District 11 pairings set
The District 11 team wrestling tournament begins Thursday night and the official pairings for the tournament were released Monday afternoon, as wrestling opens at four different venues Panther Valley, Blue Mountain, Nazareth and Whitehall.
With snow canceling many matches slated for Monday, the power ranking locked all the teams in place heading into Thursday's opening rounds.
Here's how the 3A and 2A brackets break down.
Action kicks off at each site at 6 p.m. with single elimination bouts, as the winner will move on to take on higher seeds at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night.
Once teams get past the opening round, the tournament becomes double-elimination, as wrestling shifts to Freedom High School Saturday morning.
Starting in 3A, Nazareth (8th seed) and Emmaus (9th seed) battle for the right to take on top-seeded Bethlehem Catholic at the top of the bracket taking place at Nazareth.
Fifth-seeded Bangor battles 12th-seeded Whitehall for the chance to take on fourth-seeded Parkland, as these matches will be at Whitehall.
Pleasant Valley (6) and Pottsville (11) square off, as the winner faces third-seeded Blue Mountain as these matches take place on the Eagles home turf.
That leaves second-seeded Freedom awaiting the winner of a tough 7-10 matchup between Easton and Northampton, capping off things at Nazareth as well.
In 2A, Saucon Valley is the top-seed and will either face Palisades (8) or Panther Valley (9) in matches taking place at Whitehall.
Northwestern and Williams Valley would then face each other in a 5-12 matchup, pitting the winner against fourth-seeded Northern Lehigh to be held at Panther Valley.
In the bottom portion, Lehighton (6) and Wilson (11) face off with the victor taking on North Schuylkill (3) at Blue Mountain.
Second-seeded Tri-Valley then awaits the winner of the 7-10 bout between Notre Dame of Green Pond and Schuylkill Haven at Panther Valley.
Once Thursday's bouts are out of the way, wrestling begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with consolation rounds getting under way. Semifinals will start at 10:45 a.m. with another round of consolations kicking off at 12:30 p.m.
Finals for both classes will take place at 5:30 p.m. and if necessary, the true second place match would cap off the weekend of wrestling at 7:30 p.m.