PIAA girls basketball tournament pairings update
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Sunday, March 14, 2021 | 2:31 PM
Beaver’s Emma Pavelek celebrates after scoring during the fourth quarter ofthe WPIAL Class 4A girls championship game against Quaker Valley on Friday, March 12, 2021, at Peters Township High School.
Ten WPIAL girls basketball teams were still alive through two rounds of the PIAA postseason last year when their title dreams, like the rest of the world, came to a sudden stop because of the covid-19 outbreak.
The state basketball playoffs never resumed.
Now six freshly minted WPIAL champions are set for the district champion-only version of the PIAA playoffs that continue with state quarterfinals games on Friday and Saturday.
All of the WPIAL champions receive a first-round bye and will host quarterfinals games Friday or Saturday.
Here’s a look at the matchups for the PIAA girls basketball tournament through Wednesday:
Class 6A
Quarterfinals
Friday’s schedule
Plymouth-Whitemarsh at Spring-Ford winner, bye
Archbishop Carroll at Nazareth at 7 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre at Cumberland Valley at 7 p.m.
McDowell at North Allegheny at 6 p.m.
Class 5A
Quarterfinals
Saturday’s schedule
Abington Heights vs. Springfield-Delco at TBD
Bethlehem Catholic at Cardinal O’Hara at 2:30 p.m.
Hollidaysburg at Spring Grove at 6 p.m.
Warren at Chartiers Valley at 12 p.m.
Class 4A
Quarterfinals
Saturday’s schedule
Gwynedd-Mercy at Archbishop Wood at 2:30 p.m.
Central Columbia at Scranton Prep at 1 p.m.
Tyrone at Delone Catholic at 1 p.m.
Villa Maria Academy at Beaver at 2 p.m.
Class 3A
Quarterfinals
Friday’s schedule
Loyalsock Township at West Catholic at 6:30 p.m.
Notre Dame-Green Pond at Camp Hill Trinity at 7 p.m.
Punxsutawney at Mohawk at 6:30 p.m.
Forest Hills at Fairview at 7 p.m.
Class 2A
Quarterfinals
Friday’s schedule
Mahoney vs. Wyncotte Bishop McDevitt at Archbishop Ryan HS at 5 p.m.
Holy Cross at Mount Carmel at 7 p.m.
Windber at Neshannock at 6:30 p.m.
Cambridge Springs at Penns Manor at 7 p.m.
Class A
Quarterfinals
Saturday’s schedule
Jenkintown at Harrisburg Christian at 2 p.m.
Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary at Northumberland Christian at 1 p.m.
Kennedy Catholic at Rochester at 2 p.m.
Bishop Guilfoyle at Coudersport at 3 p.m.
Tags: Beaver, Mohawk, Neshannock, North Allegheny
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