complex, Reading, 6 p.m.
4-1 St. John Neumann (24-3) vs. 3-1 Linville Hill Christian (24-3) at Martz Hall, Pottsville, 7 p.m.
7-1 Bishop Canevin (22-4) vs. 7-4 Imani Christian (17-6) at Gateway, 7 p.m.
7-2 Union (24-3) vs. 9-1 Elk County (24-5) at Clarion University, 7 p.m.
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
Tags: Bishop Canevin, Freedom, Gateway, Imani Christian, Laurel Highlands, Montour, Mt. lebanon, Neshannock, New Castle, North Catholic, Penn Hills, Quaker Valley, Shenango, Union
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