Baseball

Avonworth’s Mason Metz is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run homer against South Park on April 30.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025
As the sands of the high school baseball regular season fall in the hourglass, the elite teams across the state are picking up steam as they head toward their district playoffs.

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Pine-Richland’s Sam Heckert drives in a run with a single against Shaler on April 22.
High school roundup for May 7, 2025: Pine-Richland snags share of section title
Jon Edgerly and Logan Plummer each singled and doubled as Pine-Richland pounded out 12 hits in a 12-2 Section 3-5A baseball victory over New Castle on Wednesday.

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Upper St. Clair’s Cooper Stutzman stands in against Chartiers Valley on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Upper St. Clair puts exclamation point on bounce-back season with playoff-clinching win
May 7, 2025
A year after missing the postseason and finishing in last place in Section 2-5A, Upper St. Clair clinched a return to the postseason with a victory Wednesday over Chartiers Valley in the first game of a doubleheader at the Boyce-Mayview Complex, 4-1.

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Canon-McMillan’s Troy Stimpson scores past Hempfield catcher Ian Kovalcik on April 23.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff field nearly set
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.

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Avonworth pitcher Carson Franc celebrates after getting a strikeout to end a South Park threat on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Ohio Twp.
Trib 10: Teams make moves ahead of WPIAL baseball, softball playoffs
Once again, the elite teams in district softball stacked the wins leading to little change in the final regular season Trib 10 rankings.

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South Fayette’s Cody Bungert stands in against Peters Township on Tuersday, May 6, 2025.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on May 7, 2025: Playoff spots coming down to the wire in Section 2-5A baseball
May 6, 2025
One of the tightest races this spring in WPIAL baseball comes down to the next-to-last day of the regular season.

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Plum’s Adam Smith hits between Gateway’s Toktobek Kubanychbekov and Aiden Coughran during their match on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Plum.
High school roundup for May 6, 2025: Plum baseball clinches outright section title with 1-hit shutout
Michael Tedrick threw a one-hit shutout with four strikeouts to propel Plum to a 3-0 victory over Latrobe on Tuesday, clinching sole possession of the Section 1-5A baseball title.

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Beaver second baseman Jude Lovra celebrates with shortstop Derek Hughes after getting an out against Hampton on April 1.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 6, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 71 teams with two days left in the regular season.

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Peters Township’s Zach Miner stands in against South Fayette’s Trey Skeen on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
‘Toughness and focus’: Peters Township gets past South Fayette in 1-run, 2-day affair
On Monday, Peters Township held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially name the renovated Peterswood Park baseball field after longtime Indians baseball coach and school district athletic director Joe Maize.

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Westmoreland baseball notebook: Ligonier Valley, Jeannette take playoff race right to end
The WPIAL will announce baseball playoff seedings and opening-round pairings Friday.

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Norwin celebrates with Derek Berger after scoring against Mt. Lebanon on April 28.
With season turned in right direction, Norwin carrying momentum into playoffs
High school seasons are filled with pivotal moments that send teams in one direction or another, propelling them closer to or away from preset goals.

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Indiana pitcher Greg Minnick throws during the 2024 PIAA Class 4A championship game at Penn State.
Texas Tech recruit Greg Minnick, battalion of live arms have Indiana primed for playoffs
Indiana pitcher Greg Minnick was offered a chance to see the red rocks of West Texas while in geology class last spring.

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Seneca Valley’s Abby Kalkowski celebrates after scoring against Hempfield last season.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on Tuesday, May 6, 2025: Section title, top seed up for grabs in 6A softball
If it says Seneca Valley at Hempfield on the softball schedule, then you know the weather will be a factor.

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Franklin Regional’s Chase Lemke tags Latrobe’s Brody Rumon in a rundown April 16.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers and scenarios through May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 69 teams with three days left in the regular season.

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Shaler’s Haley Machajewski is tripped up by the tag of Franklin Regional’s Averi Lamfrom in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff game last season.
High school roundup for May 5, 2025: Shaler quiets New Castle’s bats
Haley Machajewski homered and knocked in two runs to lead Shaler to a 3-1 victory over New Castle in Section 1-5A softball Monday.

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Plum pitcher Braden Kemmerer throws against Latrobe on Monday.
Behind shutout from Braden Kemmerer, Plum clinches at least share of section title
Latrobe knew if it wanted to win the Section 1-5A title, it had to defeat Plum on Monday night.

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Penn-Trafford’s Ethan Septak (34) celebrates with Nico Casciato after scoring against Franklin Regional on Monday, May 5, 2025, in Harrison City.
Penn-Trafford keeps composure to pull away from Franklin Regional
Three things put Penn-Trafford to the test in its series opener against rival Franklin Regional.

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Shaler’s Colby McGuire takes a throw at second base, as West Allegheny’s Brock Cornell bears down during their game on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in North Fayette.
WPIAL clinched: Baseball qualifiers, playoff picture through May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and sits at 64 teams with four days left in the regular season.

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Plum coach Carl Vollmer talks with Max Vollmer at third base during their game against Franklin Regional last month.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports for May 5, 2025: Spring sports ramp up playoff push as season winds down
Welcome to the final week of the regular season in WPIAL baseball, softball, lacrosse and boys volleyball.

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Nick Machusko and his Moon teammates will play Trinity on Monday on the TribLive High School Sports Network.
This week on Trib HSSN for week of May 5, 2025
We end the spring sports regular season on a wet note as section play wraps up and the postseason begins with a little bracketology later this week here on the TribLive High School Sports Network.

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