Justin Mebane (above) and Lower Merion haven’t lost to a team from District 1 all season. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By CoBL Staff
The PIAA state playoffs are only a win away for the 16 teams left in District 1 6A. All eight second-round winners next Tuesday night
Here’s a look at all eight second-round games; all games are scheduled for 7 PM at the higher seed:
1) Lower Merion vs. 16) Conestoga
The 2021 and 2022 District 1 champs are back as the No. 1 seed, Gregg Downer’s group getting a bye through the first round after a 21-1 regular season and a Central League championship. Now the Aces get to start the next phase of their postseason with a familiar opponent in the league rival Pioneers, whom they’ve already dispatched twice this season: 42-37 at Conestoga on Dec. 14 and 90-60 at Lower Merion on Jan. 30. Conestoga’s into the second round after a suffocating defensive effort against Neshaminy leading to a 53-19 win on Friday night. They’ll try to replicate that type of effort Tuesday, though besides that first matchup nobody’s held Lower Merion below 59 points all season, and the Aces have hit 75+ on 14 different occasions.