PIAA announces semifinal sites, times for 2024 state softball playoffs
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Friday, June 7, 2024 | 3:24 PM
Neshannock center fielder Jaidon Nogay makes a diving catch against Bentworth during the WPIAL Class 2A championship game on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Cal (Pa.).
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
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