WPIAL baseball playoff clinchings through May 4

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, May 4, 2018 | 10:48 PM

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With less than a week left in the 2018 WPIAL baseball regular season, here are the teams that have punched their ticket to the district postseason. Check out TribHSSN.TribLive.com for exclusive broadcast coverage of the WPIAL baseball playoffs. This list is updated through Friday, May 4:

Class 6A — Set with 13 playoff teams:

Central Catholic

Pine-Richland

Butler

North Allegheny

Hempfield

Plum

Penn-Trafford

Norwin

Bethel Park

Canon-McMillan

Peters Township

Mt. Lebanon

Upper St. Clair

(6A explanation: North Allegheny finished tied for fourth place with Shaler and Seneca Valley. North Allegheny finished 3-1 in head-to-head, Shaler was 2-2 and Seneca Valley was 1-3, so North Allegheny clinches).

Class 5A

North Hills

Hampton

Mars

Fox Chapel

West Allegheny

Moon

Chartiers Valley

Montour

Laurel Highlands

Franklin Regional

Gateway

Latrobe

(5A playoff scenario: Trinity can clinch with a win at Montour on Monday).

Class 4A — Set with 12 playoff teams

Knoch

Freeport

Greensburg Salem

Deer Lakes

Blackhawk

South Fayette

Hopewell

New Castle

Ringgold

West Mifflin

Belle Vernon

South Park

Class 3A

Valley

Steel Valley

Burrell

Shady Side Academy

Riverside

Avonworth

South Side

Beaver Falls

Brownsville

Charleroi

Waynesburg

Mt. Pleasant

(3A playoff scenario: New Brighton can clinch if it wins at Beaver Falls on Monday. Ellwood City can clinch in with a win at home against Mohawk on Tuesday and if New Brighton beats Beaver Falls. If Beaver Falls beats New Brighton, both New Brighton and Ellwood City are eliminated).

Class 2A

Carmichaels

Chartiers-Houston

Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic

Neshannock

Shenango

Laurel

Serra Catholic

Carlynton

Brentwood

(2A playoff scenario: If Fort Cherry beats Beth-Center on Saturday, Fort Cherry and California will clinch. California can clinch with a win over Frazier on Monday. Beth-Center can clinch with wins over Fort Cherry on Saturday and at Chartiers-Houston on Monday. Bishop Canevin can clinch with a win over Riverview on Monday or at Northgate on Wednesday. Apollo-Ridge can clinch with two wins and two Bishop Canevin section losses or three section wins and one Bishop Canevin section loss. Apollo-Ridge has a doubleheader against Sto-Rox on Tuesday and at Riverview on Thursday).

Class A — Set with 12 playoff teams

Vincentian Academy

Union

Eden Christian

Leechburg

Greensburg Central Catholic

Jeannette

Monessen

West Greene

Quigley Catholic

Western Beaver

Rochester

Cornell

Don Rebel is a TribLive High School Sports Network broadcaster and staff writer. Reach him at drebel@tribweb.com.