A-K Valley baseball capsules for May 12, 2026

By: Bill Hartlep
Monday, May 11, 2026 | 5:00 PM

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WPIAL baseball playoffs

Class 5A

First round

12-Upper St. Clair (10-9) vs. 5-Plum (17-3)

4 p.m. Tuesday at Gateway

Winner plays: Winner of 4-Moon (15-4)/13-Baldwin (11-8) on May 19 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD)

Players to watch: Nico D’Orazio, Upper St. Clair; Max Vollmer, Plum

Extra bases: Upper St. Clair finished tied for third at 6-6 in Section 2 after sweeping Peters Township and Chartiers Valley late in the season. The Panthers averaged 6.7 runs in the regular season and allowed 5.0. … Plum finished second in Section 1 at 9-3. The Mustangs averaged 6.7 runs but allowed just 1.8 behind a strong rotation. Vollmer and Brennan Ryan are hitting near .500 for the Mustangs, and Braden Kemmerer paces the rotation.

2-Penn-Trafford (15-5) vs. 15-Fox Chapel (12-8)

4 p.m. Tuesday at Plum

Winner plays: Winner of 7-Franklin Regional (15-6)/10-South Fayette (11-9) on May 19 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD)

Players to watch: Aiden Drotos, Penn-Trafford; Noah Hughes, Fox Chapel

Extra bases: The Warriors won their final five games to win Section 1-5A. They lost to Connellsville in the 2025 playoffs after winning their first WPIAL title in 2024. Senior pitcher Dom Delio is 6-1 with a 2.07 ERA. Junior Drotos is 5-2 with a 1.90 ERA. Sophomore Tanner Destefano is hitting .456 with 10 doubles, three home runs and 33 RBIs. Jordon White is hitting .484 with four doubles. … The Foxes finished fourth in Section 3. Milan Fluhme batted .373 with 17 stolen bases and 10 RBIs. Pitcher Blake Krushinski is 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA and Hughes is 3-0 with a 2.77 ERA.

Class 3A

First round

13-Quaker Valley (8-11) vs. 4-Freeport (17-1)

4 p.m. Tuesday at Deer Lakes

Winner plays: Winner of 5-South Park (14-5)/12-Keystone Oaks (9-9) on May 19 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD)

Players to watch: Todd Kagle, Quaker Valley; Gage Blystone, Freeport

Extra bases: Quaker Valley finished fourth in Section 1 at 5-5. The Quakers were among the top-scoring teams in Class 3A at 9.0 runs per game. QV lost four of its last five games. Senior SS Kagle leads the team with a .410 average, senior CF Henry Zupanc is batting over .350, and sophomore infielder Rafe Furfari has hit over .300. … Freeport nearly completed an undefeated regular season before falling to Valley last week. The Yellowjackets had a strong pitching rotation behind Blystone, Owen Westendorf and Ashton Bricker. Trey Schreckengost hit .455 with 21 RBIs.

11-Burrell (10-9) vs. 6-Mohawk (14-5)

6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pullman Park, Butler

Winner plays: Winner of 3-Ellwood City (15-3)/14-Ligonier Valley (10-10) on May 19 in quarterfinals (time, site TBD)

Players to watch: Trey Coury, Burrell; Vinny Pezzuolo, Mohawk

Extra bases: Burrell placed third in Section 3 at 7-5. The Bucs averaged 5.5 runs and allowed 4.7 runs per game. They scored a key sweep over Deer Lakes late in the season. Coury hit near .500 for the Bucs during the regular season. … Mohawk tied for the Section 1 title at 8-2. The Warriors averaged 8.0 runs and won six of their last nine games. They are led by Pezzuolo (.574, 26 RBIs, 4 HRs) and Kamren O’Lare (.404) and pitcher Adam Deal (4-0, 1.68 ERA).

Bill Hartlep is the TribLive sports editor. A Pittsburgh native and Point Park graduate, he joined the Trib in 2004, covering high school sports. He held various editing roles before assuming his current position in 2019. He can be reached at bhartlep@triblive.com.

Tags: Burrell, Fox Chapel, Freeport, Mohawk, Plum, Quaker Valley, Upper St. Clair