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WPIAL baseball, softball teams set for PIAA playoffs
The soggy 2025 WPIAL diamond sports playoffs are in the books with six new baseball champions, four new softball champions, one softball repeat (Mohawk) and one softball four-peat (Neshannock). Now for 19 district baseball teams and 18 WPIAL softball schools, the battle for a state championship begins Monday. Here is...
WPIAL title represents return to form for powerful Hempfield softball program
From beneath her sunglasses, softball coach Tina Madison peered over a sea of Hempfield players and fans who gathered on the infield at Norwin on Thursday for congratulatory hugs and fist bumps. There was a different celebration, it seemed, at every base and in the pitcher’s circle — an around-the-horn...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 29, 2025
High schools Lacrosse Boys Thursday’s results PIAA District 8-10 subregional Meadville 16, Allderdice 2 Softball WPIAL playoffs Championships Thursday’s results Class 6A Hempfield 1, Seneca Valley 0 Class 5A Shaler 2, Penn-Trafford 1 Class 4A Hampton 4, Blackhawk 3 Class 3A Mohawk 6, South Park 1 Class 2A Neshannock 7,...
Union’s Mia Preuhs no-hits Carmichaels to win pitchers’ duel in Class A title game
Union softball coach Doug Fisher didn’t appear ready Thursday to slap a dynasty label on his team just yet. Even as the Scotties, led by star right-hander Mia Preuhs’ fifth no-hitter of the season, were celebrating their third WPIAL Class A championship in four years, a 3-0 victory over Carmichaels...
Shaler outlasts Penn-Trafford in 11 innings in Class 5A championship classic
Freshman Addison Aleski singled home junior Jayla Antomachi in the top of the 11th inning to help No. 2 Shaler defeat No. 1 Penn-Trafford, 2-1, in the WPIAL Class 5A softball championship game Thursday at North Allegheny. It was the fourth time Shaler has won a WPIAL title and first...
Hempfield, Seneca Valley close chapter of epic rivalry
The final chapter in a four-year softball rivalry headlined by graduating star pitchers is complete. Powerhouses Hempfield and Seneca Valley met for the final time in their current iterations Thursday and added another one-run result to the pile — their sixth in 11 meetings. There were many more hits than...
Neshannock rolls past Chartiers-Houston for 4th consecutive WPIAL Class 2A championship
Neshannock pitcher Addyson Frye led the Lancers to a fourth straight WPIAL title Thursday, tossing a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts in a 7-1 victory over Chartiers-Houston in the Class 2A championship game at Cal (Pa.). Top-seeded Neshannock (22-0) dominated opponents all season, and it was business as usual for the...
Fox Chapel’s Jack Kartsonas evolves as pitcher at WVU
Jack Kartsonas has undergone a significant transformation since arriving in Morgantown to pitch for West Virginia’s baseball team. The technology the Mountaineers have available helped him better understand what pitches his body is best capable of throwing. And thanks to a lack of peer pressure, his mustache is thicker and...
Hempfield slips past Seneca Valley in ultimate showdown between 6A softball superpowers
So many things about this softball championship game seemed off. Not the matchup itself — that was about as good as it gets. It was the different day, the morning start time, the alternate site, that were peculiar. “We all agreed this doesn’t feel like a WPIAL championship game,” Hempfield...
Mohawk hands 1st loss to South Park to repeat as WPIAL Class 3A champs
The year may have changed but the result remained the same in the only rematch of the WPIAL diamond championships this spring. Defending champion Mohawk hammered out 15 hits and defeated top-seeded South Park in the WPIAL Class 3A softball title game Thursday at Lilley Field at PennWest-California, 6-1. “We’ve...
Hampton wins 1st WPIAL softball title after 6th-inning comeback
A battle between section foes turned into history at North Allegheny on Thursday, as Hampton and Blackhawk were both reaching for something they had never accomplished before — a WPIAL softball title. Hampton rose to the occasion and overcame an early three-run deficit to claim the school’s first WPIAL championship...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 28, 2025
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 3A Wednesday’s results Championship Riverside 1, Quaker Valley 0 Third place South Park 4, Mohawk 3 Class 2A Wednesday’s results Championship Freedom 1, OLSH 0 Third place Riverview 2, Laurel 0 Class A Wednesday’s results Championship Serra Catholic 9, Carmichaels 0 Third place Eden...
High school roundup for May 28, 2025: South Park takes 3rd place in Class 3A baseball
Winning pitcher Cooper Hochendoner hit the go-ahead two-run triple in the bottom of the fourth inning to lead No. 5 South Park to a 4-3 victory over No. 11 Mohawk in the WPIAL Class 3A baseball third-place game Wednesday. Ryan Spitznagel singled and doubled and Andrew Mittleider had two hits...
Hare Medal: Riverside pitcher throws perfect game vs. Quaker Valley in WPIAL 3A championship gameVideo
Zach Hare was chasing a WPIAL title, while also knowing that folks were marveling at his no-hit streak. The Riverside senior hadn’t allowed a hit in almost two weeks, a dominant stretch of pitching that upped the pressure Hare was feeling as he warmed up Wednesday for the finals. But...
Strong pitching, clutch hits keep season alive for Riverview with 3rd-place win over Laurel
WASHINGTON — With its season on the line, the Riverview baseball team stood tall against Laurel in a WPIAL Class 2A third-place game Wednesday afternoon at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Raiders sophomore pitcher Lukas Duncan again was effective in a complete-game effort, and Riverview got just enough offense...
2025 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship breakdown: South Park vs. Mohawk
No. 1 South Park vs. No. 2 Mohawk Noon Thursday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.) On the air: Audio: Trib HHSN: Video NFHS Network WPIAL titles: South Park 1 (2003), Mohawk 1 (2024) South Park (20-0) Coach: RJ Matetic Projected starting lineup 21, Kylie Mettrick, CF, Sr. 13, Sydney Dubyak,...
Freedom outduels OLSH to win 1st WPIAL 2A championship
Second-seeded Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and No. 8 Freedom entered Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 2A championship game at EQT Park in Washington looking to win their first WPIAL baseball title. They had both been to the title game before, but this time, the lowest seed to make a WPIAL...
Big inning helps Eden Christian top Greensburg Central Catholic in WPIAL Class A consolation game
Eden Christian Academy erupted for five runs in the bottom of the third to cap a nine-run uprising over the first three innings as the Warriors cruised to a 10-2 victory in the WPIAL Class A third-place consolation baseball game Wednesday afternoon against Greensburg Central Catholic at Washington & Jefferson’s...
Tyler Skaggs tosses no-hitter to give Serra Catholic its 5th WPIAL baseball titleVideo
Tyler Skaggs threw a no-hitter in the WPIAL Class A championship game to lead Serra Catholic past Carmichaels, 9-0, on Wednesday at EQT Park in Washington. Skaggs became the third pitcher in three straight years to throw a no-hitter in the district finals and the second Eagles hurler and sixth...
Rain forces WPIAL to postpone softball championship games to Thursday
Wet weather forced the WPIAL to postpone Wednesday’s scheduled softball championships by a day and move them away from Cal (Pa.). Rain initially led the WPIAL to delay start times for the Class 4A, 5A and 6A finals while trying to wait out the rain Wednesday at Lilley Field. But...
High school scores, summaries and schedules for May 27, 2025
High schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Tuesday’s results Championship Seneca Valley 1, Norwin 0 Class 5A Tuesday’s results Championship Shaler 5, Pine-Richland 2 Third place Bethel Park 17, Peters Township 2 Class 4A Tuesday’s results Championship Indiana 4, Elizabeth Forward 2 Third place Central Valley 7, Belle Vernon 3...
Big inning carries Central Valley past Belle Vernon into Class 4A state playoffs
Central Valley shrugged off an early deficit in the WPIAL Class 4A third-place game Tuesday and rallied past Belle Vernon, 7-3, to earn a spot in the state playoffs. Parker Lind was cruising for the Leopards, who held a 3-1 lead, but once the Kent State recruit came out of...
Westmoreland County softball notebook: Hempfield, Penn-Trafford title games delayed to Thursday, moved
Hempfield and Penn-Trafford will play for WPIAL softball championships a day later than expected — at different sites. Both are scheduled to play Thursday after rainouts Wednesday at Cal (Pa.). Now, top-seeded Hempfield (20-1) will take on No. 2 Seneca Valley (16-3) at 11 a.m. at Norwin in the 6A...
After aces duel to draw, Shaler downs Pine-Richland in 8 innings to win WPIAL 5A crownVideo
Shaler’s Colby Weber and Pine-Richland’s Keegan Deihl waged a pitchers’ duel in the WPIAL finals, but this one was decided only after the two aces ran out of pitches. The game belonged to the bullpens, and Shaler won that battle. Three Pine-Richland relievers combined to allow four walks, a single,...
High school roundup for May 27, 2025: Elizabeth Forward softball blasts its way into state playoffs
Aubri Cimba singled, doubled and drove in three runs as top-seeded Elizabeth Forward pounded out 14 hits in five innings and defeated No. 6 Beaver, 11-1, in the Class 4A softball third-place game to claim the WPIAL’s final spot in the PIAA playoffs Tuesday. Addy Nigut tripled and drove in...
