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Nine Washington/Greene County baseball teams are on the playoff bubble entering the season’s final two-game series Monday. Six teams from the two-county area already have playoff tickets in hand while four others have already been eliminated. Canon-McMillan and Fort Cherry have clinched section championships with Avella, Burgettstown, California and Charleroi already qualifying for the baseball playoffs. We’ll have a pair of games Monday on the WJPA Sports Network, both from EQT Park. Chartiers-Houston hosts California with the Bucs needing one win to clinch its 2A playoff berth. Airtime on WJPA-AM is 3:45 pm. Watch/Listen Here We’ll follow that with Wash High hosting Keystone Oaks. The Little Prexies need two wins or some help to make the 3A bracket. That game will be online starting at 6:45 pm. Both broadcasts include free-to-access audio & video. Here’s Monday’s baseball schedule and a breakdown of the playoff scenarios for each of the bubble teams along with the softball playoff status.

Baseball, Monday, May 4
5A Peters Township at South Fayette (4 pm)
5A Moon Area vs. Trinity (7 pm at W&J)
4A Laurel Highlands at Ringgold (4 pm)
3A McGuffey at Seton-La Salle (4 pm)
3A Charleroi at Waynesburg (4:15 pm)
3A Keystone Oaks vs. Wash High (6:45 pm at EQT Park) WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here 
2A Beth-Center at Frazier (4 pm)
2A Burgettstown at Fort Cherry (4 pm)
2A California vs. Chartiers-Houston (3:45 pm at EQT Park) WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here 
1A Carmichaels at West Greene (4 pm)
1A Jeannette at Jeff-Morgan (4 pm)
1A Greensburg Central Catholic at Mapletown (4:15 pm)

Baseball Playoff scenarios:
Section champions: Canon-McMillan, Fort Cherry
Clinched: Avella, Burgettstown, California, Charleroi
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), Beth-Center (2A), Mapletown (1A), West Greene (1A)
Alive (9 teams):
5A Peters Township-clinch with two wins vs. South Fayette + one Upper St. Clair loss (Chartiers Valley), or with one win + two USC losses + one Trinity loss (Moon)
5A Trinity-clinch with two wins vs. Moon + one Upper St. Clair loss (Chartiers Valley), or with one win + two USC losses + one Peters Township loss (South Fayette).
4A Ringgold -clinch with one win vs. Laurel Highlands or with a Uniontown loss to Elizabeth-Forward.
3A McGuffey-clinch with two wins vs. Seton-La Salle + one loss by either Keystone Oaks (Wash High) or Waynesburg (Charleroi), or with one win + two losses by Waynesburg AND Keystone Oaks.
3A Wash High-clinch with two wins vs. Keystone Oaks, or with one win + two Waynesburg losses (Charleroi) + one McGuffey loss (Seton-La Salle)
3A Waynesburg-clinch with a win vs. Charleroi, or with a McGuffey loss (Seton-La Salle)
2A Chartiers-Houston-clinch with a win vs. California or a Frazier loss to Beth-Center
1A Carmichaels-clinch with a win vs. West Greene or two Jeannette losses to Jeff-Morgan
1A Jeff-Morgan-clinch with a win vs. Jeannette or with a Carmichaels loss to West Greene

Softball
Section champions: Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston
Clinched: Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity, Wash High, West Greene
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (2A), Fort Cherry (2A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township 5A), Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (2A)