Baseball Final Four Set

After a few days of rainy weather postponed two of the quarterfinal games, the final four is now set for Monday. North Penn defeated Council Rock North, 2-1 in what was a pitcher's duel. Parkland upset Wyoming Valley West, and St. Joe's Prep stunned West Chester East. North Allegheny advanced Thursday afternoon, beating Pine-Richland. So, now each of these four teams is a win away from Altoona. Let's take a look at the match-ups for Monday afternoon.

• District 12's St. Joseph's Prep vs. District 11's Parkland, 2pm at Spring-Ford HS in Royersford.

St. Joseph's Prep was the District 12 champion and beat Garnet Valley and West Chester East, each by a run. Parkland also was the District champion, and beat Pennridge in 8 innings Monday. They defeated Wyoming Valley West on Thursday, 7-1.

• District 7's North Allegheny vs. District 1's North Penn, 4pm in Scotland. 

North Allegheny beat Hollidaysburg in round one, and then beat Pine-Richland in a rematch of their WPIAL championship game, 3-2 in 9 innings. North Penn enters winners of 4 in a row, after being District 1's 5-seed. They beat Chambersburg and Council Rock North to get to the semi's. 

I'll take St. Joseph's Prep and North Penn to meet in the finals on Friday. We will see how it ends up.  I went 2-2 in the quarterfinal round. Once again, the championship is Friday at 7pm in Altoona.