The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)

Girls Volleyball Class-4A

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(12-1) ARCHBISHOP CARROLL VS. (1-4) PENNSBURY » District 12 champion Archbishop Carroll will face the District 1 fourth-place finisher Pennsbury in the first round of the Class4A state playoffs Tuesday at Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote at 3:45 p.m.

The winner of this match will face the winner of (1-1) Bishop Shanahan and (11-2) Nazareth in the quarterfin­als Saturday. (1-2) UPPER MERION VS. (32) EXETER TOWNSHIP » District 1 runner-up Upper Merion will face District 3 runner-up Exeter Township in the first round of the Class-4A state playoffs Tuesday at Lower Merion High School at 7:30 p.m.

The Vikings are coming off their second loss of the season — a 3-0 defeat in the district championsh­ip game against Bishop Shanahan.

Outside hitters senior Emma Andraka and junior Tori Wright, who each have 1,000 kills and rank second and third in kills in Upper Merion history, respective­ly, will try to lead the Vikings to a win in their first state playoff match since 2014.

The winner of this match will face the winner (11-1) PARKLAND VS. (1-3) PERKIOMEN VALLEY » District 11 champion Parkland will face District 1 thirdplace finisher Perkiomen Valley in the first round of the Class-4A state playoffs Tuesday at Whitehall High School at 6:30 p.m.

The winner of this match will face the winner of (1-2) Upper Merion and (3-2) Exeter Township in the quarterfin­als Saturday.

Class-3A

(1-1) POPE JOHN PAUL II VS. (12-3) CARDINAL O’HARA » Pope John Paul II, the District 1 champion, will face Cardinal O’Hara, the third-place finisher in District 12, in the first round of the Class-3A state playoffs Tuesday at Methacton High School at 6 p.m.

The Golden Panthers won the Pioneer Athletic Conference championsh­ip with a win over previously unbeaten Upper Merion before winning the District 1-4A title. PJP entered the district playoffs as the No. 3 seed and beat No. 6 Sun Valley, 3-0, No. 2 Mount St. Joseph, 3-2, and No. 1 Merion Mercy, 3-0.

The winner of this match will face the winner of (2-1) Greater Nanticoke and (3-2) West York in the quarterfin­als Saturday.

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