TONIGHT

PIAA CLASS 6A GIRLS SEMIFINALS

Teams: 6-1 Altoona Lady Lions (23-4) vs. 3-2 Dallastown Lady Wildcats (27-4)

Site, time: Big Spring High School, Newville, 7 p.m.

The coaches: Altoona — Chris Fleegle. Dallastown — Molly Day.

Playoff path: Altoona–defeated Williamsport, 57-10, in the District 4-6 semifinals; def. State College, 51-35, in the District 4-6 championship; def. Norwin, 59-54, in overtime in the PIAA first round; def. Pennsbury, 37-34, in the PIAA second round; def. Cardinal O’Hara, 38-37, in overtime in the PIAA quarterfinals. Dallastown–defeated Cedar Crest, 55-36, in the District 3 first round, def. Governor Mifflin, 63-35, in the District 3 quarterfinals, def. Central Dauphin, 42-38, in the District 3 semifinals; lost to Wilson (West Lawn), 42-37, in overtime in the District 3 championship; def. Spring-Ford, 50-41, in the PIAA first round; def. Emmaus, 68-65, in overtime in the PIAA second round; def. Canon-McMillan, 54-39, in the PIAA quarterfinals

Probable starting lineups: Altoona — PG Zaelinh Nguyen-Moore, sr.; G Raylin Eyer, jr.; G Samantha Harpster, sr.; F Kendall Cogan, sr.; F Brionna Hudson, soph. Dallastown — G Natalie McLane, Fr.; G Sophia Scovitch, Sr.; G Denyla Handy, Fr.; G-F Ava Jamison Sr.; F Camryn Strouse, Soph.

Key reserves: Altoona–G Achiera Cuspert, sr.; G-F Alannah Heyward, soph. Dallastown–G Olivia Cleaver, Sr.; G Riley Gentzler, Jr.

Who they get: The winner plays either District 1 champ Upper Dublin or District 12 champ Archbishop Carroll in the state finals at the Giant Center in Hershey at 6 p.m. Friday. Upper Dublin and Archbishop Carroll play at 7 p.m. tonight at Bensalem High School.

Notable: Jamison, at 5-foot-11, averages 15.0 points per game and is a 1,000-point scorer … Freshmen Handy (13.6 ppg.) and McLane (10.5 ppg.) are the Lady Wildcats’ next top scorers … Handy scored 22 points in the win over Canon-McMillan at the Altoona Fieldhouse on Friday … Dallastown finished runner-up to Red Lion in the York-Adams League Division 1 and then lost to York Suburban, 42-38, in the York-Adams League semifinals. … In addition to York Suburban and Wilson (West Lawn), the Lady Wildcats’ other two losses this season are to Red Lion twice (34-31 on Dec. 9 and 31-28 on Jan. 14) … Altoona last played in the PIAA semifinals in 2005 when the Lady Lions lost to Oakland Catholic, 45-41, at IUP in Class 4A … In common games, Altoona lost to Central Dauphin twice (46-42 and 51-49) and Spring-Ford (50-44) in the regular season, while Dallastown beat both in the postseason.

­– Buck Frank