WPIAL teams join Trib HSSN state softball rankings

By: Don Rebel
Friday, April 12, 2019 | 8:53 AM

A pair of WPIAL softball teams fell out of this week’s Trib HSSN state rankings; however they were replaced by district teams that beat them.

Both Seneca Valley in Class 6A and Latrobe in 5A were bumped from the weekly Top 5, and replaced by North Allegheny and Penn-Trafford, respectively, after the Tigers beat the Raiders and the Warriors knocked off the Wildcats.

West Greene was the highest-ranked WPIAL team last week at No. 2 in Class A, but this week sees two other WPIAL softball teams moving into the second spot with Mt. Pleasant in Class 4A and Avonworth in 3A on the rise.

Five other teams were knocked out of the Top 5, including defending Class 4A champion Punxsutawney.

There were no changes at the top spot where North Penn, Lampeter-Strasburg, Nazareth Academy, Philipsburg-Osceola, Saegertown and Williams Valley remain at No. 1.

Here are the state softball rankings for the six classifications with records through April 11.

Class 6A

Team, record, previous

1. North Penn, 7-0, 1

2. Hazleton, 5-0, 2

3. Parkland, 10-1, 4

4. Neshaminy, 5-1, 5

5. North Allegheny, 7-0, NR

Out: Seneca Valley

Class 5A

1. Lampeter-Strasburg, 8-0, 1

2. Pittston, 6-0, 2

3. Twin Valley, 8-0, 4

4. Donegal, 9-0, 5

5. Penn-Trafford, 7-0, NR

Out: Latrobe

Class 4A

1. Nazareth Academy, 5-0, 1

2. Mt. Pleasant, 8-0, 5

3. General McLane, 4-0, NR

4. Jersey Shore, 5-1, 2

5. West Perry, 4-1, NR

Out: Scranton Prep, Punxsutawney

Class 3A

1. Philipsburg-Osceola, 6-0, 1

2. Avonworth, 10-0, 3

3. Pine Grove, 7-0, NR

4. Delone Catholic, 7-1, NR

5. Warrior Run, 5-1, 4

Out: Holy Redeemer, North Schuylkill

Class 2A

1. Saegertown, 3-0, 1

2. Marion Center, 5-0, 2

3. Chartiers-Houston, 9-1, 4

4. Sharpsville, 6-0, 5

5. Reynolds, 6-0, NR

Out: Line Mountain

Class A

1. Williams Valley, 7-0, 1

2. West Greene, 7-3, 2

3. DuBois Central Catholic, 7-0, 3

4. Claysburg-Kimmel, 5-1, 4

5. Faith Christian, 7-0, 5

Out: None

Tags: Avonworth, Chartiers-Houston, Mt. Pleasant, North Allegheny, Penn-Trafford, West Greene