Wpial announces pairs for baseball qualifiers in 2025

By: Chris Harlan


Friday May 9, 2025 | 3:31 p.m.

North Allegheny was the only champion in title to drawing a seeded n ° 1 Friday when the WPIAL published supports for the next baseball qualifiers.

Tigers were classified first in class 6A. The other seeds went to Pine-Richland at 5A, Indiana in 4A, Riverside in 3A, Neshannock in 2A and Serra Catholic in A.

The qualifiers start Tuesday with first -round games in class A, 2A and 3A. Classes 4A and 5A are starting to play Wednesday while class 6A support begins on May 19.

The finals are from May 27 to 28 in Eqt Park in Washington.

In class 6a, the heads of the starters went to N ° 1 in North Allegheny (14-6), to No. 2 Canon-McMillan (14-6), n ° 3 Seneca Valley (14-6) and N ° 4 Norwin (12-8). North Allegheny and Canon-McMillan were champions of the section.

The baseball committee had more decisions to be made in class 5A.

The co-champions of section 3 of Pin-Richland (17-3) and Shaler (13-6) were classified respectively in the first and third. The champion of section 1 plum (18-2) finished second. Two other winners of the section, Bethel Park (16-4) and Thomas Jefferson (14-4), were classified fourth and fifth.

In class 4A, Indiana (19-1) obtained the seeded n ° 1 after finishing last year as a WPIAL and PIAA finalist. The co-champions of section 2 West Mifflin (15-5) and Elizabeth Forward (14-3) were classified second and third.

The co-champions of section 1 Beaver and Blackhawk were also divided into 4A support. Beaver (11-8) was the fourth and Blackhawk (10-7) sixth. Belle Vernon (13-5), the third place team in section 2, was classified fifth.

In class 3A, Wpial finalists from last year shot the first two seeds. But it was the second riverside (13-2) ranked first and the defending champion Avonworth (17-3) second. Ellwood City (14-5) drew the third seeded, Waynesburg (15-3) was fourth and South Park (12-6) finished fifth.

Complete 3A support was equality of five for the title of section 3. The baseball committee spread the five teams in the support under the name of n ° 6 of the Deer lakes (9-6), n ° 8 Burrell (12-8), n ° 10 LIGONIER VALLEY (10-7), n ° 12 MT. PLEASANT (12-6) and n ° 13 Freeport (13-66).

The committee also separated the co-champions from the section 2A section.

Neshannock (16-4) was sown first while Shenango (14-5), the team with which he shared the title of section 2, received the fourth seeded. The winner of article 3 Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (13-7) was sown second. The co-champions of section 1 Burgetstown (12-4) and Fort Cherry (13-5) were classified third and fifth.

In class A, the seeded n ° 1 Serra Catholic (16-3), the No. 2 Eden Christian (14-4) and Bishop No. 4 Canevin (10-6) as for section 3. The champion of section 2 Leechburg (14-3) was classified third, and the winner of article 1 Central Catholic (15-2) finished finished fifth.

Bishop Canevin is a double reigning champion in class A.

Seton Lasalle (10-6), which won the last two class 2A titles, has moved to 3A this season. The rebels were classified 14th.

Class 6a

Quarter -finals

May 19 schedule

Times, TBA sites

Hempfield (8-12) against North Allegheny (13-6)

Butler (10-8) against Norwin (12-8)

North Hills (7-12) against Canon-McMillan (14-6)

Mt. Lebanon (8-12) vs Seneca Valley (13-6)

Class 5a

First round

Wednesday schedule

Trinity (10-8) against Pine-Richland (17-3) in Plum, 6.30 p.m.

Latrobe (14-6) against the Fox chapel (14-5) in Gateway, 7 p.m.

Franklin Regional (10-7) against Bethel Park (16-4) at Boyce Mayview Park, 7 p.m.

Upper St. Clair (13-6) against Thomas Jefferson (14-4) in West Mifflin, 7 p.m.

March (8-10) against Plum (18-2) at Fox Chapel, 3 p.m.

Baldwin (9-7) against Peters Township (13-6) at Boyce Mayview Park, 4:30 p.m.

MONTOUR (12-7) against Shaler (13-6) in North Allegheny, 7 p.m.

Connellsville (13-5) against Penn-Trafford (14-6) in Norwin, 4 p.m.

Class 4a

First round

Wednesday schedule

Ambridge (8-10) against Knoch (10-10) in North Algheny, 4 p.m.

Derry (5-9) against Belle Vernon (13-5) in Gateway, 4 p.m.

Greensburg Salem (9-6) against Central Valley (10-9) in Seneca Valley, 6 p.m.

Ringgold (10-9) against Blackhawk (10-7) in West Mifflin, 4:30 p.m.

Byes: Indiana (18-1), West Mifflin (15-5), Elizabeth Forward (13-3), Beaver (11-8)

Class 3a

Preliminary round

Monday schedule

McGuffey (10-9) against Shady Side Academy (7-12) in West Mifflin, 5 p.m.

Keystone Oaks (8-9) against South Allegheny (7-9) in West Mifflin, 7:30 p.m.

First round

Tuesday schedule

McGuffey / Shady Side Academy against Riverside (13-2) in Seneca Valley, 6 p.m.

Charleroi (10-6) against Burrell (12-8) in Gateway, 3 p.m.

Freeport (13-6) against Waynesburg (15-3) in Gateway, 5.30 p.m.

Mt. Pleasant (12-6) against South Park (12-6) in Gateway, 8 p.m.

Keystone Oaks / South Allegheny against Avonworth (17-3) at Fox Chapel, 4:30 p.m.

Ligonier Valley (10-7) against Quaker Valley (12-6) at Fox Chapel, 2 p.m.

Seton Lasalle (10-6) against Ellwood City (14-5) in North Algheny, 7 p.m.

Mohawk (10-8) against deer lakes (9-6) in North Algheny, 4 p.m.

Class 2a

First round

Tuesday schedule

Apollo-Dridge (8-7) against Freedom (11-7) in Plum, 7:30 p.m.

Chartiers-Houston (7-9) against Shenango (14-5) in Burkett Park, 4 p.m.

Laurel (8-10) against Fort Cherry (13-5) in Shaler, 2 p.m.

New Brighton (9-8) against South Side (11-6) in Shaler, 4:30 p.m.

California (8-9) against Riverview (12-5) in Norwin, 4:30 p.m.

Bye: Neshannock (15-4), OLSH (13-7), Burgetstown (12-3)

Class A

First round

Tuesday schedule

Winchester Thurston (11-6) against Jefferson-Morgan (13-3) in Norwin, 2 p.m.

Rochester (9-7) against Bishop Canevin (10-6) in Burkett Park, 6.30 p.m.

Sewickley Academy (5-11) against Greensburg Central Catholic (14-2) in Plum, 5 p.m.

AVELLA (10-7) against Western Beaver (14-4) at Boyce Mayview Park, 3 p.m.

Union (7-9) against Carmichaels (12-4) at Boyce Mayview Park, 5.30 p.m.

Bye: Serra Catholic (16-3), Eden Christian (13-4), Leechburg (14-3)

Chris Harlan is a tribute journalist covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a journalist at the Beaver County Times. It can be attached to charlan@triblive.com.