WPIAL Softball – 2016 Season Preview

By: HSSN Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 8:55 PM

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Every Tuesday during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the Top Ten teams in each of the WPIAL Softball classifications. Will rank the Preseason Top Ten here, along with Players to Watch in each class and teams to beat in each section. Follow the high school softball campaign with with weekly rankings and daily broadcasts and updated standings before exclusive coverage of the 2016 WPIAL Softball Playoffs in May only here on the MSA Sports Network.

WPIAL CLASS AAAA PRESEASON TOP TEN:

1.     HEMPFIELD SPARTANS

2.     NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS

3.     BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS

4.     SHALER TITANS

5.     CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS

6.     PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS

7.     LATROBE WILDCATS

8.     BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS

9.     FOX CHAPEL FOXES

10.   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS

WPIAL CLASS AAAA PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Allyn Bezjack – Albert Gallatin
Jackie Cramer – Connellsville
Jenna Osikowicz – Hempfield
Taylor Hoffman – Hempfield
Morgan Ryan – Hempfield
Megan Little – Penn-Trafford
Hannah Dobrinick – Penn-Trafford
Ali Bowers – Armstrong
Ufuoma Ogagan – Gateway
Madison Lewis – Gateway
Michaela Palmieri – Plum
Alyssa Guzzie – Fox Chapel
Calle Zmenkowski – Fox Chapel
Olivia Vincette – Franklin Regional
Liz Scherer – North Allegheny
Madi Beining – North Allegheny
Lauren Miller – Shaler
Bri Dobson – Shaler
Noel Pfabe – Butler
Mekenzie Saban – North Hills
Emma Keilly – Pine-Richland
Carly Santillo – Baldwin
Ashley Brady – Baldwin
Katie Knezevich – Baldwin
Jaimie Schleicher – Baldwin
Haley Reid – Bethel Park
Linda Rush – Canon-McMillan
Ashley Long – Upper St. Clair
Christine Fiumara – Carrick

WPIAL CLASS AAAA SECTION TEAMS TO BEAT:

Section 1 – Hempfield Spartans

Section 2 – Fox Chapel Foxes

Section 3 – North Allegheny Tigers

Section 4 – Baldwin Highlanders

 

WPIAL CLASS AAA PRESEASON TOP TEN:

1.     YOUGH COUGARS

2.     BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS

3.     BEAVER BOBCATS

4.     TRINITY HILLERS

5.     SOUTHMORELAND SCOTTIES

6.     ELIZABETH FORWARD WARRIORS

7.     WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS

8.     CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS

9.     THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS

10.   SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS       

WPIAL CLASS AAA PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Tayven Rousseau – Beaver
Haley Champ – Beaver
Casey Farkasovsky – Beaver
Caitlyn Suter – Central Valley
Leah Treemarchi – Central Valley
Leigha Knox – Central Valley
Holly Singer – Hopewell
Nicole Houk – New Castle
Sara Jubas – South Fayette
Mikayla Fetchet – South Fayette
Brooke Wilson – West Allegheny
MacKenzie Partyka – West Allegheny
Brittney Siebert – Montour
Katie Lehman – Keystone Oaks
Jess Cartia – Elizabeth Forward
Rachael Bowers – Thomas Jefferson
Delaney Elling – Trinity
Paige Galentine – Trinity
Bailey Parshall – Belle Vernon
Allie Harvey – Yough
Macy Mularski – Yough
Makenna Myers – Southmoreland
Briana Bunner – Southmoreland
Bethany Bunner – Southmoreland
Kayla Queer – Mount Pleasant
Leighlyn Guthrie – Uniontown
Maggie Kallock – Greensburg-Salem
Avery Keller – Knoch
Ashley Sheetz – Hampton
Kat Bittner – Hampton
Chloe Nelligan – Hampton
Brianna Dillon – Indiana
Logan Everett – Indiana
Lauren Bertig – Indiana
Maggie Olshenskie – Mars
Niki Schlegal – Mars

WPIAL CLASS AAA SECTION TEAMS TO BEAT:

Section 1 – Beaver Bobcats

Section 2 – West Allegheny Indians

Section 3 – Belle Vernon Leopards

Section 4 – Yough Cougars

Section 5 – Hampton Talbots

 

WPIAL CLASS AA PRESEASON TOP TEN:

1.     DEER LAKES LANCERS

2.     ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINES

3.     MOHAWK WARRIORS

4.     McGUFFEY HIGHLANDERS

5.     SETON-LaSALLE REBELS

6.     BURRELL BUCCANEERS

7.     STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN

8.     CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES

9.     SOUTH ALLEGHENY GLADIATORS

10.   SOUTH SIDE BEAVER RAMS

WPIAL CLASS AA PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Natalie Graff – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Shania Winters – Burgettstown
Cassie Carnes – Burgettstown
Hunter Hand – South Side Beaver
McKenna Smith – South Side
Elaina Tkaczenko – Avonworth
Morgan Riley – Charleroi
Adrianna Gottheld – Charleroi
Micaela Danley – Bentworth
Aubree Yates – Bentworth
Cheyenne Wasko – Brownsville
Meghan Schultz – McGuffey
Moriah McGuier – McGuffey
Abby Gustovich – Beth-Center
Alaina York – Burrell
Sarah Blinn – Deer Lakes
Rachel Tanilli – Deer Lakes
Maria Taliani – Deer Lakes
Kristy Radvan – Freeport
Jaden DiFillipo – West Shamokin
Chelsea Rohan – Steel Valley
Morgan Farrah – Steel Valley
Maddie Cotter – Steel Valley
Katie Isenberg – South Park
Kaitlyn Pavlick – South Park
Amani Johnson – East Allegheny
Lexi Wagner – Seton-LaSalle
Bailey Myers – South Allegheny
Brenna Pribanic – South Allegheny
Maddie Shiderly – Mohawk
Leah Woytek – Mohawk
Tristan Voss – Mohawk
Jaelyn Kirby – New Brighton
Cassidy Burrelli – Neshannock
Allie McKelvey – Ellwood City
Skyla Greco – Ellwood City

WPIAL CLASS AA SECTION TEAMS TO BEAT:

Section 1 – South Side Rams

Section 2 – McGuffey Highlanders

Section 3 – Deer Lakes Lancers

Section 4 – Seton-LaSalle Rebels

Section 5 – Ellwood City Wolverines

 

WPIAL CLASS A PRESEASON TOP TEN:

1.     WEST GREENE PIONEERS

2.     SHENANGO WILDCATS

3.     CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS

4.     SHENANGO WILDCATS

5.     FRAZIER COMMODORES

6.     BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS

7.     LEECHBURG BLUE DEVILS

8.     GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS

9.     CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS

10.   SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES

WPIAL CLASS A PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Madison Renner – West Greene
Bailey Bennington – West Greene
Morgan Simkovic – Jefferson-Morgan
Morgan Gamble – Jefferson-Morgan
Abby McIntire – Mapletown
Macie Kesneck – Chartiers-Houston
Kaitlyn Dittrich – Chartiers-Houston
Kelsey Holp – Frazier
Alexus Eicher – Frazier
Miranda Shepler – Frazier
Kayla Matway – Frazier
Kristen Hickey – Greensburg Central Catholic
Scarlett Stein – Jeannette
Tori Cooper – Monessen
Dana Vatakis – Monessen
Sadie Buchser – Riverview
Emily Bush – Leechburg
Morgan Pierce – Leechburg
Tayjah White – Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic
Bridgett Hudson – Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic
Alyana Derzak – Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic
Jeana Luciana – St. Joseph
Abbey Sickafuse – Shenango
Alyssa White – Shenango
Caitlyn Schnell – Shenango
Hana Murphy – Shenango
Macy Rubin – Shenango
Payton Tomasko – Rochester
Alena Hineman – Western Beaver
Alyssa McCanna – Western Beaver
Shelby Ligo – Union
Sarah Seamans – Union
Halley Leitner – Cornell
Chandler White – Sewickley Academy
Savannah Henry – Sewickley Academy
Lexi Pilch – Bishop Canevin
Haley Pilch – Bishop Canevin
Gia Husnick – Serra Catholic
Maria Lamonde – Serra Catholic
Sam Andrekanic – Serra Catholic

WPIAL CLASS A SECTION TEAMS TO BEAT:

Section 1 – West Greene Pioneers

Section 2 – Frazier Commodores

Section 3 – Leechburg Blue Devils

Section 4 – Shenango Wildcats

Section 5 – Bishop Canevin Crusaders