Five area teams earn D-11 top seeds
The Pleasant Valley girls lacrosse, Northwestern boys lacrosse, Palmerton softball, Northern Lehigh softball and Marian baseball teams all earned top seeds in their respective brackets for the District 11 tournament.
The undefeated Bears, coming off a second straight Eastern Pennsylvania Conference title, will face No. 4 seed Freedom in the Class 3A semifinals on Monday.
The Tigers are the top seed in the Class 2A bracket and will face No. 4 Southern Lehigh Tuesday in the semifinals.
The Blue Bombers, champions of the Colonial League in softball, will take on Pine Grove in a 3A semifinal matchup on Thursday.
In 2A softball, the Bulldogs will also be in action in a semifinal game on Thursday. They will await the winner of the quarterfinal contest between Catasauqua and Schuylkill Haven.
The Colts will take on No. 4 Weatherly in the Class 1A baseball semifinals on Tuesday.
A total of 19 area teams will be in postseason action.
Brackets for the baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse tournaments are listed below.
BASEBALL
Class 1A
Semifinals
Tuesday, May 23
No. 1 Marian vs. No. 4 Weatherly at Pottsville, 6:30 p.m.
No. 3 Notre Dame East Stroudsburg vs. No. 2 Nativity at Pottsville, 4:30 p.m.
Finals
Saturday, May 27
Marian-Weatherly winner vs. Notre Dame ES-Nativity winner at Schuylkill Haven, 1 p.m.
Class 2A
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, May 24
No. 5 Minersville at No. 4 Shenandoah Valley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Palisades at No. 3 Williams Valley, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Sunday, May 28
No. 1 Tri Valley vs. Minersville-Shenandoah Valley winner at Pine Grove, TBA
No. 2 Schuylkill Haven vs. Williams Valley-Palisades winner at Pine Grove, TBA
Finals
Wednesday, May 31
Semifinal winners at Pine Grove, TBA
Class 3A
First Round
Monday, May 22
No. 9 MaST Community Charter at No. 8 Bristol, 4 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, May 23
MaST Charter-Bristol winner at No. 1 Saucon Valley, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Northwestern at No. 4 Palmerton, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Allentown Central Catholic at No. 3 Pine Grove, TBA
No. 7 Executive Education at No. 2 Panther Valley, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Saturday, May 27
Saucon Valley-MaSt Charter-Bristol winner vs. Northwestern-Palmerton winner, TBA
Central Catholic-Pine Grove winner vs. Executive Education-Panther Valley winner, TBA
Finals
Tuesday, May 30
Semifinal winners at DeSales University, TBA
Class 4A
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, May 24
No. 5 Wilson at No. 4 Tamaqua, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Sunday, May 28
Wilson-Tamaqua winner vs. No. 1 Blue Mountain at Pine Grove, TBA
No. 3 Lehighton vs. No. 2 Bethlehem Catholic, TBA
Finals
Wednesday, May 31
Semifinal winners at DeSales University, TBA
Class 5A
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, May 23
No. 5 Whitehall at No. 4 Pleasant Valley, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Saturday, May 27
Whitehall-Pleasant Valley vs. No. 1 Bangor, TBA
No. 3 Pocono Mountain East vs. No. 2 Southern Lehigh, TBA
Finals
Tuesday, May 30
Semifinal winners at DeSales University, TBA
Class 6A
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, May 24
No. 5 Emmaus at No. 4 Northampton, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Freedom at No. 3 Nazareth, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Sunday, May 28
Emmaus-Northampton winner vs. No. 1 Liberty, TBA
Nazareth-Freedom winner vs. No. 2 Parkland, TBA
Finals
Wednesday, May 31
Semifinal winners at DeSales University, TBA
SOFTBALL
Class 1A
Semifinals
Friday, May 26
No. 1 Tri-Valley vs. No. 4 Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg at Blue Mountain, 6:30 p.m.
No. 3 Weatherly vs. No. 2 Marian at Blue Mountain, 4:30 p.m.
Finals
Tuesday, May 30
Tri Valley-Notre Dame ES winner vs. Weatherly-Marian winner, TBA
Class 2A
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, May 23
No. 5 Catasauqua at No. 4 Schuylkill Haven, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Panther Valley at No. 3 Minersville, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Thursday, May 25
Catasauqua-Schuylkill Haven winner vs. No. 1 Northern Lehigh, TBA
Panther Valley-Minersville winner vs. No. 2 Williams Valley, TBA
Finals
Tuesday, May 30
Semifinals winners, TBA
Class 3A
Semifinals
Thursday, May 25
No. 1 Palmerton vs. No. 4 Pine Grove, TBA
No. 3 Pen Argyl vs. No. 2 Palisades, TBA
Finals
Wednesday, May 31
Palmerton-Pine Grove winner vs. Pen Argyl-Palisades winner, TBA
Class 4A
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, May 23
No. 5 Pottsville vs. No. 4 North Schuylkill at Blue Mountain, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Lehighton at No. 3 Bethlehem Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Thursday, May 25
Pottsville-North Schuylkill winner vs. No. 1 Blue Mountain at Pine Grove, 4:30 p.m.
Lehighton-Bethlehem Catholic winner vs. No. 2 Northwestern, TBA
Finals
Wednesday, May 31
Semifinal winners, TBA
Class 5A
Semifinals
Thursday, May 25
No. 1 Whitehall vs. No. 4 East Stroudsburg South at Pates Park, TBA
No. 3 Pocono Mountain East vs. No. 2 Bangor at Pates Park, TBA
Finals
Thursday, June 1
Whitehall-ES South winner vs. PM East-Bangor winner at Pates Park, TBA
Class 6A
First Round
Tuesday, May 23
No. 9 Pleasant Valley at No. 8 Parkland, 4:30 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 25
Pleasant Valley-Parkland winner at No. 1 Nazareth, 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Liberty at No. 4 Emmaus, 4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Easton at No. 3 Northampton, 4:30 p.m.
No. 7 Stroudsburg at No. 2 Freedom, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinals
Tuesday, May 30
Pleasant Valley-Parkland-Nazareth winner vs. Liberty-Emmaus winner at Pates Park, TBA
Easton-Northampton winner vs. Stroudsburg-Freedom winner at Pates Park, TBA
Finals
Thursday, June 1
Semifinal winners, TBA
BOYS LACROSSE
Class 2A
Semifinals
Tuesday, May 23
No. 1 Northwestern vs. No. 4 Southern Lehigh at Emmaus, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Moravian Academy vs. No. 2 Allentown Central Catholic at Emmaus, 5 p.m.
Finals
Thursday, May 25
Northwestern-Southern Lehigh winner vs. Moravian Academy-Central Catholic winner at Lehigh University, 5 p.m.
Class 3A
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 18
No. 4 Easton 12, No. 5 Emmaus 11
No. 3 Delaware Vy. 14, No. 6 Nazareth 5
No. 2 Freedom 16, No. 7 Northampton 2
Semifinals
Tuesday, May 23
No. 1 Parkland vs. No. 4 Easton at Northampton, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Delaware Valley vs. No. 2 Freedom at Northampton, 5 p.m.
Finals
Thursday, May 25
Parkland-Easton winner vs. Delaware Valley-Freedom winner at Lehigh University, 7 p.m.
GIRLS LACROSSE
Class 2A
Semifinals
Monday, May 22
No. 1 Southern Lehigh vs. No. 4 Saucon Valley at Emmaus, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Moravian Academy vs. No. 2 Northwestern at Emmaus, 5 p.m.
Finals
Wednesday, May 24
Southern Lehigh-Saucon Valley winner vs. Moravian Academy-Northwestern winner at Lehigh University, 5 p.m.
Class 3A
Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 18
No. 4 Freedom 19, No. 5 Parkland 5
No. 3 Easton 22, No. 6 Nazareth 10
Semifinals
Monday, May 22
No. 1 Pleasant Valley vs. No. 4 Freedom at Northampton, 7 p.m.
No. 2 Emmaus vs. No. 3 Easton at Northampton, 5 p.m.
Finals
Wednesday, May 24
Pleasant Valley-Freedom winner vs. Emmaus-Easton winner at Lehigh University, 7 p.m.