Crystal Ball: PIAA Baseball Championships

It's that time of year to make bold predictions as to which teams will be playing for a state championship June 18 at Altoona's Blair County Ballpark. If you haven't made the trek to BCB in the five years that the Altoona Curve has hosted the finals, you might want to get up there this time around.

The PIAA will accept bids for the next three-year cycle and announce the host sites later this summer. We're working on a story for June 20 about where the finals might move to, if anywhere.

Now, back to the point. Here are the predictions for this year's finals. These predictions are listed in the order the games will be played June 18.

Class AA
Semifinals
Delone Cathlolic over Catasauqua
Mt. Union over Redbank Valley

Final
Mt. Union over Delone Catholic

Class AAAA
Semifinals
Owen J. Roberts over Monsinger Bonner
North Allegheny over Cedar Crest

Final
Owen J. Roberts over North Allegheny

Class A
Semifinals
Christopher Dock over Pius X
Serra Catholic over California

Final
Serra Catholic over Christopher Dock

Class AAA
Semifinals
Conrad Weiser over Twin Valley
Moon over Hopewell

Final
Conrad Weiser over Moon