2025 WPIAL Class 3A softball championship breakdown: South Park vs. Mohawk

By: Giustino Racchini
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | 4:34 PM

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No. 1 South Park vs. No. 2 Mohawk

Noon Thursday at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.)

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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, SS, Jr.

25, Sydney Sekely, P, Jr.

36, Grace Kempton, 1B, Jr.

23, Emma Hays, C, Fr.

4, Kaitlyn Polk, RF, Jr.

9, Jacie Hilligsberg, LF, Sr.

24, Mady Wilder, 2B, Sr.

22, Ally Wilder, 3B, Sr.

How they got here: The top-seeded Eagles shut out No. 8 Deer Lakes, 10-0 in five innings, in the quarterfinals before winning a close 9-6 game against No. 4 Avonworth in the semifinals.

Notable: South Park is undefeated this season at 20-0. Mohawk defeated South Park last year, 9-2, with a seven-run fifth inning to win its first WPIAL title. South Park has 13 batters hitting above .300 on the season. Of those, three — Kylie Mettrick, Sydney Sekely and London Latorre — are batting .500 or better. Emma Hays leads the team with five home runs. Grace Kempton has 35 RBIs and one home run. Sekely is the main pitcher. She has pitched 95-plus innings this season with a 0.73 ERA, allowing 10 earned runs and striking out 180. Bullpen option Grace Kempton has gone eight innings this season, giving up one run.

Mohawk (15-5)

Coach: Hank Pezzuolo

Projected starting lineup

3, Addy Moskal, 3B, Jr.

00, Liv Hare, CF, Sr.

22, Gigi Pezzuolo, SS, So.

1, Lydia Cole, 1B, Jr.

12, Mylie Pistorius, C, Jr.

21, Reagan Magno, P, Jr.

19, Makenna Stewart, 2B, Jr.

25, Ashlee Masters, DP, Fr.

2, Kaitlyn Hare, LF, Fr.

24, Ally Granato, RF, Jr.

How they got here: Mohawk defeated No. 7 Southmoreland, 8-6, in the quarterfinals before handling No. 3 Ellwood City, 12-2, in the semifinals.

Notable: Mohawk is looking for back-to-back WPIAL titles after winning its first last spring. Liv Hare is a Robert Morris commit. Addy Moskal leads the team in batting average at a .521 clip. Lydia Cole has seven home runs on the season. As a unit, Mohawk has 161 RBIs. Addy Moskal has the team lead in triples with six. Reagan Magno is the ace for Mohawk. She is 10-0 with 129 strikeouts in 104⅓ innings pitched. She has a 2.55 ERA, giving up 38 earned runs. Kaitlyn Hare is the only other pitcher the Warriors have used. She has a 2.23 ERA in 15⅔ innings pitched.

Tags: Mohawk, South Park