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Tuesday May 13, 2025 | 11:33 p.m.
Christopher HORNER | Tribute
Luke Williams by Franklin Regional takes place in two points against Plum on April 28.
Four years ago, the first two -star heads of the class 5A WPIAL baseball support saved a lot of difficult obstacles to meet in what has become one of the most memorable district title matches.
The match opposed the n ° 1 Regional Franklin to the n ° 2 Bethel Park.
The teams entered the confrontation with a combined record of 36-4.
The pitch match was Brian Pirone for the Panthers and Eric Chalus for the Black Hawks.
A goalless tie was broken at the bottom of the fourth round when Timmy Quinn for Franklin Regional doubled and then scored on an error.
He stayed 1-0 to the top of the seventh round when Bethel Park equaled him on a single Zach Sackett Pinch-Hit which placed David Kessler.
But the joy of the Black Hawks did not last long.
At the bottom of the seventh, Luke Treloar started with a simple and with two withdrawals, marked the gold race on a double by Andrew Muraco to win it for the Panthers, 2-1.
It was the third district crown for Franklin Regional and the first in 20 years.
Now, these teams are ready for the revenge match on Wednesday in a first round of class 5A WPIAL at the Boyce-Mayview complex in Upper St. Clair at 7 p.m. with Audio on Trib HSSN.
N ° 4 Bethel Park won the title of section 2-5A this spring with a global record of 16-4.
The Black Hawks won eight consecutive games since it fell into the canton of Peters on April 16.
N ° 13 Franklin Regional finished in fourth place in section 1-5A with a global record of 10-8.
Panthers go back in return before the playoffs, after losing their last five games.
Elsewhere in class 5A, here are the other seven openers:
• Richland of seeded pine (17-3) seems to avoid an amazing when he plays Trinity (10-9) in Plum at 6.30 p.m.
• N ° 8 Fox Chapel (15-5) Battles n ° 9 Latrobe (14-6) in Gateway at 7 p.m.
• N ° 5 Thomas Jefferson (14-4) is challenged by n ° 12 Upper St. Clair (14-7) in West Mifflin at 7 p.m.
• PLUM n ° 2 (18-2) faces March 15 (8-10) at Fox Chapel at 3 p.m.
• N ° 7 Peters Township (13-7) faces n ° 10 Baldwin (9-7) in Boyce-Mayview in USC at 4:30 p.m. with Audio on Trib HSSN
• N ° 3 Shaler (13-6) plays the n ° 14 Montour (12-7) in North Allegheny at 7 p.m. with Audio on Trib HSSN.
• Champion n ° 6 and the title champion of Penn-Trafford (14-6) compete against n ° 11 Connellsville (13-5) in Norwin at 4 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Diamond anniversary
Ten years ago, the Knoch baseball team celebrated its first and so far the only Wpial baseball championship.
The Knights closed West Allegheny to win the District 2015, 5-1 district title match.
N ° 8 KNOCH prepares to fight the N ° 9 Ambridge in a class 4A eliminatory match Wednesday in North Allegheny at 4 p.m.
The knights were stable this spring, winning and losing no more than three following games to finish the regular season at 10-10, linking Greensburg Salem for second place behind the Indians in section 3-4A.
The Bridgers won three consecutive games in mid-April and were tied for first place in section 1-4A before the team lost its last five games of the regular season to meet in fourth place with a global record of 8-10.
The winner advances in the quarterfinals to face the Indiana seeded.
Here are the three other first -round games in class 4A:
• N ° 5 Belle Vernon (14-6) will face No. 12 Derry (6-7) in Norwin at 2 p.m., the winner passes to beaks n ° 4 in the quarterfinals.
• The n ° 7 Central Valley (10-10) faces the n ° 10 of Greensburg Salem (8-6) in Seneca Valley at 6 p.m., the winner facing the n ° 2 West Mifflin in the second round.
• N ° 6 Blackhawk (10-7) will face Ringgold n ° 11 (10-10) in West Mifflin at 4.30 p.m. with the winner playing No. 3 Elizabeth in the quarters.
Softball 6a finally begins
It is the smallest support for the Spring Sports Wpial qualifiers.
The action finally begins Wednesday in class 6A softball qualifiers with two quarter -finals.
The matches will return to the back at Fox Chapel.
In the first game, third place North Allegheny faces sixth place Norwin at 2 p.m.
The Tigers won five consecutive games and have a 13-7 file in total.
The Knights have won two of their last three games after losing four games in a row and entered the match with a 9-11 record.
During their two regular season meetings, North Allegheny beat Norwin twice, winning 8-2 at home and 3-2 on the road.
The defending champion Seneca Valley awaits the winner in the Final Four 6a.
In the second match, the teams that equaled equally for fourth place come up against when Pine-Richland faces Canon-McMillan at 4 p.m. with audio on Trib Hssn.
The Rams have divided their last eight games of the regular season to finish 13-7 in total.
The Big Macs have won four of their last five games to finish the season with a 12-8 file.
Canon-McMillan won the two games against Pine-Richland, winning 7-6 at home and winning an 8-4 victory on the road.
The winner will take HEMPFIELD from seeded in the semi-finals.
Champions of the sections shock
The four champions in the WPIAL 5A WPIAL Softball won the first round to qualify for the quarter -finals.
Two of them will go head to head for a place in the Final Four 5A.
West Allegheny won the title of section 3-5a by finishing two games in front of Chartiers Valley and South Fayette, being with a 14-4 file.
Thomas Jefferson obtained the crown of section 4-5A by bordering Trinity and Baldwin in the ranking by a match and was 13-6 in total.
On Wednesday, Indians No. 3 face Jaguars N ° 6 in West Mifflin at 7 p.m. with audio on Trib HSSN.
West Allegheny won three consecutive Wpial 5A titles between 2017-2019.
Thomas Jefferson is the title champion of the PIAA and needs a victory to qualify for the 2025 eliminatory series.
Here are the three other softball competitions in the second 5A round:
• Penn-Trafford with the seeded (18-2), fresh out of a 5-3 victory against Moon in the first round, will face n ° 9 Chartiers Valley (12-6), a 2-1 winner on Plum. The game will be on the same site of its victories in the first round, West Mifflin at 5 p.m.
• N ° 4 North Hills (16-4), fresh out of a triumph of 4-3 on Baldwin in the first round, faces the chapel of Renard n ° 12 (13-6), a winner 4-0 on Franklin Regional, in North Algheny at 3 p.m., the Indians beat the foxes twice this season, 10-2 and 6-2.
• N ° 2 Shaler (15-4), a big winner on Connellsville in the opening of the playoffs, 8-0, should fight the N ° 10 Trinity (12-9), which beat South Fayette in the first round, 7-0. The game is at West Mifflin at 3 p.m. with Audio on Trib HSSN. These teams met in the 2023 5A semi-finals, the Hillers upset the Titans in nine sleeves, 5-1.
The same, but different
Six of the eight teams were in the quarter -finals of WPIAL 4A WPIAL WPIAL A year ago are back in the second round this spring.
However, there are no revenge from the quarterfinals of 2024.
The two teams who had to win their path in the second round with victories in the first round are n ° 4 West Mifflin (14-6) against Blackhawk n ° 5 (12-5) in North Algheny at 7 p.m.
The Titans exceeded the North Catholic in the first round, 9-6, while the cougars crushed Western Beaver, 14-4.
Elsewhere in the quarterfinals 4A Wednesday:
• Elizabeth Forward (14-3), champion of series and title, will face the n ° 8 Derry (11-6) in Norwin at 3 p.m., the Trojan horses ousted Greensburg Salem 2-1 in the first round.
• The n ° 2 Hampton (14-4), fresh goodbye, will face the n ° 7 of Indiana (10-10) in Norwin at 5 p.m., the little Indians ahead of Uniontown during their first match of eliminatory series, 3-2.
• N ° 3 KNOCH (17-3) had a Bye, now he was a gunman n ° 6 Beaver (14-5) in the second round at North Allegheny at 5 p.m., the Bobcats exceeded Belle Vernon in the first round, 8-1.
Day 3 of the lax playoffs
The district butt beam qualifiers continue to move regularly this week with quarter -finals of class 3A boys and 2A girls taking place on Wednesday.
The boys 3A butt beam qualifiers are finally starting with the double title champion, Mont Leban (12-4), seated at the top of the support as a seeded n ° 1.
Lebo will host N ° 8 Central Catholic (9-9) at 7:30 p.m.
The Blue Devils exceeded the Vikings in a section game at the start of the season, 17-2.
The other three second round games of the 3A boys are:
• N ° 4 North Allegheny (9-8) welcomes n ° 5 Pine-Richland (10-7) at 7 p.m. with Audio on Trib HSSN. The Tigers beat the rams at the end of March, 11-6.
• N ° 7 Canon-McMillan (10-5) Visit No. 2 Shady Side Academy (10-7) at 7 p.m., this is the first meeting of the year between the Big Mac and the Bulldogs.
• N ° 6 Fox Chapel (10-4) goes to n ° 3 Upper St. Clair (10-6) at 7:30 p.m. with Audio on Trib HSSN. The Foxes outstripped the Panthers in a no section last month, 9-8.
In Girls 2A, the best four teams in the hooks all received a first -round bye and started the playoffs on Wednesday.
March with seeded (16-1) begins his journey towards more gold when he welcomes n ° 8 Oakland Catholic (9-3) at 7 p.m.
The Eagles preceded Franklin Regional in the first round, 11-9.
This is the first meeting of the season between the Fightin planets’ and the Eagles.
Here are the other three -quarters of Girls 2A:
• N ° 4 Blackhawk (12-2) is at home n ° 5 Hampton (11-7) at 7 p.m. while the cougars had a Bye, the Talbots reached a victory in the first round against Trinity, 12-1.
• N ° 2 Seton Lasalle is ampa n ° 7 Quaker Valley (9-4) at Mont Leban at 6 p.m., the rebels experienced a Bye in the first round while the Quakers eliminated Indiana, 12-3.
• N ° 3 Chartiers Valley (13-3) faces n ° 6 from South Fayette (13-6) to Upper St. Clair at 6 p.m. CV had a Bye and SF defeated the Sewickley Academy in their first match, 21-4. During the regular season meeting between these teams, the colts galloped in front of the Lions, 16-5.