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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The 2026 PIAA sports playoffs for several sports begins today.

A total of seven Beaver Valley high school programs (4 baseball, 2 softball, 1 girls lacrosse) will be aiming to punch their ticket to Penn State on June 11th-13th and compete for a state championship.

According to a report from the Beaver County Times, here is the schedule of games taking place:

Note: All first-round games are played on June 1 unless otherwise noted

Baseball

• Riverside Vs Fairview, 1:30 p.m. at Mercyhurst University (3A)
• Western Beaver Vs West Middlesex, 2 p.m. at Jack Critchfield Park (1A)
• General McLane Vs Hopewell, 4 p.m. at Mercyhurst University (4A)
• Philipsburg-Osceola at Ellwood City, 4 p.m. (3A)

Softball 

• Ellwood City Vs Westmont Hilltop, 4 p.m. at Hiram G. Andrews Center (3A)
• Blackhawk Vs Punxsutawney, 4 p.m. at Groundhog Field (4A)

Girls Lacrosse

• Quaker Valley at Bellefonte, 4 p.m.