Pleasant Valley and Northern Lehigh earned No. 1 seeds in 4A ands 2A for the upcoming District 11 Baseball playoffs that open up this week.

The Bears and Bulldogs are two of six TIMES NEWS area baseball teams to qualify for post-season play.In girls softball, five TIMES NEWS area teams have made it into the district tournament with Northern Lehigh earning the highest seed as No. 2 in Class AA.All first round baseball games will be played on Tuesday at the site of the higher seed, as well as Class A softball first round games.All other first round softball contests will be played on Thursday, as well as baseball quarterfinal matchups.Pleasant Valley will host the winner of today's Whitehall-Bangor play-in game at 4:30 p.m.In 3A, No. 6 Northwestern Lehigh travels to No. 3 Central Catholic and No. 2 Lehighton hosts No. 7 Pottsville, both at 4:30.In 2A, the Bulldogs will host the winner of today's play-in game between No. 9 Minersville and No. 8 North Schuylkill and No. 7 Panther Valley visits No. 2 Schuylkill Haven at 4:30.Marian, the No. 5 seed in Class A, travels to Tri-Valley for a 4:30 matchup.Quarterfinal round games will be played on Thursday, with the finals scheduled for Wednesday, June 2 or Thursday, June 4 at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown.In softball, No. 4 Marian hosts No. 5 Pius X on Tuesday at 4:30 in a Class A quarterfinal. The winner will meet No.1 seed Minersville in a semifinal contest on Thursday at Blue Mountain at 6:30.Other softball quarterfinals on Thursday have No. 3 Pleasant Valley hosting No. 6 Emmaus in 4A, No. 6 Northwestern Lehigh at No. 3 Southern Lehigh in 3A, and No. 6 Palmerton at No. 3 North Schuylkill and No. 2 Northern Lehigh hosting No. 7 Catasauqua in 2A.Semifinals in 2A, 3A and 4A are schedule for next Tuesday, June 1 with championships set for Thursday, June 3. The Class A championship will be Tuesday, June 1.The brackets are as follows:BASEBALLCLASS AAAAMonday, May 24First RoundNo. 9 Bangor at No. 8 Whitehall, 4:30 p.m.No. 11 Pocono Mt. West at No. 6 Stroudsburg, 4:30 p.m.No. 10 Pocono Mt. East at No. 7 Emmaus, 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 25Quarterfinal roundWhitehall/Bangor winner at No. 1 Pleasant Valley, 4:30 p.m.No. 5 Nazareth at No. 4 Liberty, 4:30 p.m.PM West/Stroudsburg winner at No. 3 Parkland, 4:30 p.m.PMEast/Emmaus winner at No. 2 Easton, 4:30 p.m.Thursday, May 27Semifinal round(at neutral sites)TBAWednesday, June 2 or Thursday, June 3ChampionshipAt Coca-Cola Park, TBACLASS AAATuesday, May 25Quarterfinal RoundNo. 5 Saucon Valley at No. 4 Bethlehem Catholic, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Northwestern Lehigh vs. No. 3 Central Catholic at Limeport, 3:30 p.m.No. 7 Pottsville at No. 2 Lehighton, 4:30 p.m.Thursday, May 27Semifinal round(at neutral sites)Saucon Vy.-Bethlehem Catholic winner vs. No. 1 Blue Mountain, TBACentral Catholic-Northwestern winner vs. Pottsville-Lehighton winner, TBAWednesday, June 2 or Thursday, June 3ChampionshipAt Coca-Cola Park, TBACLASS AAMonday, May 24First RoundNo. 9 Minersville at No. 8 North Schuylkill, 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 25Quarterfinal RoundMinersville-No. Schuylkill winner at No. 1 Northern Lehigh, 4:30 p.m.No. 5 Notre Dame (GP) at No. 4 Pine Grove, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Catasauqua at No. 3 Pen Argyl, 4:30 p.m.No. 7 Panther Valley at No. 2 Schuylkill Haven, 4:30 p.m.Thursday, May 27Semifinal round(at neutral sites)TBAWednesday, June 2 or Thursday, June 3ChampionshipAt Coca-Cola Park, TBACLASS ATuesday, May 25Quarterfinal RoundNo. 5 Marian at No. 4 Tri-Valley, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Nativity at No. 3 Williams Valley, 4:30 p.m.Thursday, May 27Semifinal round(at neutral sites)Marian-Tri-Valley winner vs. No. 1 No. Dame (ES), TBANativity-Williams Valley winner vs. No. 2 Pius X, TBAWednesday, June 2 or Thursday, June 3ChampionshipAt Coca-Cola Park, TBASOFTBALLCLASS AAAATuesday, May 25First RoundNo. 9 East Stroudsburg South at Liberty, 4:30 p.m.No. 10 Northampton at Pocono Mountain East, 4:30 p.m.Thursday, May 27Quarterfinal roundES South-Liberty winner at No. 1 Stroudsburg, 4 p.m.No. 5 Easton at No. 4 Parkland, 4 p.m.No. 6 Emmaus at No. 3 Pleasant Valley, 4 p.m.Northampton-Pocono Mt. East winner at No. 2 Nazareth, 4 p.m.Tuesday, June 1Semifinal Round(at Pates Park and Parkland)TBAThursday, June 3ChampionshipTBACLASS AAAThursday, May 27Quarterfinal roundNo. 8 Wilson at No. 1 Palisades, 4 p.m.No. 5 Bethlehem Catholic at No. 4 Saucon Valley, 4 p.m.No. 6 Northwestern at No. 3 Southern Lehigh, 4 p.m.No. 7 Blue Mountain at No. 2 Pottsville, 4 p.m.Tuesday, June 1Semifinal Round(at neutral sites)Wilson-Palisades winner vs. Becahi-Saucon Valley winner, TBANorthwestern-So. Lehigh winner vs. Blue Mt.-Pottsville winner, TBAThursday, June 3ChampionshipTBACLASS AAThursday, May 27Quarterfinal roundNo. 8 Notre Dame (GP) at No. 1 Pine Grove, 4 p.m.No. 5 Schuylkill Haven at No. 4 Pen Argyl, 4 p.m.No. 6 Palmerton at No. 3 North Schuylkill, 4 p.m.No. 7 Catasauqua at No. 2 Northern Lehigh, 4 p.m.Tuesday, June 1Semifinal Round(at neutral sites)No. Dame (GP)-Pine Grove winner vs. Schuylkill Haven-Pen Argyl winner, TBAPalmerton-No. Schuylkill winner vs. Catasauqua-No. Lehigh winner, TBAThursday, June 3ChampionshipTBACLASS ATuesday, May 25Quarterfinal roundNo. 5 Pius X at No. 4 Marian, 4 p.m.Thursday, May 27Semifinal roundPius X-Marian winner vs. No. 1 Minersville at Blue Mt., 6:30 p.m.No. 3 Tri-Valley vs. No. 2 Williams Valley at Blue Mt., 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, June 1Championshipat Blue Mt., TBA