MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball Playoff Rankings 2012

By: Bruce Markey
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 | 1:20 PM

Each Tuesday during the regular season, MSA Sports ranked the top ten WPIAL softball teams in each of the four classifications. Now on the brink of the 2012 Softball Playoffs, we rank ALL of the 62 teams that will battle for the four golden trophies in the finals, which are once again set for California University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, May 31st ONLY here on MSA Sports. The Network’s exclusive coverage of the district postseason, which begins with the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday night at 6:00pm, is sponsored once again this year by Carlow University.

Records through Tuesday, May 8th in parenthesis.

WPIAL CLASS AAAA:  12 Teams – Four Byes

1)    SHALER TITANS  (16-2)

2)    CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS  (12-5)

3)    HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (15-4)

4)    PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (13-4)

5)    NORWIN KNIGHTS  (14-3)

6)    NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (13-5)

7)    LATROBE WILDCATS  (12-7)

8)    FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (17-2)

9)    SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (13-4)

10)  BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS  (12-5)

11)  PLUM MUSTANGS  (12-5)

12)  McKEESPORT TIGERS  (9-8)

WPIAL CLASS AAA:  18 Teams – Two Preliminary Round Games

1)    AMBRIDGE BRIDGERS  (16-2)

2)    MONTOUR SPARTANS  (13-5)

3)    BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS  (15-5)

4)    GREENSBURG-SALEM GOLDEN LIONS  (13-2)

5)    MARS FIGHTING PLANETS  (11-5)

6)    BLACKHAWK COUGARS  (9-4)

7)    ELIZABETH FORWARD WARRIORS  (13-6)

8)    YOUGH COUGARS  (9-7)

9)    McGUFFEY HIGHLANDERS  (14-5)

10)  INDIANA LITTLE INDIANS  (12-6)

11)  THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (10-6)

12)  WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS  (12-5)

13)  KNOCH KNIGHTS  (12-6)

14)  VALLEY VIKINGS  (8-9)

15)  KITTANNING WILDCATS  (10-8)

16)  ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINES  (6-10)

17)  HIGHLANDS GOLDEN RAMS  (7-8)

18)  NEW CASTLE RED HURRICANE  (6-11)

WPIAL CLASS AA:  15 Teams – One Bye

1)    NESHANNOCK LANCERS  (17-0)

2)    SETON-LaSALLE REBELS  (14-0)

3)    DEER LAKES LANCERS  (15-1)

4)    MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS  (15-4)

5)    BURGETTSTOWN BLUE DEVILS  (16-2)

6)    GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS  (11-5)

7)    RIVERSIDE PANTHERS  (13-2)

8)    FREEPORT YELLOWJACKETS  (13-3)

9)    KEYSTONE OAKS GOLDEN EAGLES  (12-4)

10)  BURRELL BUCCANEERS  (10-7)

11)  WAYNESBURG RAIDERS  (10-9)

12)  SOUTHMORELAND SCOTTIES  (11-5)

13)  MOHAWK WARRIORS  (12-7)

14)  OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHARGERS  (12-5)

15)  SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS  (11-8)

WPIAL CLASS A:  17 Teams – One Preliminary Round Game

1)    CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS  (19-1)

2)    STO-ROX VIKINGS  (16-0)

3)    CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES  (19-1)

4)    LEECHBURG BLUE DEVILS  (15-4)

5)    SHENANGO WILDCATS  (12-6)

6)    VINCENTIAN ACADEMY ROYALS  (11-4)

7)    SOUTH SIDE BEAVER RAMS  (16-3)

8)    ELDERTON BOBCATS  (14-3)

9)    JEFFERSON-MORGAN ROCKETS  (15-3)

10)  FRAZIER COMMODORES  (10-5)

11)  ROCHESTER RAMS  (10-8)

12)  RIVERVIEW RAIDERS  (12-6)

13)  WEST GREENE PIONEERS  (11-8)

14)  SEWICKLEY ACADEMY PANTHERS  (9-6)

15)  SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES  (9-8)

16)  CALIFORNIA TROJANS  (7-9)

17)  AVELLA EAGLES  (6-11)