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Franklin Regional Repeats as WPIAL AAA Wrestling Champion
January 31, 2015
A match that Franklin Regional would never lead came down to the last match of the night before the Panthers took the bout that would award them their second straight WPIAL Championship. (Left: Franklin Regional sidelines celebrate after clinching title over Belle Vernon) The match would start at 182 pounds, where Belle Vernon would jump out to a 21-0 lead. The big win during this win streak was at 285, where Billy Korber of Belle Vernon rode Jake Pickup of Franklin Regional during the :30 second ultimate tiebreaker overtime period to win the bout 3-2.2015 WPIAL TEAM WRESTLING PLAYOFFS RESULTS
The calendar may have changed, but the results did not. The 2015 District 7 team wrestling champs are the same as the 2014 title winners. In fact in Class AA, they are the same as 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and in 2007 and the Burrell Buccaneers kept their golden mat dynasty in tact with a ninth straight Class AA crown. Meanwhile, it's two in a row in Class AAA for the Franklin Regional Panthers after they edged North Allegheny in the Semifinals and Belle Vernon in the Finals. Meanwhile both North Allegheny in AAA and South Fayette in AA have earned spots in next weeks PIAA Team Wrestling Playoffs with Consolation match victories. Here are ALL of the results from the 2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs.Scholastic Notebook – 01/30/2015
January 30, 2015
With a little more than a week left in the regular season, Aliquippa and Sewickley Academy are the only two undefeated teams in WPIAL boys basketball at 18-0. For both, it is a return to glory this season. Aliquippa has a rich basketball tradition, but the Quips hit a rough patch from 2010-13, compiling a record below .500 for three consecutive seasons under coach Bobby Williams. Things started to return to normal last year under first-year coach Nick Lackovich when the Quips finished 20-7. Now, things are terrific at Aliquippa and this could be a team for the ages at the Beaver County school. It’s not known when the last time was Aliquippa finished the regular season with a perfect record. It has been at least four decades.MSA Sports Frozen Fab Five – PIHL Hockey – 01/28/2015
January 28, 2015
Here are the latest MSA Sports Sports Frozen Fab Five rankings of PIHL hockey teams in each of the five classifications for the 2014-2015 high school hockey season...including a NEW #1 team in Class AAA. Don't miss the latest PIHL rankings every Wednesday during the regular season, plus it's the PIHL Notebook every Monday on our website and the weekly PIHL Power Play Show every Wednesday night at 8:00pm here on the home of the best audio and video high school hockey coverage, the MSA Sports Network at www.MSAsports.net PIHL CLASS AAA: 1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (13-2-3) (Last Week #2) 2) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (10-5-2) (Last Week #5)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Basketball – 01/27/2015
January 27, 2015
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Boys Basketball rankings for the 2014-2015 season. Check out the weekly boys rankings every Monday, along with boys hoops talk during The WPIAL Roundball Report every Wednesday night at 6:00pm and boys basketball broadcasts throughout the regular season and exclusive coverage of every boys WPIAL playoff game in February all here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Boys Basketball Top Ten: 1. HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (16-1) (Last Week #1) 2. CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS (14-2) (Last Week #3) 3. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (15-2) (Last Week #2)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball – 01/26/2015
January 26, 2015
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Girls Basketball rankings for the 2014-2015 season. Check out the weekly girls rankings every Monday, along with girls hoops talk during The WPIAL Roundball Report every Wednesday night at 6:00pm, with girls basketball broadcasts throughout the regular season and exclusive coverage of every girls WPIAL playoff game in February sponsored by Carlow University all here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Girls Basketball Top Ten: 1. PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (18-1) (Last Week #1) 2. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (15-2) (Last Week #2)PIHL Notebook – 01/26/2015
Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. First up, “Melting the Ice” provides your weekly thermometer of streaking teams around the league. Meanwhile, this week’s “Scoreboard Watch” includes some overtime thrillers in Class AAA and Class AA. Last but not least, we round things out with a preview of upcoming MSA broadcasts, including key battles at the bottom of the Class AAA playoff bracket and the top of the Class A one. So, let’s light the lamp on this edition of “PIHL Notebook.” MELTING THE ICE (Records listed indicate current unbeaten streak): Class AAA: North Allegheny (4-0-1); Mount Lebanon (3-0-0)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 01/25/2015
January 25, 2015
While the weather outside is frightful, we trudge toward the various winter sports postseason as the wrap up January and welcome in February this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have plenty of 'Stretch Run' boy and girls high school hoops from the WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 along with men's and women's college basketball, PIHL high school hockey and the 2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs, plus we have Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the PIHL Power Play Show and The WPIAL Roundball Report ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, January 26th:Scholastic Notebook – 01/23/2015
January 23, 2015
Laurel High School picked a Locke a few years ago. Now, the Spartans have found the keys to winning basketball. The Laurel boys team is one of the big turnaround stories in the WPIAL this season. The Spartans are 13-3 and in second place in Section 1 of Class AA. They are the MSA Sports No. 5-ranked Class AA team. The main directing the turnaround is Ken Locke. Laurel hired him before the 2012 season and Locke, a 1995 Laurel graduate, has done a great job in turning around the Spartans.Football Anyone? WPIAL Football 2015 Alignment/Schedules Released
January 22, 2015
The High School football season is only 224 days away! Don’t laugh; it will be here before you know it. With that being said, this week the WPIAL released their football schedules for the upcoming 2015 season. The WPIAL was forced to make four realignment changes due to the upcoming merger between Ford City and Kittanning High Schools, which is forming Armstrong High School starting this fall.MSA Sports Frozen Fab Five – PIHL Hockey – 01/22/2015
Here are the latest MSA Sports Sports Frozen Fab Five rankings of PIHL hockey teams in each of the five classifications for the 2014-2015 high school hockey season. Don't miss the latest PIHL rankings every Wednesday during the regular season, plus it's the PIHL Notebook every Monday on our website and the weekly PIHL Power Play Show every Wednesday night at 8:00pm here on the home of the best audio and video high school hockey coverage, the MSA Sports Network at www.MSAsports.net PIHL CLASS AAA: 1) BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO (9-3-3) (Last Week #2) 2) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (12-2-2) (Last Week #3)FINAL 2014-2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Standings
Here are the FINAL WPIAL team wrestling standings for the 2014-2015 season...including the FINAL WPIAL TEAM PLAYOFF AND SECTIONAL CLINCHINGS. The top three teams from each sub-section qualify for the Section Championship Tournament, ehich took place on Wednesday, January 21st, 2015. The top team in each sub-section will face the runner-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winner then doing battle for the section championship. the two third place finishers face off to determine the fifth qualifier from that section that will move on to the WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs.2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Sectional Results
January 21, 2015
The WPIAL gave wrestling fans a taste of the upcoming district playoffs with the 2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Sectionals on Wednesday. Here are ALL the results of the Semifinals, the 3rd Place Consolation and Championship Finals from all four Class AAA and three Class AA sites to determine the order from each section 1 through 4. We also have the final results from the seven fifth place consolation matches that are district postseason qualifiers. Tune in to the 2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoff Pairings Show Thursday night at 7:00pm on your exclusive home for the WPIAL Team and Individual Wrestling Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA:2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Sectionals
January 20, 2015
The WPIAL gives wrestling fan just a taste of the upcoming district playoffs with the 2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Sectionals on Wednesday night here on MSA Sports. We will have Semifinals, Consolation and Championship action from all four Class AAA and three Class AA sites to determine the order from each section 1 through 4. There will also be a fifth place consolation match in each of the seven sections to determine the final playoff bound team from that section. Tune in to the 2015 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoff Pairings Show Thursday night at 7:00pm on your exclusive home for the WPIAL Team and Individual Wrestling Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA:MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Basketball – 01/20/2015
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Boys Basketball rankings for the 2014-2015 season...including NEW #1 teams in both Class AAAA and Class AAA. Check out the weekly boys rankings every Monday, along with boys hoops talk during The WPIAL Roundball Report every Wednesday night at 6:00pm and boys basketball broadcasts throughout the regular season and exclusive coverage of every boys WPIAL playoff game in February all here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Boys Basketball Top Ten: 1. HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (14-1) (Last Week #2) 2. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (14-1) (Last Week #1)Joe Hamilton Resigns As Blackhawk Football Coach
In today’s world, only a few high school football coaches last more than ten years, let alone 39 years at the same school. That was the legacy of Joe Hamilton and the Blackhawk Cougars, but it came to an end Tuesday when Hamilton submitted his resignation. In the almost four decades at Blackhawk, Hamilton’s teams won 295 games, four WPIAL championships including three straight in 1991-92-93, played for the WPIAL title nine times and made three trips to the PIAA championship games.PIHL Notebook – 01/19/2015
January 19, 2015
Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. First up, “Melting the Ice” provides your weekly thermometer of streaking teams around the league. Meanwhile, this week’s “Scoreboard Watch” includes some offense-heavy overtime battles in Class AAA and Class A. Last but not least, we round things out with a preview four-pack of upcoming MSA broadcasts, including a key matchup for Hometown Broadcast member school Blackhawk in Class B. So, let’s light the lamp on this edition of “PIHL Notebook.” MELTING THE ICE (Records listed indicate current unbeaten streak): Class AAA: Peters Township (6-0-1); Butler (5-0-2); Mount Lebanon (3-0-0); North Allegheny (3-0-0)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball – 01/19/2015
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Girls Basketball rankings for the 2014-2015 season. Check out the weekly girls rankings every Monday, along with girls hoops talk during The WPIAL Roundball Report every Wednesday night at 6:00pm, with girls basketball broadcasts throughout the regular season and exclusive coverage of every girls WPIAL playoff game in February sponsored by Carlow University all here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Girls Basketball Top Ten: 1. PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (14-1) (Last Week #1) 2. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (12-2) (Last Week #3)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 01/18/2015
January 18, 2015
While the weather fluctuates from bad to worse, the winter high school sports season heats up as we hit mid-season form this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We bring the hoops home with plenty of WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls high school basketball action along with WPIAL scholastic wrestling, PIHL high school hockey and some men's and women's college basketball, plus we have Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the PIHL Power Play Show and The WPIAL Roundball Report ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, January 19th: TALK SHOW - Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle at 7:00pm on MSAsports.netScholastic Notebook – 01/16/2015
January 16, 2015
The Mars boys basketball team doesn’t have one senior in the starting lineup. That might lead you to believe the Planets are maybe a year away from making their mark on WPIAL basketball. But this Mars team has figured, why wait? Mars takes a 14-1 record into Friday night’s home game against Burrell. Mars is fresh off a 21-point victory Tuesday over a Hampton team that was previously undefeated and the MSA Sports No. 1 WPIAL Class AAA team.
