Six area teams have qualified for the upcoming District 11 football playoffs.

Unbeaten and Colonial League Gold Division Champion Northwestern is the top seed in Class 3A.

The defending 3A champion Tigers (10-0) will host No. 8 seed Lehighton (2-8) this Thursday in a quarterfinal round matchup. The two teams met during the regular season on Sept. 22 with Northwestern claiming a 49-0 victory.

Colonial League Red Division champion and undefeated Palmerton (10-0) earned the No. 2 seed in Class 3A and will host seventh-seeded Jim Thorpe (4-6). This is another rematch from the regular season, as the Blue Bombers rallied from a deficit on Sept. 15 to gain a 41-31 win over the Olympians.

Tamaqua (5-5) also qualified in the 3A bracket as the sixth seed and will travel to No. 3 North Schuylkill (8-2). This will, again, be a game between two teams that played each other during the regular season. The Blue Raiders dropped a 38-15 decision to the Spartans on Sept. 14.

All 3A quarterfinal contests will take place this Thursday and begin at 7 p.m. The 3A semifinals will take place next Friday.

In class 1A, Marian (6-4) earned the No. 2 seed and will host third seed Tri-Valley in the semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m. The Colts will look to get revenge on the Bulldogs, who earned a 16-6 victory when the teams met on Oct. 20.

Eastern Conference Playoffs

Pleasant Valley (5-5) qualified for the Eastern Conference playoffs and will travel to Governor Mifflin in the Class 5A/6A championship game on Friday at 7 p.m.

Brackets for the District 11 and Eastern Conference playoffs are below.

DISTRICT 11 FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS

Class 1A

Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 3

No. 4 Nativity at No. 1 Minersville, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Tri-Valley at No. 2 Marian, 7 p.m.

Championship

Nativity/Minersville winner vs. Tri-Valley/Marian winner, TBA

Class 2A

Semifinals

Saturday, Nov. 4

No. 4 Executive Education at No. 1 Schuylkill Haven, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Catasauqua at No. 2 Williams Valley, 7 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, Nov. 11

Executive Education/Schuylkill Haven winner vs. Catasauqua/Williams Valley winner, TBA

Class 3A

Quarterfinals

Thursday, Nov. 2

No. 8 Lehighton at No. 1 Northwestern, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Saucon Valley at No. 4 Notre Dame-GP, 7 p.m.

No. 6 Tamaqua at No. 3 North Schuylkill, 7 p.m.

No. 7 Jim Thorpe at No. 2 Palmerton, 7 p.m.

Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 10

Lehighton/Northwestern winner vs. Saucon Valley/Notre Dame-GP winner, TBA

Tamaqua/North Schuylkill winner vs. Jim Thorpe/Palmerton winner, TBA

Championship

Semifinal winners, TBA

Class 4A

Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 3

No. 4 Bangor at No. 1 Allentown Central Catholic, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Bethlehem Catholic at No. 2 Blue Mountain, 7 p.m.

Championship

Bangor/Central Catholic winner vs. Bethlehem Catholic/Blue Mountain winner, TBA

Class 5A

Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 3

No. 4 East Stroudsburg South at No. 1 Southern Lehigh, 7 p.m.

No. 3 Pocono Mountain West at No. 2 Whitehall, 7 p.m.

Championship

ES South/Southern Lehigh winner vs. PM West/Whitehall winner, TBA

Class 6A

Quarterfinals

Friday, Nov. 3

No. 8 Williamsport at No. 1 Parkland, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Emmaus at No. 4 Freedom, 7 p.m.

No. 6 Stroudsburg at No. 3 Northampton, 7 p.m.

No. 7 Wilkes-Barre at No. 2 Nazareth, 7 p.m.

Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 10

Williamsport/Parkland winner vs. Emmaus/Freedom winner, 7 p.m.

Stroudsburg/Northampton winner vs. Wilkes-Barre/Nazareth winner, 7 p.m.

Championship

Semifinal winners, TBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS

Class 1A/2A Championship

Saturday, Nov. 4

Mahanoy Area at Pen Argyl, 3 p.m.

Class 3A Championship

Friday, Nov. 3

Berks Catholic at Hamburg, 7 p.m.

Class 4A Championship

Friday, Nov. 3

Fleetwood at Shamokin, 7 p.m.

Class 5A/6A Championship

Friday, Nov. 3

Pleasant Valley at Governor Mifflin, 7 p.m.