The brackets were released Sunday for the District 11 Team Championships. Four Times News area squads made the Class 2A tournament, which begins Thursday.

Northwestern earned the No. 4 seed and will have a first-round bye. The Tigers will face the winner of the No. 5 Notre Dame Green Pond and No. 12 Palmerton match.Lehighton is the seventh seed and will face No. 10 Panther Valley in the opening round. The winner will take on second seed Wilson.Saucon Valley is the top seed in the Class 2A bracket. Bethlehem Catholic is the No. 1 seed in the Class 3A tournament.Northwestern, Palmerton, Lehighton and Panther Valley will all be competing at Northern Lehigh High School. First round matches are scheduled for 6 p.m., with the next round set to get underway at 7:30 p.m.Action will resume Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at Freedom High School with semifinal matches. The finals are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Should it be necessary, the true second place match will take place at 7:30 p.m.