Berks Girls Basketball Playoff Picture: Teams in Position for BCIAA and District 3 Berths

The final stretch of Berks Girls League play begins next week as we are past the halfway point. The Berks I, Berks III, and Berks IV leaders have remained all season. Last week, the Berks II leader changed for the first time.

Other teams have gotten hot and put themselves in position to challenge for BCIAA and District 3 playoff berths. The Berks girls basketball playoff picture is beginning to clear up. So, who will make it?

The BCIAA quarterfinals are February 7th at the higher seed, semifinals February 11th at Santander Arena, and final February 13th at Santander Arena.

The District 3 playoff field will be announced on February 13th and the first rounds begin February 16th (3A, 4A, and 6A) and February 17th (1A and 5A). The 2A tournament begins with the semifinals on February 20th.

Berks Girls Basketball Playoff Picture

Reminder on the BCIAA playoff structure, which includes eight qualifiers (seeded based on District 3 power ranking):

• The four division winners get in.

• The Berks I or Berks II runner-up gets a bid based on head-to-head winner in the teams' crossover game.

• The Berks III or Berks IV runner-up gets a bid based on head-to-head winner in the teams' crossover game.

• Two wild-card teams get a bid based on highest district power ranking.

Reading High after winning its first Berks title in 15 years last season. (Photo courtesy of Bill Snook)

As of January 16, 2026, the division leaders are: Wilson (.789 power rating) in Berks I, Exeter (.664) in Berks II, Schuylkill Valley (.586) in Berks III, Oley Valley (.522) in Berks IV.

The current runners-up in Berks I and II are Gov. Mifflin (.697) and Twin Valley (.529), which play each other on January 29th. We'll give the Mustangs the bid for this scenario since they have a higher power rating.

The current runners-up in Berks III and IV are Wyomissing (.442) and Kutztown (.517). The Spartans lost to the Cougars 45-29 on December 17th. Interestingly, the Spartans picked up an important win over Oley Valley last week. Something to watch. Again, we'll give the nod to the Cougars here based on their higher power ranking.

That leaves two wild-card spots, which, as of January 16th, would go to defending champion Reading High (.619) and Berks Catholic (.531) with Twin Valley, Conrad Weiser (.496), and Wyomissing (.442) being the first three out.

The bracket would look like this:

No. 1 Wilson vs. No. 8 Kutztown

No. 2 Gov. Mifflin vs. No. 7 Oley Valley

No. 3 Exeter vs. No. 6 Berks Catholic

No. 4 Reading High vs. No. 5 Schuylkill Valley

District 3 Picture

The Berks Girls League fields teams in the 3A, 4A, 5A, and 6A classifications of District 3. Six teams classify for the 3A bracket, eight qualify for the 4A bracket, 14 for the 5A bracket, and 16 for 6A.

Wyomissing girls basketball after winning its third straight District 3 Class 4A championship. (Photo courtesy of Bill Snook)

Here are the current rankings for the 18 Berks teams as of Jan. 16:

3A: No. 4 Oley Valley (.522), No. 5 Kutztown (.517), No. 10 Brandywine Heights (.334), No. 11 Tulpehocken (.291), No. 12 Antietam (.186).

4A: No. 9 Schuylkill Valley (.586), No. 12 Berks Catholic (.531), No. 15 Wyomissing (.442), No. 16 Hamburg (.422), No. 20 Fleetwood (.252).

5A: No. 8 Exeter (.664), No. 17 Twin Valley (.529), No. 20 Conrad Weiser (.496), No. 24 Daniel Boone (.387).

6A: No. 4 Wilson (.789), No. 15 Gov. Mifflin (.697), No. 17 Reading High (.619), No. 29 Muhlenberg (.304).

The current classification leaders are Veritas Academy in 1A, Shalom Christian Academy in 2A, Trinity in 3A, Susquehanna Township in 4A, Middletown in 5A, and Red Lion in 6A.

Recap of 2024-25 Playoffs

In case you forgot, here are recaps of how Berks qualifiers performed in the BCIAA, District 3, and PIAA playoffs last season.

BCIAA

Quarterfinals:

No. 1 Wyomissing defeated No. 8 Oley Valley 58-33.

No. 2 Wilson defeated No. 7 Schuylkill Valley 63-19.

No. 3 Gov. Mifflin defeated No. 6 Twin Valley 54-45.

No. 4 Reading High defeated No. 5 Conrad Weiser 44-28.

Semifinals:

No. 4 Reading High defeated No. 1 Wyomissing 40-38.

No. 3 Gov. Mifflin defeated No. 2 Wilson 60-56.

Championship:

No. 4 Reading High defeated No. 3 Gov. Mifflin 63-57.

Wilson's Kailani Hardy guarding Archbishop Carroll's Kayla Eberz in the PIAA playoffs last season. (Photo courtesy of Mark Jordan)

District 3

No. 3 Oley Valley: Beat No. 6 Columbia 51-47 in 3A quarterfinals, lost to No. 2 Pequea Valley 52-35 in semifinals.

No. 3 Wyomissing: Beat No. 6 Susquehanna Township 49-31 in the 4A quarterfinals, beat No. 2 Northern Lebanon 43-39 in the semifinals, beat No. 1 Lancaster Catholic 26-24 in the championship.

No. 7 Berks Catholic: Beat No. 10 Bishop McDevitt 58-49 in the 4A first round, lost to No. 2 Northern Lebanon 36-33 in the quarterfinals.

No. 7 Conrad Weiser: Beat No. 10 Elco 42-39 in the 5A first round, lost to No. 2 Middletown 47-32 in the quarterfinals.

No. 9 Twin Valley: Lost to No. 8 Lower Dauphin 49-36 in the 5A first round.

No. 7 Wilson: Beat No. 10 Cedar Crest 48-39 in the 6A first round, lost to No. 2 Dallastown 40-29 in the quarterfinals.

No. 12 Gov. Mifflin: Lost to No. 5 Central Dauphin 74-43 in the 6A first round.

No. 13 Reading High: Lost to No. 4 Mechanicsburg 44-37 in the 6A first round.

PIAA

3-5 Wilson: Beat 1-3 Upper Dublin 51-46 in the 6A first round, lost to 12-1 Archbishop Carroll 61-42 in second round.

3-8 Conrad Weiser: Lost to 7-1 Peters Township 58-25 in the 5A first round.

3-1 Wyomissing: Beat 12-5 Nazareth Academy 59-43 in the 4A first round, lost to 12-2 Neumann-Goretti 58-45 in second round.