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Friday, Might 21, 2021 | 12:07 AM
Christopher Horner | Tribune-Assessment
Latrobe pitcher Tommy Ciesielski (24) is mobbed by teammates after defeating Plum, 8-7, of their WPIAL Class 5A first-round playoff sport on Wednesday.
Then there was one.
After three days of WPIAL baseball first-round and even quarterfinal video games all through 5 of the classifications, the Class 6A district baseball event begins Friday.
With solely 9 playoff groups, there is just one first-round sport as Part 2-6A rivals Canon-McMillan and Higher St. Clair sq. off for a 3rd time this season in a sport to be performed at West Mifflin. You may watch the sport on HSSN at 4 p.m.
The primary assembly between the groups was a back-and-forth sport April 12.
Canon-McMillan scored three runs within the third inning, solely to have Higher St. Clair reply with a four-run fourth inning that included a profitable suicide squeeze by Tim Speer.
The Large Macs took the lead for good within the house half of the sixth inning when Andrew Kocun, Tyler Greenleaf and Tanner Rosing all singled and scored.
Greenleaf picked up the win in reduction for Canon-Mac.
The subsequent night, Brandon Liokateas threw a five-hit shutout because the Panthers blanked the Large Macs, 5-0.
The winner will earn the No. 8 seed and face top-seeded North Allegheny at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Matulevic Area in Shaler and on HSSN.
5A odd quads
Three of the 4 Class 5A quarterfinals pit part champions towards part runners-up.
The mixed report of Mars and Franklin Regional is 29-7.
For Shaler towards Bethel Park, the mixed general information are 30-8.
The second-round matchup between Penn-Trafford and West Allegheny options two groups combining for a report of 29-9.
Then there’s Latrobe, fourth place in Part 1, battling Peters Township, third place in Part 4, in a quadrant that was purported to be No. 4 South Fayette towards No. 5 Plum.
Even after the Indians shocked the Lions and the Wildcats beat the Mustangs, the mixed information of Latrobe and Peters Township are 21-18.
All 4 5A quarterfinals video games could be seen or heard on Trib HSSN.
Southern consolation
Northern baseball groups are as soon as once more having success up and down the district classifications.
Nevertheless, that’s not the case in 2A.
5 of the eight remaining groups are south of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh and will likely be featured in three of the second-round video games on Friday.
Serra Catholic performs Laurel in a south-meets-north contest, whereas southern groups collide in two video games on the Burkett Advanced in Robinson Township when California takes on top-seeded Seton LaSalle and Chartiers-Houston faces off with Carmichaels.
The lone exception is a battle of Lawrence County groups when part rivals Shenango and Neshannock sq. off for a 3rd time in a midday contest at Pullman Park in Butler.
The Wildcats and Lancers cut up in late March with Shenango successful 16-1 within the first sport, then the Lancers avenging with a 9-2 highway win.
All 4 2A quarterfinals video games can be seen or heard on Trib HSSN.
