WPIAL clinched: Girls basketball playoff field finalized with 84 teams

By: Don Rebel
Friday, February 7, 2025 | 11:23 PM

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The WPIAL girls basketball regular season is nearly in the books and the district playoff field has been finalized with 84 teams punching their ticket to ride into the district playoffs.

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 tied for the final playoff spot and the head-to-head tiebreaker did not break the tie, all of the tied teams qualified.

The WPIAL will release the girls basketball brackets Monday with the Playoff Pairings Show that day on Trib HSSN at 3 p.m.

Here is the final list of teams that have earned a district playoff berth through Friday.

*Won or shared section championship

Class 6A

Set with eight teams – All eight receive first-round byes\

Section 1

*Seneca Valley Raiders

Butler Golden Tornado

Pine-Richland Rams

North Allegheny Tigers

Section 2

*Norwin Knights

Upper St. Clair Panthers

Canon-McMillan Big Macs

Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils

Class 5A

Set with 16 teams – No byes or preliminary-round games

Section 1

*Shaler Titans

*Franklin Regional Panthers

Fox Chapel Foxes

Plum Mustangs

Section 2

*Penn-Trafford Warriors

Indiana Little Indians

Latrobe Wildcats

Greensburg Salem Golden Lions

Section 3

*South Fayette Lions

Chartiers Valley Colts

Mars Fightin’ Planets

Moon Tigers

Section 4

*Peters Township Indians

Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

Baldwin Highlanders

Bethel Park Black Hawks

Class 4A

Set with 17 playoff teams – One preliminary-round game

Section 1

*North Catholic Trojans

*Oakland Catholic Eagles

Knoch Knights

Burrell Buccaneers

Highlands Golden Rams

Freeport Yellowjackets

Section 2

*Blackhawk Cougars

Beaver Bobcats

Central Valley Warriors

Hampton Talbots

Hopewell Vikings

Section 3

*Elizabeth Forward Warriors

South Park Eagles

Laurel Highlands Mustangs

Belle Vernon Leopards

Yough Cougars

Mt. Pleasant Vikings

Class 3A

Set with 15 teams – One first-round bye

Section 1

*Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers

Quaker Valley Quakers

Riverside Panthers

Beaver Falls Tigers

Ellwood City Wolverines

Section 2

*Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions

Avonworth Antelopes

Deer Lakes Lancers

Ligonier Valley Rams

South Allegheny Gladiators

Section 3

*Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles

*Seton LaSalle Rebels

McGuffey Highlanders

Brownsville Falcons

Class 2A

Set with 17 playoff teams – One preliminary-round game

Section 1

*Neshannock Lancers

*Aliquippa Quips

Rochester Rams

Laurel Spartans

Section 2

*Fort Cherry Rangers

*South Side Rams

Brentwood Spartans

Burgettstown Blue Devils

Section 3

*Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers

Beth-Center Bulldogs

California Trojans

Bentworth Bearcats

Carmichaels Mighty Mikes

Section 4

*Winchester Thurston Bears

Riverview Raiders

Apollo-Ridge Vikings

Ellis School Tigers

Class A

Set with 11 teams – Five first-round byes

Section 1

*Union Scotties

St. Joseph Spartans

Aquinas Academy Crusaders

Springdale Dynamos

Sewickley Academy Panthers

Eden Christian Academy Warriors

Section 2

*Geibel Catholic Gators

Clairton Bears

Serra Catholic Eagles

West Greene Pioneers

Bishop Canevin Crusaders