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What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 13, 2025: Class 3A volleyball playoffs commence
There are 10 WPIAL first-round boys volleyball playoff matches set for Tuesday where weather is no issue. Class 3A has 14 teams in the bracket with top-seeded North Allegheny and No. 2 Seneca Valley enjoying opening-round byes. Here are the six first-round matches that all begin at 7 p.m. •...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 12, 2025: Baseball, softball, lacrosse playoffs begin
Welcome to 2025 spring sports postseason where this week, the WPIAL baseball, softball, boys volleyball and lacrosse playoffs all begin. On Monday, it is only softball, girls lacrosse and two baseball preliminary games on the postseason center stage. The WPIAL has always tried to avoid having teams from the same...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 12, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL spring sports postseason begins with preliminary round, first round and quarterfinal action throughout the week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have video and audio coverage of the start of the WPIAL baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball playoffs. Plus...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 11, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week: Gianna Ferrieri School: Seton LaSalle Class: Senior Position: First base, pitcher #Earned: Ferrieri often admits people mispronounce her last name. It is pronounced Fer-rare-ee, but people often call her Ferrari, like the car. Although it might be understandable because her play this past...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 11, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week: Tyler Skaggs School: Serra Catholic Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, second baseman #Earned: The more the merrier for Tyler Skaggs and his Serra Catholic teammates this past week as they played four games in four days to close out the regular season by outscoring...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week May 10, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – Elizabeth Forward Warriors Coach: Harry Rutherford (15th year) Record: Elizabeth Forward clinched the Section 2-4A championship with an 11-1 section record, finishing two games in front of second-place West Mifflin. The Warriors are 14-3 overall and won 10 straight games before a...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for May 10, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Neshannock Lancers Coaches: John Quahliero (fifth season) Records: Neshannock finished tied for first place with Shenango in Section 2-2A with a record of 9-3, one game in front of Freedom. The Lancers finished the regular season with an overall record of 16-4...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 9, 2025: Check out the baseball bracket show on Trib HSSN
Welcome to Bracketology Friday. The WPIAL softball and lacrosse committees released their playoff matchups Thursday; now baseball and boys volleyball take to the bracket release spotlight Friday. In baseball, 80 district teams are set to vie for six championships. While North Allegheny in 6A, Penn-Trafford in 5A and Avonworth in...
WPIAL clinched: Boys volleyball playoff field set with 26 teams
The WPIAL boys volleyball regular season is over and the district postseason field is set with 26 teams. The top three teams in each section qualified for the WPIAL playoffs. If ties of two or more teams for a playoff berth could not be broken by head-to-head tiebreaker, then all...
WPIAL clinched: With field finalized, 80 teams punch tickets to baseball playoffs
The WPIAL baseball playoff field is set with 80 teams. The top four teams in each section qualified for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be seen and heard here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with some...
2025 WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast the softball playoff pairings
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is set with 76 teams, including all six teams that won district gold a year ago. The postseason begins next week and concludes with six title games May 28-29 at Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.). The brackets will be announced at 4 p.m. Thursday...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 8, 2025: Watch Softball Playoff Pairings Show on Trib HSSN
Welcome to Bracketology Thursday. The various WPIAL committees are set to meet to set up the brackets for the upcoming playoffs in softball and boys and girls lacrosse. In softball, over 75 district teams are set to vie for six championships. While Seneca Valley, Armstrong, Elizabeth Forward, Mohawk and Chartiers-Houston...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for May 8, 2025
Three teams in the smaller classifications lost their spot in the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings from a week ago as the top teams get sharp in preparing for the upcoming district playoffs. Westmont-Hilltop, South Huntingdon County and West Greene dropped out of the Top 5 for now, replaced...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for May 8, 2025
As the sands of the high school baseball regular season fall in the hourglass, the elite teams across the state are picking up steam as they head toward their district playoffs. The wins are piling up, leading to few changes from last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings....
Upper St. Clair puts exclamation point on bounce-back season with playoff-clinching win
A year after missing the postseason and finishing in last place in Section 2-5A, Upper St. Clair clinched a return to the postseason with a victory Wednesday over Chartiers Valley in the first game of a doubleheader at the Boyce-Mayview Complex, 4-1. The Panthers join Bethel Park, Peters Township and...
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff field finalized with 76 teams
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is set with 76 teams punching their tickets for the upcoming district playoffs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In 6A, the top six teams clinch a WPIAL playoff berth. If there is a tie...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff field nearly set
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is nearly set with 78 teams with one day left in the regular season and two possible spots in Class 3A still up for grabs. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split...
Trib 10: Teams make moves ahead of WPIAL baseball, softball playoffs
Once again, the elite teams in district softball stacked the wins leading to little change in the final regular season Trib 10 rankings. However, the same could not be said for the bottom half of the baseball power rankings. The top seven teams from last week’s baseball power rankings finished...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 7, 2025: Playoff spots coming down to the wire in Section 2-5A baseball
One of the tightest races this spring in WPIAL baseball comes down to the next-to-last day of the regular season. Section 2-5A still has two playoff berths up for grabs heading into the final 48 hours of the season. Bethel Park has clinched the section crown and is finished with...
WPIAL clinched: Boys volleyball playoff qualifiers through May 6, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season has a few days left before the district playoffs and the postseason field currently sits at 23. The top three teams in each section will qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. If ties of two or more teams for a playoff berth cannot be...
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 6, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly set with 73 teams having qualified and four possible playoff berths still up for grabs with one day left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In 6A, the top...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 6, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 71 teams with two days left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings. Coverage of the 2025 WPIAL baseball...
‘Toughness and focus’: Peters Township gets past South Fayette in 1-run, 2-day affair
On Monday, Peters Township held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially name the renovated Peterswood Park baseball field after longtime Indians baseball coach and school district athletic director Joe Maize. “When I found out they were doing this, I was speechless,” Maize said. “You know me; that is not easy...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Tuesday, May 6, 2025: Section title, top seed up for grabs in 6A softball
If it says Seneca Valley at Hempfield on the softball schedule, then you know the weather will be a factor. The Raiders and Spartans will try for the fourth time to square off in Hempfield Township. Rain has been a factor in the earlier postponements and the forecast is a...
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 5, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly set with currently 71 teams having qualified and four possible playoff berths still up for grabs with two days left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In 6A, the...
