Football
Scholastic Notebook – 11/30/2012
November 30, 2012
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November 27, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablNorth Allegheny, West Allegheny, Aliquippa & Clairton Win 2012 WPIAL Football Crowns
November 26, 2012
Three teams on top of the District 7 football scene after the 2011 season are back no top here in 2012. Indians and Quips, and Tigers and Bears...oh my. Clairton claimed a record tying fifth straight WPIAL Class A championship while North Allegheny won a record setting third consecutive WPIAL Class AAAA title. Meanwhile, Aliquippa won back-to-back crowns for their record 15th overall football championship and West Allegheny won for the sixth time in 15 years and their second Class AAA gold in the last four years. Here is a look back at ALL of the results from the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs. Once again this year, all 60 games were heard live and now can be enjoyed archived here on the MSA Sports Network!This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 11/25/2012
November 25, 2012
The Highway to Heinz is history here in 2012, so now our attention turns to the ride on the Road to Hershey this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We will have the PIAA Quarterfinals games for all four WPIAL football champions: North Allegheny, West Allegheny, Aliquippa and Clairton, plus we have PIHL High School hockey, men's and women's college basketball and the final edition this fall of This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 26th:Grade School Boys Basketball - 2012 OLSH Grade School Basketball Tournament Consolation: St. Mary's of Glenshaw vs St. Gabriel's of Whitehall at 6:00pm on the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Network at MSAsports.net
West Allegheny’s Wildcat Whips West Mifflin 34-8
November 23, 2012
The West Miffln Titans and the West Allegheny Indians squared off in the night cap on Championship Friday at Heinz Field in the McDonald's/WPIAL Class AAA Championship game. In a matchup of two strong running games, the West Allegheny wildcat was most impressive in leading the Indians to a 34-8 victory over West Mifflin as the Indians captured their 6th WPIAL Class AAA Title and their second since 2009.
Quips Repeat in Winning WPIAL Title Number 15, Impeach Prexies 34-7
Neither rain, nor wind, nor snow could stop the Aliquippa Quips running attack as the Quips cruised to their 15th WPIAL Championship with a 34-7 victory over the Washington Little Prexies at Heinz Field in the McDonald's/WPIAL Class AA Championship game.(Photo to left: One of the Quips few seniors, fullback Devon Walker celebrates another district crown for Aliquippa High School)
Mack the Knife Leads North Allegheny to Historic AAAA Three-Peat
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The Golden Bears in the Record Books With Class A Win Over Sto-Rox
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November 21, 2012
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 11/20/2012
November 20, 2012
The Highway to Heinz concludes with a feast for all high school football fans this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We celebrate Thanksgiving Day 24 hours later with EXCLUSIVE coverage of all four WPIAL championship football games from Heinz Field along with a PIAA state football First Round postseason contest, plus we have PIHL High School hockey, men's and women's college basketball and This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 19th:College Men's Basketball - Penn State-Fayette vs Point Park at 7:30pm on WPPJ-AM 670 AND on WMBS-AM 590College Men's Basketball - LaRoche vs Slippery Rock at 7:00pm on MSA-SRU at MSAsports.netWPIAL Week Twelve Friday Night HighLights
November 17, 2012
Most coaches will tell you the way to win in November is pound the ball on the ground and play strong defense. Well the strong defense thing is universal in football, however this is not your big brothers three yards and a cloud of rubber pellets high school football. Quarterbacks are shining bring on the Highway to Heinz, including six that helped guide their teams past the final exit and on to the North Shore as the next stop in the WPIAL football playoffs.Mack Leftwich - North AlleghenyWPIAL Football Semifinals Recaps 2012
Scholastic Notebook – 11/16/2012
November 16, 2012
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Three exits have been passed and now the 2012 journey on the Highway to Heinz leads directly to the North Shore. Defending champions North Allegheny in AAAA, Aliquippa in AA and Clairton in A are finals bound and are one win away from a three-peat (NA), back-to-back (Quips) and the rare five-peat (Clairton). Here are all of the scores through the Semifinals in the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:North Allegheny Tigers 47 - Seneca Valley Raiders 17 F (MSA)Woodland Hills Wolverines 42 - Upper St. Clair panthers 20 F (MSA)WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:North Allegheny Tigers 42 - Bethel Park Black Hawks 14 (MSA)Districts 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 Football UPDATE
November 15, 2012
The Countdown to the Road to Hershey continues with one week before the start of the state high school football playoffs. Final Four Friday is in the books on the Highway to Heinz, but the five other Western Pa districts also are into their gridiron postseason. Here are the high school football playoff scores for this weekend in Districts 5, 6, 9 and 10.DISTRICTS 5, 6, 8, 9 Class AAA Championship Game:UNIVERSITY PREP PANTHERS 36 - Clearfield Bison 22DISTRICTS 8, 10 Class AAAA Championship Game:Erie McDowell Trojans 61 - PERRY COMMODORES 14 DISTRICTS 6, 9 Class AAAA Championship Game:State College Little Lions 35 - DuBois Beavers 13Veteran Coach Jerry Holzhauser Steps Away From Laurel Football
Jerry Holzhauser has retired as head coach of the Laurel Spartans football team after nine seasons. Holzhauser racked up a 54-35 record over that time, including five playoff berth, including a 2009 trip to the semifinals.Laurel finished 5-4 overall this season and 4-4 in the Big Seven Conference, behind Rochester, Sto-Rox, Neshannock and Union, all four advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals with Neshannock and Sto-Rox still alive in Friday's Semifinals.Before becoming the head coach, Holzhauser was an assistant to George Miles. He plans on relaxing and travelling, Holzhauser is also an avid hunter.No timetable has been set for choosing the coach's replacement.Chicks Picks – WPIAL Semifinals
