May Madness: Baseball playoff brackets out

Here are the District 9 baseball playoff brackets, released Wednesday by tournament chairman Tony Flint. Seed listed in parenthesis:

CLASS A (9 teams, top two finishers advance to states)

Preliminary Round

Tuesday, May 19

Port Allegany (9) at North Clarion (8), 4:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Thursday, May 21

Port Allegany-North Clarion winner at Elk County Catholic (1), St. Marys, Berwind Park, 4:30 p.m.

Otto-Eldred (5) at Clarion (4), 4:30 p.m.

Brockway (7) at DuBois Central Catholic (2), 4:30 p.m.

Redbank Valley (6) at Oswayo Valley (3), 4:30 p.m.

Semifinals

Tuesday, May 26

Elk County Catholic-Port Allegany-North Clarion winner vs. Clarion-Otto-Eldred winner, TBA

DCC-Brockway winner vs. Oswayo Valley-Redbank Valley winner, TBA

Championship

Thursday, May 28

Semifinal winners, TBA

CLASS AA (4 teams, champion advances)

Semifinals

Wednesday, May 20

Johnsonburg (4) at Moniteau (1), 4:30 p.m.

Cranberry (3) at Karns City (2), 4:30 p.m.

Championship

Semifinal winners, TBA

CLASS AAA (3 teams, champion advances)

Semifinal

Tuesday, May 19

Bradford (3) at Clearfield (2), 4:30 p.m.

Championship

Thursday, May 21

Bradford-Clearfield winner vs. Punxsutawney (1), TBA