[Slideshow from the Evander Childs-Norman Thomas game by Adi Talwar]

[Update: Evander Childs won it’s game against John Browne tonight, 71-58 to advance to the Elite 8. They will play at home on Thursday against either Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology or McKee/Staten Island Tech.]

The top 16 public school teams in the boy’s and girl’s varsity basketball A Division playoffs are competing this week to advance to the next round and only a few Bronx teams remain in the hunt for a city championship.

Both the boy’s and girl’s teams from Evander Childs Campus are in the Sweet 16. The boys have demonstrated they are deserving of their number two seed in the tournament, breezing through the first rounds of the Public School Athletic League tournament, including a dominating performance against Norman Thomas (80-58) last Thursday (see photos from the game above).

Despite losing in the first round of the Bronx Boro playoffs, the Tigers are looking good as they head into their duel against John Browne tonight at home at 5 p.m. Morris Campus plays at home against Midwood tonight at 5 p.m. as well.

The Evander girls, seeded 8th, play at home against 24th-seeded International Studies High School from Staten Island tomorrow at 5 p.m. Two other Bronx girl’s teams, Clinton (11) and Mott Haven (6th) face off tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Mott Haven.