Baseball
Trib 10: WPIAL baseball, softball playoffs not kind to teams in power rankings
May 23, 2026
The district playoffs have not been kind to the power-ranked teams from the end of the regular season.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for May 23, 2026
This week’s PIAA baseball rankings are like a hockey puck being dumped deep into the zone, allowing for wholesale changes.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Caroline Grimsley and Riverview’s Lukas Duncan
Caroline Grimsley
Hempfield, Mt. Pleasant softball, Greensburg CC baseball run on batteries
When someone told hard-throwing pitcher Julia Varhola she was like the quarterback of the Hempfield softball team, she paused momentarily — and passed to a wide-open teammate.
Norwin baseball playoff win won’t soon be forgotten
Despite bowing out in the WPIAL semifinals, the Norwin baseball team won’t soon forget what got them there.
Bethel Park baseball sticks together during up-and-down season, earns playoff spot
Bethel Park advanced to the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs with a 12-8 regular-season record and third-place finish in Section 2.
WPIAL sets dates, times for baseball, softball championships: A first look at the matchups
May 22, 2026
There’s been a little of everything over the past two weeks in the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs.
Upper St. Clair overcomes 9-run Montour comeback on clutch homer from sophomore to win wild 5A semifinal
May 21, 2026
Upper St. Clair sophomore Brooks York made sure a historic comeback would become just a footnote in a crazy WPIAL Class 5A baseball semifinal Thursday.
South Park avenges regular-season losses, downs top-seeded Avonworth in Class 3A semifinals
Avonworth swept the two-game season series from South Park this year, but the Eagles came up big in the biggest matchup of the year between the WPIAL powers Thursday.
South Fayette comes up clutch vs. Thomas Jefferson, going from double-digit seed to 5A title game
Entering the postseason on its heels, South Fayette never wavered.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 21, 2026: Final 4 teams square off in unpredictable 5A baseball bracket
May 20, 2026
When it comes to a playoff bracket, the term chalk indicates a tournament has gone as planned.
Elizabeth Forward fights off Hopewell to set up WPIAL title rematch with Indiana
Elizabeth Forward erased a two-run deficit with a clutch fifth inning and then leaned on timely defense and strong pitching late to punch its ticket back to the WPIAL Class 4A championship game with a 4-3 semifinal victory over Hopewell on Wednesday.
High school roundup for May 20, 2026: Jake Fritz lifts North Allegheny past Canon-McMillan in 6A semifinals
Jake Fritz struck out 10 in a complete game and went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI to lead No. 3 North Allegheny to a 4-3 victory over No. 2 Canon-McMillan in the WPIAL Class 6A baseball semifinals Wednesday.
Fort Cherry baseball tops Riverview, reaches WPIAL final for 1st time in 40 years
For the first time in 40 years, a Fort Cherry baseball team will play for a WPIAL title.
Indiana blanks Derry, advances to WPIAL Class 4A baseball finals
Indiana won its first WPIAL baseball title last year.
Butler gives ace Kyle Casteel ample run support in Class 6A semifinal win over Norwin
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Unbeaten GCC outduels Serra Catholic, earns spot in WPIAL Class A championship game
Greensburg Central Catholic’s baseball playoff game was given a noon start Wednesday to accommodate the school’s graduation later in the day.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 20, 2026: A new opponent enters playoffs: rain
For a week and a half, weather has not been a factor in the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs.
High school roundup for May 19, 2026: 12th-seeded Upper St. Clair roars into 5A baseball semifinals
May 19, 2026
Brooks York went 2 for 3 with four RBIs, including the go-ahead run-scoring single in the top of the seventh inning, to lead No. 12 Upper St. Clair to another upset in the WPIAL Class 5A baseball bracket, defeating No. 4 Moon in the quarterfinals 10-9 on Tuesday.
Thomas Jefferson rallies past Bethel Park to delay coach’s retirement
Tim Vickers is retiring as a teacher in the Steel Valley School District, and he and his wife have already purchased a house in Florida where they will be moving this summer.
