WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff field nearly set

By: Don Rebel
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 | 11:11 PM

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The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is nearly set with 78 teams with one day left in the regular season and two possible spots in Class 3A still up for grabs.

The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings.

Coverage of the 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be seen and heard here on TribHSSN.TribLive.com starting with some bracketology with the Playoff Pairings Show at 3 p.m. Friday.

Here is the latest list of teams that have earned district playoff berths through Wednesday, plus the playoff scenarios for Section 4-3A.

*Clinched section title

Class 6A

Set with 8 playoff teams. No first round, straight to quarterfinals

Section 1

*North Allegheny Tigers

Seneca Valley Raiders

Butler Golden Tornado

North Hills Indians

Section 2

*Canon-McMillan Big Macs

Norwin Knights

Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils

Hempfield Spartans

Class 5A

Set with 16 playoff teams. No byes and no preliminary round games

Section 1

*Plum Mustangs

Penn-Trafford Warriors

Latrobe Wildcats

Franklin Regional Panthers

Section 2

*Bethel Park Black Hawks

Peters Township Indians

Upper St. Clair Panthers

Trinity Hillers

• Even if Moon defeats Trinity on Thursday, forcing a three-way tie for fourth place between Trinity, Moon and South Fayette at 5-7, Trinity wins the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Section 3

*Pine-Richland Rams

*Shaler Titans

Fox Chapel Foxes

Mars Fightin’ Planets

Section 4

*Thomas Jefferson Jaguars

Baldwin Highlanders

Connellsville Falcons

Montour Spartans

Class 4A

Set with 12 playoff teams. There will be four first round byes

Section 1

*Beaver Bobcats

*Blackhawk Cougars

Central Valley Warriors

Ambridge Bridgers

Section 2

*West Mifflin Titans

Elizabeth Forward Warriors

Belle Vernon Leopards

Ringgold Rams

Section 3

*Indiana Little Indians

Knoch Knights

Greensburg Salem Golden Lions

Derry Trojans

Class 3A

16 of a possible 18 teams have clinched

Section 1

*Riverside Panthers

Ellwood City Wolverines

Quaker Valley Quakers

Mohawk Warriors

Section 2

*Avonworth Antelopes

South Park Eagles

South Allegheny Gladiators

Shady Side Academy Bulldogs

Section 3

Freeport Yellowjackets

Burrell Buccaneers

Mt. Pleasant Vikings

Ligonier Valley Rams

Deer Lakes Lancers

Section 4

*Waynesburg Central Raiders

Charleroi Cougars

Seton LaSalle Rebels

• McGuffey (5-5) can clinch with one win in a section series doubleheader against Seton LaSalle on Thursday. Keystone Oaks (5-6) can clinch with a win over Washington on Thursday and one more section loss by McGuffey or a loss to visiting Washington and McGuffey loses both games to Seton LaSalle. McGuffey and Keystone Oaks both qualify if they finish tied for fourth place.

Class 2A

Set with 13 playoff teams. There will be three first round byes

Section 1

*Burgettstown Blue Devils

Fort Cherry Rangers

California Trojans

Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers

• Chartiers-Houston clinches even with a loss Thursday against visiting California because a loss drops the Bucs into a three-way tie for fourth place with Frazier and Beth-Center and Chartiers-Houston wins the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Section 2

*Neshannock Lancers

*Shenango Wildcats

Freedom Bulldogs

New Brighton Lions

Laurel Spartans

Section 3

*Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers

Riverview Raiders

South Side Rams

Apollo-Ridge Vikings

Class A

Set with 13 playoff teams. There will be three first round byes

Section 1

*Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions

Jefferson-Morgan Rockets

Carmichaels Mighty Mikes

Avella Eagles

Section 2

*Leechburg Blue Devils

Western Beaver Golden Beavers

Winchester Thurston Bears

Rochester Rams

Union Scotties

Section 3

*Serra Catholic Eagles

*Eden Christian Academy Warriors

*Bishop Canevin Crusaders

Sewickley Academy Panthers