WPIAL clinched: With field finalized, 80 teams punch tickets to baseball playoffs

By: Don Rebel
Friday, May 9, 2025 | 12:05 AM

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The WPIAL baseball playoff field is set with 80 teams.

The top four teams in each section qualified 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 final list of teams that have earned district playoff berths through Thursday.

*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

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

Set with 18 playoff teams. There will be two preliminary round games

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 Highlanders

Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles

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 though it finished in a three-way tie for fourth place with Frazier and Beth-Center because the Buccaneers win 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