Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League kicks off 2023 season
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023 | 3:55 PM
Plum, North Allegheny and Mt. Lebanon earned doubleheader sweeps during the opening Sunday of varsity action in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League.
Plum outscored North Hills, 32-4, in a dominant opening performance.
North Allegheny, the WPISL runner-up to Shaler last year, won two from Hempfield, 14-3 and 7-5, while Mt. Lebanon scored 39 total runs in scoring two wins against the defending league champion Titans.
Mt. Pleasant and Seneca Valley split their season-opening pair of games.
The doubleheader between Montour and West Allegheny was postponed and has yet to be rescheduled.
Baldwin and Bethel Park open their seasons against each other with a single game at 7 p.m. Thursday at Simmons Park in Bethel Park.
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Softball League
Standings
Plum, 2-0
North Allegheny, 2-0
Mt. Lebanon, 2-0
Mt. Pleasant, 1-1
Seneca Valley, 1-1
Hempfield, 0-2
North Hills, 0-2
Shaler, 0-2
Baldwin, 0-0
Bethel Park, 0-0
Montour, 0-0
West Allegheny, 0-0
Results
Sunday, Sept. 3
Seneca Valley 18, Mt. Pleasant 8
Mt. Pleasant 15, Seneca Valley 3
Mt. Lebanon 24, Shaler 19
Mt. Lebanon 15, Shaler 7
North Allegheny 14, Hempfield 3
North Allegheny, 7, Hempfield 5
Plum 24, North Hills 1
Plum 8, North Hills 3
Montour vs. West Allegheny (DH), ppd. to TBA
Schedule
Thursday, Sept. 7
Baldwin at Bethel Park, Simmons Park, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 10
West Allegheny vs. Mt. Lebanon (DH), 10 a.m. and noon, Jefferson Pony Field
Seneca Valley at Plum (DH), noon and 2 p.m., Plum Borough Field
Hempfield at Baldwin (DH), 1 and 3 p.m., Baldwin Municipal Field
Bethel Park at Mt. Pleasant (DH), 2 and 4 p.m., Falcons Field, Mt. Pleasant
North Hills at Shaler (DH), 2 and 4 p.m., Hilltop Field, Shaler High School
North Allegheny at Montour, 3 and 5 p.m., Montour High School
Michael Love is a TribLive reporter covering sports in the Alle-Kiski Valley and the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. A Clearfield native and a graduate of Westminster (Pa.), he joined the Trib in 2002 after spending five years at the Clearfield Progress. He can be reached at mlove@triblive.com.
Tags: Baldwin, Bethel Park, Hempfield, Montour, Mt. lebanon, Mt. Pleasant, North Allegheny, North Hills, Plum, Seneca Valley, Shaler, West Allegheny
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