WPIAL postpones baseball, softball semifinals to Friday
By:
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | 12:40 PM
Riverview’s Tyler Aftanas scoops a ball hit by Burgettstown’s Blake Neal in WPIAL baseball quarterfinal action Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at North Allegheny.
For the second day in a row, the WPIAL postponed its baseball and softball playoffs because of rain.
An unfavorable weather forecast led the WPIAL to move the Class 3A, 2A and A semifinals in both sports to Friday.
There were two sites changes:
• In Class 2A baseball, Freedom vs. Laurel moved to Neshannock at 4 p.m.
• In Class 3A softball, South Park vs. Avonworth moved to Pleasant Valley Elementary at noon.
Baseball
Class 6A
Championship
May 27 or 28
Norwin (14-8) vs. Seneca Valley (16-6), TBA at EQT Park, Washington
Class 5A
Championship
May 27 or 28
Pine-Richland (20-3) vs. Shaler (16-6), TBA at EQT Park, Washington
Third place
Bethel Park (18-5) vs. Peters Township (15-8), TBA
Class 4A
Championship
May 27 or 28
Indiana (21-1) vs. Elizabeth Forward (16-3), TBA at EQT Park, Washington
Third place
Belle Vernon (15-6) vs. Central Valley (12-11), TBA
Class 3A
Semifinals
Friday’s schedule
Riverside (15-2) vs. South Park (14-6) at Plum, 4 p.m.; Quaker Valley (14-6) vs. Mohawk (12-9) at Seneca Valley, 6 p.m.
Class 2A
Semifinals
Friday’s schedule
Freedom (13-7) vs. Laurel (10-10) at Neshannock, 4 p.m.; Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (14-7) vs. Riverview (14-6) at Peterswood Park, 4 p.m.
Class A
Friday’s schedule
Serra Catholic (17-3) vs. Greensburg Central Catholic (17-2) at Gateway, 4 p.m.; Eden Christian (15-4) vs. Carmichaels (14-4) at Gateway, 7 p.m.
Softball
Class 6A
Championship
May 28 or 29
Hempfield (20-1) vs. Seneca Valley (16-3), TBA at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.)
Class 5A
Championship
May 28 or 29
Penn-Trafford (20-2) vs. Shaler (17-4), TBA at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.)
Third place
North Hills (17-5) vs. West Allegheny (16-5), TBA
Class 4A
Championship
May 28 or 29
Blackhawk (14-5) vs. Hampton (16-5), TBA at Lilley Field, Cal (Pa.)
Third place
Elizabeth Forward (15-4) vs. Beaver (15-6), TBA
Class 3A
Semifinals
Friday’s schedule
South Park (19-0) vs. Avonworth (15-4) at Pleasant Valley Elementary, Peters Township, noon; Mohawk (14-5) vs. Ellwood City (11-8) at Neshannock, 4 p.m.
Class 2A
Semifinals
Friday’s schedule
Neshannock (20-0) vs. Bentworth (10-9) at North Allegheny, 7 p.m.; Chartiers-Houston (19-2) vs. Riverside (9-9) at North Allegheny, 5 p.m.
Class A
Semifinals
Friday’s schedule
Union (17-2) vs. Jefferson-Morgan (10-6) at North Allegheny, 3 p.m.; Carmichaels (15-0) vs. West Greene (15-3) at Pleasant Valley Elementary, Peters Township, 6 p.m.
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
More Baseball
• Valley baseball coach Jim Basilone steps down, ending successful 8-year run• Fall ball program the latest signpost in Penn Hills baseball’s rebuilding efforts
• Gateway baseball players benefit from fall workouts
• Westmoreland County high school notebook: Mt. Pleasant’s Shipley, Hempfield’s Kovalcik commit to Mercyhurst
• Norwin’s Matt O’Neil commits to Mercyhurst
