Here are the first weekly WPIAL softball rankings since the Trib HSSN preseason rankings.

Check them out every Saturday throughout the regular season.

WPIAL softball rankings

Class 6A

Rank, Team, W-L, Last

1. Hempfield, 5-1, 1

2. Seneca Valley, 5-1, 2

3. Canon-McMillan, 5-0, 3

4. Norwin, 2-2, 4

5. Pine-Richland, 2-3, NR

Out: North Allegheny (1-4)

Class 5A

1. Shaler, 7-1, 1

2. Baldwin, 6-1, 4

3. West Allegheny, 3-0, 5

4. Thomas Jefferson, 5-1, NR

5. Trinity, 8-1, NR

Out: Penn-Trafford (5-2), North Hills (1-4)

Class 4A

1. Elizabeth Forward, 6-1, 2

2. West Mifflin, 8-0, 5

3. Beaver, 3-3, 4

4. Blackhawk, 2-0, NR

5. Hampton, 1-2, 1

Out: Knoch (2-3)

Class 3A

1. Mohawk, 4-1, 1

2. South Park, 5-0, 2

3. Mt. Pleasant, 3-1, 3

4. Avonworth, 3-3, 5

5. Yough, 7-2, NR

Out: Ellwood City (1-2)

Class 2A

1. Neshannock, 4-0, 1

2. Chartiers-Houston, 8-0, 2

3. Laurel, 2-1, 3

4. Bentworth, 6-0, 5

5. Shenango, 5-1, NR

Out: South Allegheny (1-3)

Class A

1. Union, 3-1, 1

2. Carmichaels, 4-2, 2

3. Jeannette, 4-0, 5

4. Jefferson-Morgan, 6-1, NR

5. West Greene, 4-3, 3

Out: Serra Catholic (1-4)