PA Team Post-Season Heating up

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The PIAA Dual Team Post-Season has been in full swing over the past week and this weekend predicts to be a competitive one.

In District 1 Class AAA  the Championship quarterfinals and semifinals will be wrestled tonight at Upper Dublin High School. Championship and consolation finals will be wrestled on Saturday. Class AA’s combined District 1/12 duals will take place on Saturday. For District 1 brackets and previews click here!

In District 2 Class AAA brackets have been set as Delaware Valley earned a #1 seed and Wyoming Valley West is #2. In Class AA Western Wayne is the #1 seed while Lake Lehman, led by senior Austin Harry, is the #2 seed. View both Class AA and AAA brackets here!

The District 3 Class AAA the finals look very familiar. The Central Dauphin Rams will be in search of their seventh straight District 3 Dual Team Championship. Unfortunately this Rams line-up is much different then in years past. CD will fast longtime rival Cumberland Valley who enters as the #1 seed and already owns a (36-23) victory over the Rams. Cumberland Valley upended Spring Grove Area in the semifinals while Central Dauphin slipped by Exeter Township. In the consolation bracket Exeter Township rebounded and defeated Big Spring (34-33) on criteria “B”. They will face Wilson West Lawn in the consolation finals after the bulldogs downed Spring Grove Area. View the Class AAA brackets here!

In arguably the greatest travesty in seeding and “power rankings” this post-season, #2 State ranked Boiling Springs faced #7 State ranked Bermudian Springs in the semifinals, yes the semifinals. Due to District 3’s unreliable “power rankings” Bermudian Spring was given a #4 seed behind #2 Hamburg Area and #3 Northern Lebanon. Hamburg Area, currently ranked #17 in the State, will face Boiling Spring in the finals on Saturday. The Bubblers won a stunning and exciting victory over Bermudian Springs (31-30) on criteria “D”. The defeat left Bermudian Springs with a sour taste and the end to their dual season. View the District 3 Class AA Brackets here and read PennLive’s Jeremy Elliott’s recap here.

In District 4 Class AA #15 seed Mifflinburg Area upset #2 seed Southern Columbia Area (39-37) while #3 Wyalusing Valley Area got past #14 Muncy (39-32). Below is a look at the semifinal match-ups.

Class AA

1-Towanda vs 9-Line Mountain
5 Warrior Run vs 4-Lewisburg
3-Wyalusing vs 6-Hughesville
7-Montoursville vs 15-Mifflinburg

AA Finals

#1 Jersey Shore vs #2-Shikellamy

District 5 Class AA brackets can be found here! Both the semifinals and finals will take place on Saturday as #1 seed Chestnut Ridge will look to get by Somerset and #2 seed Bedford will take on a talented Berlin Brothrsvalley.

In the District 6 Dual Tournament #1 seed Central Mountain will take on #4 seed Philipsburg-Osceola Area while #2 Mifflin County will face #3 Bellefonte Area in the semifinals on Saturday. In Class AA # 1 seed Huntingdon Area will face #4 seed Westmont Hilltop and #2 West Branch takes on #3 seed Mount Union Area, all on Saturday.

The WPIAL Class AAA Team Tournament features the most depth of talent then any other District in the State. That level of competition will heat up tonight at Norwin High School as #1 seed Franklin Regional takes on #4 seed North Allegheny and #2 seed Greater Latrobe faces #3 seed Canon-McMillan. The Big Macs have won the last two PIAA Class AAA State Championships and is undefeated to date. The semifinal winners will go on to the finals at Chartiers Valley High School on Saturday while the losers drop to the consolation finals to determine the third State qualifier from the WPIAL. The potential match-ups between these four teams is an exciting look at some of the State’s top wrestlers. View the Class AAA Brackets here. Check out Ken Wunderley’s potential line-ups for the semifinals here.

In the WPIAL Class AA Team Tournament #1 seed Burrell is in the driver’s seat to win their eighth straight District 7 Championship. Burrell could break their own record set last season when they won their seventh straight WPIAL Team Championship. #2 South Fayette will have am ore difficult time advancing to the finals when they take on #3 seed Jefferson Morgan. View the Class AA brackets here. Check out Ken Wunderley’s potential line-ups for the semifinals here.

In District 8 the Championship finals between Perry and Taylor Allderdice will take place tonight with the winner advancing the the PIAA State Tournament.

The District 9 Team Dual Championship for both Class AA and AAA will take place tomorrow. View the seeds and information here!

The first PIAA District Champion was crowned as McDowell won it’s fourth straight District 10 Dual Team Championship title. McDowell faced district foe General McLane in the District 10 Class AAA finals. Read the Erie-Time’s recap by Mike Cooper here. McDowell will take on the District 3 runner-up at the PIAA State Tournament. The District 10 Class AA Team Tournament will take place on Saturday. View the match-ups here.

In yet another of the State’s most talented District, #8 seed Nazareth Area advanced to the District 11 semifinals after defeating #1 seed Stroudsburg (45-19) in the quarterfinals. The Blue Eagles will face Pocono Mountain East who defeated Northampton Area (31-30) in the quarterfinals. #3 seed Parkland got past a young Easton Area squad (39-2) and will face #2 seed Bethlehem Liberty in the semifinals. The biggest news from the Lehigh Valley came when #1 Bethlehem Catholic advanced to the semifinals with an (84-0) win over Palisades without wrestling one bout. Palisades head coach forfeited all 14 bouts to BECA. Read the story by Express-Time’s reporter Ryan Holmes here. View both Class AA and Class AAA brackets here.

Wrapping up the District Team Post-Season, Father Judge will take on Northeast in the District 12 Class AAA finals tonight. Father Judge defeated former D12 king LaSalle College in the semifinals (40-25) to advance to their first District 12 finals. The winner advances to the PIAA State Tournament.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]