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Thursday, March 15, 2018

7 District XI Basketball Teams Qualify For State Quarter-Finals


The ranks have thinned. Only seven District XI basketball teams - three boys' and four girls' - have made it to the final eight in their quest for the chip of their respective divisions.

Boys' Basketball:

2A: Moravian Academy, which jumped from #21 to #17 in state rankings, dominated Northwest (Shickshinny) (#41) on Wednesday night, 74-46. It will face Philadelphia's Constitution Generals (#2) on Saturday, .

3A: Notre Dame Green Pond (#27) was eliminated by Bishop McDevitt (#15) Wednesday night, 77-51.
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4A: Bethlehem Catholic (#3) clobbered Conwell-Egan (#29) Tuesday night, 97-66. On Friday, the Golden Hawks will take on Berks Catholic (#4) in its first competitive game for its division.

5A: Though Allentown Central Catholic High School defeated Dallas High School 61-57, on Tuesday night, they won the game in double overtime. It was against a team that at that time was only ranked #21. So the Vikings' state rankings have dropped from #7 to #10  On Friday, they set sail to Reading High School to take on the #1-ranked Friars of Bonner-Prendergast. .

6A: Pocono Mtn West (#48), the only District XI team still standing, in 6A, was disqualified last night by the Hazleton Area Cougars, 69-50.  .

Girls' Basketball:

2A: Mahanoy Area (#1) will play West Catholic (Philadelphia) (#7) on Friday night, Freedom High School, 6 pm.

Minersville (#3) will play Penns Manor (Clymer) (#10) Friday night at Bald eagle Area HS in Wingate.

3A: North Schuylkill (#1) was eliminated by Imhotep Charter (#9) last night, 65-58.

4A: Allentown Central Catholic (#14) lost a heart-breaker to #1-tanked Lancaster Catholic on Wednesday night, 32-3. .

Bethlehem Catholic (#2) was upset by Bonner-Prendergast (#16) on Wednesday night.  .

5A: Southern Lehigh (#8) trounced Lampeter-Strasburg (#14) Wednesday night, 45-29, and will face Harrisburg (#2) on Saturday.

6A: Easton (#14) was eliminated by Souderton (#2) Tuesday night, 55-41

Freedom (#15) fell to Abington (#10) Tuesday night, 63-55.

William Allen (#32) defeated Central Dauphin (#13) Tuesday night, 42-39, and will play Central Bucks South on Friday night.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the hoops update. How about the William Allen team? They have come out of nowhere to make a respectable run. Hazleton must have some kind of a good team, I hadn't heard anything about them this year. I'm really behind the CCHS boys and the Southern Lehigh girls, a couple of good local teams that will really need to play well to advance.

Bernie O'Hare said...

William Allen is still in it and barely made playoffs! I wish them great success.

I know that CCHS is facing a very tough opponent on Friday. No bad teams at this stage of the game.

Anonymous said...

Who cares?

Anonymous said...

I'm really behind the CCHS boys and the Southern Lehigh girls,

Phrasing!!

Bernie O'Hare said...

1:37, a lot of people follow HS basketball. They care.

Anonymous said...

Happy St Patrick's Day to a true a true Irshman !. I hope your Grandson's team wins tonight.May God Bless people who wish harm on others.😎

Bernie O'Hare said...

Unfortunately the basketball gods were arrayed against us. I will write a dirge on Saturday.