WPIAL Baseball / Softball Season Begins for Local Teams

Last year Ford City was the only Armstrong County baseball team finish the season over .500. In 2009 Ford City will look to make the playoffs for their fifth straight year. Kittanning has improved each of the last two seasons, and it’s fair to call them a playoff contender this year. I’m curious if the once proud Freeport and Leechburg Baseball programs will get back to the WPIAL playoffs. In softball, Leechburg has been Armstrong County’s premier program in any sport. They lost the WPIAL “A” Championship 1-0 last year, and a return trip will be their goal. The Ford City and Kittanning girls will look to make the playoffs again this season. The softball and baseball season is officially underway and next week section play begins.

WPIAL Baseball / Softball Playoff Update

Softball - 1st Round

Waynesburg over Kittanning 2-1
Leechburg over Wester Beaver 15-0

Baseball - 1st Round

Ford City over SSA 4-3

Ford City Baseball Talk

Ford City - The only high school baseball team in WPIAL Playoffs will have their manager on RSW tonight.

Also if you haven't seen the Sabers play yet this season, they travel to Kittanning on Thursday for a 4:00pm game at Community Park.

WPIAL Alignment / Enrollment: Kittanning misses "AAA" Football by 4 boys

The Kittanning Wildcats almost ended up playing "AAA" football next season, but their male enrollment of 324 boys is just short. Apollo Ridge will move up to "AA" which could put them in the Allegheny conference, and Northgate out.

Freeport will miss "AAA" by 3 boys in basketball as well.

Everthing pretty much stayed the same with local team's classifcations, the bigger question will be the alignment of conferences.

WPIAL Baseball / Softball Champions

Here are the 2007 WPIAL Baseball / Softball Champions.

Baseball
AAAA - Peters Township
AAA - West Allegheny
AA - North Catholic
A - Springdale

Softball
AAAA - Latrobe
AAA - Belle Vernon
AA - Valley
A - Chartiers-Houston

WPIAL Baseball / Softball Playoffs Update

The three local teams still alive.

Ford City - Baseball
Thursday 4:00pm @ Plum H.S. vs. Seton LaSalle

Leechburg - Softball
Monday - 2:00pm @ Hampton vs. O.L.S.H.

Elderton - Softball
Monday - 4:00pm @ West Allegheny vs. Charties-Houston (18-0)

All the local teams have some hard games.

Local WPIAL Baseball Sections

The baseball / Softball season is offically here.

Boy Sections:

WPIAL AA Section 3
Burrell
Ford City
Freeport
West Shamokin
Apollo-Ridge
Deer Lakes
Valley

WPIAL AAA Section 2
Greensburg Salem
Kittanning
Derry Area
Indiana
Laurel Highlands
Mount Pleasant
Uniontown
Yough

WPIAL A Section 4
Springdale
Vincentian Academy
Elderton
Leechburg
Serra Catholic
St. Joseph

Girls Sections:

WPIAL AAA Section 5
Knoch
Highlands
Hampton
Indiana
Kittanning
Mars

WPIAL AA Section 4
Greensburg Central Catholic
Mount Pleasant
West Shamokin
Apollo-Ridge
Ford City
Jeannette

WPIAL A Section 4
Leechburg
Springdale
Serra Catholic
Elderton
Ellis School
Mount Alvernia
St. Joseph