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This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 26, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL spring sports postseason concludes with diamond championships for a memorable post-Memorial Day this upcoming week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have audio coverage of all six WPIAL baseball title games from EQT Park in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday, along with all...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for May 25, 2025
While there is a chill in the air this holiday weekend, most of the Top 5 teams from the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings from a week ago enjoyed district playoff success in search of local gold. Only four teams lost their mojo and their spot in the Top...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for May 25, 2025
The district baseball playoffs are down to the final week with semifinals and championship games coming during or after the Memorial Day holiday weekend. With a week of quarterfinals and semifinals in the books, there were plenty of changes in each class with the exception of Class 5A, which stood...
Trib 10: Plenty of changes but top teams remain the same heading into baseball, softball finals
All of us at Trib HSSN wish a Happy Memorial Day weekend with safe travels for all. This is a time to remember those who have defended our country, it’s a time for fun and food with family and friends, and for district diamond lovers, it’s a time to prep...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 24, 2025: Boys volleyball titles up for grabs
Gold will be handed out to the winners of the 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball championship matches Saturday afternoon at Peters Township. One of them could be district title No. 23 for No. 1 North Allegheny (14-1) as the Tigers battle section rival No. 2 Seneca Valley (14-3) in the Class...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 22, 2025
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Indiana Little Indians Coach: Dan Petroff (second season) Record: Indiana finished as Section 3-4A champion with a record of 10-0, four games in front of both Knoch and Greensburg Salem. The Little Indians have an overall record of 21-1 with eight straight...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 22, 2025
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Penn-Trafford Warriors Coach: Denny Little (ninth year) Record: Penn-Trafford captured the Section 2-5A crown with a perfect record of 12-0, finishing three games in front of runner-up Franklin Regional. The Warriors have a current overall record of 20-2 with three straight wins...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 23, 2025: Baseball, softball semifinalists try it again
Is the third time a charm? What started out as Semifinals Wednesday and then Thursday, has now morphed into Final Four Friday in the district diamond playoffs thanks to Mother Nature and her tears of joy. The Class A, 2A and 3A baseball and softball semifinals are finally set to...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 22, 2025: Lacrosse champs to be crowned
While weather concerns forced another day of postponements on the diamond, the WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse championships are set for Panthers Stadium at Upper St. Clair on both Thursday and Friday. While the Class 2A title matches were postponed from Wednesday to Friday, the 3A finals are set for...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 21, 2025: Last batch of spots in WPIAL baseball, softball finals up for grabs
When it comes to district softball this spring in the three lowest classifications, the two most northern and most southern counties in the WPIAL are dominating. Heading into the softball semifinals Wednesday, there are 12 teams still alive for gold in Class 3A, 2A and A. More than half of...
In a tale of 2 wild pitches, Quaker Valley upends Avonworth in 3A quarterfinals
Two pitches to the backstop with a runner at third base late in a scoreless baseball playoff game. One turned into an out — a backbreaker for a potential big inning. The other plated the game’s only run. Those key plays led to a Class 3A quarterfinals eyebrow-raiser as No....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 20, 2025: Top seeds in Class 6A softball finally set for playoff debuts
When Hempfield and Seneca Valley last hit the softball field, it was two weeks ago and they met for the Class 6A regular season title. The Spartans blanked the Raiders, 1-0, to claim sole possession of first place. Will rust take its toll on either team as they finally hit...
More gritty than pretty, Bethel Park beats Thomas Jefferson in 5A quarterfinals
Bethel Park saw Thomas Jefferson score four runs earlier in the game without the aid of a hit and decided to give it a shot once the game remained tied through seven innings. Senior Ryan Petras raced home from third base on a wild pitch in the bottom of the...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 19, 2025: Class 6A baseball playoffs begin
The start of the second week of the WPIAL postseason marks a busy few days filled with district quarterfinal and semifinal action. It also finally marks the start of the Class 6A baseball playoffs. With only eight teams qualifying for the postseason in the highest classification, all four quarterfinals will...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 19, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL spring sports postseason continues with quarterfinal and semifinal action throughout the week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have video and audio coverage of the second week of the WPIAL baseball, softball, boys lacrosse and boys volleyball playoffs. Plus the Rebel Yell podcasts...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 18, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Bria Bosiljevac School: Shaler Class: Junior Position: Pitcher #Earned: Wet weather affected plenty of WPIAL baseball and softball postseason play last week. Bosiljevac rained on the playoff parade of Class 5A foes to lead No. 2-seed Shaler into the district semifinals. In a...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 18, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Johnny Bertucci Jr. School: Riverview Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, outfielder, infielder #Earned: Bertucci was the leading rusher this past for the Riverview football team, but his biggest rush comes when he is having success on the baseball diamond. The Raiders have qualified for...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for May 16, 2025
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Blackhawk Cougars Coach: Jim Riggio (ninth year) Record: Blackhawk finished in a tie for second place with Beaver with a Section 3-4A record of 8-4, four games behind section winner Hampton and three games ahead of both North Catholic and Western Beaver....
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 16, 2025
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Mars Fightin’ Planets Coach: Jason Thompson (fifth season) Record: Mars finished in fourth place in Section 3-5A with a record of 4-6, two games behind Fox Chapel and four games in back of co-section champions Pine-Richland and Shaler. The Fightin’ Planets have...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for May 16, 2025
Some districts across the state began the softball playoffs this week while others get underway this upcoming week. While the countdown to the state softball playoffs in now weeks away, the elite teams from across the state are looking good with little movement in the weekly Trib HSSN state softball...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for May 16, 2025
This past week was the opening of the playoffs for some districts while the curtain goes up on some of the other district postseasons this upcoming week. Either way, there were some changes to the Trib HSSN baseball state rankings two weeks before the PIAA playoffs get underway. Four teams,...
Trib 10: New team takes top spot in baseball power rankings as playoffs roll on
One week of the 2025 WPIAL diamond playoffs is in the books. For baseball and three classifications of softball, the playoffs resume next week with the quarterfinals. For Class 6A, 5A and 4A softball, two rounds are complete and the postseason will resume with the district semifinals. Only three teams...
Bethel Park uses big inning to keep ball rolling, beat Franklin Regional
Thursday’s playoff game between Bethel Park and Franklin Regional was a matchup between two teams entering the postseason in opposite directions. The Black Hawks won their final eight games of the regular season, and the Panthers had lost five in a row. Just when it looked like the momentum in...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 15, 2025: 5 games suspended, postponed Wednesday try it again
Mother Nature has registered some victories this week, with her handiwork showing Thursday. The reboot button pressed Tuesday kicks into gear two days later as the WPIAL baseball and softball teams in Class 3A, 2A and A finally begin their postseasons after rain wiped out their earlier attempts. On Wednesday,...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 14, 2025: Returning WPIAL finalists ready for a rematch in Class 5A baseball
Four years ago, the top two seeds in the WPIAL Class 5A baseball bracket avoided a lot of difficult obstacles to meet in what became one of the most memorable district title games. The matchup pitted No. 1 Franklin Regional against No. 2 Bethel Park. The teams entered the showdown...
