MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 03/28/2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | 6:19 PM
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten baseball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Monday at www.MSAsports.net While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play doesn’t start for most district teams until next week. So for now, MSA Sports presents our ‘Preseason’ WPIAL baseball rankings.
Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.
WPIAL CLASS AAAA:
1) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (18-4)
2) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (14-6)
3) NORWIN KNIGHTS (17-1)
4) SHALER TITANS (12-8)
5) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (13-6)
6) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (20-3)
7) PLUM MUSTANGS (13-5)
8) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (14-5)
9) KISKI AREA CAVALIERS (12-4)
10) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (11-7)
WPIAL CLASS AAA:
1) BLACKHAWK COUGARS (14-3)
2) CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS (17-6)
3) HAMPTON TALBOTS (16-5)
4) GREENSBURG-SALEM GOLDEN LIONS (13-5)
5) THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS (11-7)
6) HOPEWELL VIKINGS (14-10)
7) MONTOUR SPARTANS (14-5)
8) MARS FIGHTING PLANETS (14-2)
9) CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS (10-8)
10) BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS (11-9)
WPIAL CLASS AA:
1) WAYNESBURG RAIDERS (18-3)
2) SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS (16-2)
3) RIVERSIDE PANTHERS (20-5)
4) LAUREL SPARTANS (15-5)
5) DEER LAKES LANCERS (13-5)
6) ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINES (15-5)
7) GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS (13-5)
8) FREEPORT YELLOWJACKETS (11-5)
9) BURRELL BUCCANEERS (11-6)
10) BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS (9-7)
WPIAL CLASS A:
1) SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES (21-2)
2) NESHANNOCK LANCERS (21-2)
3) CALIFORNIA TROJANS (16-5)
4) BENTWORTH BEARCATS (11-5)
5) CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS (12-8)
6) NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS (11-5)
7) SPRINGDALE DYNAMOS (10-6)
8) BETH-CENTER BULLDOGS (13-4)
9) VINCENTIAN ACADEMY ROYALS (11-7)
10) LEECHBURG BLUE DEVILS (10-7)
Tags: Belle Vernon, Bentworth, Beth-Center, Bethel Park, Bishop Canevin, Blackhawk, Burrell, California, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic, Central Valley, Chartiers Valley, Chartiers-Houston, Deer Lakes, Ellwood City, Freeport, Greensburg C.C., Greensburg Salem, Hampton, Hopewell, Kiski School, North Catholic, Waynesburg Central
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