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WPIAL baseball committee seeds 5A bracket by ‘throwing out the numbers,’ focuses on matchups
May 11, 2024
The WPIAL for many decades released playoff brackets that had no seed numbers, a tradition that ended several years ago.
High school roundup for May 10, 2024: Neshannock gears up for playoffs with win over North Allegheny
Winning pitcher Addy Frye doubled, homered and drove in three runs and struck out nine in seven innings in the circle as Class 2A No. 1 seed Neshannock geared up for the playoffs with a 5-3 nonsection softball win over Class 6A No. 2 seed North Allegheny on Friday.
Breaking down the 2024 WPIAL baseball playoffs
Class 6A
Latrobe gets WPIAL finals rematch with Hopewell in Class 4A 1st round
It shouldn’t be hard for Latrobe baseball coach Matt Basciano to get his team up for its WPIAL Class 4A first-round playoff game.
Defending champ Shaler, undefeated Mars earn top seeds for WPIAL volleyball playoffs
A pair of regular-season matchups between the top two teams in WPIAL Class 3A boys volleyball solved nothing.
Red-hot Valley learns playoff seed, gets ready for ‘whole new season’
Boasting an 11-game winning streak, the Valley baseball team certainly is rolling at the right time.
Roundball Classic’s Rising Stars game to feature some of area’s top juniors, sophomores
For the first time officially, the annual Roundball Classic all-star basketball event will feature multiple underclassmen games for juniors and sophomores.
WPIAL releases brackets for 2024 baseball playoffs
Defending champions Mt. Lebanon and Riverside were tabbed as favorites to repeat when the WPIAL on Friday released brackets for the upcoming baseball playoffs.
High school roundup for May 9, 2024: Ligonier Valley ace tunes up for playoffs with no-hitter, 16 Ks
Looks like Ligonier Valley pitcher Cheyenne Piper is ready for the playoffs.
Norwin boys capture Section 3-3A volleyball title with narrow win over Penn-Trafford
It took every bit of energy and drive Thursday night for Norwin to hold off Penn-Trafford’s relentless energy and drive in the final regular-season boys volleyball match and escape with a marathon 3-2 victory that clinched the WPIAL Section 3-3A championship.
WPIAL bracketology: Don Rebel, Chris Harlan forecast 2024 baseball playoff pairings
The 2024 WPIAL baseball playoff field is set with 77 teams, including all six defending champions: Mt. Lebanon, Shaler, Hopewell, Riverside, Seton LaSalle and Bishop Canevin.
Class 5A features deep bracket for WPIAL softball playoffs
The Class 5A bracket was a hot topic of the WPIAL softball pairings show Thursday afternoon on TribLive HSSN.
Hempfield softball ‘proud’ to receive No. 1 seed as WPIAL releases brackets
Hempfield has won eight WPIAL softball championships.
Breaking down the 2024 WPIAL softball playoffs
WPIAL softball playoffs breakdown
Mars, Mt. Lebanon, Shady Side Academy earn No. 1 seeds in 2024 WPIAL lacrosse playoffs
Defending champion Mars, which swept the WPIAL Class 2A lacrosse titles a year ago, will start this season’s playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the boys and girls tournaments.
Mt. Pleasant baseball roars into playoffs on 9-game winning streak
As a winning streak began to stretch out like salt water taffy from a preseason trip to Myrtle Beach, Mt. Pleasant baseball coach Chris Firmstone became less surprised.
WPIAL reveals brackets for 2024 softball playoffs
Four defending champions are favored to repeat in the upcoming WPIAL softball playoffs.
