Baseball

Indiana pitcher Greg Minnick throws during the 2024 PIAA Class 4A championship game at Penn State.
Texas Tech recruit Greg Minnick, battalion of live arms have Indiana primed for playoffs
May 6, 2025
Indiana pitcher Greg Minnick was offered a chance to see the red rocks of West Texas while in geology class last spring.

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Seneca Valley’s Abby Kalkowski celebrates after scoring against Hempfield last season.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Tuesday, May 6, 2025: Section title, top seed up for grabs in 6A softball
If it says Seneca Valley at Hempfield on the softball schedule, then you know the weather will be a factor.

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Franklin Regional’s Chase Lemke tags Latrobe’s Brody Rumon in a rundown April 16.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 69 teams with three days left in the regular season.

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Shaler’s Haley Machajewski is tripped up by the tag of Franklin Regional’s Averi Lamfrom in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff game last season.
High school roundup for May 5, 2025: Shaler quiets New Castle’s bats
Haley Machajewski homered and knocked in two runs to lead Shaler to a 3-1 victory over New Castle in Section 1-5A softball Monday.

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Plum pitcher Braden Kemmerer throws against Latrobe on Monday.
Behind shutout from Braden Kemmerer, Plum clinches at least share of section title
Latrobe knew if it wanted to win the Section 1-5A title, it had to defeat Plum on Monday night.

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Penn-Trafford’s Ethan Septak (34) celebrates with Nico Casciato after scoring against Franklin Regional on Monday, May 5, 2025, in Harrison City.
Penn-Trafford keeps composure to pull away from Franklin Regional
Three things put Penn-Trafford to the test in its series opener against rival Franklin Regional.

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Shaler’s Colby McGuire takes a throw at second base, as West Allegheny’s Brock Cornell bears down during their game on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in North Fayette.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball qualifiers, playoff picture through May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and sits at 64 teams with four days left in the regular season.

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Plum coach Carl Vollmer talks with Max Vollmer at third base during their game against Franklin Regional last month.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 5, 2025: Spring sports ramp up playoff push as season winds down
Welcome to the final week of the regular season in WPIAL baseball, softball, lacrosse and boys volleyball.

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Nick Machusko and his Moon teammates will play Trinity on Monday on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 5, 2025
We end the spring sports regular season on a wet note as section play wraps up and the postseason begins with a little bracketology later this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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Seneca Valley’s Ryan Piekutoski celebrates after scoring against North Allegheny on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Jackson Twp.
Trib HSSN baseball player of the week for May 4, 2025
Trib HSSN Baseball Player of the Week: Ryan Piekutoski

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Seneca Valley pitcher Luis Torrenegra delivers against North Allegheny last month.
WPIAL baseball rankings: Week ending May 4, 2025
May 3, 2025
Class 6A

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Plum’s Jake Domkowski (7) celebrates his two-run homer with Max Vollmer during their game against Franklin Regional on April 28 in Murrysville.
Plum baseball riding high ahead of WPIAL playoffs
Plum and Franklin Regional are known for having one of the more competitive rivalries in all of WPIAL baseball.

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Plum’s Danielle Pici celebrates after hitting a home run against Thomas Jefferson during a 2023 WPIAL Class 5A playoff game.
High school roundup for May 2, 2025: Plum walks off New Castle in 11-homer slugfest
May 2, 2025
Danielle Pici hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to lift Plum to a 12-10 win over New Castle in a Section 1-5A softball slugfest Friday.

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North Allegheny shortstop McKenna Rowlands tags out Seneca Valley’s Abby Kalkowski at second base April 2.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Friday, May 2, 2025: 6A softball teams jockey for position
We wrap up the final full week of the diamond regular season with a busy afternoon of WPIAL Class 6A softball.

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Ellwood City players have a meeting on the mound.
Trib HSSN high school baseball team of the week for May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
Trib HSSN baseball team of the week – Ellwood City Wolverines

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North Allegheny pitcher Jackson Walsh delivers against Seneca Valley on April 24.
High school roundup for May 1, 2025: North Allegheny wins series with rival North Hills on 1-hitter
Jackson Walsh threw a one-hitter with eight strikeouts as North Allegheny took two of three in a Section 1-6A baseball series Thursday with an 8-0 victory over rival North Hills.

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North Allegheny’s JJ Mancuso bats against Seneca Valley on April 24.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 1, 2025: North Allegheny, North Hills to settle series
May Day, May Day!

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Fox Chapel pitcher Franco Pistella celebrates after getting a strikeout with runner on base against Mars on April 16.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers through April 30, 2025
The WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 60 teams with a week left in the regular season.

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Avonworth’s Mason Metz celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run homer against South Park on Wednesday in Ohio Township.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 30, 2025
April 30, 2025
Only two classifications saw changes last week in the Trib HSSN state baseball rankings as we bid farewell to April.

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Seneca Valley pitcher Lexie Hames trades places with pinch-runner Brielle White after being intentionally walked April 21 against Norwin.
High school roundup for April 30, 2025: As playoffs near, Seneca Valley’s Lexie Hames gears up with 18K no-hitter
Lexie Hames threw a no-hitter and struck out 18 to lift Seneca Valley to a 5-0 victory over Canon-McMillan in Class 6A softball Wednesday afternoon.

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