Bishop Carroll, Richland land No. 1 seeds in District 6 volleyball playoffs

The Bishop Carroll Catholic and Richland High School girls volleyball teams each earned No. 1 seeds in the upcoming District 6 playoffs.In Class 1A, Bishop Carroll receives a bye and will host the winner of a first-round game with No. 4 seed Ferndale entertaining No. 5 Williamsburg (Nov. 3) Nov. 5 in a semifinal. No. 6 seed Portage travels to third-seeded Juniata Valley and No. 7 Bishop McCort Catholic plays second-seeded St. Joseph's Catholic Academy at Bald Eagle Area High School Nov. 3. The final is 11 a.m. Nov. 7 in Altoona.Penns Valley is the top seed in Class 2A and will host No. 8 Mount Union Nov. 3. The other quarterfinals are No. 5 Southern Huntingdon County at No. 4 Northern Cambria, No. 6 West Branch at No. 3 Claysburg-Kimmel and No. 7 Conemaugh Valley at No. 2 Purchase Line. The semifinals are Nov. 5 with the title game at 1 p.m. Nov. 7 in Altoona.In Class 3A, Richland awaits the winner of Thursday's first-round game between No. 8 seed Tyrone and No. 9 River Valley in a quarterfinal to be played Nov. 2. No. 10 Westmont Hilltop travels to No. 7 Marion Center Thursday with the victor to face No. 2 West Shamokin. The other quarterfinals have No. 5 Forest Hills at No. 4 Central Cambria and No. 3 Bald Eagle Area hosting No. 6 Huntingdon Nov. 2. The semifinals are Nov. 4 with the final at 3 p.m. Nov. 7 in Altoona.Somerset will host either Brashear or Obama Academy Oct. 29 in a District 5-6-8 Class 4A subregional semifinal. Central Mountain entertains Bellefonte in the other semifinal. The final is Nov. 7 at Mount Aloysius.