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Seneca Valley Could Take the WPIAL Class AAAA Championship

The high school baseball post season begins with a WPIAL playoff game Wednesday.

The outlook appears good for the Raiders.

When it comes to the top seeds in the WPIAL Class AAAA baseball playoffs, Seneca Valley is ranked first, North Allegheny second, Hempfield third and Pine-Richland fourth.

Out of the four, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette predicts that Seneca Valley will be the winner as the Raiders are the two-time defending champions and have seven players who were regulars on last year's team, playoff experience that is very helpful.

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Since the WPIAL started crowning champions in 1914, the P-G reports only two teams have won three in a row so the odds are stacked against SV.  The newspaper also notes that North Allegheny finished second to Seneca Valley in Section 1 and is good enough to win it all.

But North Allegheny lost to Seneca Valley twice by scores of 3-2, not to mention that Pine-Richland, which used to play in the same section with North Allegheny and Seneca Valley, won the Section 4 title. 

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Pine-Richland has a strong chance at the championship because of its playing ability and past history. In any case, it has been a team from the northern suburbs -- Seneca Valley, Pine-Richland or North Allegheny -- that has won the past four championships.

Seneca Valley received a first-round bye in the brackets. The team will take on Bethel Park 4 p.m. Wednesday at Shaler in the next round of the WPIAL Class AAAA baseball playoffs.


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