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Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 16, 2025
A couple of classifications were hit hard by changes from last week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings while other classes are virtually unchanged. Class 5A and 4A saw two teams exit with two new teams entering the top 5. North Pocono and Upper Dublin in 5A and Elizabeth Forward and...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 16, 2025
As the mercury slowly rises and we head into the second half of April, the top high school baseball teams across the state are starting to lock in and stack victories. In the six classifications, only four teams lost their spot in the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings from...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 16, 2025: Thomas Jefferson, Baldwin to slug it out
Last spring, the Thomas Jefferson softball team made an unexpected run to the WPIAL Class 5A finals before falling to Armstrong in the title game. The Jaguars kept their postseason magic going though in the PIAA playoffs and ended up beating Pittston Area to win the 5A state championship. Meanwhile,...
Trib 10: New team takes top spot in softball power rankings
Much like a week ago, it was a bumpy ride for the top baseball teams and relatively smooth sailing for the district softball teams in the weekly Trib 10 power rankings. While the top three baseball teams held serve, including Pine-Richland maintaining its spot at No. 1, three district teams...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 15, 2025: Hempfield, Seneca Valley softball set to square off
They tried to play last week, but wet and cold weather got in the way. Hopefully, Mother Nature will not be a factor again when Hempfield hosts Seneca Valley for first place in 6A softball at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Spartans and Raiders are the two most dominant softball programs...
Canon-McMillan doesn’t fall flat in series-opening win over Mt. Lebanon
The Canon-McMillan baseball team captured two wins Monday — first on the baseball diamond, then in the Mt. Lebanon parking lot. The Big Macs defeated the Blue Devils in the opener of the key Section 2-6A series, 4-1, to remain in first place. Afterward, the team turned pit crew and...
What to watch in WPIAL sports for April 14, 2025: Section 2-5A showdowns to break 5-way tie
Another week of diamond action begins with another day with rain in the forecast as the midway point of district baseball and softball nears. The chase for first place in WPIAL Section 2-5A baseball is a crowded one with five teams tied for the top in the loss column and...
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 13, 2025Video
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Bailey Barnyak School – Carmichaels Class – Junior Position – Pitcher #Earned – Three weeks into the regular season, the Carmichaels softball team finally got a chance to begin its quest toward a Section 2-A championship. On Monday, it hosted Avella, and...
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for April 13, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week – Mason Metz School – Avonworth Class – Senior Position – Catcher #Earned – Revenge was sweet for Avonworth against South Allegheny in a Section 2-3A series last week. The Antelopes only lost two section games a year ago, but splitting with the...
WPIAL girls lacrosse standings through April 13, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL girls lacrosse standings for the 2025 regular season. The top six teams in each section in both Class 3A and Class 2A will qualify for the district postseason. Only section records are shown. Class 3A Section 1 Mt. Lebanon, 5-0 Upper St. Clair, 5-0 Peters...
WPIAL boys lacrosse standings through April 13, 2025
Here are the latest WPIAL boys lacrosse standings for the 2025 season. 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 records are shown. Class 3A Section 1 Upper St....
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 14, 2025
We go hopping into the midway point of the spring sports regular season filled with great egg-citement this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network. Trib HSSN will have video and audio coverage of WPIAL baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball. Plus the Rebel Yell podcasts...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 12, 2025: Softball elites square off
They have been the powers of WPIAL Class 4A softball for a decade, winning a combined six district championships in the last 10 seasons. On Saturday, the rivalry continues as Elizabeth Forward visits Belle Vernon at 1 p.m. The softball powers are near the top in Section 2-4A again this...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 11, 2025: Small-school softball powers to square off
They are two of the most successful high school programs in Greene County. The West Greene softball program won a record-tying five consecutive WPIAL championships between 2016-2021. Carmichaels softball captured back-to-back district titles in 1997-1998. A year ago, both reached the WPIAL Class A final four, but the Pioneers lost...
Trib HSSN softball team of the week for April 10, 2025
Trib HSSN softball team of the week – West Mifflin Titans Coach: Erik Hilligsberg (eighth year) Record: West Mifflin is tied for first place in Section 2-4A with a 4-0 record (6-3 overall) with four consecutive wins. #Earned: Following victories over Belle Vernon and Uniontown the previous week to get...
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week for April 10, 2025Video
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Belle Vernon Leopards Coach: Tony Watson (fifth season) Record: Belle Vernon is tied for first place in Section 2-4A with a 6-0 record (8-0 overall). #Earned: Like most baseball teams in the district, whatever games Belle Vernon managed to play this past...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 10, 2025: Class 6A teams battle for supremacy in 3-game section series
The weather forecast for Thursday calls for slightly higher temperatures with the mercury sneaking back into the 50s; however, rain is likely to put a damper on most of the scheduled WPIAL baseball and softball games. However, there is hope for teams to play ball if the game is scheduled...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 9, 2025
As we head toward mid-April, it would be nice to say the action on the softball diamonds is heating up as much as the mercury. Yes, that would be nice. However, while the weather continues to be funky, the top softball teams in the state keep plugging away in the...
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 9, 2025
Between the rain drops and the chill in the air, baseball was played this past week throughout the state with issues for the top teams in the bookend classifications but little movement in the middle four classes. Two teams each fell out of the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 9, 2025: North Hills neighbors collide in Class 5A softball
Another chilly, but a tad warmer day will be the backdrop for a busy midweek schedule of WPIAL softball section contests. One of the key matchups is a battle of a pair of northern power programs colliding when North Hills (8-1) hosts Shaler (4-2) at 3 p.m. The rivals finished...
Trib 10: Baseball power rankings get a healthy shakeup
Consistency is the key to a very successful season in any sport. It is also important to maintain a spot in the weekly Trib 10. What we are discovering is the elite softball teams in the district have been consistent into the second week of April. However, for their diamond...
Peters Township breaks the ice with 3-run homer in win over Chartiers Valley
Chartiers Valley and Peters Township not only had to battle each other in a big Section 2-5A district baseball game Tuesday, they had to deal with the elements as well. “Conditions were not great. We just got back from a week in Florida where it was 85 (degrees) every day,”...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 8, 2025: Class 5A baseball matchups impact section standings
This week of WPIAL baseball section series began with first place in three of the four sections in Class 5A directly affected by head-to-head matchups. Those three series and plenty of other continue on a chilly Tuesday. In Section 1-5A, the week began with Franklin Regional (7-1 overall) and Plum...
West Mifflin uses long ball, 10-run inning to break open close game, down Ringgold
For most of the chilly afternoon Monday, West Mifflin pitcher Rylie Dobnak was starring in the circle and not at the plate. That changed with one mighty swing of the bat in the bottom of the fourth inning as the junior smacked a three-run homer that invoked the mercy-rule in...
Forecast forces WPIAL to push back boys tennis singles tournament
The first WPIAL postseason tournament for the spring season is now on hold for 24 hours. The first three rounds of the 2025 boys singles tennis championships originally scheduled for Tuesday have been bumped back to Wednesday because of the cold forecast. One interesting aspect of this year’s Class 3A...
