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High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 8, 2025
High schools Baseball Thursday’s results Class 5A Section 2 Trinity 4, Moon 3 Class 3A Section 3 Ligonier Valley 6, Mt. Pleasant 4 Section 4 Seton LaSalle 8, McGuffey 1 Seton LaSalle 4, McGuffey 3 Washington 12, Keystone Oaks 7 Class 2A Section 1 California 6, Chartiers-Houston 4 Fort Cherry...
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 9, 2025: Check out the baseball bracket show on Trib HSSN
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...
WPIAL clinched: Boys volleyball playoff field set with 26 teams
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...
Breaking down the 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs
Class 6A Favorite: North Allegheny is the defending champion and owns a record nine WPIAL titles. The Tigers have relied on a trio of college-bound seniors in pitchers Nico Varlotta (North Alabama), Nate Persinger (Cal, Pa.) and Miles Pealer (Lycoming). The three have combined for 111 strikeouts in 84 1/3...
WPIAL softball playoffs open with rare 1st-round section clash for 2 Westmoreland County teams
It is rare, but it does happen. The WPIAL usually steers clear of matching section opponents in the first round of the playoffs. Rematches are better suited for the latter rounds, the league believes. But an exception was made for the Class 4A softball tournament. And nobody was more surprised...
Plum’s power bats lead A-K Valley contingent into WPIAL softball playoffs
The Plum softball team shouldn’t be one that any opponent is eager to see in the WPIAL Class 5A softball playoffs. When the Mustangs made contact at the plate this season, it took them some time to locate exactly where the ball landed. Plum has cranked out 40 home runs....
Breaking down the 2025 WPIAL softball playoffs
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...
WPIAL reveals brackets for 2025 softball playoffs
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...
Mt. Lebanon, South Fayette draw top seeds in 2025 WPIAL boys lacrosse playoffs
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...
Mars, Pine-Richland earn No. 1 seeds in 2025 WPIAL girls lacrosse playoffs
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,...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 7, 2025
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...
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....
2025 WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast the softball playoff pairings
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...
WPIAL clinched: With field finalized, 80 teams punch tickets to baseball playoffs
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...
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...
Mt. Pleasant duo makes history by winning Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award
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 softball blanks top-ranked Seneca Valley, earns split of season series
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 are a WPIAL record, is the daughter of...
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...
Westmoreland County high school softball notebook: More than a dozen teams headed to playoffs
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 Salem...
High school roundup for May 7, 2025: Pine-Richland snags share of section title
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...
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...


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