WPIAL clinched: Baseball playoff qualifiers through April 28, 2025
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | 12:03 AM
Pine-Richland’s Sam Heckert scores under Shaler catcher Joey Rispoli on April 22 in Pine.
The 2025 WPIAL baseball playoff field is growing and currently sits at 48 teams with a week and a half left in the regular season.
The top four teams in each section qualify for the playoffs with all tied teams advancing if they split their head-to-head meetings.
Coverage of the 2025 WPIAL baseball playoffs can be seen and heard here on Trib HSSN starting with the unveiling of the brackets in the Playoff Pairings Show on Friday, May 9.
Here is the latest list of teams that have earned district playoff berths through Monday.
*Clinched section title
Class 6A
Set with 8 playoff teams – No first round, straight to quarterfinals
Section 1
North Allegheny Tigers
Butler Golden Tornado
Seneca Valley Raiders
North Hills Indians
Section 2
Canon-McMillan Big Macs
Norwin Knights
Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils
Hempfield Spartans
Class 5A
12 of at least 16 teams have clinched
Section 1
Plum Mustangs
Latrobe Wildcats
Penn-Trafford Warriors
Franklin Regional Panthers
Section 2
*Bethel Park Black Hawks
Section 3
Shaler Titans
Pine-Richland Rams
Fox Chapel Foxes
Section 4
Thomas Jefferson Jaguars
Baldwin Highlanders
Connellsville Falcons
Montour Spartans
Class 4A
8 of at least 12 teams have clinched
Section 1
None
Section 2
West Mifflin Titans
Belle Vernon Leopards
Elizabeth Forward Warriors
Ringgold Rams
Section 3
*Indiana Little Indians
Knoch Knights
Greensburg Salem Golden Lions
Derry Trojans
Class 3A
9 of at least 16 teams have clinched
Section 1
Riverside Panthers
Ellwood City Wolverines
Quaker Valley Quakers
Mohawk Warriors
Section 2
Avonworth Antelopes
South Park Eagles
South Allegheny Gladiators
Shady Side Academy Bulldogs
Section 3
None
Section 4
*Waynesburg Central Raiders
Class 2A
4 of at least 12 teams have clinched
Section 1
Burgettstown Blue Devils
Fort Cherry Rangers
Section 2
None
Section 3
Riverview Raiders
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers
Class A
7 of at least 12 teams have clinched a Class A playoff spot
Section 1
Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions
Jefferson-Morgan Rockets
Section 2
*Leechburg Blue Devils
Winchester Thurston Bears
Section 3
Serra Catholic Eagles
Bishop Canevin Crusaders
Eden Christian Academy Warriors
More Baseball
• High school roundup for May 20, 2025: Pine-Richland pulls off another 1-run win to reach finals• 6th-inning rally sends Norwin past rival Hempfield into WPIAL Class 6A finals
• Riverside’s Zack Hare no-hits Burrell as Panthers advance to Class 3A semis
• Riverview sophomore keeps composure, leads Raiders past Burgettstown in 2A quarterfinals
• Another no-hit outing from Tyler Samide leads Greensburg Central Catholic past Bishop Canevin in Class A
