(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“I’m confident that we’re going to have a number of teams that make a serious run.”

Those words were spoken by Beaver County Radio sports director Bob Barrickman on the May 19 edition of A.M. Beaver County, as he spoke with Matt Drzik about the 2022 WPIAL Baseball and Softball Playoffs that started earlier this week.

Several area teams are in the postseason conversation; the top two might be the Beaver softball team–currently on a 37-game winning streak dating back to the beginning of the 2021 season–and the Hopewell baseball team, who entered the playoffs as the #1 seed in Class 3A. Both the Viking boys and Bobcat ladies are looking to repeat as WPIAL champions following titles in 2021.

It’s not just those two, however–as of the interview, there were still 12 teams in the coverage area remaining between the two brackets. Blackhawk, Beaver, Quaker Valley, Hopewell, New Brighton, Riverside, OLSH, and Rochester remain in the WPIAL Baseball playoffs, while Beaver, Ellwood City, OLSH, and South Side Beaver are still active in the WPIAL Playoffs. “I would be surprised if we don’t get at least a couple of teams to the championships,” Barrickman said, “the way that these early-round playoffs are going thus far.”

To hear the full conversation with Bob Barrickman, click on the player below!