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WPIAL softball playoffs breakdown Class 6A Favorite: Eight-time WPIAL champion Hempfield has arguably the most talented batting order in the state with six Division I commits, including pitcher Riley Miller (Kent State), catcher Ella Berkebile (Bucknell), shortstop Allie Cervola (Ohio), second baseman Lauren Howard (Virginia), outfielder Claire Mitchell (UMBC) and...

Reigning WPIAL softball champions Neshannock and Elizabeth Forward start their title defenses as favorites to repeat. The Lancers in Class 2A and the Warriors in 4A were among the teams earning No. 1 seeds in playoff brackets released Thursday by the WPIAL. The other top seeds went to Hempfield in...

Two-time reigning boys lacrosse champion Mt. Lebanon will start its latest title defense as the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL playoffs. The Blue Devils (12-4) drew the top spot in WPIAL Class 3A, and South Fayette (17-0) was seeded first in 2A in brackets released Thursday. The playoffs start...

Two-time defending champion Mars was picked as the favorite to win another WPIAL girls lacrosse title in playoff brackets revealed Thursday. Mars (15-1) received the No. 1 seed in Class 2A, and Pine-Richland (15-2) drew the top spot in 3A. The playoffs start Monday and Tuesday with first-round games, leading...

High schools Baseball Wednesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Kiski Area 11, Penn Hills 1 Kiski Area 11, Penn Hills 1 Penn-Trafford 5, Franklin Regional 3 Section 2 Upper St. Clair 4, Chartiers Valley 1 Upper St. Clair 7, Chartiers Valley 2 Peters Township 11, South Fayette 8 Trinity at...

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....

Jon Edgerly and Logan Plummer each singled and doubled as Pine-Richland pounded out 12 hits in a 12-2 Section 3-5A baseball victory over New Castle on Wednesday. The result, coupled with Mars’ walk-off upset win over Shaler, gave the Rams a share of the section title with the Titans. Sam...

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...

History was made at the 69th annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet Wednesday at Ferranti’s Lakeview. For the first time in banquet history, the boys and girls winner of the Excellence Award came from the same school: Mt. Pleasant’s Lily King and Joseph Gardner, both multiple PIAA and WPIAL Class 2A...

Hempfield has produced an impressive list of softball pitchers, a fact that doesn’t elude current Spartans ace Riley Miller. The names include Jaci Kalp, Morgan Ryan, Lauren (Shaheen) Armanious and, of course, current coach Tina (Skelly) Madison. Kalp, whose 997 career strikeouts were once a WPIAL record, is the daughter...

The capital of WPIAL Class 2A tennis for the 2024-25 school year might be located in Cranberry Township. North Catholic defeated Valley, 4-1, in the team tennis finals Wednesday at Janet Swanson Tennis Center at Washington & Jefferson. It’s the first title in the North Catholic boys tennis program’s five-year...

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...

The WPIAL will announce seedings and pairings for the softball playoffs Thursday afternoon. Westmoreland County is a hotbed for softball talent and, like most years, will be well represented in the postseason. Local qualifiers include Hempfield and Norwin in Class 6A; Penn-Trafford, Franklin Regional and Latrobe in 5A; Derry, Greensburg...

High schools Baseball Tuesday’s results Class 5A Section 1 Penn-Trafford at Franklin Regional, ppd. Penn Hills at Kiski Area, ppd. Plum 3, Latrobe 0 Section 2 Chartiers Valley at Upper St. Clair, DH, ppd. Peters Township 2, South Fayette 1 Trinity 9, Moon 6 Section 3 West Allegheny 5, Fox...

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...

Michael Tedrick threw a one-hit shutout with four strikeouts to propel Plum to a 3-0 victory over Latrobe on Tuesday, clinching sole possession of the Section 1-5A baseball title. Dan Macioce and Ryan Lafferty each doubled and knocked in a run, and Max Vollmer tripled for the Mustangs (17-2, 11-1)....

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...