Chartiers-Houston built a 6-0 lead through four innings, saw Union pull within a run after five but answered with a three spot in the sixth on the way to a 9-5 win in the WPIAL 1A softball championship game. Ella Richey & Zaylee Fonner each drove in a pair of runs and Meadow Ferri scattered six hits and did not all an earned run, leading the Bucs to their 9th WPIAL softball title, trailing only Baldwin & Sto-Rox (10 each) on the all-time list. CHHS will open the PIAA playoffs Monday against District 5 runner-up Berlin. The Bucs will be joined in the state playoff by West Greene and Carmichaels in the 2A bracket, Bentworth in the 2A softball playoffs, Avella (1A) and Burgettstown (2A) baseball.
WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Softball Finals
Thursday, May 30
2A #1 Neshannock 3, #2 Bentworth 0
5A #1 Armstrong 9, #10 Thomas Jefferson 3
4A #1 Elizabeth-Forward 10, #2 Hampton 2
Friday, May 31
1A #3 Chartiers-Houston 9, #1 Union 5
6A #2 Seneca Valley 4, #5 Norwin 3 (8 innings)
3A #4 Mohawk 9, #3 South Park 2