The Beaver Bobcats softball team will begin their quest for their 2nd PIAA Class 4A Softball title on Monday, June 6th as they take on Fleetwood Area High School, the PIAA District 3 representative. Game time is 4:00pm and will take place at Neshannock High School.

Tickets will ONLY be sold online through HomeTown Ticketing. Click on the following link to purchase your tickets: Beaver vs Fleetwood Game Tickets

All tickets are $8.00

ATTENTION SOFTBALL PLAYERS!

The softball program (grades 7-12) will be holding non-mandatory workouts for all interested students during the month of January on the following dates:

• 1/6 (7:30-9pm)
• 1/8  (1-3pm) 
• 1/20 (7-9pm)
• 1/22 (1-3pm)
• 1/27 (7-9pm)
• 1/29 (1-3pm)
• 1/31 (4:30-6pm)

All workouts will take place in the middle school gym. Athletes are to enter through the weight room entrance. Face coverings are optional.

Athletes should bring the following:

• All necessary softball equipment
• Sneakers
• Water bottle

Please note that all workouts are closed to the public. 

If you have any questions, please contact varsity head coach, Amy Haggart, at haggarta@basd.k12.pa.us

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The gold has been earned this week by the 2022 WPIAL diamond champions as the district baseball and softball postseason comes to an end.

Some quick championship factoids:

• Union baseball and Beaver softball are the only two repeat champions.

• Union becomes the first school to sweep baseball and softball titles in the same season (and day) since North Allegheny in 2003.

• West Mifflin baseball, Armstrong softball and Union softball are first-time district champs while Seneca Valley breaks a 23-year title drought.

Now, all of the teams ranked below and others who have qualified, prepare for the start of the PIAA playoffs on Monday.

Undefeated Beaver remains No. 1 in the Trib 10 softball power rankings while Mt. Lebanon jumps up a notch to take the top spot in baseball.

Here are the latest power rankings with overall records through Friday and last week’s ranking. These rankings have zero classification boundaries.

Softball Trib 10

1. Beaver Bobcats (19-0) (1)

2. Neshannock Lancers (22-0) (2)

3. Armstrong River Hawks (20-4) (3)

4. Seneca Valley Raiders (13-6) (7)

5. Avonworth Antelopes (17-5) (8)

6. Union Scotties (20-3) (NR)

7. Penn-Trafford Warriors (18-3) (4)

8. Frazier Commodores (18-1) (5)

9. Elizabeth Forward Warriors (16-3) (6)

10. North Allegheny Tigers (13-10) (9)

Out: Deer Lakes Lancers

ATTENTION SOFTBALL PLAYERS!

The softball program (grades 7-12) will be holding non-mandatory workouts for all interested students during the month of December on the following dates:

• Wednesday, December 15th (3-5pm)
• Saturday, December 18th (1:30-3:30pm)
• Wednesday, December 22nd (3-5pm)

All workouts will take place in the middle school gym. Athletes are to enter through the weight room entrance and are asked arrive with a face mask. Athletes will be permitted to remove their face mask when actively engaged in workouts.

Athletes should bring the following:

• All necessary softball equipment
• Sneakers
• Water bottle

Please note that all workouts are closed to the public. 

If you have any questions, please contact varsity head coach, Amy Haggart, at haggarta@basd.k12.pa.us

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With a handful of district playoff games remaining throughout the state, attention turns to the pursuit of one of the last championships in the 2021-2022 school year, the PIAA softball crown.

The first round is set to begin Monday with many of the Trib HSSN state softball ranked teams below sauntering in riding a wave of gold from their respective district playoffs.

Others hope winning a state softball championship erases the sting of coming up short in their regional postseason.

Only seven teams fell out of the weekly HSSN elite five; however, there were all kind of changes at the top with only Beaver in 4A and Frazier in 2A still at No. 1 as both of those teams prepare to play in the District 7 finals.

The new top-ranked teams who hope to still be perched there in a few weeks include North Penn (6A), Pittston Area (5A), Mid Valley (3A) and Tri-Valley (A).

Here is the latest edition of the HSSN state softball rankings. Teams are listed with overall record, district and last week’s ranking.

Class 4A

1. Beaver (18-0) (7) (1)

2. Bethlehem Catholic (17-3) (11) (2)

3. Elizabeth Forward (16-2) (7) (3)

4. Hamburg (18-3) (3) (4)

5. Villa Joseph Marie (17-3) (1) (5)

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The way the WPIAL softball postseason schedule set up, with a first-round bye for top seed and defending champion Beaver in the Class 4A playoffs, the Bobcats had 22 days between their season-ending win over Laurel and their quarterfinal opener last Monday against Freeport.

“With some of the players coming back from last year’s team and some freshmen, it was a very interesting experience,” Beaver coach Amy Haggart said. “The freshman really didn’t know what to expect as it’s the biggest stage to be on and they delivered. We were ready for sure. It was a long break; however, it was good to have the time to work on things at practice and to also watch teams we knew we could be playing to prepare for them as well.”

All season long, opponents of the Bobcats have discovered it’s no fun playing in Payton’s place.

Senior Payton List continued her dominant season by delivering two hits at the plate and throwing a complete game five-inning no-hitter as Beaver beat Freeport in the quarterfinals, 10-0.

“Payton was on fire,” Haggart said. “She was able to move her pitches around the zone, which left the hitters off balance the entire game.”

It was List’s second no-hitter of the season after keeping Montour hitless in a 3-0 win late in the regular season.

In a third meeting with section rival Montour in the district semifinals Wednesday, the Spartans were able to scratch home an unearned run on four hits, but List struck out eight as the Bobcats punched their ticket for a return to the WPIAL finals with a 6-1 victory.

“Her intensity and the fact that her teammates had her back,” Haggart said when asked about the keys to List’s performance on Wednesday. “We played solid defense behind her.”

It doesn’t hurt that the circle isn’t the only place List dominated on the softball diamond. Her offensive prowess was on display when in four at-bats, she hit two home runs and was walked twice.

Overall this season, List is hitting .615 with a .692 on-base percentage.

There is no question Payton is at the top of the List of a very talented Bobcats team.

“She is one that leads by example,” Haggart said. “Her presence raises the play of others on the team.”

Beaver has now won 39 games in a row and is headed back to Lilley Field at Cal (Pa.) for a second straight year. Last spring, the Bobcats edged Highlands in a thriller, 3-2, to win their second WPIAL softball crown and first since 2014.

Haggart was asked about her first memory from last year’s finals.

“If you ask the team, it would be me falling coming out to celebrate the win,” she said. “If you ask me, it would be the teamwork and overall team effort it took to win that game. So many individuals made things happen that makes me as a coach proud because they played and fought together as a team. It was a true team win.”

On Thursday at noon, the last two district 4A champions collide as 2021 title winner Beaver faces No. 2 seed and 2019 champion, Elizabeth Forward.

“We take one game at a time and know that this is no different,” Haggart said. “They have an excellent program with a history of doing well in the post season.

“We will be ready for them.”