Football
Big Game Hunting – WPIAL Semifinals
November 14, 2012
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November 13, 2012
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November 12, 2012
The Highway to Heinz continues toward the final exit and Final Four Friday this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have ALL 8 WPIAL Semifinals football playoff games starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. We also have five District 6 and District 9 high school football playoff games concluding Friday with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, plus we have college postseason football featuring W&J, men's and women's college basketball, PIHL high school hockey and This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 12th:WPIAL Week Eleven Friday Night HighLights
November 10, 2012
Half way through the 2012 trip on the Highway to Heinz, sixteen teams remain after victories on Quarterfinals Friday. with the Friday night stage getting brighter and brighter with each passing week in the postseason, here are the players who stole the spotlight in helping leading their teams to the WPIAL's Final Four Friday.Mack Leftwich - North AlleghenyWPIAL Football Quarterfinals Recaps 2012
Scholastic Notebook – 11/09/2012
November 9, 2012
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The Countdown to the Road to Hershey is underway. Sure, we just concluded Quarterfinals Firday on the Highway to Heinz, but other Western Pa districts also are into their gridiron postseason. Here are all the final scores from high school football playoff action this weekend in Districts 5, 6, 9 and 10.DISTRICTS 5, 6, 8, 9 Class AAA Semifinals:Clearfield Bison 38 - Punxsutawney Chucks 18University Prep Panthers 47 - Somerset Golden Eagles 38DISTRICTS 6, 9 Class AAAA Semifinals:DuBois Beavers (8-1) - BYEState College Little Lions 42 - Central Mountain Wildcats 25 (MSA)-------------------------------------------------------Big Game Hunting – WPIAL Quarterfinals
November 7, 2012
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November 6, 2012
The Shenango Wildcats are looking for a new football coach. Ryan Mayo annouced his resignation after 6 years at the helm. The Cats finished 3-6 this season.Mayo was hired in March of 2007, he compiled a 21-34 record at Shenango and did not make the playoffs in his term. The Wildcats were 7-18 at home over the same period and will carry an 8 game home losing streak into 2013.The resignation will not become official until the Shenango school board meets on Monday.WPIAL Plays of the Week – First Round
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November 5, 2012
The Highway to Heinz continues toward the second exit this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have ALL 16 WPIAL Quarterfinals football playoff games starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. We also have five District 6 high school football playoff games concluding with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, plus we have college football, PIAA Girls Volleyball state playoff action, men's and women's college basketball, the debut of PIHL high school hockey, the Second Chance at Life Charity Hockey Game and This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 5th:2012 WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Sites for Quarters on Highway to Heinz
We have passed one exit on the 2012 journey on the Highway to Heinz and with very few surpises, we are left with some marvelous Second Round contests set for this Friday for the 32 remaining teams. Here are all of the scores from the First Round, plus the sites and times for the Quarterfinals of the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:#1 North Allegheny Tigers (10-0) vs #9 Bethel Park Black Hawks (7-3) AT Martorelli Stadium in the North Hills High School on Friday, November 9th at 7:30pm on MSAsports.net#4 Seneca Valley Raiders (9-1) vs #5 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (8-2) AT North Allegheny High School on Friday, November 9th at 7:30pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL Week Ten Friday Night HighLights
November 4, 2012
Call it what you want...the postseason, the second season, this big dance or the Highway to Heinz. Whatever you want to call it, there is no question the WPIAL Football Playoffs are Primetime. Here are the players that shined the brightest on the first night on the grand stage.Tyler Roth - Mount LebanonThere was a lot of excitement about Butler making the WPIAL football playoffs for the first time since 1998. However their stay in the postseason was short and not so sweet thanks to the aerial attack by Tyler Roth and Mount Lebanon. Roth hit on 20 of 27 passes for 288 yards and a pair of touchdown tosses as the Blue Devils blew away the Golden Tornado 31-7 in a Class AAAA opening round matchup.Thomas Woodson - GatewayPerry Dethrones University Prep in OT for City League Football Crown
November 3, 2012
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2012 WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: The Highway to Heinz First Round Scores
November 2, 2012
The 2012 journey on the Highway to Heinz began Friday with 16 teams in each of the four classifications ready to fight for gridiron gold. When all was said in the done in the opening round, there were no shockers as the field of 64 was cut in half to 32 teams. Here are all of the final scores from the First Round of the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs.WPIAL CLASS AAAA First Round:North Allegheny Tigers 42 - Altoona Mountain Lions 14 (MSA)Bethel Park Black Hawks 31 - McKeesport Tigers 20 (MSA)Seneca Valley Raiders 50 - Hempfield Spartans 20 (MSA)Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 31 - Butler Golden Tornado 7 (MSA)Gateway Gators 35 - Peters Township Indians 19 (MSA)Scholastic Notebook – 11/02/2012
District College Football Preview for Saturday, November 3
November 1, 2012
The focus this week heads to the city of Erie to see who will win the PSAC West and face Shippensburg in next week's State Championship Game.Cal travels to Mercyhurst with both of those teams having a shot at the crown, while a few blocks away IUP meets Gannon, the Crimson Hawks are also battling for the title.The Steel City Showdown takes place in Moon Township as Duquense and Robert Morris meet, the PAC still has 2 more weeks of conference play.Here are previews of ALL the games, including 2 heard here on the Network:Chicks Picks – WPIAL First Round
