The Silver Creek girls basketball team earned the 3-seed in Class C1 and will host Cattaraugus/Little Valley on Thursday at 7 p.m. With a win on Thursday, Silver Creek would head to Jamestown Community College to face the winner of 7-seed Falconer and 2-seed Middle Early College in the Class C1 semifinals.

The Silver Creek boys basketball team earned the 4-seed in Class C1. Awaiting them is a showdown with 5-seed Chautauqua Lake in Silver Creek on Friday night at 7 p.m. The winner of that matchup will advance to the semifinals on Monday, Feb. 25 at Jamestown Community College, to face either 9-seed Cattaraugus/Little Valley, 8-seed Portville, or the No. 1 seed in Class C1 — Middle Early College.

The Westfield Wolverines earned the 4-seed in Class C2 after the first division title since 2000 in Westfield. Their playoff journey kicks off on Friday night at 7 p.m. against 5-seed Bennett. With a win, Westfield would advance to the semifinals at Jamestown Community College against either 9-seed Maple Grove, 8-seed Cassadaga Valley, or top-seeded Ellicottville. That game would be Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 5:15 p.m.

The Forestville Lady Hornets earned the 4-seed in Class D after a 4-15 regular season. The Lady Hornets had won just five games in the previous three seasons combined, but with a core of Sylvea Cleary and twin sisters Phoebe Kingsfield and Clare Kingsfield, Forestville comes in as the favorite over 5-seed North Collins. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday at Forestville High School, with the winner set to face 1-seed Panama at Jamestown Community College in the semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.

OBSERVER Photo by Justin Goetz Silver Creek’s Emma Rice drives to the basket during her Senior Night game against JFK in Silver Creek on Friday.

Both boys and girls programs from Dunkirk and Fredonia will need to make postseason runs from the bottom half of the Class B1 brackets. The Dunkirk girls are seeded 12th in Class B1, while the Dunkirk boys are the 15-seed, the lowest seed in the bracket. Both Dunkirk teams travel to face Buffalo Arts on Tuesday, with the girls game scheduled for 5 p.m. and the boys to follow. The Fredonia girls are the lowest seed in the B1 girls bracket and travel to 3-seed Springville-Griffith on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. The Fredonia boys are the 9-seed in Class B1 and travel to 8-seed Depew on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. With a win, Fredonia would play at No. 1 seed Medina on Saturday at 1 p.m.

NOTES: Other local teams received favorable seeds, as well. The Chautauqua Lake girls earned the 5-seed in Class C1 — just as the boys did. The Lady Thunderbirds travel to Tapestry on Thursday night at 7 p.m. Chautauqua Lake eliminated Tapestry from the playoffs last season, in Mayville. … While Cassadaga Valley earned the 8-seed in the C2 boys bracket, the Cassadaga Valley girls earned the 6-seed. … The Gowanda Lady Panthers earned the 10-seed in Class B2 and travel to Allegany-Limestone on Tuesday at 7 p.m. … The Lake Shore girls earned the top seed in Class A2, while the Lake Shore boys are 11th. … North Collins earned the 7-seed in Class D among the boys and the 5-seed among the Class D girls. … Pine Valley is the 6-seed in the Class D boys and girls brackets. …. The Westfield/Brocton Lady Wolverines were seeded seventh in Class C2. … The Gowanda Panthers and Brocton Bulldogs boys basketball teams elected to opt out of sectional playoffs to end their seasons.