Here's an updated list of college commitments.

Champion Games

Quad A  Pine-Richlands vs North Allegheny  Console Energy Field June 1 7:30

Triple A Hopewell vs Moon Console Energy Field June 1 5:00

Double A Beaver Falls vs Burrell Console Energy Field June 2 5:00

Single A Serra Catholic vs Neshannock Console Energy Field June 2 7:30

Consolation Games (for spot in PIAA playoffs)

Triple A Elizabeth-Forward vs Mt Pleasant W&J Field June 1 7:30

Double A Bishop Canevin vs Center W&J Field June 1 5:00

Class A California vs Vincentian Academy W&J Field June 2 5:00

I just learned this morning that Ty Marburger passed away on Sunday. Ty was a great baseball player at Blackhawk High School and graduated in 2006. He played in the 2006 WBCA All-Star Game and went on to play college baseball at Northern Iowa. Something like this always serves as a reminder to appreciate the good health of your children. Memorial donations may be made to the Ty Marburger Baseball Scholarship Fund at ESB Bank, 800 Third Avenue, New Brighton PA 15066.

WPIAL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES

 2010 PLAYERS, PITCHERS AND COACHES OF THE YEAR

PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2010 – The WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today the 2010 winners of its annual Players, Pitchers and Coaches of the Year Awards. Players, Pitchers and Coaches of the Year were selected in Classes AAAA, AAA, AA and A based on regular season performance by a vote of WPIAL head baseball coaches.  The winners will be honored at an Awards Banquet on June 11 at the Airport Marriott.   

Winners of the Player of the Year Awards are:

            Class AAAA  Matt Berezo of Pine-Richland High School

            Class AAA     Colin Loughner of Blackhawk High School

            Class AA       J.R. DeWeese of Center High School

            Class A          Brandon Schultz of Monaca High School

Winners of the Pitcher of the Year Awards are:

            Class AAAA  Ryan Oglesby of North Allegheny High School

            Class AAA     Scott Dierdorf of Hopewell High School

            Class AA       Dillon Haviland of South Fayette High School

            Class A          Alain Girman of Serra Catholic High School

Winners of the Coach of the Year Awards are:

            Class AAAA  Dan Caponi of Baldwin High School

            Class AAA     Joe Colella of Hopewell High School

            Class AA       Chris Graczyk of Freeport High School

Class A          Don Hartman of California Area High School

Awards will be presented to the winners at the June 11 Awards Banquet that kicks off the WBCA’s All-Star Weekend.  In addition to the Awards Banquet, the weekend includes an Underclassmen Showcase to be held at Burkett Field in Robinson Township at 8:00 a.m. on June 12 and an All-Star Doubleheader beginning at 1:00 p.m. on June 13, also at Burkett Field. The All-Star doubleheader will feature the top 80 senior baseball players in the WPIAL.

All games are scheduled to be played on Tuesday, May 25. Here is a summary by game location

at W&J    5:00 Upper St Clair bs. Pine-Richland/7:30 North Allegheny vs Peters Township

at Burkett    5:00 Neshannock vs California/7:30 Hopewell vs Elizabeth-Forward

at Upper St Clair  5:00 Moon vs Mount Pleasant

at Highlands   7:00 Bishop Canevin vs Burrell

at Chippewa   5:00 Beaver Falls vs Center

at Shaler   5:00 Serra Catholic vs Vincentian Academy

At Burkett    Noon Upper St Clair vs. Shaler/2:00 North Allegheny vs Norwin/4:30 Beaver Falls vs Laurel/7:00 Riverview vs Burrell

At Mt Pleasant   1:00 Penn-Trafford vs Peters Twp/4:30 Elizabeth-Forward vs Trinity

At Highlands  4:00 Pine-Richland vs Central Catholic/7:00 Shady Side Academy vs Canevin

At Shaler  4:00 Hopewell vs Montour

At Upper St Clair   2:00 Moon vs Hampton/4:30 Seton LaSalle vs Center

At Gateway   4:00 Serra Catholic vs Jeannette

At Fox Chapel  3:00 Vincentian vs OLSH

At Monessen  5:00 California vs Bentworth

at Seton Hill    2:30 Penn Hills vs Penn-Trafford/5:00 Norwin vs Baldwin

at Burkett       2:00 Central Catholic vs Butler/4:30 Beth-Center vs OLSH/7:00 Peters Twp vs Hempfield

at Fox Chapel    4:00 Shaler vs Plum

at W&J      2:00 California vs Carmichaels/4:30 Bentworth vs Cornell/7:00 Montour vs Greensburg-Salem

at Mt Pleasant    2:00  Jeannette vs Jefferson-Morgan/4:30 Laurel Highland vs Trinity

at Gateway   Thomas Jefferson vs Hampton

at Haymaker    4:00 Mt Pleasant vs West Mifflin

at Pullman Park  4:00 South Fayette vs Riverview

at Upper St Clair     2:00 Washington vs Seton LaSalle/4:30 Shady Side Academy vs Waynesburg

at Chippewa Park         4:00 Beaver Falls vs Beaver

Most games scheduled for today have been cancelled.

All the Quad A games have been cancelled

Based on the WPIAL site, there are two games still scheduled in Triple A -- Elizabeth Forward vs Knoch at Gateway (though another game at Gateway has been cancelled, which I find confusing) and Blackhawk vs West Mifflin at Burkett

Several games are still on in Double A:  Greensburg vs Burrell at Highlands; Freeport vs Canevin at Highlands; Freedom vs Laurel at Neshannock; Center vs Ellwood at Neshannock; Riverview vs Deer Lakes at Gateway and Brownsville vs Beaver at Burkett

There are three games still on in Single A: Vincentian vs Union at Pullman Park; Neshannock vs Leechburg at Pullman; Monaca vs Char-Houston at Burkett

I'm headed to Burkett shortly so I won't have any more update

The WPIAL has announced their baseball playoff pairings. Rather than repeat them you can find them here  http://www.wpial.org/0910bseresults.asp

What I will do, though, is report the schedule every day by location. With Monday's rainouts all of Monday's games have been moved to Wednesday at the times and locations that follow:

 At Gateway 2:00 Elizabeth-Forward vs Knoch/4:30 Riverview vs Deer Lakes/7:00 Montour vs Greensburg-Salem 

At Burkett 2:00 Brownsville vs Beaver/4:30 Monaca vs Chartiers-Houston/7:00 Blackhawk vs West Mifflin

At Highlands 4:00 Freeport vs Canevin/7:00 Greensburg CC vs Burrell

At W&J 2:00 Waynesburg vs Shady Side Academy/4:30 Bentworth vs Cornell/7:00 Peters Township vs Hempfield

At Neshannock  4:00 Center vs Ellwood City/7:00 Freedom vs Laurel

At Upper St Clair  2:00 Beth-Center vs OLSH/4:30Washington vs Seton LaSalle

At Baldwin 4:00 Jeannette vs Jefferson-Morgan

At Pullman Park  4:00 Neshannock vs. Leechburg/7:00 Vincentian vs Union

At Mount Pleasant 2:00 Laurel Highlands vs Trinity/4:30 Norwin vs Baldwin

At Shaler   4:00 Thomas Jefferson vs Hampton

At Haymaker Field  4:00Penn Hills vs Penn-Trafford

at Fox Chapel   4:00 Shaler vs Plum

at Beth-Center   7:00 California vs Carmichaels

at North Allegheny  4:00 Central Catholic vs Butler

It looks like the playoff field is about set. Here are who I think the qualifiers are, after applying the tiebreakers.

Quad A- Section 1 North Allegheny, Pine-Richland, Shaler, Butler (Shaler and Butler tied for 3rd and split their two games so both make it)

Quad A - Section 2 Norwin, Hempfield, Penn-Trafford (Latrobe could tie P-T but lost both games against P-T so they lose the tiebreaker)

Quad A - Section 3 Upper St Clair, Baldwin, Peters Township

Quad A-Section 4 Penn Hills, Central Catholic, Plum

Triple A - Section 1 Blackhawk, Knoch, Hampton

Triple A - Section 2 Mount Pleasant, Laurel Highlands, Greensburg-Salem

Triple A-Section 3 Hopewell, Moon, Montour

Triple A - Section 4 Thomas Jefferson, Elizabeth-Forward, West Mifflin -- Trinity gets in if they beat Thomas Jefferson on Monday

Double A - Section 1 Center, Freedom, Beaver

Double A - Section 2 Washington, Brownsville, Waynesburg

Double A-Section 3 Freeport, Burrell, Deer Lakes

Double A-Section 4 Shady Side Academy, Greensburg CC, Riverview (Steel Valley loses tiebreaker)

Double A - Section 5 Beaver Falls, Ellwood City, Laurel -- Mohawk gets in if Ellwood City beats Laurel on Monday

Double A - Section 6 South Fayette, Bishop Canevin, Seton LaSalle

Single A -Section 2 California, Bentworth, Chartiers-Houston

Single A -Section 1 Beth-Center, Jefferson-Morgan, Carmichaels

Single A - Section 3 Neshannock, Monaca, Union

Single A -Section 4 Vincentian Academy, Cornell, Our Lady of Sacred Heart -- Quigley gets in if they beat OLSH on Monday

Single A- Section 5 Serra Catholic, Jeannette, Leechburg