WPIAL Girls’ Basketball Finals Brackets, Matchups and Tip-Offs

The 2024 WPIAL Girls’ Basketball updated finals bracket came out on Wednesday, as there are now just 12 teams across six classifications. The Petersen Events Center will host the finals for the WPIAL Girls’ Basketball Championships from Thursday through Saturday, with the consolations for spots in the PIAA playoffs starting last Friday through this Thursday.

WPIAL Girls’ Basketball 2024 Playoff Brackets

Class 6A

Quarterfinals-Thursday, Feb. 22
No. 1 Norwin over No. 8 Seneca Valley, 58-20
No. 2 Peters Township over No. 7 Pine-Richland, 58-46
No. 3 North Allegheny over No. 6 Upper St. Clair, 44-41
No. 5 Chartiers Valley over No. 4 Mt. Lebanon, 34-26

Semifinals-Monday, Feb. 26 
No. 1 Norwin over No. 5 Chartiers Valley, 63-47
No. 3 North Allegheny over No. 2 Peters Township, 43-30

Final: Friday, March 1 (7:00 p.m.)
No. 1 Norwin vs. No. 3 North Allegheny

Third Place Game-Wednesday, Feb. 28
No. 2 Peters Township over No. 5 Chartiers Valley, 73-59

2023 Final: North Allegheny over Upper St. Clair, 71-45

Class 5A

Preliminary Round-Friday, Feb. 16
 No. 17 Penn Hills over No. 16 Thomas Jefferson, 59-43

Round of 16-Tuesday, Feb. 20
No. 1 Oakland Catholic over No. 17 Penn Hills, 55-48
No. 2 McKeesport over No. 15 Hampton, 49-46
No. 3 Trinity over No. 14 Woodland Hills, 59-54
No. 4 Lincoln Park over No. 13 Penn-Trafford, 43-42
No. 5 Armstrong over No. 12 Greater Latrobe, 51-40
No. 6 South Fayette over No. 11 Mars, 55-36
No. 7 Indiana over No. 10 Moon, 43-34
No. 8 North Hills over No. 9 Plum, 69-40

Quarterfinals-Friday, Feb. 23
No. 1 Oakland Catholic over No. 8 North Hills, 47-28
No. 2 McKeesport over No. 7 Indiana, 50-41
No. 6 South Fayette over No. 3 Trinity, 53-39
No. 5 Armstrong over No. 4 Lincoln Park, 59-41

Semifinals-Tuesday, Feb. 27
No. 5 Armstrong over No. 1 Oakland Catholic, 49-40
No. 6 South Fayette over No. 2 McKeesport, 49-41

Final-Saturday, March 2 (5:00 p.m.)
No. 5 Armstrong vs. No. 6 South Fayette

Consolation Games (First Round)-Monday, Feb. 26 
No. 4 Lincoln Park over No. 8 North Hills, 76-57
No. 3 Trinity over No. 7 Indiana, 56-39

Third/Fifth/Seventh Place Games-Wednesday, Feb. 28/Thursday, Feb. 29

Third Place-No. 1 Oakland Catholic vs. No. 2 McKeesport (Oakland Catholic) (Thursday, Feb. 29)
Fifth Place-No. 3 Trinity over No. 4 Lincoln Park, 56-39 (Wednesday, Feb. 28)
Seventh Place-No. 8 North Hills vs. No. 7 Indiana (Indiana) (Thursday, Feb. 29) (7:00 p.m.)

2023 Final: South Fayette over Oakland Catholic, 64-49 

Class 4A

Round of 16-Tuesday, Feb. 20
No. 1 Blackhawk bye
No. 2 North Catholic bye
No. 3 Elizabeth Forward bye
No. 4 Highlands bye
No. 5 Laurel Highlands over No. 12 Quaker Valley, 65-29
No. 6 Knoch over No. 11 Belle Vernon, 45-28
No. 7 Central Valley over No. 10 West Mifflin, 69-59
No. 8 Greensburg Salem over No. 9 Hopewell, 43-20

Quarterfinals-Friday, Feb. 23
No. 1 Blackhawk over No. 8 Greensburg Salem, 49-25
No. 2 North Catholic over No. 7 Central Valley, 65-32
No. 3 Elizabeth Forward over No. 6 Knoch, 43-31
No. 5 Laurel Highlands over No. 4 Highlands, 45-33

Semifinals-Tuesday, Feb. 27
No. 1 Blackhawk over No. 5 Laurel Highlands, 51-32
No. 2 North Catholic over No. 3 Elizabeth Forward, 42-34

Final-Saturday, March 2 (3:00 p.m.)
No. 1 Blackhawk vs. No. 2 North Catholic

Consolation First Round Games-Monday, Feb. 26 
No. 4 Highlands over No. 8 Greensburg Salem, 62-36
No. 6 Knoch over No. 7 Central Valley, 60-40

Third/Fifth Place Games–Thursday, Feb. 29 (7:00 p.m.)

Third Place-No. 5 Laurel Highlands vs. No. 3 Elizabeth Forward (Elizabeth Forward)
Fifth Place-No. 4 Highlands vs. No. 6 Knoch (Highlands)

2023 Final: North Catholic over Blackhawk, 51-35

WPIAL Girls’ Basketball Class 3A

Round of 16-Saturday, Feb. 17
No. 1 Avonworth over No. 16 Apollo-Ridge, 64-13
No. 2 Shady Side Academy over No. 15 Mohawk, 53-42
No. 3 Beaver Falls over No. 14 McGuffey, 68-38
No. 4 Neshannock over No. 13 Brownsville, 65-36
No. 5 South Park over No. 12 Mt. Pleasant, 37-21
No. 11 Seton LaSalle over No. 6 Waynesburg Central, 57-36
No. 7 OLSH over No. 10 Ellwood City, 46-41
No. 8 Keystone Oaks over No. 9 Burrell, 49-34

Quarterfinals-Wednesday, Feb. 21 
No. 1 Avonworth over No. 8 Keystone Oaks, 69-45
No. 2 Shady Side Academy over No. 7 OLSH, 37-36
No. 3 Beaver Falls. over No. 11 Seton LaSalle, 56-41
No. 4 Neshannock over No. 5 South Park, 69-46

Semifinals-Saturday, Feb. 24
No. 1 Avonworth over No. 4 Neshannock, 72-51
No. 2 Shady Side Academy over No. 3 Beaver Falls, 41-26 

Final-Friday, March 1 (3:00 p.m.)
No. 1 Avonworth vs. No. 2 Shady Side Academy

Consolation Games (First Round)-Friday, Feb. 23 
No. 8 Keystone Oaks over No. 5 South Park, 50-48
No. 11 Seton LaSalle over No. 7 OLSH, 60-52

Third/Fifth/Seventh Place Games-Tuesday, Feb. 27 

Third Place-No. 4 Neshannock over No. 3 Beaver Falls, 64-54
Fifth Place-No. 8 Keystone Oaks over No. 11 Seton LaSalle, 47-36
Seventh Place- No. 7 OLSH over No. 5 South Park, 41-31

2023 Final: Avonworth over Laurel, 48-40

Class 2A

Round of 16-Friday, Feb. 16
No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic over No. 16 Northgate, 77-10
No. 2 Aliquippa over No. 15 California, 53-18
No. 3 Serra Catholic over No. 14 Brentwood, 59-23
No. 4 Fort Cherry over No. 13 Bethlehem Center, 66-16
No. 12 South Side over No. 5 Chartiers-Houston, 43-38
No. 11 Winchester Thurston over No. 6 Washington, 51-38
No. 10 Clairton over No. 7 Freedom Area, 78-65
No. 9 Rochester over No. 8 Burgettstown, 48-39

Quarterfinals-Wednesday, Feb. 21 
No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic over No. 9 Rochester, 63-41
No. 2 Aliquippa over No. 10 Clairton, 35-34
No. 3 Serra Catholic over No. 11 Winchester Thurston, 67-42
No. 12 South Side over No. 4 Fort Cherry, 50-42

Semifinals-Saturday, Feb. 24
No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic over No. 12 South Side, 73-38
No. 3 Serra Catholic over No. 2 Aliquippa, 42-36

Final-Thursday, Feb. 29 (7:00 p.m.)
No. 1 Greensburg Central Catholic vs. No. 3 Serra Catholic

Consolation Games (First Round)-Friday, Feb. 23 
No. 9 Rochester over No. 4 Fort Cherry, 69-39
No. 10 Clairton over No. 11 Winchester Thurston, 72-45

Third/Fifth/Seventh Place Games-Tuesday, Feb. 27

Third Place-No. 2 Aliquippa over 12 South Side, 40-37
Fifth Place-No. 9 Rochester over No. 10 Clairton, 50-46
Seventh Place-No. 4 Fort Cherry over No. 11 Winchester Thurston, 61-46

2023 Final: Shenango over Freedom Area, 44-34

WPIAL Girls’ Basketball Class 1A

Round of 16-Monday, Feb. 19
No. 1 Union bye
No. 2 Aquinas Academy bye
No. 3 Saint Joseph bye
No. 4 Riverview bye
No. 5 Monessen over No. 12 Leechburg, 63-15
No. 6 Bishop Canevin over No. 11 Mapletown, 53-17
No. 10 Eden Christian Academy over No. 7 Geibel Catholic, 51-40
No. 8 West Greene over No. 9 Jeannette, 55-33

Quarterfinals-Thursday, Feb. 22
No. 1 Union over No. 8 West Greene, 59-16
No. 2 Aquinas Academy over No. 10 Eden Christian Academy, 47-31
No. 3 Saint Joseph over No. 6 Bishop Canevin, 66-36
No. 4 Riverview over No. 5 Monessen, 44-23

Semifinals-Monday, Feb. 26
No. 1 Union over No. 4 Riverview, 56-13
No. 3 Saint Joseph over No. 2 Aquinas Academy, 65-56

Final-Saturday, March 2 (11:00 a.m.)
No. 1 Union vs. No. 3 Saint Joseph

Consolation Games (First Round)
No. 5 Monessen over No. 8 West Greene, 34-30 (Saturday, Feb. 24)
No. 6 Bishop Canevin over No. 10 Eden Christian Academy, 46-34 (Monday, Feb. 26)

Third/Fifth Place Games-Wednesday, Feb. 28

Third Place-No. 4 Riverview vs. No. 2 Aquinas Academy (Shaler) (6:00 p.m.)
Fifth Place-No. 5 Monessen vs. No. 6 Bishop Canevin (Monessen) (7:00 p.m.)

2023 Final: Union over Aquinas Academy, 52-35