Three West Hills schools will get a chance to compete for a WPIAL title when play gets underway next week in opening round of the WPIAL Softball Championships.
In Class 5A, No. 16 seed Moon will take on the tournament’s top seed – Penn-Trafford – at 3 p.m. Monday at West Mifflin High School. Penn-Trafford went unbeaten in Section 1 at 12-0 and finished the regular season 16-1.
In Class 2A, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will enter the tournament as the No. 9 seed and will face off against No. 8 seed Apollo-Ridge at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Fox Chapel High School.
In Class 1A, 10th-seeded Cornell is matched up against No. 7 seed Serra Catholic at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Montour High School.
In all, 76 teams in six classifications will take part in tournament play. The top four teams in each Class 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A and 5A section reached the WPIAL postseason while the top six teams in Class 6A advanced.
The WPIAL baseball brackets are scheduled to be released Friday.
SOFTBALL
Hopewell 10, Moon Area 2
Tallulah Showrank had two hits, scored twice and drove in two runs and Alana Covalt added two hits and two RBIs to pace the Vikings past the Tigers in a non-section game.
Victoria Mann and Marina Pinchotti each added two hits for Hopewell, which jumped out to a 4-0 lead after one inning and never was threatened.
Showrank’s two-run triple was the key hit in the first inning while Mann and Dakota Roche each drove in runs with base hits.
Katie DeMarco and Sydney Ray each finished with two hits for Moon, with Ray driving in a run with one of her hits.
Moon starting pitcher Cadence Horgan delivers a pitch to a Hopewell batter at Moon High School. Horgan lasted only one inning on the mound Thursday. 
Moon’s Sydney Ray watches a high fastball go by against Hopewell at Moon High School. 
Moon’s Cami Chambers lays down a sacrifice bunt in action against Hopewell at Moon High School. 
Moon pitcher Katherine DeMarco, who came on in relief in the second inning, delivers a pitch to a Hopewell batter in action at Moon High School. 
Moon outfielder Danica Bacu just misses catching a fly ball from a Hopewell batter in action at Moon High School. 
Tigers outfielder Danica Bacu unloads a throw to the infield after failing to make a catch against Hopewell at Moon High School. 
Moon third basemen Taya Fitzgerald gets ready to unload her throw to first base after fielding a Hopewell bunt in action at Moon High School. 
Tigers second basemen Kendall Trexler awaits a throw as a Hopewell runner gets back into second base safely in the contest at Moon High School. 
Moon head coach Luke Russell questions a call as the PIAA base umpire gives the answer in the Tigers’ matchup with Hopewell at Moon High School.
BASEBALL
Montour 8, Blackhawk 3
Michael Ivanoff went 2 for 4 and drove in a pair of runs and the visiting Spartans scored five runs in the final two innings combined to pull away from the Cougars in a WPIAL non-section contest.
Montour’s Cyprian Slifkey scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning to snap a 2-2 tie, and an RBI single by Ivanoff and Zachary Black’s sacrifice fly gave the Spartans some breathing room at 5-2 in the fifth inning.
Montour added three more in the sixth on two fielder’s choices and a wild pitch.
Montour managed just four hits in the game, but they made the most of nine Blackhawk walks. Zander Stern scored three runs and Dalton Young drove in a pair for the Spartans.
Tommy Butts worked the first five innings and gave up three hits and one earned run while walking one and striking out five.
Rochester 15, Carlynton 14
Cameron Janectic drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th inning to cap a four-run rally and lift the Rams past the Cougars in a wild non-section game at Rochester.
The two teams combined for 25 hits and Rochester took advantage of 13 Carlynton walks in the win.
The Cougars came from behind several times throughout the game and built a five-run lead at 11-6 after scoring five runs in the top of the eighth inning. But Rochester answered with five in the bottom of the eighth to stay alive.
Carlynton then put three runs on the board in the top of the 10th inning, only to see the Rams rally for four in the bottom of the inning for the win.
Eric Firle and Tyler Heinrich each had two hits and drove in three runs for the Cougars. Connor Hart had three of the team’s 13 hits and also drove in a run while Dominic Ciabattoni had two hits and scored three times. Bradley Stevens also drove in a pair of runs for Carlynton.
Hart’s RBI single in the top of the 10th inning gave Carlynton a 12-11 lead, and Graydon Harvey delivered a two-run single to make it 14-11.
But a steal of home in the bottom of the inning cut the deficit to 14-12 and Devin Woodley’s two-run single tied the score for Rochester. That set the stage Janectic’s bases-loaded walk that ended the game.
Serra Catholic 10, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 1
Owen Dumbroski, Jake Anderson and Jake Jellison each had two hits and drove in two runs as the Eagles downed the Chargers in a non-section game.
OLSH, which wrapped up its Class 2A Section 3 title Wednesday, led 1-0 after four innings on Dean Douglass’ RBI base hit before Serra erupted for six runs in the fifth inning.
Anderson’s two-run single snapped a 1-1 tie, and after a bases-loaded walk brought home another run, Jellison followed with a base hit that knocked in a pair of runs.
OLSH managed just two hits, with Thomas Medwig and Dean Douglass each collecting one.
Trinity 4, Moon Area 3
Ayvari Chandler had two hits and drove in three runs to spark the Hillers to a Class 5A Section 2 victory over the Tigers.
Trinity took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and after Moon tied it in the bottom of the second, the Hillers pushed across a single run in the third and another in the fifth, with the latter run proving to be the difference.
Moon totaled just five hits off Trinity starter Zachary Schrader, who worked the first six innings. No one had more than one hit for the Tigers. Thad Longwell and Drew Zeiger each drove in runs with a sacrifice fly.
Moon’s Conner Kunkle connects on a pitch against Trinity at Moon High School. 
Moon pitcher Joseph Marasco delivers a pitch to a Trinity batter in action at Moon High School. 
Moon second basemen Andrew Cross just misses the tag as a Trinity runner slides safely into second with the steal in action at Moon High School. 
Moon’s Andrew Cross connects on a pitch against Trinity at Moon High School. 
Moon relief pitcher Ryan Cavanaugh delivers a pitch to a Trinity batter in action at Moon High School. 
Moon first basemen Mason Blatchford fails to field a Trinity ground ball in action at Moon High School. 
A Trinity base runner slides safely into third base under the tag of Moon’s Joshua Longwell in fourth-inning action at Moon HIgh School. 
Moon second basemen Andrew Cross applies the tag to get the out on a Trinity runner attempting to steal second base in action at Moon High School.
LACROSSE
Quaker Valley 10, Moon Area 9
The Quakers downed the Tigers in a Class 2A Section 2 boys game Wednesday night. Ben Witenski scored five goals and Mitch Burgan came through with critical ground balls in the loss.
Sewickley Academy 7, Moon Area 5
The Panthers squeezed past the Tigers in a Class 2A Section 2 girls game Wednesday night. No scoring details were available.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 3, Trinity 1
The Chargers took down the Hillers in four games, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22, 25-16 in a Class 2A Section 4 matchup. No scoring details were available.
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