Softball

Freeport pitcher Madyson Bell delivers against Greensburg Salem on April 15 at Freeport Community Park. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 29, 2026: Freeport softball makes final push for playoffs
April 29, 2026
There are only a few WPIAL softball playoff spots up for grabs heading into the final week of the regular season.

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Norwin catcher Trevor Vitsas tags out Butler’s Boden Lenyk at home plate during their WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinal on May 19, 2025, at North Allegheny. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Trib 10: Significant changes come to baseball, softball power rankings
This is a very noteworthy edition of the weekly Trib 10 as we have a new No. 1 in baseball for the first time this season and a traditional softball power has dropped from the power rankings.

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Avonworth’s Carson Franc (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
High school roundup for April 28, 2026: Avonworth completes sweep, clinches section title outright
Winning pitcher Carson Franc went seven innings, allowing one unearned run on three hits with 11 strikeouts, to lift Avonworth to a 7-1 victory over South Park on Tuesday, sweeping the two-game series and clinching the Section 2-3A baseball title outright.

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Norwin’s Madelyn Kugler pulls in a ball hit by Hempfield’s Lauren Howard on April 17. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers through Monday, April 27
April 28, 2026
The WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly complete with 73 teams having punched their ticket for the upcoming district postseason.

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Avonworth’s Cooper Scharding (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
High school roundup for April 27, 2026: Avonworth walks off South Park on Cooper Scharding homer
Cooper Scharding hit a two-run walk off home run in the eighth inning to lead Avonworth to a 7-5 comeback win over South Park in a matchup of the top two teams in Section 2-3A baseball Monday.

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Montour’s Cayley Hughes stands in before one of her four hits against West Allegheny on Monday. (Don Rebel | TribLive)
Montour turns tables on West Allegheny, clinches piece of section title
April 27, 2026
The top two teams in WPIAL Section 3-5A softball ended up splitting their two-game series this season.

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Aubrey Shaffer and the Thomas Jefferson softball team won the 2026 Section 4-5A championship. (Mike Darnay | Mon Valley Independent)
Trib HSSN diamond team of the week for April 26, 2026
April 26, 2026
Trib HSSN diamond team of the week – Thomas Jefferson Jaguars softball

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Franklin Regional’s Luke Williams hits the pitch on the button but straight to the Latrobe left fielder for the last out April 15, 2026 at Haymaker Park. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for April 27, 2026: Key series on tap in 5A baseball
In the eight-season history of WPIAL Class 5A baseball, the regular season races and the district playoffs have been very competitive because of the depth of talented programs in that class.

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Plum pitcher Riley Stephans celebrates with Jaiden Gentile and Madison Duncan after getting a strikeout during their game on Friday, April 10, 2026, at Fox Chapel. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
WPIAL clinched: Softball playoff qualifiers, scenarios through April 26, 2026
The 2026 WPIAL softball playoff field is nearly complete with 71 teams having punched a ticket for the upcoming district playoffs.

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Upper St. Clair’s Nolan Wilson rounds third base to score against Bethel Park on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Boyce Mayview Park in USC. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
This week on Trib HSSN for week of April 27, 2026
The stretch run of the 2026 spring sports regular season continues this week on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Carmichaels starting pitcher Bailey Barnyak kept Union off the scoreboard unitl the sixth inning during the WPIAL Class A championship game May, 29, 2025 at Lilley Field.
Trib HSSN softball player of the week for April 26, 2026
Trib HSSN softball player of the week – Bailey Barnyak

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Sewickley Academy’s Sophie Crichton (left) and Gabby Edmunds have been key contributors during the 2026 season. (Courtesy of Sewickley Academy softball)
Sewickley Academy softball builds off strong start
The Sewickley Academy softball team has been a significant offensive juggernaut in the early portion of the 2026 season.

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South Fayette’s Angela Zeng (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
High school roundup for April 25, 2026: Lions girls steal show at South Fayette Invitational
April 25, 2026
The host Lions took first place in six individual events and one relay to run away with the girls team title at the South Fayette Invitational on Saturday.

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Seneca Valley’s Julia Valasek (12) celebrates after scoring on a wild pitch against Hempfield on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Hempfield. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Trib HSSN WPIAL softball rankings for week ending April 25, 2026
Here are the latest weekly WPIAL softball rankings with only three teams dropping out of the top five for the second straight week.

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Fox Chapel catcher Ava Wamsley catches a popup behind the plate in front of pitcher Jillian Haigh during their game against Plum on April 10. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
Resurgent Fox Chapel softball gears up for playoffs
Fox Chapel softball coach Larry Troutman was only interested in finding a way to make the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs. That’s what he told himself, anyway, when the Foxes went through a four-game stretch of the Section 1-5A schedule where they lost three times in four games.

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High school roundup for April 24, 2026: North Hills softball beats Plum on walk-off homer
April 24, 2026
Audrianna Baumgardner hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift North Hills to a 7-6 comeback victory over Plum in Section 1-5A softball Friday.

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Mount Pleasant’s Kendra Brunson bats against Southmoreland on April 11, 2025, in Alverton. (Christopher Horner | TribLive)
A little camaraderie and a whole lot of talent carries Mt. Pleasant softball team
The WPIAL softball playoffs don’t start for another two weeks, yet Mt. Pleasant already has clinched its second straight section title and is fine-tuning for the postseason.

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Fox Chapel’s Caroline Leland reached the 100-career goals mark this spring. (Fox Chapel athletics)
A-K Valley high school notebook: Fox Chapel’s Leland among several 100-goal scorers in lacrosse
Fox Chapel girls lacrosse senior Caroline Leland scored seven goals to lead the Foxes to a 13-12 victory over Peters Township on April 16.

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Carmichaels pitcher Bailey Barnyak throws against Union in the WPIAL Class A finals last season. (Chaz Palla | TribLive)
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 24, 2026: Small-school softball powers to hash out section standings
The top of Section 2 in Class A WPIAL softball will either fall in order at 1-2-3, or we could be a step closer to tri-champions in the section.

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Laurel defeated Neshannock to clinch the section title Thursday. (James Dotson | Submitted)
High school roundup for April 23, 2026: Laurel beats Neshannock to clinch section title
April 23, 2026
Mayci Lang went 4 for 4 with a double and two RBIs to help Laurel to a 12-2 victory over Neshannock on Thursday, clinching the Section 1-2A softball title.

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