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Fresh off of winning its second straight WPIAL Class 5A title, Mars will open the PIAA playoffs Friday against Milton Hershey.
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2019 PIAA basketball playoffs first-round schedule

Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette

2019 PIAA basketball playoffs first-round schedule

The brackets and matchups have been set for the PIAA boys and girls basketball playoffs.

All first-round games will be Friday and Saturday. The championships are March 21-23 at the Giant Center in Hershey.

Here are matchups for all games in the western and eastern regions. All games are first round:

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BOYS

CLASS 6A

Western Region

March 9 -- Harrisburg (19-6) vs. Downingtown East (16-10) at Cumberland Valley, 3 p.m.; Parkland (16-10) vs. Chester (20-6) at Bethlehem Freedom, 4:30 p.m.; Coatesville (26-2) vs. Emmaus (21-7) at Pottstown, 4 p.m.; Butler (20-5) vs. Chambersburg (20-7) at Canon-McMillan, 5 p.m.; West Lawn Wilson (22-5) vs. Pine-Richland (21-3) at Milton Hershey, 4:30 p.m.; Kennedy Catholic (22-3) vs. Fox Chapel (16-8) at Farrell, 6 p.m.; Mt. Lebanon (22-3) vs. Manheim Township (20-8) at Peters Township, 6 p.m.; Canon-McMillan (16-9) vs. Allderdice (21-5) at Mt. Lebanon, 3 p.m.

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Eastern Region

March 9 -- Abington (27-1) vs. Cumberland Valley (17-9) at Council Rock South, 4 p.m.; Lincoln (10-16) vs. Pennridge (22-4) at Philadephia Southern, 5 p.m.; Boys Latin (22-5) vs. Norristown (21-6) at Lincoln, 5 p.m.; Hazleton (21-6) vs. Methacton (20-7) at Wilkes University, 6 p.m.; Allentown Allen (17-9) vs. Perkiomen Valley (17-8) at Bethlehem Freedom, 6 p.m.; Reading (20-7) vs. La Salle College H.S. (23-3) at Governor Mifflin, 3:30 p.m.; Lower Merion (24-3) vs. East Stroudsburg South (15-11) at Plymouth Whitemarsh, 4 p.m.; Roman Catholic (22-4) vs. Spring-Ford (19-8) at Cardinal O'Hara, 5 p.m.

CLASS 5A

Western Region

March 8 -- Lower Dauphin (24-3) vs. Franklin Regional (17-7) at Milton Hershey, 6:30 p.m.; Johnstown (19-2) vs. Elizabethtown (16-12) at Central Cambria, 7:30 p.m.; West Chester East (21-5) vs. Archbishop Ryan (13-10) at Spring-Ford, 7:30 p.m.; Moon (23-2) vs. Northeastern (15-11) at Peters Township, 6 p.m.; Mars (24-1) vs. Milton Hershey (19-7) at Greensburg Salem, 6 p.m.; York William Penn (23-4) vs. Chartiers Valley (18-6) at Chambersburg, 6 p.m.; Meadville (18-6) vs. Shaler (16-8) at Edinboro University, 8 p.m.; Muhlenberg (18-9) vs. Penn Hills (20-4) at Milton Hershey, 5 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 8 -- Sun Valley (19-7) vs. Garden Spot (16-12) at Plymouth Whitemarsh, 7:30 p.m.; Northern (22-5) vs. Southern Lehigh (18-8) at Red Land, 6:30 p.m.; Abington Heights (23-2) vs. Pottsgrove (15-11) at Scranton, 7:30 p.m.; Mastery North (19-6) vs. West Chester Rustin (18-8) at Philadelphia Southern, 7:30 p.m.; Archbishop Wood (16-8) vs. Holy Ghost Prep (18-8) at Archbishop Carroll, 7 p.m.; Penncrest (22-7) vs. Wallenpaupack (18-7) at Plymouth Whitemarsh, 6 p.m.; Crestwood (20-7) vs. Frankford (13-13) at Wilkes University, 6 p.m.; Pottsville (23-3) vs. Lampeter-Strasburg (23-4) at Blue Mountain, 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A

Western Region

March 8 -- Imhotep Charter (21-6) vs. Berks Catholic (22-6) at Lincoln, 7 p.m.; Danville (23-3) vs. Western Wayne (14-11) at Shikellamy, 7:30 p.m.; Bishop McDevitt (22-3) vs. Ringgold (14-9) at Central Dauphin East, 6:30 p.m.; Clearfield (13-10) vs. Quaker Valley (20-4) at Punxsutawney, 7:30 p.m.; New Castle (21-4) vs. Titusville (18-5) at North Allegheny, 7:30 p.m.; Bedford (12-12) vs. Grove City (16-9) at Somerset, 7 p.m.; Huntingdon (24-0) vs. Highlands (17-8) at Hollidaysburg, 8 p.m.; Hickory (24-1) vs. Ambridge (15-9) at Sharon, 7:30 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 8 -- Bonner-Prendergast (18-5) vs. Littlestown (24-3) at St. Joseph's Prep, 7 p.m.; Nanticoke (21-7) vs. Montoursville (19-8) at Wilkes University, 7:30 p.m.; Allentown Central Catholic (17-9) vs. Archbishop Carroll (15-10) at Bethlehem Liberty, 6 p.m.; Lancaster Catholic (16-10) vs. Northwestern Lehigh (13-12) at Conestoga Valley, 7:30 p.m.; Bethlehem Catholic (25-3) vs. Philadelphia Prep Charter (15-7) at Bethlehem Liberty, 7:30 p.m.; Lower Moreland (22-3) vs. John Bartram (11-14) at Council Rock South, 6 p.m.; Shamokin (16-9) vs. Wilson Area (17-9) at Shikellamy, 6 p.m.; Scranton Prep (22-3) vs. Susquehanna Township (13-13) at Lackawanna College, 7:30 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Western Region

March 9 -- Richland (20-6) vs. Mount Carmel (20-6) at Johnstown, 5:30 p.m.; Seton LaSalle (19-5) vs. Sharpsville (16-9) at North Hills, 6 p.m.; Fairview (18-7) vs. Aliquippa (16-8) at Edinboro University, 6 p.m.; Lincoln Park (22-4) vs. Bellwood-Antis (16-9) at New Castle, 4:30 p.m.; Brookville (16-8) vs. Deer Lakes (16-7) at Clearfield, 6 p.m.; North Catholic (21-5) vs. Forest Hills (16-9) at Northgate, 4:30 p.m.; Ligonier Valley (21-3) vs. Beaver Falls (10-14) at Johnstown, 4 p.m.; Sharon (21-4) vs. Washington (14-9) at Farrell, 5:30 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 9 -- Neumann-Goretti (19-7) vs. Lancaster Mennonite (14-12) at Father Judge, 5 p.m.; Wyoming Seminary (25-2) vs. String Theory (9-15) at Wilkes University, 4:30 p.m.; Camp Hill (19-6) vs. Wyncote Bishop McDevitt (18-7) at Cumberland Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Loyalsock (26-1) vs. Palmerton (12-12) at Williamsport, 7 p.m.; New Hope (15-9) vs. Dobbins (11-13) at Upper Dublin, 4 p.m.; Science Leadership Academy at Beeber (20-6) vs. Kutztown (18-8) at Philadelphia Southern, 3:30 p.m.; Wellsboro (23-4) vs. Holy Redeemer (19-5) at Troy, 6:30 p.m.; Camp Hill Trinity (22-3) vs. High School of the Future (12-10) at East Pennsboro, 4:30 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Western Region

March 9 -- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (22-2) vs. West Middlesex (18-8) at North Hills, 3 p.m.; West Branch (18-7) vs. Lakeview (17-9) at Altoona, 5:30 p.m.; Wilmington (16-8) vs. Keystone (18-6) at Sharon, 4:30 p.m.; Ridgway (22-3) vs. Sewickley Academy (13-9) at Saint Marys, 5:30 p.m.; Farrell (21-3) vs. Shenango (11-13) at Sharon, 6 p.m.; Serra Catholic (20-4) vs. Penns Manor (14-11) at Peters Township, 4:30 p.m; Coudersport (21-2) vs. South Side Beaver (18-7) at Saint Marys, 7 p.m.; Bishop Guilfoyle (23-2) vs. Sto-Rox (14-10) at Saint Francis University, 5:30 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 9 -- Philadelphia Constitution (19-9) vs. Moravian Academy (21-3) at Father Judge, 3:30 p.m.; Northeast Bradford (16-10) vs. Antietam (17-7) at Troy, 5 p.m.; Holy Cross (20-5) vs. Bloomsburg (14-11) at Marywood University, 7:30 p.m.; Delco Christian (16-10) vs. Strawberry Mansion (14-6) at Spring-Ford, 3:30 p.m.; Executive Education (17-7) vs. Church Farm (12-10) at Easton Middle School, 3 p.m.; Steelton-Highspire (10-12) vs. Math, Civics & Sciences (18-9) at Central Dauphin East, 3 p.m.; Millville (24-1) vs. Northwest (15-10) at Williamsport, 5:30 p.m.; North Star (21-3) vs. Bishop McCort (12-12) at Pitt-Johnstown, 4:30 p.m.

CLASS 1A

Western Region

March 8 -- Nazareth Prep (19-3) vs. Johnsonburg (16-9) at Northgate, 6 p.m.; Shade (21-4) vs. Union (17-7) at Pitt-Johnstown, 8 p.m.; North Clarion (21-3) vs. Bishop Carroll (19-5) at Kane, 7 p.m.; Jamestown (12-11) vs. Monessen (15-9) at Edinboro University, 6:30 p.m.; Elk County Catholic (25-0) vs. Leechburg (13-10) at Saint Marys, 7:30 p.m.; Vincentian (16-8) vs. St. Joseph's Academy (19-5) at Mt. Lebanon, 7:30 p.m.; Shanksville-Stonycreek (21-5) vs. Cornell (19-5) at Pitt-Johnstown, 5 p.m.; Juniata Valley (18-5) vs. Clarion-Limestone (21-3) at Altoona, 7:30 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 8 -- Lancaster Country Day (19-4) vs. Sullivan County (13-12) at Central Dauphin East, 5 p.m.; Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg (17-5) vs. Faith Christian (14-10) at Lehighton, 7 p.m.; St. John Neumann (19-6) vs. Greenwood (17-8) at Williamsport, 8 p.m.; Sankofa Freedom (13-10) vs. Conestoga Christian (19-6) at Philadelphia Southern, 6 p.m.; Halifax (21-4) vs. Berlin Brothersvalley (19-5) at Central Dauphin East, 5 p.m.; Pottsville Nativity BVM (13-11) vs. Galeton (17-8) at Martz Hall, Pottsville, 6 p.m.; Girard College (14-4) vs. Berks Christian (21-6) at Bensalem, 6 p.m.

GIRLS

CLASS 6A

Western Region

March 8 -- Cumberland Valley (22-4) vs. Fox Chapel (15-8) at Red Land, 5 p.m.; Abington (22-4) vs. Parkland (16-11) at Council Rock South, 7:30 p.m.; North Allegheny (23-2) vs. Governor Mifflin (20-9) at Sewickley Academy, 6 p.m.; Central Dauphin (18-7) vs. Upper Dublin (22-4) at Milton Hershey, 8 p.m.; Northampton (24-4) vs. Methacton (21-6) at Bethlehem Freedom, 7:30 p.m.; Altoona (16-7) vs. Norwin (21-2) at Hollidaysburg, 6:30 p.m.; Peters Township (25-0) vs. Harrisburg (14-10) at Mt. Lebanon, 6 p.m.; State College (17-6) vs. Bethel Park (21-3) at Bald Eagle Area, 6 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 8 -- Garnet Valley (25-1) vs. Cedar Crest (19-8) at Spring-Ford, 6 p.m.; Bethlehem Freedom (22-5) vs. Souderton (22-4) at Easton, 7:30 p.m.; Dallastown (24-3) vs. Downingtown East (18-8) at West York, 7:30 p.m.; Philadelphia Central (8-14) vs. Council Rock North (19-6) at Philadelphia Southern, 4:30 p.m.; Cardinal O'Hara (13-11) vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh (21-6) at Archbishop Carroll, 5:30 p.m.; Nazareth (21-6) vs. Spring-Ford (21-4) at Bethlehem Freedom, 6 p.m.; Hazleton (19-5) vs. Central Bucks West (18-9) at Berwick, 7 p.m.; Neshaminy (22-4) vs. Cedar Cliff (18-7) at Bensalem, 7:30 p.m.

CLASS 5A

Western Region

March 9 -- Palmyra (16-10) vs. Pope John Paul II (15-11) at Milton Hershey, 3 p.m.; Wyoming Valley West (16-10) vs. Bangor (17-8) at Pittston, 6 p.m.; Mount Saint Joseph (13-13) vs. Solanco (20-7) at Upper Dublin, 5:30 p.m.; Thomas Jefferson (19-7) vs. Trinity (12-12) at Mt. Lebanon, 6 p.m.; Chartiers Valley (25-0) vs. General McLane (18-7) at Peters Township, 3 p.m.; Slippery Rock (19-5) vs. Obama Academy (16-9) at Sharon, 3 p.m.; Hollidaysburg (13-10) vs. Penn Hills (16-7) at Altoona, 4 p.m.; Warren (21-3) vs. Oakland Catholic (20-4) at Edinboro University, 3 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 9 -- Malvern Villa Maria (24-4) vs. Elizabethtown (17-10) at Spring-Ford, 6:30 p.m.; Twin Valley (20-6) vs. Palumbo (13-13) at Governor Mifflin, 5:30 p.m.; Mastery North (15-10) vs. Lower Dauphin (19-7) at Philadelphia Lincoln, 3:30 p.m.; Southern Lehigh (23-3) vs. Radnor (20-6) at Bethlehem Freedom, 3 p.m.; Abington Heights (21-5) vs. Mechanicsburg (20-6) at Marywood University, 6 p.m.; Springfield Delco (23-3) vs. Archbishop Wood (15-11) at Spring-Ford, 5 p.m.; Gettysburg (22-6) vs. West Chester Henderson (19-7) at West York, 3 p.m.; Archbishop Carroll (21-5) vs. Spring Grove (20-9) at Jefferson University, 5 p.m.

PIAA CLASS 4A

Western Region

March 9 -- Audenried (12-8) vs. Kennard-Dale (22-4) at Jefferson University, 3:30 p.m.; Mifflinburg (23-4) vs. Nanticoke (19-6) at Shikallemy, 7 p.m.; Lancaster Catholic (28-0) vs. Quaker Valley (13-10) at Warwick, 6:30 p.m.; Central Valley (22-2) vs. Huntingdon (14-9) at Mt. Lebanon, 4:30 p.m.; North Catholic (22-3) vs. McKeesport (13-9) at Northgate, 3 p.m.; Punxsutawney (22-1) vs. Blackhawk (19-5) at Clearfield, 4 p.m.; Forest Hills (19-3) vs. Keystone Oaks (14-9) at Saint Francis University, 7 p.m.; Erie Villa Maria (20-3) vs. Elizabeth Forward (17-8) at Edinboro University, 4:30 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 9 -- Bonner-Prendergast (16-9) vs. Bermudian Springs (18-8) at Cardinal O'Hara, 3:30 p.m.; Lake-Lehman (19-6) vs. Jersey Shore (13-12) at Pittston, 5 p.m.; Jim Thorpe (26-1) vs. Landsdale Catholic (15-10) at Martz Hall, Pottsville, 5 p.m.; Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt (21-4) vs. Lower Moreland (18-7) at Central Dauphin, 4:30 p.m.; Bethlehem Catholic (23-4) vs. Carver E&S (12-8) at Easton, 4:30 p.m.; Gwynedd Mercy (15-10) vs. Philadelphia Overbrook (13-9) at Plymouth Whitemarsh, 5:30 p.m.; Danville (22-4) vs. Tamaqua (21-5) at Shikellamy 4 p.m.; Scranton Prep (24-1) vs. Elco (21-7) at Marywood University, 4:30 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Western Region

March 8 -- Delone Catholic (21-4) vs. Lewisburg (16-9) at West York, 6 p.m.; Penn Cambria (20-6) vs. Washington (19-5) at Central Cambria, 6 p.m.; Neshannock (23-2) vs. Tyrone (18-7) at North Allegheny, 6 p.m.; Fairview (18-6) vs. Avonworth (17-7) at Hagerty Events Center, Erie, 6 p.m.; Mercyhurst Prep (20-5) vs. Beaver (17-5) at Hagerty Events Center, Erie, 7:30 p.m.; Penns Valley (19-6) vs. South Park (17-7) at Bald Eagle Area, 7:30 p.m.; Brookville (19-5) vs. Central Cambria (17-7) at Punxsutawney, 6 p.m.; Shady Side Academy (19-4) vs. Greenville (20-5) at Sewickley Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 8 -- Neumann-Goretti (18-8) vs. Susquenita (21-4) at Jefferson University, 7 p.m.; Warrior Run (18-8) vs. Palmerton (11-13) at Williamsport, 5 p.m.; Dunmore (25-0) vs. Philadelphia Constitution (14-6) at Lackawanna College, 6 p.m.; Saint Basil Academy (26-0) vs. Philadelphia West Catholic (15-7) at Wissahickon, 6 p.m.; Camp Hill Trinity (24-2) vs. Philadelphia Charter Academy (13-6) at Red Land, 8 p.m.; Notre Dame-Green Pond (23-3) vs. Motivation (14-6) at Easton, 6 p.m.; Imhotep Charter (17-9) vs. Lancaster Mennonite (21-6) at Philadelphia Lincoln, 5:30 p.m.; Loyalsock (23-3) vs. Holy Redeemer (23-4) at Williamsburg, 6:30 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Western Region

March 8 -- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (21-4) vs. Blairsville (20-6) at Peters Township, 7:30 p.m.; Allegheny-Clarion Valley (19-4) vs. Cambridge Springs (20-5) at Keystone, 7 p.m.; Maplewood (17-9) vs. Bishop Canevin (21-3) at Edinboro University, 5 p.m.; Everett (21-3) vs. Serra Catholic (18-5) at Pitt-Johnstown, 6:30 p.m.; Kane (21-3) vs. Saegertown (13-13) at Saint Marys, 6 p.m.; Brentwood (19-4) vs. Penns Manor (22-2) at Greensburg Salem, 7:30 p.m.; Juniata Valley (21-3) vs. Laurel (20-5) at Altoona, 6 p.m.; West Middlesex (22-3) vs. Winchester Thurston (11-10) at Sharon, 6 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 8 -- Mahanoy Area (23-2) vs. Southern Columbia (19-6) at Martz Hall, Pottsville, 7:30 p.m.; Sacred Heart (15-8) vs. Paul Robeson (14-6) at Wissahickon, 7:30 p.m.; GAMP (6-16) vs. Old Forge (18-6) at St. Joseph's Prep, 5:30 p.m.; Linden Hall (18-3) vs. Sayre (20-7) at Conestoga Valley, 6 p.m.; Wyncote Bishop McDevitt (8-14) vs. York Catholic (18-7) at Jefferson University, 5:30 p.m.; Holy Cross (17-8) vs. Marian Catholic (20-4) at Scranton, 6 p.m.; Mount Carmel (15-10) vs. Clarion (17-8) at Shamokin, 6 p.m.; Bellwood-Antis (22-3) vs. Windber (21-4) at Hollidaysburg, 5 p.m.

CLASS 1A

Western Region

March 9 -- Rochester (19-6) vs. Otto-Eldred (15-10) at New Castle, 3 p.m.; Shanksville-Stonycreek (21-5) vs. Coudersport (19-5) at Pitt-Johnstown, 3 p.m.; Johnsonburg (19-5) vs. Vincentian (12-12) at Saint Marys, 4 p.m.; Purchase Line (14-11) vs. Tussey Mountain (17-8) at Central Cambria, 4 p.m.; Berlin Brothersvalley (20-5) vs. Avella (17-6) at Pitt-Johnstown at 6 p.m.; West Greene (22-3) vs. Kennedy Catholic (17-6) at Canon-McMillan, 3 p.m.; Quigley Catholic (14-11) vs. St. Joseph's Academy (15-8) at North Hills, 4:30 p.m.; North Clarion (19-5) vs. Sewickley Academy (12-8) at Moniteau, 3 p.m.

Eastern Region

March 9 -- Jenkintown (24-1) vs. Harrisburg Christian (21-6) at Council Rock South, 5:30 p.m.; Sullivan County (18-7) vs. Covenent Christian (18-6) at Williamsport, 4 p.m.; Greenwood (20-5) vs. Chester Charter (18-4) at East Pennsboro, 3 p.m.; Susquehanna (19-6) vs. Millvale (16-9) at Dunmore at 7 p.m.; Lancaster Country Day (19-5) vs.Benton (15-10) at Warwick 5 p.m.; The Christian Academy (19-5) vs. Weatherly (16-8) at Pottstown, 5:30 p.m.; Lourdes Regional (19-6) vs. Faith Christian (14-12) at Shikellamy, 5:30 p.m.; Bishop Carroll (17-7) vs. Veritas Academy (16-9) at Central Cambria, 5:30 p.m.

First Published: March 4, 2019, 1:49 a.m.

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