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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...
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...
