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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...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 5, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 69 teams with three 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...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball qualifiers, playoff picture through May 4, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and sits at 64 teams with four 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 playoffs...
WPIAL clinched: Softball qualifiers, playoff picture through May 4, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and sits at 69 teams with a week left in the regular season. 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...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 5, 2025: Spring sports ramp up playoff push as season winds down
Welcome to the final week of the regular season in WPIAL baseball, softball, lacrosse and boys volleyball. In district baseball, things are tight near the top of Class 5A Sections 1 and 2. In Section 1, while it doesn’t look like there will be a four-way tie for first place...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for May 4, 2025
Trib HSSN softball player of the week — Emersyn Jones School — Knoch Class — Freshman Position — Shortstop, third base, pitcher #Earned — The Saxonburg secret is no more. The Knoch softball program is enjoying great success this spring having clinched the Section 1-4A crown and sitting at 17-1...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 5, 2025
We end the spring sports regular season on a wet note as section play wraps up and the postseason begins with a little bracketology later this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. We have video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 4, 2025Video
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Ryan Piekutoski School: Seneca Valley Class: Senior Position: Pitcher, third baseman, first baseman #Earned: Coming into the final Section 1-6A series of the regular season, Seneca Valley needed help to catch North Allegheny but also had to win the series against rival Butler...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through May 3, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season has one week left before the district playoffs, and the postseason field currently sits at 17. 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 broken...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through May 3, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Saturday. The top six teams in each section in both Class 3A and 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. #-Clinched section championship *-Clinched playoff...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through May 3, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Saturday. The top four teams in each section in Class 3A and the top six teams in each section in Class 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Friday, May 2, 2025: 6A softball teams jockey for position
We wrap up the final full week of the diamond regular season with a busy afternoon of WPIAL Class 6A softball. The six teams have been determined for the upcoming WPIAL playoffs in the highest classification: however, two teams are fighting for first and the four others are battling for...
