Five TIMES NEWS Area baseball and three softball teams begin quest for District 11 Championships this afternoon when first round games get under way.

Pleasant Valley's baseball team drew the No. 7 seed in the 4A baseball bracket and hosts No. 10 seed Bangor this afternoon at 4:30 in a first round contest. The winner will travel to No. 2 seed Pocono Mountain East for a quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday.In 3A boys, three local teams are among trhe six to qualify and it is a guarantee that a TIMES NEWS team will reach the championship.No. 5 Northwestern Lehigh visits No. 4 Lehighton for a quarterfinal game at 4:30 on Wednesday. The winner will meet No. 1 seed and Schuylkill League champion Tamaqua at Parkland on Friday at 7 p.m. in one semfinal. The championship will be played on Wednesday, May 29 at Coca-Cola Park at 7 p.m.In Class A, No. 4 seed Marian hosts No. 5 seed Schuylkill Haven at 4:30 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals for the right to take on No. 1 seed Williams Valley at 7 p.m. on Friday at Pine Grove.On the softball side, Pleasant Valley drew the No. 1 seed by winning the Mountain Valley Conference Championship and gets a bye into Thursday's quarterfinals where they will host Tuesday's Stroudsburg-Whitehall winner at 4 p.m.Palmerton, the No. 2 seed in 3A, has a bye into next week's semifinals when it will take on the winner of Thursday's quarterfinal between Blue Mountain and Southern Lehigh. That contest will be played on Tuesday, May 28 at Parkland at 5 p.m.In Class A, No. 6 seed Marian travels to No.3 seed Williams Valley for a 4 o'clock first round contest on Tuesday. The winner will face the Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg-Minersville winner on Thursday in the quarterfinals at Blue Mountain, 5 p.m.DISTRICT 11 BASEBALLScheduleCLASS AAAAFirst RoundMonday, May 20No. 9 Freedom at No. 8 Northampton, 4:30 p.m.No. 10 Bangor at No. 7 Pleasant Valley, 4:30 p.m.QuarterfinalsWednesday, May 22Freedom-Northampton winner at No. 1 Whitehall, 4:30 p.m.No. 5 Emmaus at No. 4 Stroudsburg, 4:30 p.m.Bangor-Pleasant Valley winner at No. 2 Pocono Mountain East, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Liberty at No. 3 Parkland, 4:30 p.m.SemifinalsFriday, May 24Quarterfinal winners at Hackett Park, 4:30 & 7 p.m.FinalsWednesday, May 29Semifinal winners at Coca-Cola Park, 7 p.m.CLASS AAAQuarterfinalsWednesday, May 22No. 5 Northwestern at No. 4 Lehighton, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Blue Mountain at No. 3 Southern Lehigh, 4:30 p.m.SemifinalsFriday, May 24Northwestern-Lehighton winner vs. No. 1 Tamaqua at Parkland, 7 p.m.Blue Mountain-Southern Lehigh winner vs. No. 2 Pottsville at Parkland, 4:30 p.m.FinalsTuesday, May 28Semifinal winners at Coca-Cola Park, 7 p.m.CLASS AAQuarterfinalsWednesday, May 22No. 5 Pine Grove at No. 4 Catasauqua, 4:30 p.m.No. 7 Minersville at No. 2 North Schuylkill, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Pen Argyl at No. 3 Notre Dame-GP, 4:30 p.m.SemifinalsFriday, May 24Pine Grove-Catasauqua winner vs. No. 1 Salisbury at Limeport, 7:15 p.m.Minersville-North Schuylkill winner vs. Pen Argyl-Notre Dame-GP winner at Limeport, 4:30 p.m.FinalsWednesday, May 29Semifinal winners at Coca-Cola Park, 4:30 p.m.CLASS AQuarterfinalsWednesday, May 22No. 5 Schuylkill Haven at No. 4 Marian, 4:30 p.m.No. 6 Lehigh Valley Christian at No. 3 Moravian Academy, 4:30 p.m.SemifinalsFriday, May 24Schuylkill Haven-Marian winner vs. No. 1 Williams Valley at Pine Grove, 7 p.m.Lehigh Valley Christian-Moravian Academy winner vs. No. 2 Tri-Valley at Pine Grove, 4:30 p.m.FinalsTuesday, May 28Semifinal winners at Coca-Cola Park, 4:30 p.m.DISTRICT 11 SOFTBALLScheduleCLASS AAAAFirst RoundTuesday, May 21No. 9 Stroudsburg at No. 8 Whitehall, 4 p.m.No. 13 East Stroudsburg South at No. 4 Freedom, 4 p.m.No. 12 Bangor at No. 5 Liberty, 4 p.m.No. 10 Pottsville at No. 7 Nazareth, 4 p.m.No. 11 Pocono Mountain East at No. 6 Emmaus, 4 p.m.QuarterfinalsThursday, May 23Stroudsburg-Whitehall winner at No. 1 Pleasant Valley, 4 p.m.Freedom-ES South winner vs. Liberty-Bangor winner, 4 p.m.Pottsville-Nazareth winner at No. 2 Northampton, 4 p.m.PM East-Emmaus winner at No. 3 Parkland, 4 p.m.SemifinalsTuesday, May 28Quarterfinal winners at Pates Park, 5 & 7 p.m.FinalsThursday, May 30Semifinal winners at Pates Park, 7 p.m.CLASS AAAQuarterfinalsThursday, May 23No. 5 Wilson at No. 4 Saucon Valley, 4 p.m.No. 6 Blue Mountain at No. 3 Southern Lehigh, 4 p.m.SemifinalsTuesday, May 28Wilson-Saucon Valley winner vs. No. 1 Bethlehem Catholic at Moravian College, 5 p.m.Blue Mountain-Southern Lehigh vs. No. 2 Palmerton at Parkland, 5 p.m.FinalsThursday, May 30Semifinal winners, TBACLASS AAQuarterfinalsThursday, May 23No. 5 North Schuylkill at No. 4 Notre Dame-GP, 4 p.m.SemifinalsTuesday, May 28North Schuylkill-Notre Dame-GP winner vs. No. 1 Catasauqua at Parkland, 7 p.m.No. 3 Pen Argyl vs. No. 2 Pine Grove at Northwestern, 4 p.m.FinalsThursday, May 30Semifinal winners, TBACLASS AQuarterfinalsTuesday, May 21No. 5 Nativity at No. 4 Mahanoy Area, 4 p.m.No. 7 Notre Dame-ES at No. 2 Minersville, 4 p.m.No. 6 Marian at No. 3 Williams Valley, 4 p.m.SemifinalsThursday, May 23Nativity-Mahanoy Area winner vs. No. 1 Tri-Valley at Blue Mountain, 7 p.m.Notre Dame-ES-Minersville winner vs. Marian-Williams Valley winner at Blue Mountain, 5 p.m.FinalsTuesday, May 28Semifinal winners at Blue Mountain, TBA