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Monday, March 03, 2003 Page: 3B
WVC BASKETBALLThe sites and time for PIAA state basketball playoff games
involving Wyoming Valley Conference teams were set Sunday. Six WVC boys teams
and four girls teams advanced from the District 2 playoffs.
There will be a doubleheader Friday at King’s College. At 6 p.m., the
District 2 Class 2A runner-up Meyers girls play District 11 runner-up Notre
Dame Green Pond. At 7:30 p.m., District 2 champion Nanticoke Area faces
District 3 sixth seed Northeastern in a Class 3A boys matchup.
Also on Friday, District 2 Class A boys champion Bishop O’Reilly plays
District 3 fourth seed Lebanon Catholic at 7 p.m. at Pittston Area High
School. The District 2 Class 3A third-seeded Meyers boys play District 4
champion Milton at 7 p.m. at Shikellamy High School.
There will also be two doubleheaders Saturday involving WVC schools. At
King’s College, the District 2 Class 3A champion Dallas girls play District 3
sixth seed Palmyra at 1 p.m., followed by the District 2 Class 2 champion GAR
boys vs. District 3 fifth seed York Catholic at 2:30 p.m.
At Hazleton Area High School, the District 2 Class 3A runner-up Bishop
Hoban girls face District 11 runner-up Southern Lehigh at 1 p.m., followed at
2:30 p.m. by a Class 2A boys game between District 2 runner-up Northwest Area
and District 11 runner-up Pine Grove.
Also on Saturday, the District 2 Class A runner-up Bishop O’Reilly girls
play District 11 champion Cardinal Brennan at 3:30 p.m. at Martz Hall in
Pottsville, and the District 2 Class 2A third-seeded Hoban boys play District
4 champion Loyalsock at 2 p.m. at Montoursville High School.