WPIAL Softball: 2017 Season Preview

By: HSSN Staff
Thursday, March 23, 2017 | 9:41 PM

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A mild winter is leading into a mild start to spring. While the roller coaster ride Mother Nature will put all of us on over the next couple of months will be interesting, so will the action on the diamond in the new world of six classifications. While the great thing about high school softball is they will decide the six champions on the field and not in the rankings, that doesn’t slow us down from dishing out our Preseason Top Ten and Players to watch in each class.

CLASS 6-A Preseason Top Ten:

1)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS

2)   SHALER TITANS

3)   CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS

4)   LATROBE WILDCATS

5)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS

6)   BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS

7)   NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS

8)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS

9)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS

10)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS

CLASS 6-A Players to Watch:

Morgan Ryan – Hempfield

Madi Stoner – Hempfield

Jenna Osikowicz – Hempfield

Meredith Carr – Latrobe

Jackie Langer – Pine-Richland

Lauren Miller – Shaler

Taylor Jones – Shaler

Lyndsey Lakatos – Shaler

Elayna Nagy – Seneca Valley

Carolyn Cook – Bethel Park

Elaine Drahusz – Bethel Park

Abby Joyce – Bethel Park

Taylor Dadig – Baldwin

Brittney Crawford – Canon-McMillan

Kylah Kubiczki – Canon-McMillan

Danielle Malizio – Mount Lebanon

 

CLASS 5-A Preseason Top Ten:

1)   WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS

2)   PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS

3)   FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS

4)   MOON TIGERS

5)   THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS

6)   MONTOUR SPARTANS

7)   PLUM MUSTANGS

8)   GATEWAY GATORS

9)   MARS FIGHTING PLANETS

10)   TRINITY HILLERS

CLASS 5-A Players to Watch:

Breanna Ginther – Penn-Trafford

Sarah Koscho – Penn-Trafford

Hannah Dobrinick – Penn-Trafford

Mia Burd – Connellsville

Brooke Zanotto – Franklin Regional

Chrissy Kemerer – Franklin Regional

Angalee Beall – Franklin Regional

Michaela Palmieri – Plum

Mackenzie Gerhart – Gateway

Lauren Niglio – Moon

Alyssa Sisko – Moon

Brooke Wilson – West Allegheny

Mackenzie Partyka – West Allegheny

Char-leigh Bates – West Allegheny

Ashley Seamon – West Allegheny

Leah Vith – Montour

Brittney Seibert – Montour

Amanda Gross – Chartiers Valley

Payton Barr – Trinity

Johnna Mocniak – Ringgold

Alyssa Fairman – Thomas Jefferson

Izzy Berkopec – Mars

 

CLASS 4-A Preseason Top Ten:

1)   MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS

2)   BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS

3)   BEAVER BOBCATS

4)   YOUGH COUGARS

5)   ELIZABETH FORWARD WARRIORS

6)   INDIANA LITTLE INDIANS

7)   CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS

8)   SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS

9)   AMBRIDGE BRIDGERS

10)   HOPEWELL VIKINGS 

CLASS 4-A Players to Watch:

Tayven Rousseau – Beaver

Paige Ziggas – Beaver

Leah Treemarchi – Central Valley

Leigha Knox – Central Valley

Holly Singer – Hopewell

Haley Bedalota – Hopewell

Brooklyn Kotula – Ambridge

Sara Jubas – South Fayette

Alyssa Bell – West Mifflin

Taylor Ludwick – Elizabeth Forward

Lauren Mathews – Elizabeth Forward

Bailey Parshall – Belle Vernon

Lexie Church – Belle Vernon

Chelsea Bisi – Derry

Alona Sleith – Yough

Meadow Uncapher – Mount Pleasant

Ava Gnibus – Mount Pleasant

Avery Keller – Knoch

Haleigh Zimmerman – Indiana

Lauren Bertig – Indiana

Emily Cochran – Highlands

 

CLASS 3-A Preseason Top Ten:

1)   ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINES

2)   SOUTH PARK EAGLES

3)   SOUTHMORELAND SCOTTIES

4)   DEER LAKES LANCERS

5)   AVONWORTH ANTELOPES

6)   FREEPORT YELLOW JACKETS

7)   STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN

8)   BURRELL BUCCANEERS

9)   WAYNESBURG RAIDERS

10)   McGUFFEY HIGHLANDERS

CLASS 3-A Players to Watch:

Olivia Porter – Southmoreland

Bethany Bunner – Southmoreland

Addy Helffrich – Avonworth

Maya Kozup – Avonworth

Elaina Tkaczenko – Avonworth

Kimmi D’Ottavio – Avonworth

Tara Staley – Waynesburg

Adrianna Gotthead – Charleroi

Alaina York – Burrell

Brittany Dunn – Burrell

Claire Crytzer – Freeport

Allie DeJidas – Freeport

Kristie Radvan – Freeport

Danielle Huffman – Deer Lakes

Shae Robson – Deer Lakes

Katlyn Pavlick – South Park

Justine Dean – South Park

Morgan Farrah – Steel Valley

Amani Johnson – East Allegheny

Ariana Garroway – Ellwood City

Camille Maine – Ellwood City

Skyla Greco – Ellwood City

 

CLASS 2-A Preseason Top Ten:

1)   CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS

2)   LAUREL SPARTANS

3)   CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS

4)   SOUTH SIDE BEAVER RAMS

5)   SHENANGO WILDCATS

6)   SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES

7)   FRAZIER COMMODORES

8)   SETON-LaSALLE REBELS

9)   BURGETTSTOWN BLUE DEVILS

10)   BENTWORTH BEARCATS

CLASS 2-A Players to Watch:

Natalie Graff – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart

Capri Sollinger – South Side

Hunter Hand – South Side

Mollie Charlton – Apollo-Ridge

Lexi Wagner – Seton-LaSalle

Maddie Shiderly – Mohawk

Olivia Lombardo – Laurel

Kayla Ruperto – Laurel

Kayla Alderson – Chartiers-Houston

Macie Kesneck – Chartiers-Houston

Allison Smith – Chartiers-Houston

Kaitlyn Dittrich – Chartiers-Houston

Kara Mastowski – Frazier

Tayjah White – Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic

Adrienne Nardone – Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic

Bridgette Hudson – Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic

Elizabeth Arnold – Vincentian Academy

Carolyn Peterson – Shenango

Lauren Kolenik – Serra Catholic

 

CLASS 1-A Preseason Top Ten:

1)   WEST GREENE PIONEERS

2)   CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES

3)   LEECHBURG BLUE DEVILS

4)   MONESSEN GREYHOUNDS

5)   JEFFERSON-MORGAN ROCKETS

6)   SEWICKLEY ACADEMY PANTHERS

7)   JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS

8)   UNION SCOTTIES

9)   WESTERN BEAVER GOLDEN BEAVERS

10)   CORNELL RAIDERS 

CLASS 1-A Players to Watch:

Megan Walker – Carmichaels

Natalie McNett – Carmichaels

Madison Lampe – West Greene

McKenna Lampe – West Greene

Kaitlyn Rizor – West Greene

Madison Renner – West Greene

Taylor Vanata – Mapletown

Karen Watkins – California

Gabby Simpson – Monessen

Dana Vatakis – Monessen

Kristen Knapp – Leechburg

Lexie Young – Leechburg

Morgan Pierce – Leechburg

Serena Edgar – St. Joseph

Alivia Acierno – Riverview

Brooke McCanna – Western Beaver

Taylor Kirschner – Quigley Catholic

Sarah Seamans – Union

Olivia Piccolo – Cornell

Hailey Leitner – Cornell

Theresa Wilson – Sewickley Academy

Chandler White – Sewickley Academy

Kaia Iverson – Ellis School