News and Notes: February 7, 2018

By the Numbers

2 –  Second straight regular season where St. Basil finished atop the Catholic Academies league.

29 – Years coaching for North Penn’s Maggie deMarteleire, who is retiring after over 500 wins and 11 state playoff appearances.

62 – Teams that will qualify for the District 1 tournament across six different classes.

What to Watch For

With the regular season winding down, many leagues have conference playoffs to decide the champion. Here are the schedules for a few of those:

 

Catholic Academies

Semifinal – Sunday 2/11 at La Salle College High School

Mount St. Joseph vs Villa Maria, 5 p.m.

St. Basil vs Gwynedd-Mercy, 6:30 p.m.

 

Catholic League

First Round – Tuesday 2/13

Bishop McDevitt at Lansdale Catholic

St. Hubert at West Catholic

 

Quarterfinals – Thursday 2/15

Neumann-Goretti vs winner of 8/9

Archbishop Wood vs winner of 7/10

Archbishop Carroll vs Bonner-Prendergast

Cardinal O’Hara vs Archbishop Ryan

 

Semifinal – Tuesday 2/20

At Jefferson University, 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

 

Ches-Mont

Final Four – Saturday 2/10

West Chester Henderson vs Oxford

West Chester Rustin vs Downingtown East

Pioneer Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals – Thursday 2/8 at Boyertown

Upper Merion or Pope John Paul II vs Methacton, 6:00 p.m.

Perkiomen Valley vs Boyertown, 7:30 p.m.