By CoBL Staff
The District 1 5A bracket is finalized with game times announced. The 12-team boys and girls tournaments begin Friday with four opening round games in each tournament as the other four squads earn byes.
Six teams earn spots in the PIAA field so the winners head to next Wednesday’s second round and have at least two more games left in their seasons, while the first round losers shut the doors on their 2022-23 campaigns..
Here’s a look at each of next Friday’s first-round games, which will all take place at 7 PM (unless otherwise noted) at the higher seed; second-round games will be Wed., Feb. 22, also at higher seeds, who host through the championship game: Saturday, March 4 at Temple University:
Boys
8) Sun Valley vs. 9) Marple Newtown
Winner play No. 1 Radnor
The Vanguards have four starters who played in last year’s district tournament, opening with a win as the 8-seed before falling to top seed Radnor in the second round and 12th-seeded Chichester in the first playback game.