District football playoffs are set
Six Times News area schools have qualified for the District 11 football playoffs. The postseason tournament will feature games in six classes and kicks off this Friday and Saturday.
Classes 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A will have four-team fields, while Class 6A will have an eight-team field.
In Class 2A, Northern Lehigh earned the No. 1 seed and will host No. 4 seed Minersville on Saturday at 4 p.m. Palmerton was the No. 2 seed and will entertain No. 3 seed Catasauqua on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Two area teams also qualified in Class 3A. Jim Thorpe, the No. 3 seed, will travel to No. 2 seed Notre Dame, while No. 4 seed Tamaqua will be at top-seeded North Schuylkill. Both of those games will be at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
In Class 4A, unbeaten Northwestern earned the No. 1 seed and will host Wilson. That game will be played on Friday at 7 p.m.
In Class 6A, Pleasant Valley is the No. 7 seed. The Bears will travel to No. 2 seed Northampton for a 7 p.m. game on Friday.
Following are the complete tournament brackets:
CLASS 1A
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 5
No. 4 Mahanoy Area at No. 1 Tri-Valley, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Nativity at No. 2 Williams Valley, 7 p.m.
Finals
Friday, Nov. 12
at North Schuylkill, 7 p.m.
CLASS 2A
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 6
No. 4 Minersville at No. 1 Northern Lehigh, 4 p.m.
No. 3 Catasauqua at No. 2 Palmerton, 7 p.m.
Finals
Saturday, Nov. 13
Site and time, TBA
CLASS 3A
Semifinals
Saturday, Nov. 6
No. 4 Tamaqua at No. 1 North Schuylkill, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Jim Thorpe at No. 2 Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Finals
Saturday, Nov. 13
Site and time, TBA
CLASS 4A
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 5
No. 4 Wilson at No. 1 Northwestern, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Allentown Central Catholic at No. 2 Pottsville, 7 p.m.
Finals
Friday, Nov. 12
Site and time, TBA
CLASS 5A
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 5
No. 4 Wyoming Valley West at No. 1 East Stroudsburg South, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Southern Lehigh at No. 2 Whitehall, 7 p.m.
Finals
Friday, Nov. 12
Site and time, TBA
CLASS 6A
Quarterfinals
Friday, Nov. 5
No. 8 Pocono Mountain West at No. 1 Parkland, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Pleasant Valley at No. 2 Northampton, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Easton at No. 3 Freedom, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Emmaus at No. 4 Nazareth, 7 p.m.
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 12
Site and time, TBA
Finals
Friday, Nov. 19
Site and time, TBA