With the WPIAL basketball championships complete, teams turn their attention to the final stretch of the season, the PIAA Basketball Tournament. Action is due to begin Friday, March 8 with the championships Thursday-Saturday, March 21-23, at the Giant Center in Hershey. Four Washington County teams are in the brackets including the Fort Cherry boys & girls teams along with Peters Township and Trinity girls. First round opponents for the County teams are listed along with those of our nearest neighbor in the South Hills, Mon Valley and airport areas. Click PIAA Brackets
PIAA First Round
Friday, March 8
2A Girls WPIAL-7 Fort Cherry at 10-1 Kennedy Catholic, 7 pm
6A Girls WPIAL-3 Peters Township at 3-3 Lebanon, 5:45 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
6A Girls WPIAL-4 Chartiers Valley at 6-1 Altoona, 7:30 pm
3A Girls WPIAL-5 Keystone Oaks at 10-2 Northwestern, 6 pm
3A Girls WPIAL-6 Seton-La Salle at 9-1 Karns City, 7 pm
5A Boys WPIAL-4 Thomas Jefferson at 3-3 York Suburban, 6 pm
5A Boys WPIAL-6 Bethel Park at 3-2 Hershey, 6 pm
5A Boys 8-1 Obama Academy at WPIAL-1 Moon Area, 7 pm
4A Boys WPIAL-7 Montour at WPIAL-1 Lincoln Park, 7 pm
1A Girls WPIAL-5 Monessen at 9-1 Elk County Catholic, 5:30 pm
1A Boys WPIAL-5 Monessen at 9-1 Elk County Catholic, 7 pm
Saturday, March 9
2A Boys WPIAL-3 Fort Cherry at 9-2 Karns City, 12:45 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
5A Girls WPIAL-5 Trinity at 10-1 Cathedral Prep, 5:45 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
5A Girls 3-8 Redland at WPIAL-1 South Fayette, 2 pm
4A Girls WPIAL-3 Elizabeth-Forward at 10-2 Warren, 1 pm
6A Boys 10-1 McDowell at WPIAL-2 Baldwin, 1 pm
6A Boys 3-7 Central Dauphin at WPIAL-1 Upper St. Clair, 1 pm
6A Boys WPIAL-3 Mt. Lebanon at 6-1 State College, 3 pm
2A Boys WPIAL-5 Bishop Canevin at 5-1 Conemaugh Township, 4 pm