WPIAL softball teams learn sites, times for 1st round PIAA playoff games

By: Triblive
Friday, May 31, 2024 | 5:33 PM

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WPIAL Class 6A champion Seneca Valley will hit the road and Class 5A champ Armstrong will face a familiar foe when the PIAA softball playoffs begin Monday.

The PIAA announced sites and times Friday afternoon.

Seneca Valley, the only WPIAL team in the 6A field, will open at District 10 champ McDowell at 2 p.m. Monday.

Armstrong will host an opponent from Section 2-5A, Latrobe, at 4 p.m. The River Hawks beat the Wildcats, the fourth-place team out of the WPIAL, twice in the regular season.

WPIAL Class 4A champ Elizabeth Forward will take on Big Spring at Norwin at 1 p.m., Class 3A champ Mohawk will play host to Harbor Creek, undefeated 2A champ Neshannock will host West Shamokin at 4:30 p.m., and Class A champ Chartiers-Houston will meet Berlin Brothersvalley at 3 p.m. at Peterswood Park.

Quarterfinals are set for Thursday. Championship games will be played June 13-14 at Penn State.

Class 6A

First round

Monday’s schedule

Chambersburg (17-5) at Downingtown West (24-0), 4 p.m.

Downingtown East (20-4) vs. Williamsport (9-12) at Lycoming Valley Intermediate School, 4:30 p.m.

Warwick (19-5) vs. Central at Conwell Egan, 4 p.m.

Council Rock South (19-3) vs. Liberty (20-4) at DeSales University, 4 p.m.

Boyertown (17-7) at Central Dauphin (16-3), 4 p.m.

Bethlehem Freedom (18-6) at Quakertown (22-1) at Veterans Park, 4 p.m.

North Penn (21-3) at Cumberland Valley (22-3), 4 p.m.

Seneca Valley (21-1) at McDowell (13-9), 2 p.m.

Class 5A

First round

Monday’s schedule

Mechanicsburg (20-6) at Marple-Newtown (19-4), 4 p.m.

Little Flower (6-8) at Pittston Area (18-1), 4:30 p.m.

Shippensburg (13-11) at Cardinal O’Hara (9-4), 3:30 p.m.

West Chester Rustin (18-5) at South Western (24-0), 4 p.m.

West Chester East (15-8) at Whitehall (12-10), noon

Thomas Jefferson (12-8) at Solanco (19-5), 4 p.m.

Penn-Trafford (15-6) at Central Mountain (14-5), 4:30 p.m.

Latrobe (11-12) at Armstrong (18-3), 4 p.m.

Class 4A

First round

Monday’s schedule

Archbishop Carroll (11-7) at Blue Mountain (23-1), 4 p.m.

Kennard-Dale (17-5) vs. Pope John Paul II (14-8) at Spring-Ford, 3 p.m.

Northwestern Lehigh (20-4) at Archbishop Ryan (13-2), 4 p.m.

Jersey Shore (14-6) at Valley View (20-3), 4 p.m.

Archbishop Wood (11-7) at District 3 Trinity (19-4), 5 p.m.

Hampton (17-5) vs. St. Marys (17-2) at Heindl Memorial Field, DuBois, 3 p.m.

Chartiers Valley (17-4) vs. Cathedral Prep (16-6) at Penn State Behrend, 1 p.m.

Big Spring (17-6) vs. Elizabeth Forward (20-1) at Norwin, 1 p.m.

Class 3A

First round

Monday’s schedule

Littlestown (15-8) at Midd-West (15-6), 4:30 p.m.

Palisades (19-5) at Conwell-Egan (13-3), 1 p.m.

Loyalsock (19-3) at Mid Valley (21-1), 6:30 p.m.

Juniata (22-2) at Kutztown (18-6), 4 p.m.

Harbor Creek (18-5) at Mohawk (19-5), 4 p.m.

Ligonier Valley (16-6) at Forest Hills (18-2), 4 p.m.

South Park (19-3) at Chestnut Ridge (19-2), 4 p.m.

Avonworth (14-5) vs. Sharon (23-0) at Allegheny College, 3 p.m.

Class 2A

First round

Monday’s schedule

South Williamsport (21-2) vs. Brandywine Heights (11-11) at Lyons Ballfield, 5 p.m.

Mast Charter School II (3-10) at Bristol (17-1), 4 p.m.

Elk Lake (20-1) at Williams Valley (18-5), 4 p.m.

Muncy (21-2) at Bald Eagle Area (18-4), 3 p.m.

West Shamokin (19-3) at Neshannock (23-0), 4:30 p.m.

Curwensville (16-6) vs. Saegertown (18-2) at Allegheny College, 1 p.m.

Bentworth (17-4) at Everett (20-2), 4:30 p.m.

Laurel (19-5) at Cranberry (15-3), 4 p.m.

Class A

First round

Monday’s schedule

Dock Mennonite (16-5) vs. Tri Valley (19-4) at Pine Grove, 1 p.m.

Old Forge (18-6) at Bucktail (17-4), 1 p.m.

Conemaugh Valley (19-4) at Meyersdale (21-1), 4 p.m.

Union (20-3) at DuBois Central Catholic (19-2) at Heindl Memorial Field, 5 p.m.

Berlin Brothersvalley (16-7) vs. Chartiers-Houston (18-2) at Peterswood Park, 3 p.m.

Northern Potter (17-5) at West Branch (20-3), 4 p.m.

Carmichaels (16-2) vs. Cambridge Springs (16-2) at Penn State Behrend, 3 p.m.

West Greene (13-9) at Claysburg-Kimmel (22-1), 4 p.m.