The PIAA has announced sites and times for the next round of the state baseball playoffs with only eight WPIAL teams having survived to reach the quarterfinals.
The schedule for Thursday includes an all-WPIAL matchup in Class A: Eden Christian faces Avella at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park in Washington.
Penn-Trafford and Indiana remain alive in Class 5A, with Indiana and Montour active in 4A and Avonworth and South Allegheny in 3A.
There are no WPIAL teams left in the Class 6A or 2A brackets.
Class 6A
1-1 Downingtown East (18-6) vs. 12-1 La Salle College (22-3) at Neumann University, 4 p.m.
2-1 Hazleton (20-4) vs. 1-5 Neshaminy (21-3) at De Sales University, noon
3-1 Landisville Hempfield (19-5) vs. 10-1 McDowell (15-7) at Showers Field, DuBois, 11:30 a.m.
1-2 Downingtown West (19-5) vs. 3-3 Wilson (16-7) at Villanova Ballpark, noon
Class 5A
3-4 Shippensburg (18-6) vs. 4-1 Selinsgrove (20-2) at Hershey, 6 p.m.
11-1 Whitehall (14-9) vs. 3-2 Governor Mifflin (19-4) at Methacton, 4 p.m.
12-1 Monsignor Bonner (18-8) vs. 7-2 Bethel Park (16-7-1) at Cumberland Valley, 2 p.m.
7-1 Penn-Trafford (21-3) vs. 6-1 Hollidaysburg (15-5) at Point Stadium, Johnstown, 4 p.m.
Class 4A
12-1 Conwell-Egan (15-5) vs. 4-1 Danville (18-4) at Wegner Field, Fredericksburg, 6:30 p.m.
2-1 Dallas (20-4) vs. 1-1 Holy Ghost Prep (13-8) at De Sales University, 3:30 p.m.
3-1 East Pennsboro (20-2) vs. 7-2 Indiana (14-10) at Mt. Aloysius College, 2 p.m.
3-3 Fleetwood (14-8) vs. 7-3 Montour (17-7) at Governor’s Park, Bellefonte, 4 p.m.
Class 3A
3-1 Camp Hill (17-6) vs. 12-1 Neumann-Goretti (18-6) at Muhlenberg, 4 p.m.
4-1 Mt. Carmel (15-5) vs. 3-2 Trinity (16-8) at Wenger Field, Fredericksburg, 4:30 p.m.
7-1 Avonworth (16-9) vs. 10-1 Fairview (17-3) at Slippery Rock University, noon
9-1 Punxsutawney (16-3) vs. 7-3 South Allegheny (20-5) at First Commonwealth Field, Homer City, 7 p.m.
Class 2A
4-1 Wyalusing Valley (18-6) vs. 1-1 Calvary Christian (12-9) at Walter Stump Stadium, Pine Grove, 5:30 p.m.
11-1 Tri-Valley (19-4) vs. 3-1 Delone Catholic (15-7) at Hershey, 3:30 p.m.
Upcoming Local Events
9-1 Moniteau (13-8) vs. 6-1 Bald Eagle Area (20-2) at Showers Field, DuBois, 2:30 p.m.
5-1 North Star (20-4) vs. 9-1 Redbank Valley (15-6) at First Commonwealth Field, Homer City, 4 p.m.
Class A
1-1 Faith Christian (20-0) vs. 2-1 MMI Prep (13-8) at Walter Stump Stadium, Pine Grove, 3 p.m.
5-2 Southern Fulton (20-5) vs. 6-1 Bishop McCort (15-8) at Mt. Aloysius College, 4:30 p.m.
10-2 Saegerstown (19-3) vs. 6-2 Bishop Carroll (11-13) at Seneca Valley, noon
7-2 Eden Christian (17-6) vs. 7-3 Avella (13-6) at Ross Memorial Park, Washington, 4 p.m.
Note: Numbers listed before school name represent PIAA district and qualifying seed.
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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