WPIAL baseball and softball teams have reached the final week of the regular season, navigating significant weather challenges with some additional rains expected this week. All softball section games must be completed by the end of Wednesday, baseball the following day. WPIAL softball and baseball committees will meet late in the week to set the 12 tournament brackets with action expected to get underway early next week. Once brackets are released (Softball on Thursday, Baseball Friday), we’ll have them available on our Sports page with a daily schedule of Washington & Greene County teams posted as well. At the moment, Eight Washington County baseball teams along with seven more softball teams have clinched playoff spots. Three other teams are still alive (two baseball, one softball). Greene County will send three baseball and four softball teams to the post-season. Here’s a snapshot for each team in the Washington-Greene County area:
Baseball
Clinched: Avella (1A), Burgettstown (2A), Carmichaels (1A), Charleroi (2A), Chartiers-Houston (2A), Fort Cherry (1A), McGuffey 3A), Ringgold (4A), Trinity (5A), Waynesburg (3A) and West Greene (1A).
Alive: Beth-Center (2A), Wash High (2A). The Bulldogs and Little Prexies play their two-game series Monday & Tuesday, each needing one win to clinch a playoff spot. We’ll have both games for you on WJPA Sports Network with free video as well as radio coverage on WJPA-AM (1450) and online.
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), California (1A), Canon-McMillan (6A), Jeff-Morgan (1A), Mapletown (1A) and Peters Township (5A).
Softball
Clinched: Bentworth (2A), Carmichaels (1A), Canon-McMillan (6A), Charleroi (2A), Chartiers-Houston (1A), Jeff-Morgan (1A), McGuffey (3A), Trinity (5A), Waynesburg (3A), West Greene (1A). Bentworth plays at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Monday in a game we’ll have for you on WJPA Sports Network with free video as well as radio coverage on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. The Bearcats blanked the Chargers, 7-0, in their first meeting and clinched the outright section championship with a win.
Alive: Beth-Center (2A), Burgettstown (2A). B-C (4-6) visits Burgettstown (5-6) today with with winner clinching a spot. Burgettstown beat Beth-Center in their first meeting and the Blue Devils have also received a forfeit win vs. Wash High. If B-C wins today, Burgettstown would also qualify if Bentworth beats Beth-Center tomorrow.
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (1A), Fort Cherry (1A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township (5A), Ringgold (4A), Wash High (2A).