WPIAL announces playoff sites, times for Wednesday’s basketball quarterfinals
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Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 2:15 PM
Montour’s Ama Tening Sow scores between Avonworth’s Anthony Arlia and Noah Goetz on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Ohio Twp.
The WPIAL has scheduled a slate of quarterfinal doubleheaders for Wednesday in the next round of the basketball playoffs.
The classifications in action are 4A boys, A boys, 2A girls and 3A girls.
Wednesday’s schedule includes five rematches of section teams: Montour vs. Avonworth, Rochester vs. Carlynton and Neighborhood Academy vs. Aquinas in the boys brackets, and Serra Catholic vs. Winchester Thurston and Avonworth vs. Keystone Oaks in the girls.
The higher seed swept the regular-season series in four of the five pairings. The Avonworth and Montour boys split their section series with each winning on its home floor.
The WPIAL announced the sites and times Sunday.
WPIAL basketball playoffs
Wednesday’s quarterfinals
Class 4A boys
1-Lincoln Park (20-3) vs. 8-Knoch (15-8) at North Allegheny, 8 p.m.
4-Uniontown (20-3) vs. 5-North Catholic (14-8) at Norwin, 8 p.m.
2-Hampton (20-3) vs. 7-South Allegheny (17-6) at Fox Chapel, 8 p.m.
3-Montour (19-3) vs. 6-Avonworth (16-7) at Mt. Lebanon, 8 p.m.
Class A boys
1-Imani Christian (11-10) vs. 8-West Greene (16-8) at Bethel Park, 8 p.m.
4-Monessen (18-5) vs. 5-Union (13-10) at Peters Township, 6 p.m.
2-Neighborhood Academy (16-5) vs. 7-Aquinas Academy (15-8) at Norwin, 6 p.m.
3-Rochester (16-6) vs. 6-Carlynton (8-14) at Chartiers Valley, 8 p.m.
Class 3A girls
1-Avonworth (20-1) vs. 8-Keystone Oaks (16-6) at Mt. Lebanon, 6 p.m.
4-Neshannock (16-7) vs. 5-South Park (16-7) at Fox Chapel, 6 p.m.
2-Shady Side Academy (21-2) vs. 7-Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (16-7) at North Allegheny, 6 p.m.
3-Beaver Falls (15-6) vs. 11-Seton LaSalle (14-8) at North Hills, 8 p.m.
Class 2A girls
1-Greensburg Central Catholic (17-6) vs. 9-Rochester (16-7) at Chartiers Valley, 6 p.m.
4-Fort Cherry (18-5) vs. 12-South Side (14-9) at Peters Township, 8 p.m.
2-Aliquippa (20-3) vs. 10-Clairton (18-4) at North Hills, 6 p.m.
3-Serra Catholic (19-4) vs. 11-Winchester Thurston (11-12) at Bethel Park, 6 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.
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