The road to state gold: Here's the first-round schedule for area basketball teams
The road to state gold starts this week.
And 384 teams will be whittled down to 12 champions.
The PIAA basketball brackets were released Sunday, and 20 area teams will open play either Friday or Saturday.
Here's the first-round schedule with district-seed, team and record:
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Girls' Class 6A
Friday's games
1-7 Central Bucks East (19-7) at 3-2 Dallastown (22-3), 7 p.m.
7-3 Peters Township (23-2) at 3-3 Lebanon (22-3), 6 p.m.
3-5 Northeastern (23-3) at 1-2 Spring-Ford (21-5), 7 p.m.
3-7 York High (16-10) at 7-1 Norwin (21-3), 6 p.m.
Girls' Class 5A
Saturday's games
7-7 Indiana Area (19-7) at 3-1 York Suburban (23-1), 4 p.m.
3-4 West York (18-8) at 7-3 McKeesport (21-4), 1 p.m.
3-5 Palmyra (18-8) at 7-2 Armstrong (21-5), 1 p.m.
Girls' Class 4A
Saturday's games
3-6 Eastern York (14-12) at 12-1 Universal Audenried (22-5), 3 p.m.
1-2 Pope John Paul II (13-10) at 3-2 Delone Catholic (21-1), 1 p.m.
3-4 Northern Lebanon (19-6) at 11-1 Allentown Central Catholic (17-9), 3 p.m.
Girls' Class 3A
Friday's game
3-3 York Catholic (18-7) at 12-1 Imhotep Charter (13-11), 5:30 p.m.
Boys' Class 6A
Saturday's games
3-6 Cedar Crest (18-7) at 1-1 Lower Merion (25-1), 1 p.m.
1-7 Central Bucks East (19-7) at 3-2 Chambersburg (19-6), 5 p.m.
11-3 Emmaus (20-7) at 3-3 Red Lion (18-8), 5 p.m.
3-5 Central York (21-3) at 1-2 Garnet Valley (19-8), 1 p.m.
Boys' Class 5A
Friday's games
3-4 Greencastle-Antrim (20-6) at 7-3 Shaler Area (23-3), 6 p.m.
7-4 Thomas Jefferson (21-4) at 3-3 York Suburban (20-6), 6 p.m.
Boys' Class 4A
Friday's games
3-6 Littlestown (18-7) at 12-1 Neumann Goretti (22-3), 7 p.m.
7-6 South Allegheny (18-8) at 3-1 Eastern York (18-7), 6 p.m.
Boys' Class 3A
Saturday's game
3-3 Delone Catholic (19-6) at 12-1 Devon Prep (10-13), 3 p.m.
This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: PIAA basketball championships 2024: Schedule for area teams