PIAA announces semifinal sites, times for 2024 state softball playoffs

By: Chris Harlan
Friday, June 7, 2024 | 3:24 PM

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Neshannock and Laurel won’t travel far for the next round of the PIAA softball playoffs and neither will Chartiers-Houston or Carmichaels.

Those four teams will square off in two all-WPIAL matchups in the state semifinals Monday. Neshannock and Laurel meet at Mohawk while Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels play at Peterswood Park in Peters Township.

Thomas Jefferson and Elizabeth Forward will travel farther. Thomas Jefferson faces District 6 champion Central Mountain at Mt. Aloysius College in Cresson. Elizabeth Forward draws District 12’s Archbishop Wood in Chambersburg.

PIAA softball playoffs

Monday’s semifinals

Class 6A

1-4 Downingtown East (26-0) vs. 1-5 Council Rock South (21-3) at Spring-Ford, 4 p.m.

3-1 Central Dauphin (18-3) vs. 1-3 North Penn (23-3) at Lyons Ballfield, Mertztown, 4:30 p.m.

Class 5A

2-1 Pittston Area (20-1) vs. 3-1 South Western (26-0) at Pine Grove, 4 p.m.

7-2 Thomas Jefferson (14-8) vs. 6-1 Central Mountain (16-5) at Mt. Aloysius College, 4:30 p.m.

Class 4A

11-1 Blue Mountain (25-1) vs. 11-2 Northwestern Lehigh (22-4) at Lyons Ballfield, Mertztown, 6:30 p.m.

12-3 Archbishop Wood (13-7) vs. 7-1 Elizabeth Forward (22-1) at Norlo Park Softball Complex, Chambersburg, 4 p.m.

Class 3A

12-1 Conwell-Egan (15-3) vs. 6-2 Juniata (24-2) at Millersville University, 4 p.m.

10-2 Harbor Creek (20-5) vs. 10-1 Sharon (25-0) at Allegheny College, 3 p.m.

Class 2A

4-1 South Williamsport (23-2) vs. 6-1 Bald Eagle Area (20-4) at Lock Haven University, noon

7-1 Neshannock (25-0) vs. 7-3 Laurel (21-5) at Mohawk, 4 p.m.

Class A

2-1 Old Forge (20-6) vs. 9-1 DuBois Central Catholic (21-2) at Lock Haven University, 2 p.m.

7-1 Chartiers-Houston (20-2) vs. 7-3 Carmichaels (18-2) at Peterswood Park, Peters Township, 2 p.m.

Note: Numbers listed before school name represent PIAA district and qualifying seed.

Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.

Tags: Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston, Elizabeth Forward, Laurel, Neshannock, Thomas Jefferson