Ellwood City will host the Unified Bocce playoffs on Tuesday with both Ellwood City and Riverside teams represented.
Eight teams on four courts will compete in a two round single elimination tournament. Each division gets two courts.
Game start at 3:30 p.m. with Beaver North Division top seed Blackhawk playing #4 Ellwood City and the Lawrence Division top seed Laurel will playing #4 New Castle.
The 3-seed Riverside Panthers, who qualified for the playoffs earlier this month, will play #2 Beaver Falls to begin its playoff journey. The 2-seed from Lawrence, Mohawk, will play Shenango to round out the opening round action.
Winners of opening rounds will advance and play in the championships games scheduled for 4:20 p.m. on Tuesday.
Awards will immediately follow and begin at approximately 4:55 p.m.
The winnings teams from each division will advance to Regionals at Geneva College. The 2nd place teams will be entered into a Wild Card drawing to advance to Geneva.
Beaver North’s time slot at Geneva College is Wednesday 3/6 in the morning session while Lawrence’s time slot is Thursday 3/7 in the morning.
Last year, Ellwood City collected three victories and a first place finish at the regional championships and advanced to the PIAA/SOPA State Championships.
The Special Olympics Interscholastic Unified Sports program is supported by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) and the Bureau of Special Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education.
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