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District playoff brackets, matchups revealed

The District 11 football playoffs have been set and it again is filled with question marks.

The 4A classification subregional format with Districts 2-4-11 features a lopsided bottom bracket with power teams, while the top bracket is noticeably softer.

Wyoming Valley West (10-0) is the top-seed and faces a hobbling Nazareth (5-5) squad in their opener, while the other pairing in the top half of the bracket features Liberty (7-3) hosting Stroudsburg (8-2) in the four-five matchup. The ’Canes have to like their road to the district championship compared to some of their counterparts.

Parkland (9-1) is the second-seed and they get seventh-seeded Delaware Valley (7-3) in their opener, while Freedom (9-1) gets the toughest opening round contest against sixth-seeded Easton (7-3).

The Patriots reward for winning nine games, beating Liberty and grabbing a share of the EPC South Division crown is having to open against Easton and then possibly see Parkland in the semifinals.

That’s how the power ranking formula worked out this year.

In 3A, Lehighton (10-0) somehow earned the top seed over Bethlehem Catholic, as they’ll open up against fourth-seeded Blue Mountain (9-1). That leaves the two teams that played in last year’s 3A final - Becahi (9-1) and Saucon Valley (10-0)--playing this weekend.

In 2A, Notre Dame Green Pond (9-1) earned the top-seed and they square off against North Schuylkill (6-4), while Northwestern (8-2) and Salisbury (7-3) have a Colonial League battle in the two-three matchup.

In 1A, top-seeded Tri-Valley (8-2) gets Williams Valley (5-5) and Mahanoy Area (6-4) and Marian Catholic (6-4) face off in the other contest.