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A mountaintop so familiar, yet a pathway unlike those before.

The WPIAL Basketball Playoffs begin on February 16, with several local teams in the running for District 7 gold. The field includes 23 local teams, consisting of 11 boys’ teams and 12 girls’ teams. Of those 23, three of them are top seeds–the Lincoln Park boys (4A), the Aliquippa boys (2A) and the Blackhawk girls (4A).

The first game on Beaver County Radio will be a first-round matchup in Class 5A between #5 Moon and #12 McKeesport. Pregame on Beaver County Radio commences at 6:30 PM, and tip-off from Moon will be at 7:00 PM.

The full list of local teams in this year’s WPIAL Playoffs, with seeds attached, are listed below:

BOYS
5A
#5 Moon
4A
#1 Lincoln Park
#7 Quaker Valley
#9 Beaver
#13 Blackhawk
3A
#6 OLSH
#11 Beaver Falls
2A
#1 Aliquippa
#15 South Side
1A
#8 Rochester
#11 Western Beaver

GIRLS
5A
#10 Lincoln Park
4A
#1 Blackhawk
#4 Quaker Valley
#7 Beaver
#12 Hopewell
3A
#5 OLSH
#17 Beaver Falls
2A
#2 Freedom
#11 Aliquippa
#14 Rochester
1A
#8 Rochester
#11 Western Beaver