MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball Playoff Rankings 2012

By: Bruce Markey
Thursday, May 10, 2012 | 8:03 PM

Each Monday during the regular season, MSA Sports ranked the top ten WPIAL baseball teams in each of the four classifications. Now on the brink of the 2012 Baseball Playoffs, we rank ALL of the 54 teams that will battle for the four golden trophies in the finals, which are once again set for CONSOL Energy Field in Washington on Tuesday, May 29th and Wednesday, May 30th ONLY here on MSA Sports. The Network’s exclusive coverage of the district postseason begins with the Playoff Pairings Show on Friday night at 7:00pm..

Records through Wednesday, May 9th in parenthesis.

WPIAL CLASS AAAA:  13 Teams – Three Byes

1)    SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (15-3)

2)    NORWIN KNIGHTS  (16-0)

3)    BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (18-2)

4)    NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (10-9)

5)    SHALER TITANS  (13-6)

6)    PLUM MUSTANGS  (14-5)

7)    PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (14-4)

8)    HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (15-5)

9)    UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (14-4)

10)  MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS  (11-8)

11)  PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS  (10-8)

12)  FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (9-10)

13)  GATEWAY GATORS  (9-8)

WPIAL CLASS AAA:  12 Teams – Four Byes

1)    BLACKHAWK COUGARS  (17-2)

2)    THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (14-4)

3)    HOPEWELL VIKINGS  (17-3)

4)    SOUTH PARK EAGLES  (15-5)

5)    MARS FIGHTING PLANETS  (14-4)

6)    GREENSBURG-SALEM GOLDEN LIONS  (13-4)

7)    BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS  (15-4)

8)    HAMPTON TALBOTS  (12-6)

9)    CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS  (14-6)

10)  BEAVER BOBCATS  (12-7)

11)  MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS  (13-6)

12)  KNOCH KNIGHTS  (12-7)

WPIAL CLASS AA:  15 Teams – One Bye

1)    ELLWOOD CITY WOLVERINES  (18-2)

2)    RIVERSIDE PANTHERS  (15-5)

3)    SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS  (15-2)

4)    SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS  (13-6)

5)    LAUREL SPARTANS  (15-5)

6)    FREEPORT YELLOWJACKETS  (12-6)

7)    BURRELL BUCCANEERS  (10-7)

8)    FORT CHERRY RANGERS  (13-7)

9)    DEER LAKES LANCERS  (10-8)

10)  BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS  (12-6)

11)  GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS  (11-6)

12)  FREEDOM BULLDOGS  (12-7)

13)  BROWNSVILLE FALCONS  (15-5)

14)  WAYNESBURG RAIDERS  (12-5)

15)  STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN  (9-8)

WPIAL CLASS A:  13 Teams – Three Byes

1)    NESHANNOCK LANCERS  (18-2)

2)    CALIFORNIA TROJANS  (17-0)

3)    BENTWORTH BEARCATS  (15-1)

4)    SERRA CATHOLIC EAGLES  (12-4)

5)    VINCENTIAN ACADEMY ROYALS  (11-5)

6)    CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS  (12-6)

7)    SPRINGDALE DYNAMOS  (13-5)

8)    OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART CHARGERS  (12-5)

9)    AVONWORTH ANTELOPES  (12-7)

10)  CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES  (9-9)

11)  WESTERN BEAVER GOLDEN BEAVERS  (10-8)

12)  UNION SCOTTIES  (13-7)

13)  BETH-CENTER BULLDOGS  (9-8)