Volleyball
MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Salute – CHARTIERS-HOUSTON BUCCANEERS
September 16, 2013
The Chartiers-Houston Buccaneers graduated five starters as part of the class of 2013. We have three returning starters beginning with junior defensive specialist Kassie Kesneck, junior outside hitter Montana Johnston and sophomore setter/right side Kylee Levers. Johnston was named all-section third team last season. Levers was named all-section and All-WPIAL first teams last season and will be a captain for the CH team this season.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/15/2013
September 15, 2013
The first WPIAL gold of the 2013-2014 school year will be battled for this week here on the MSA Sports Network. First, we have FORTY WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 football games on Friday and Saturday with Friday night kicking off with the expanded MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show.Hometown Girls Volleyball Match Recap: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 3 – AVONWORTH 0
September 12, 2013
At Avonworth High School in Hometown Volleyball action the Avonworth Antelopes took a tough section four loss at home to the Our Lady of Sacred Heart Chargers by a score of 3-0. Both teams came into the game with 3-0 records. Avonworth was 3-0 in section four, OLSH 2-0. However the Antelopes after tonite fall to 1/2 game back of the Chargers.WPIAL Girls Volleyball Standings – 09/11/2013
September 11, 2013
Here are the latest WPIAL girls volleyball standings for the 2013 season. Standings will be updated daily through the regular season, leading up to MSA Sports EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2013 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs in October. Also, don't forget to click on the Girls Volleyball sports page for information on the 2013 MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program.Only section record is shown.MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program teams are capitalized and bolded.(Top 3 teams from each section qualify for playoffs) # = Clinched Section Title * = Clinched Playoff Berth x = Eliminated From Playoff ChaseWPIAL CLASS AAA:Hometown Girls Volleyball Match Recap: BRENTWOOD 3 – Wilkinsburg 0
September 10, 2013
The good start to the 2013 girls volleyball season continued for the Brentwood Spartans as they defeated the Wilkinsburg Tigers (3-0) at Brentwood High School to improve to (2-0) on the season.Brentwood used a couple of runs in the first two games of the match to win each by identical scores of 25-11. Game 1 was tied at 1-1 before the Spartans rattled off 9 of the next 10 points to take control.Wilkinsburg’s only lead of the match came in game 2, when the Tigers took a 6-4 advantage. But after a Brentwood timeout and the Spartans and Tigers tied at 7-all, Brentwood scored the game’s next 13-points to secure the win.MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Salute – BLACKHAWK COUGARS
September 9, 2013
Under the direction of new head coach Cindy Guthrie, Blackhawk expects good things from this veteran quad of five returning starters. Haley Schramm, left front hitter, is returning as a 3-year letter winner, WPIAL first team member and WPIAL all-district. She led the team in kills and blocks last season. MaKenna Malinowski is a 2-year letter winner, defensive specialist that led the teams in digs and aces last season. She was also chosen as first team all-section. We look for significant contributions from Senior Hannah Pringle, a left-handed right side hitter as well as middle hitters senior Allie Menges and junior Nikki Beatty.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/09/2013
The calendar says September, but the mercury makes it feel like August as things are heating up both on and off the fall high school and college sports stage this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have nearly FORTY WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 football games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with Friday night kicking off with the expanded MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show, plus we have college football, WPIAL girls volleyball, boys and girls WPIAL soccer and WPIAL and women's college field hockey, plus This Week in the WPIAL from Coach's Bottleshop and Grille to prepare you for Week 3 of football as well as the latest news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin ALL here at MSAsports.netMSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Volleyball – 09/05/2013
September 5, 2013
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls volleyball rankings for the week ending September 6th. You can check out the new rankings every Friday through the regular season with daily updated girls volleyball standings and weekly matches as well all here on the home for the Hometown Volleyball Program, the MSA Sports Network.Section record in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA: 1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (1-0)2) OAKLAND CATHOLIC EAGLES (1-0)3) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (1-0)4) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (2-0)5) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (2-0)6) SHALER TITANS (2-0)Fall Sports Underway
August 19, 2013
This week marks the start of section play in WPIAL boys golf, girls golf and girls tennis. Next week marks the beginning of section play in football while it's a post-Labor Day start up for section play in boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls field hockey and boys and girls cross-country.You can check out ALL of the 2013 WPIAL section schedules in football, boys/girls soccer, girls volleyball, boys/girls golf, girls tennis, girls field hockey and boys/girls cross-country by clicking the high school link at the top of the page...then click on the logo of your favorite school and then the sport you wish to see.2012-2013 WPIAL Champions on Parade
July 16, 2013
We celebrated America's Birthday earlier this month with various parades and fireworks. You'll forgive us if we celebrate the 2012-2013 school year with just a parade and no pyrotechnics. It was been another great high school sports year in District 7 of the PIAA. All of us here at the MSA Sports Network and Management Science Associates thank our sponsors and fans for their support during the school year. As we get ready for another great scholastic campaign in 2013-2014, we look back at all the WPIAL team champions on parade from this past school year.Football:Class AAAA - North Allegheny TigersClass AAA - West Allegheny IndianaClass AA - Aliquippa QuipsClass A - Clairton Bears
2012-2013 MSA Sports Female Athlete of the Year – SHATORI WALKER-KIMBROUGH
June 28, 2013
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough’s favorite athlete is LeBron James. “It’s actually an obsession with him,” Walker-Kimbrough said with a laugh. “My neighbors hate when the Heat plays on TV.” But while Walker-Kimbrough looks up to James, she is sort of like her idol in one way. James is king of the NBA and Walker-Kimbrough is the queen of WPIAL female athletes – again.North Allegheny Wins 5th PIAA Boys Volleyball Class AAA Championship
June 5, 2013
A pair of dominant WPIAL boys volleyball programs played in the state finals on Saturday with different results. North Allegheny is going to party like its 1999 after beating Pennsbury in four games to capture the schools fifth state boys volleyball championship. The Tigers victory matches their state crowns in 1979, 1987, 1991 and 1999. Meanwhile, Ambridge had to settle for state silver after losing to Northeastern York in four games in the Class AA championship at Penn State University. The Bridgers were trying to win their second boys volleyball title and first since 2009. Here are ALL of the final results from both the Class AAA and Class AA 2013 PIAA Boys Volleyball Playoffs.
North Allegheny Survives Scare to Win 7th WPIAL AAA Boys Volleyball Title in a Row
In the WPIAL Boys AAA Volleyball Championship match the North Allegheny Tigers defeat the Bethel Park Black Hawks by a 3-2 match score to win their 7th title in a row and their 10th in the last 11 years and 16th overall title.The Tigers took game one 25-17 and made it look easy. At 13-10 they went on a 12-4 run to win. Tommy Keisling the SR OH led the way with his power game.In game two it was close and tied 9-9 before Bethel Park would take control. NA fell apart mid game as the Blackhawks went on an 8-3 run to go up 21-15. Camden Hay the SR OH came up big to lead the way and his kill gave BP a 5 point lead at 23-18 on their way to a 25-21 game two win to tie the match at 1-1.
Ambridge Sweeps Derry to Repeat as WPIAL AA Champs
In the WPIAL Class AA Boys Volleyball Championships Thursday at Baldwin High School, the Ambridge Bridgers defended their title with a 3-0 sweep of the Derry Trojans. It's their fifth WPIAL AA title in the last six years.In game one Both teams played well early and the game was tied 5-5 before Ambridge took control. Too many unforced errors did in the Trojans as the Bridgers went on a 9-1 run to lead 14-6 on their way to a 25-17 game one victory.In game two, the Trojans kept it closer and the game was tied at 9-9. For Derry, Matt Vasinko and Josh Wannamaker were the Trojans stars. But Ambridge would go on a 12-3 run to go up 21-12 lead. Derry would go on a late run but come up short and the Bridgers would go up 2-0 in the match.North Allegheny and Ambridge AGAIN Rule the WPIAL Boys Volleyball World
May 21, 2013
In the movie 'Groundhog Day', Bill Murray kept waking up to February 2nd, no matter what happened on the previous day. That is how district boys volleyball teams must feel. They keep waking up and North Allegheny and Ambridge are wearing the gold. It was a titanic struggle, but North Allegheny captured its seventh Class AAA title in a row with a thrilling five game victory over Bethel Park. Meanwhile, Ambridge swept past Derry to win its second straight crown and the Bridgers fifth championship in the last six years. In the consolation matches Thursday, both Norwin and OLSH secured PIAA playoff berths with wins at Baldwin High School. Here are ALL the results from the 2013 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/12/2013
May 12, 2013
Everybody not playing will be tuned in starting this week for EXCLUSIVE coverage of all the WPIAL springs sports playoffs starting this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have First Round and Quarterfinals WPIAL baseball action, First Round play in the WPIAL softball playoffs as well as the start of the District 7 boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball postseason tournaments, plus the 2013 WPIAL Individual Track and Field Wrap-up Show, all the latest news form the world of auto racing with another edition of Rappin on Racin and the start of the 2013 Frontier League with another year of Washington Wild Things baseball ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, May 13th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.net2013 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Standings
May 8, 2013
Here are the latest standings for the 2013 WPIAL Boys Volleyball season...including the FINAL WPIAL playoff clinchings with 24 teams postseason bound. You can follow the WPIAL Boys Volleyball regular season with updated results, standings, and rankings every Wednesday, plus regular season and postseason broadcasts only here on the MSA Sports Network.Top four teams in each section make the playoffs. If there is a tie for fourth place, head-to-head will be the tiebreaker. If there is a split in the head-to-head, both tied teams make the playoffs.# - Clinched Section Title * - Clinched Playoff Berth x - Eliminated From Playoff RaceThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/06/2013
May 6, 2013
we have hit the final week of the regular season in high school baseball, high school softball, high school lacrosse and high school boys volleyball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have plenty of WPIAL and District 6 high school baseball and softball coverage along with WPIAL high school boys and girls lacrosse and WPIAL boys volleyball, plus we have the latest news form the world of auto racing with another edition of Rappin on Racin ALL here at MSAsports.netMonday, May 6th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL High School Baseball - Uniontown vs Laurel Highlands at 4:00pm on WMBS-AM 590WPIAL High School Baseball - Belle Vernon vs Elizabeth Forward at 3:45pm on MSAsports.netMSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball – 05/01/2013
May 1, 2013
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications every Wednesday at www.MSAsports.net. Log on every day for updated standings and match broadcasts here on your exclusive home for the 2013 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netEach teams section record is in parenthesis.WPIAL Class AAA:1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (9-0) (Last Week #1)2) NORWIN KNIGHTS (8-1) (Last Week #4)3) FOX CHAPEL FOXES (9-1) (Last Week #5)
