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Trib HSSN high school softball team of the week for May 1, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – West Allegheny Indians Coach: Mindi McFate (22nd year) Record: West Allegheny has clinched the Section 3-5A championship with a 9-1 record. The Indians have won seven straight games and 10 of their last 11 for an overall record of 13-4 with two...
Trib HSSN high school baseball team of the week for May 1, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Ellwood City Wolverines Coach: Christopher Weisz (fifth season) Record: Ellwood City finished in second place in Section 1-3A with a record of 8-2, one game behind section winner Riverside. The Wolverines are 13-4 overall this season with two more nonsection games remaining....
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 1, 2025: North Allegheny, North Hills to settle series
May Day, May Day! That might be the distress signal sent out by WPIAL baseball and softball teams trying to finish section games on a day with a rainy forecast. In district baseball, the finales of a pair of three-game series in Section 1-6A are set for Thursday. Section champion...
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers through April 30, 2025
The WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and currently sits at 65 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...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers through April 30, 2025
The WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 60 teams with a week 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 WPIAL baseball playoffs can...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 30, 2025
While thoughts and prayers go out to those in the state still recovering from a damaging storm Tuesday, there was a great calm in the state softball rankings as we head into May. A grand total of one team fell out of the weekly Trib HSSN state softball rankings from...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 30, 2025
Only two classifications saw changes last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings as we bid farewell to April. Class 6A saw one change as McDowell bumped Parkland. There was a major shakeup in Class 3A as North East, Philipsburg Osceola and South Park exited, opening the door for...
Moon lands big win over Upper St. Clair to boost playoff hopes
Falling into last place with one week left in the regular season is not a good recipe for a postseason run. However, on Wednesday night, it was one small step for Moon’s chances of playing meaningful baseball next week and one giant leap for the Tigers’ playoff hopes. The Tigers...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 29, 2025: Defending WPIAL champs look to lock up section
We hit the midweek, which coincides with the final day of the fourth month of the year, hoping to say “adieu” to the April showers. It will be another busy day of district softball section games highlighted by a battle for first place in Section 2-4A when Elizabeth Forward visits...
Trib 10: New teams take top spots in baseball, softball power rankings
There has been a shakeup at the top of the power rankings as we are down to one week remaining in the WPIAL baseball and softball regular season. Pine-Richland falling to Shaler last week in district baseball and Hempfield losing for the first time in a softball showdown against Seneca...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 29, 2025: Section titles races hit fever pitch
The section series between north and south rivals concludes Tuesday with a winner-take-all contest. South Park had a dramatic comeback victory Monday to keep its section crown hopes alive. Now the Eagles must beat defending champion Avonworth again, this time on the road. The Antelopes will host the Eagles at...
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers through April 28, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and currently sits at 55 teams with a week and a half 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...
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers through April 28, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 48 teams with a week and a half 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...
South Park bats come alive to beat Avonworth, set up de facto section championship game
Coming into a big Section 2-3A series against first-place Avonworth, South Park had been struggling on offense. The Eagles had scored a total of five runs while going 1-2 in their last three games. So falling behind by five runs early against the defending district Class 3A champions seemed like...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 27, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Sydney Sekely School – South Park Class – Junior Position – Pitcher #Earned – A year after helping South Park reach the WPIAL Class 3A softball championship game (losing to Mohawk), junior pitcher Sydney Sekely has the Eagles flying high again as...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 28, 2025: Section 1-5A teams battle for title
Some WPIAL baseball teams are down to one, while others still have two section series remaining in the regular season. The stretch run to the 2025 campaign is underway as teams battle for section championships, playoff positioning and postseason berths. A year after four teams tied for the Section 1-5A...
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 28, 2025
We not only slide from April to May this week, we also go head first into the spring sports stretch run with action on the diamonds, the stadiums and the hardcourt this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have video and audio coverage of...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 27, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week – Brock Budacki School – New Brighton Class – Senior Position – Catcher, pitcher #Earned – Entering the final two weeks of the WPIAL baseball regular season, New Brighton has the most wins in Section 2-2A thanks to key contributions from underclassmen such...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings, playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season, along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Sunday. 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 April 27, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season, along with the latest playoff qualifiers through Sunday. 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...
WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 37 teams with a week and a half 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...
WPIAL softball playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL softball playoff field is taking shape and currently sits at 41 teams with a week and a half left in the regular season. The top four teams in each section qualify for the postseason from Class 5A down. In Class 6A, the top six teams clinch a...
WPIAL boys volleyball playoff clinchings through April 27, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL boys volleyball regular season has two weeks left before the district playoffs, and the postseason field currently sits at nine. The top four teams in sections of seven or more teams and the top three teams in sections of six or less teams qualify for the WPIAL...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 25, 2025: 3A softball contenders collide in rematch of slugfest
First place in Section 1-3A WPIAL softball will be up for grabs Friday when Mt. Pleasant hosts Southmoreland at 4 p.m. The host Vikings are 6-2 in the section and 8-5 overall. Mt. Pleasant had won six straight games before back-to-back losses this week to Burrell and Deer Lakes. The...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 24, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Bethel Park Black Hawks Coach: Pat Zehnder (fifth season) Record: Bethel Park is alone in first place in Section 2-5A with a record of 7-3, 11-4 overall. The Black Hawks are one section win away from clinching at least a share of...

