Juniata Valley, which gave eventual state champion Southern Fulton a scare in the first round of the PIAA playoffs before falling by a run last season, will be the top seed in the District 6 Class 1A high school baseball playoffs, which begin Thursday.

The Green Hornets will play the winner of Thursday’s Williamsburg at Portage game in the quarterfinals on Monday, May 18.

That same day, third-seeded Claysburg-Kimmel will host either Blacklick Valley or Purchase Line.

In Class 2A, fourth-seeded Bellwood-Antis will host Moshannon Valley in the quarterfinals on Friday.

All three teams in the Mirror’s core coverage area will be on the road in Class 3A with Central Cambria traveling to play West Shamokin in the first round on Thursday for the right to play top-seeded Richland on May 18.

That afternoon sixth-seeded Tyrone will travel to Huntingdon, and seventh-seeded Central will head to Bald Eagle Area to play quarterfinal games.

Hollidaysburg is the No. 2 seed in Class 5A and will host Shikellamy in the District 4-6 tournament on Tuesday, May 19 for the chance to play top-seeded Central Mountain on Tuesday, May 26 at Bald Eagle Area for the championship.

Altoona also earned the second seed and will host State College in the Class 6A semifinals at 4 p.m. at Mansion Park on Thursday with the chance to take on top-seeded Mifflin County on Wednesday, May 20 at Mount Aloysius at 4 p.m. on the line.

Softball

The Claysburg-Kimmel, Bellwood-Antis, Hollidaysburg and Altoona softball teams all earned No. 2 seeds in their respective classifications in their upcoming District 6 tournaments.

The Lady Bulldogs, the defending Class 1A champions, will host either United or Penns Manor on Monday, May 18 in the quarterfinals.

That same day, Juniata Valley — the No. 4 seed which advanced to the championship game last year — will host Homer-Center in a quarterfinal.

Portage and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy have a chance to be playing that day, but they will both need to win first round games. The Lady Mustangs travel to Northern Cambria on Thursday, and a win would pit them against top-seeded Conemaugh Valley.

The Lady Marauders travel to Roxbury Park to play Bishop McCort on Friday with an opportunity to play third-seeded Purchase Line at stake.

In Class 2A, second-seeded Bellwood-Antis will wait for the winner of the Southern Huntingdon and Moshannon Valley game and host that team in the semifinals on Thursday, May 21.

In Class 5A, Hollidaysburg will host Mifflin County in the semifinals Thursday at 3:30 p.m., and if the Lady Tigers win that game, they will play Central Mountain in the championship game on Wednesday, May 20.

Second-seeded Altoona is already in the 6A title game, which will be held against State College at Mount Aloysius on May 20.

In Class 3A, sixth-seeded Central Cambria will travel to third-seeded Westmont Hilltop in a quarterfinal game on May 18. That same day the winner of Tyrone’s game at Cambria Heights being played on Thursday will travel to top-seeded Bedford for a quarterfinal game.