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WPIAL Week Six Friday Night HighLights
October 6, 2012
We have reached the summit and are now on the downward slide toward the 'Stretch Run" and then eventually dropping us off on the "Highway to Heinz". The second half of the regular season began with ideal like weather conditions...perfect for the elite to 'do their thing'. Here are the players who took advantage of the comfortbale stage to make life very uncomfortable for their opponents on the first Friday of high school football in October.North Allegheny Tigers DefenseWPIAL Week Six Saturday Football Scores 2012
The winds of change have swept down upon Southwestern Pennsylvania for the first Saturday of high school football in October. Week Six began on Thursday and Friday with very pleasant weather that felt like early September football. Less than 24 hours later, and the feeling is more like November football. Nonetheless, ten WPIAL football teams were ready to meet and put closure to the sixth weekend of high school football in the WPIAL. Here are ALL five final results.WPIAL CLASS AA Allegheny Conference:Deer Lakes Lancers 18 - Summit Academy Knights 14 (MSA)WPIAL CLASS AA Century Conference:Seton-LaSalle Rebels 49 - Burgettstown Blue Devils 72012 WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League Standings
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Six of the 2012 high school football season. Standings are updated after each game on Thursday, Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Standings can be also seen on each teams football webpage here on the MSA Sports Network.# - Clinched at least a share of the conference title * - Clinched playoff spot x - Eliminated from playoff chase % - Not eligible for WPIAL playoffsWPIAL CLASS AAAA: (5 of 16 Playoff Teams Have Clinched)Northern Eight Conference:Peters & Sewickley Duo’s Win 2012 WPIAL Girls Doubles Tennis Gold Again
October 5, 2012
Sarah Komer of Peters Township and Sewickley Academy have done it again. A year after Komer won the AAA crown with Stephanie Smith, she has now captured gold with a new teammate in Abby Cummings. The two beat the top-seed duo of Nicole Cyterski and Megan Watson of Oakland Catholic Friday afternoon at North Allegheny High School in the Class AAA title match. Speaking of repeat golden performances, two different Sewickley Academy Panthers won the AA championship as top-seed Amy Cheng and Jappman Monga outlasted Chelsea Carter and Sara Kaminsky of South Park. Here are all the results from the 2012 WPIAL Girls Doubles tennis Playoffs.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA GIRLS TENNIS DOUBLES FINALS:Scholastic Notebook – 10/05/2012
One and four. When those three words are uttered about a football team after five weeks, it usually indicates bad things. But for Blackhawk and Chartiers-Houston records are indeed deceiving. Blackhawk and Chartiers-Houston are two teams that are usually much more than respectable. You could say both have fallen on hard times this season as both are 1-4. But are there many 1-4 teams as good as Blackhawk and Char-Houston? Blackhawk and Char-Houston are the hard-luck stories of the WPIAL this season. A few points here and there, take away a turnover here and there, and their seasons could be vastly different. Want proof? Three of Blackhawk’s losses are by a total of five points. Char-Houston’s four losses are by a total of 17 points.WPIAL and City League Week Six Friday Football Scores
The second half of the 2012 high school football regular season has kicked into full gear. Here is the full rundown of scores from both WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football games on the first Friday in October. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference:Pine-Richland Rams 8 Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings 28 (F)Fox Chapel Foxes 7 North Hills Indians 31 (F)Shaler Titans 0 Seneca Valley Raiders 49 (F)WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference:Latrobe Wildcats 2 McKeesport Tigers 34 (F)District College Football Preview for Saturday, October 6th
October 4, 2012
We start this edition of College Preview with heavy hearts with word of the death of W & J running back Tim McNerney early Thursday morning. All of us at the MSA Sports Network send our thoughts and prayers to the McNerney family and the W & J community in their time of loss.Here are previews of all the games:Slippery Rock(2-3) at IUP(4-1) 2pm on WISR 680-AM and the MSA Sports Network The Rock is 1-1 in divisional play, the Crimson Hawks are also 1-1.Chicks Picks – Week Six – 2012
Police Investigating Death of W & J Football Player Thursday
Police in Washington are investigating the death of a Washington & Jefferson College football player early Thursday morning.21-year Tim McNerney was taken to the Washington Hospital emergency room, where he was pronounced dead at 4:42 am. McNerney was found at the corner of College and Maiden Streets.Washington Police Chief Robert Lemonds said police are treating the death as suspicious, more information will be released after an autopsy was performed. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the death is being treated as a homicide.
Pgh Central Catholic’s Brent Rodgers Bags WPIAL Boys AAA Golf Title
October 3, 2012
On a perfect day for scoring the WPIAL Boys Golf AAA finalists did just that at Fox Chapel Golf Club in the championship tournament. 14 players shot 77 or better on the par 70 course off Fox Chapel road, led by WPIAL champion Brent Rodgers. Rodgers, a junior from Pittsburgh Central Catholic carded an even par 70 to take home the gold medal.2012 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Standings – 10/03/2012
Here are the latest WPIAL girls volleyball standings for the 2012 season, including the latest WPIAL PLAYOFF CLINCHINGS. The only place to find daily updated standings this fall for WPIAL Girls Volleyball is also the same place to hear exclusive coverage of the 2012 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs...the MSA Sports Network. Don't miss our weekly rankings each Friday during the regular season and don't forget to click on the Girls Volleyball sports page for information on the 2012 MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program.MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program teams are capitalized and bolded.Big Game Hunting For Week Six 2012
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Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL boys soccer rankings for the week of October 1st. You can check out the new rankings every Wednesday through the regular season with daily updated boys soccer standings here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL CLASS AAA:1) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (10-0-1) (Last Week #1)2) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (12-0-0) (Last Week #2)3) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (9-1-2) (Last Week #3)4) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (10-2-0) (Last Week #5)5) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (12-2-0) (Last Week #7)6) FOX CHAPEL FOXES (9-2-1) (Last Week #8)WPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Five
October 2, 2012
After a lackluster Week 4 that provided nothing but blowouts, Week 5 brought big matchups, great finishes and upsets galore. Here’s a look at the best three plays from Week 5. #1: Washington Little Prexies 18 - Jeannette Jayhawks 15MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 10/02/2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of October 1st. You can check out the new rankings every Tuesday through the regular season with daily updated girls soccer standings here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL CLASS AAA:1) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (10-1-0) (Last Week #1)2) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (11-1-0) (Last Week #2)3) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (12-0-0) (Last Week #4)4) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (9-3-0) (Last Week #6)5) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (6-2-0) (Last Week #5)6) NORWIN KNIGHTS (9-1-2) (Last Week #7)Numpho-Frank and Alexander Are Golf’s Golden Girls, Win WPIAL Championships
October 1, 2012
In what were some tough conditions Monday at 3 Lakes Golf Course, the WPIAL held the Class AAA and AA Girls Golf Championship. Play was delayed by 90 minutes at the start due to heavy fog, the fairways were still damp from the weekend rain, but the greens dried out and were lighting fast.In the Class AAA championships, Janista Numpho-Frank of Hempfield claimed her first gold medal with a four-over par 76. The senior survived a challenge from sophomore Lauren Waller of Canon-McMillan down the stretch. Numpho-Frank shot even par over the front nine, but struggled slightly on the back side, shooting a 40. Waller fired two under 34 on the back nine, she finished two shots back at 78. Senior Lizzie Hammell was four shots off the lead at 80 and finished third.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/01/2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Five of the 2012 high school football season. You can check out the new rankings every Monday through the nine week regular season here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (5-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Six: at #2 Gateway on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (5-0) (Last Week #2) (Week Six: host #1 North Allegheny on MSA)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (5-0) (Last Week #3) (Week Six: at Butler on MSA)4) NORTH HILLS INDIANS (4-1) (Last Week #6) (Week Six: host Fox Chapel on MSA)District College Football Recap for Saturday, September 29th
September 30, 2012
A busy week in district college football as the PSAC took a break from divisional games for crossover action, the PAC saw some wild finishes and Saint Francis and Duquesne met for the 99th time in the NEC.Here are recaps of all the games played Saturday:Kutztown 56 - Slippery Rock 49 SRU lost it's 2nd straight game, fumbling 5 times, which led to 28 Kutztown points and a victory for the Golden Bears at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium on Saturday night. QB Nigel Barksdale made his first career start and figured in on 5 Rock touchdowns in the loss. Kevin Morton returned to the Kutztown lineup and threw 4 touchdown passes, the Golden Bears led 42-21 at the half.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/30/2012
October is here! So while the leaves start to turn shades of red, orange and gold, the WPIAL hands out its share of links gold this week here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL Week Five Saturday’s Scholastic Starz
The only bad thing about a jam-packed Friday night of high school football is that it leaves the Saturday district schedule a tad light. That was the case in Week Five with only THREE WPIAL football games, all on the Class A level. So even though there were only three games, we were still able to keep with the tradition of the Top Five performances from Saturday that led to loud victories on a quiet day.Jake Temple & Nick Kusich - Avella
