What you should pay attention to in WPIAL Sports on May 14, 2025: Returns -WPIAL finalist ready for a reserve in class 5a.

From: Don Rebel


Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 11:33 p.m.

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Four years ago, the two best seeds in the baseball class of the WPIAL Class 5a avoided many difficult obstacles to meet one of the most memorable district titles.

The Matchup hit No. 1 Franklin regionally against Bethel Park No. 2.

The teams entered the showdown with a combined record of 36-4.

The Pitching Matchup was Brian Pirone for the Panthers and Eric Chalus for the Black Hawks.

A goalless draw was broken on the bottom of the fourth inner, when Timmy Quinn regionally doubled for Franklin and later made a mistake.

It remained 1-0 up to the seventh inning when Bethel Park was on a Zach-sack-sacket-single band that handed over David Kessler.

But the joy of the Black Hawks did not last long.

In seventh place, Luke Treloar led the golden run on a double from Andrew Muraco with a single and two outs to win him 2-1 for the Panthers.

It was the third district of Franklin Regional and the first in 20 years.

Now on Wednesday in a game of the WPIAL Class 5a in the first round of the Boyce Mayview complex in Upper St. Clair at 7:00 p.m. with Audio on trib HSSN.

No. 4 Bethel Park conquered the title Section 2-5a with an overall record of 16-4 this spring.

The Black Hawks have won eight games in a row since the fall in Peters Township on April 16.

No. 13 Franklin Regional took fourth place in Section 1-5a with an overall record of 10-8.

The Panthers go back to the post -season after they have lost their last five games.

Elsewhere in class 5a, the seven other openers are here:

• Top seed Pine-Richland (17-3) should avoid a stunner if he plays Trinity (10-9) in Plum at 6:30 p.m.

• No. 8 Fox Chapel (15-5) Battles No. 9 Latrobe (14-6) on the Gateway at 7 p.m.

• No. 5 Thomas Jefferson (14-4) is challenged by Upper St. Clair (14-7) No. 12 in West Mifflin at 7 p.m.

• No. 2 Plum (18-2) increases against No. 15 Mars (8-10) in the Fox Chapel at 3 p.m.

• No. 7 Peters Township (13-7) faces No. 10 Baldwin (9-7) at Boyce-Mayview in USC at 4:30 p.m. with audio on trib HSSN

• No. 3 Shaler (13-6) plays at 7:00 p.m. in North Allegheny with audio on trib hssn in North Allgheny.

• No. 6 and the defending champion Penn-Trafford (14-6) squares against No. 11 Connellsville (13-5) in Norwin at 4 p.m.

Diamond anniversary

Ten years ago, the Knoch baseball team celebrated its first and previously only WPial baseball championship.

The Knights close West Allegheny to win the title game of District Class 3a 2015 with 5: 1.

No. 8 Knoch prepares for fight No. 9 Ambridge in a playoff game in class 4a on Wednesday in North Allegheny.

The Knights were steady this spring, won and lost no more than three games in a row to end the regular season with 10-10, which is related to Greensburg Salem for second place behind the Indians in section 3-4a.

The Bridgers won three games in a row in mid-April and were bound to the top position in section 1-4a before the team lost its last five games of the regular season and took fourth place with an overall record of 8-10.

The winner climbs to the quarter-finals and faces herself with top-seed Indiana.

Here are the other three games in the first round in class 4a:

• No. 5 Belle Vernon (14-6) will compete against Norwin at 2 p.m. in Norwin No. 12 Derry (6-7). The winner plays in quarterfinals No. 4 Beaver.

• No. 7 Central Valley (10-10) competes at Seneca Valley against Greensburg Salem (8-6) in the Seneca Valley. The winner met in the second round against West Mifflin No. 2.

• No. 6 Blackhawk (10-7) will compete in West Mifflin against No. 11 Ringgold (10-10) in West Mifflin. The winner plays in quarters No. 3 Elizabeth.

6a softball finally starts

It is the smallest bracket in the after -season of the WPial Spring Sports.

The campaign finally begins on Wednesday in the softball playoffs in class 6a with two quarter -finals.

The games run back in the Fox Chapel.

In the first game, third place North Allegheny takes over sixth place at 2 p.m.

The tigers won five games in a row and are 13-7.

The Knights won two of their last three games after they had dropped four in a row and entered the game with a record of 9-11.

In her two regular season meetings, North Allegheny defeated Norwin both times and won 8-2 and 3-2 on the street.

The defending champion Seneca Valley is waiting for the 6A Final Four winner.

In the second game, the teams who took fourth place when Pine-Richland Canon-McMillan faces trib HSSN at 4 p.m. with audio.

The Rams divided their last eight games of the regular season into 13: 7 in total.

The Big Macs won four of their last five games to complete the season with a 12: 8 record.

Canon-McMillan won both games against Pine-Richland, won 7: 6 at home and won an 8: 4 victory on the street.

The winner will take over with top seeds in the Hempield semi-finals.

Complementary meetings of the section champions

All four section champions in the WPIAL Class 5a softball won in the opening round to penetrate the quarter -finals.

Two of them will put themselves at their head in the 5a final Four.

West Allegheny conquered the title of Section 3-5a by ending two games in front of Charters Valley and South Fayette and ending with a 14-4 record.

Thomas Jefferson received the crown of Section 4-5a by moving Trinity and Baldwin for a game in the overall ranking and was a total of 13-6.

On Wednesday, No. 3 -Indians compete with the Jaguaries No. 6 in West Mifflin with audio on trib HSSN.

West Allegheny won three consecutive WPIAL 5A titles between 2017 and 2019.

Thomas Jefferson is the defending Piaa champion and needs a victory to qualify for the playoffs of the 2025 state state.

Here are the other three 5A soft ball competitions in the second round:

• Penn-Trafford (18-2) with top seed, fresh from a 5: 3 victory against Moon in the first round, will be No. 9 Charters Valley (12-6), a 2-1 winner for opening round over plum. The game is located at the same location of their first victories in the first round, West Mifflin at 5 p.m.

• No. 4 North Hills (16-4), fresh from a 4-3 triumph over Baldwin in the first round, competes against FOX chapel No. 12 (13: 6), a 4-0-shutout winner against Franklin Regional, in North Allgheny at 3 p.m.

• No. 2 Shaler (15-4), a big winner about Connellsville at the Playoff Opener, 8: 0, will be defeated 7-0 in the first round in the first round in the first round against No. 10 (12: 9). The game takes place at 3 p.m. in West Mifflin with audio on trib HSSSN. These teams met in the semi -finals 2023 5a, with the Hillers putting the titans in nine innings, 5: 1.

The same, but different

Six of the eight teams who were in the WPIAL Class 4A softball quarter -finals a year ago are back in the second round this spring.

However, there are no setbacks from the quarter -finals of 2024.

The two teams who had to earn in the second round with the victories in the first round

The titans exceeded Nordkatholic 9: 6 in the first round, while the Cougars destroyed the Western Beaver with 14: 4.

Elsewhere in the 4A quarter -finals Wednesday:

• The top seed and defending champion Elizabeth Stürmer (14-3) play in Norwin at 3 p.m. No. 8 Derry (11-6).

• No. 2 Hampton (14-4), fresh from an bye, will compete in Norwin at 5 p.m. against No. 7 Indiana (10-10).

• No. 3 Knoch (17-3) had a goodbye, now it will fight against No. 6 Beaver (14-5) in the second round in North Allegheny at 5 p.m.

Day 3 of the lax playoffs

The lacrosse playoffs of the district continue to move with quarter -finals in boys class 3a and the girls 2a for Wednesday.

The young 3a Lacrosse playoffs finally begin with the double defending champion Mt. Lebanon (12-4), who sits as No. 1 seed in the top of the bracket.

LEB will be aligned at 7:30 p.m. No. 8 Central Catholic (9-9)

The Blue Devils rolled past the Vikings with 17-2 in a early season.

The other three 3a boys in the second round are:

• No. 4 North Allegheny (9-8) welcomes at 7:00 p.m. with audio on trib hsssn. The tigers defeated the Rams at the end of March, 11th-6th

• No. 7 Canon-McMillan (10-5) Visited No. 2 Side Side Academy (10-7) at 7 p.m. it is the first meeting of the year between the Big Mac and the Bulldogs.

• No. 6 Fox Chapel (10-4) travels to the Upper St. Clair (10-6) No. 3 at 7:30 p.m. on trib HSSN.

In Girls 2a, the four best teams in the brackets received an bye in the first round and started the post -season on Wednesday.

The top seed Mars (16-1) begins its journey to more gold when it takes place at 7 p.m. No. 8 Oakland Catholic (9-3)

The Eagles contested Franklin regionally in the opening round with 11: 9.

This is the first meeting of the season between the Fightin 'Planets and the Eagles.

Here are the other three quarter -finals in girls 2a:

• No. 4 Blackhawk (12-2) is located at 7:00 p.m. with Hampton (11-7) No. 5, while the Cougars had a goodbye, and the valley bots drove to a win in the first round against Trinity, 12-1.

• Seton Lasalle No. 2 will fight on Lebanon in Mt. Lebanon at 6 p.m. against the Quaker Valley (9-4).

• No. 3 Charters Valley (13-3), against No. 6 South Fayette (13-6) in Upper St. Clair at 6 p.m. CV. In the regular season between these teams, the Colts at the Lions, 16-5.