North Allegheny and Sewickley Academy drew No. 1 seeds for the WPIAL boys team tennis tournament when brackets were released Thursday.
North Allegheny (12-0) was seeded first in Class 3A ahead of No. 2 Gateway (9-0), No. 3 Upper St. Clair (10-1) and No. 4 Fox Chapel (9-1). Gateway defeated North Allegheny, 3-2, in last year’s finals.
In Class 2A, top-seeded Sewickley Academy (10-0) is the defending WPIAL champion. North Catholic (9-0) earned the second seed followed by No. 3 Winchester Thurston (7-0) and No. 4 South Park (7-1).
Sewickley Academy defeated Winchester Thurston, 4-1, in last year’s finals.
There are 18 teams in the Class 3A bracket and 15 in 2A. The tournament starts Monday and ends May 8 with finals at Washington & Jefferson.
Also qualifying in 3A were Allderdice, Bethel Park, Butler, Franklin Regional, Mars, Moon, Mt. Lebanon, North Hills, Norwin, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township, Pine-Richland, Shady Side Academy and Shaler.
The 2A field includes Blackhawk, Burrell, Central Valley, Chartiers Valley, Hampton, Indiana, Montour, Mt. Pleasant, Quaker Valley, Ringgold and Valley.
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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