District XI Soccer Playoffs Get Underway Monday

Now that league champs have been crowned in Schuylkill League soccer, it’s time for the District XI playoffs as the road to the state championship begins.

Here’s a look at the District XI soccer playoff schedule and brackets:

District XI Boys Soccer Tournaments

Eight Schuylkill League boys soccer teams have qualified for District XI tournaments. Two local teams have earned top seeds in their class. The action gets underway Monday.

Class 1A

Minersville Area has earned the top seed in Class 1A and a bye into the semifinals on Oct. 29.

Tri-Valley is the 3 seed in Class 1A and will host Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in a quarterfinal match. The winner of that contest will face Moravian Academy on Thursday.

Schuylkill Haven Area is the 5 seed in Class 1A and travels to Salem Christian on Tuesday for a quarterfinal match. The winner gets Minersville in the semifinals.

The District XI Class 1A championship is set for Nov. 4.

Class 2A

Tamaqua Area, the 9 seed in Class 2A, gets underway in district play on Monday evening when it travels to #8 Salisbury for a first round match at 5 p.m. The winner gets the privilege of heading to top-seeded Northwestern Lehigh on Wednesday.

Pine Grove Area earned the 2 seed after finishing as runner-up in the Schuylkill League. The Cardinals have a bye into the quarterfinal round, where it will face #7 Wilson at Pine Grove on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

#4 Notre Dame-Green Pond faces #5 Pen Argyl and #3 Palisades hosts #6 Northern Lehigh in the other quarterfinal matches in Class 2A on Wednesday.

Class 3A

Schuylkill League champs Blue Mountain have the top seed in Class 3A and will await the winner of #4 Bangor and #5 Pottsville Area. The Crimson Tide will open their District XI playoff campaign on the road on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

#3 North Schuylkill hosts #6 Lehighton on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in a Class 3A quarterfinal. The winner of that match moves on to play #2 seed Southern Lehigh.

District XI Girls Soccer Playoffs

There are also eight local teams participating in the District XO girls soccer playoffs. Here’s a look at how those matchups compare.

Class 1A

Class A contains mostly familiar foes. Three of the four tems are from the Schuylkill League, including the top teams from Schuylkill Haven Area and Mienrsville Area.

The Hurricanes are the highest ranking team in Class 1A. They’ll take on Tri-Valley at 5 p.m.

In the other semifinal, #2 Minersville Area will play #3 Moravian Acaemy on Thursday night

Class 2A

The quarterfinal round in Class 2A gets underway on Wednesday. Pine Grove Area, the 6 seed, will travel to face #3 Allentown Central Catholic at 6 p.m. at Salisbury High School

Tamaqua Area, the #8 seed, must face top-seeded Northwestern Lehigh in another quarterfinal.

In other Class 2A games, #2 Notre Dame-Green Pond takes on Wilson on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Meanwhile, Palisades will host Palmerton in another quarterfinal match on Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Class 3A

Fresh off their Schuylkill League championship, Blue Mountain has earned the top seed in Class 3A and a bye into the semifinals on Thursday. They’ll play the winner of #4 Southern Lehigh and #5 Bangor, which kicks off Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

North Schuylkill has earned the #3 spot in the Class 3A tournament and will host #6 Pleasant Valley on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Pottsville Area qualified as the #7 seed and will travel to Lehighton Area on Tuesday at 5 p.m. to face the Indians.

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