It is crunch time for boys volleyball teams hoping to claim section championships, solidify their WPIAL playoff standing or clinch spots in the postseason.

Section play concludes Thursday with one game — Gateway and Penn Hills in Section 4-3A — slated for Friday.

The WPIAL boys volleyball committee will announce seedings and opening pairings for the Class 3A and Class 2A playoffs Friday.

The tournaments’ first games will be played as early as May 11.

The Western Pennsylvania Volleyball Association released its final top-10 polls Monday morning.

The top seven teams in the Class 3A top 10 — North Allegheny, Butler, Seneca Valley, Pine-Richland, Baldwin, Mt. Lebanon and Penn-Trafford — remained the same from last week, with Hempfield moving up from No. 10 to No. 8.

Upper St. Clair and Norwin both bumped down one spot to No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.

Shaler, Seton LaSalle, South Fayette and Thomas Jefferson held the top four spots in Class 2A with Trinity coming in at No. 5 and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at No. 6.

Hopewell is at No. 7 this week and Montour is at No. 8.

Deer Lakes returns to the Class 2A top 10 at No. 9, and Derry is at No. 10.

Each week throughout the season, all 45 boys volleyball head coaches had the opportunity to cast a ballot for the top-10 rankings and also nominate players for each classification’s players of the week.

Western PA Volleyball Coaches Association

Top 10 Coaches Polls – Week 8 (Final)

Class 3A

1. North Allegheny (last week: 1)

2. Butler (2)

3. Seneca Valley (3)

4. Pine-Richland (4)

5. Baldwin (5)

6. Mt. Lebanon (6)

7. Penn-Trafford (7)

8. Hempfield (10)

9. Upper St. Clair (8)

10. Norwin (9)

Class 3A Players of the Week

Jayden Holnaider, senior, middle hitter, Latrobe

Martino Suta, senior, libero, Baldwin

Donny McMullen, senior, middle hitter, Hempfield

Sean Kane, junior, setter, Seneca Valley

Class 2A

1. Shaler (last week: 1)

2. Seton LaSalle (2)

3. South Fayette (3)

4. Thomas Jefferson (4)

5. Trinity (6)

6. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (5)

7. Hopewell (8)

8. Montour (7)

9. Deer Lakes (NR)

10. Derry (9)

Out: Ambridge (10)

Class 2A Player of the Week

Kavy Dave, senior, libero, South Fayette

Sawyer Sisk, senior, libero, Seton LaSalle

Brandon Aryee, junior, outside hitter, Shaler

Brayden Concannon, junior, setter/right side, Thomas Jefferson