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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 — 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...