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District College Football Preview for Saturday, September 8th
September 6, 2012
Week two of the district college football slate comes your way with several PSAC crossover battles featuring East vs. West. The NEC starts conference play and a couple of PAC teams meet nationally ranked foes on the road.Here are previews of All the games, three can be heard right here on the Network:Slippery Rock(1-0) at Shippensburg(1-0) 1pm on WISR 680 AM and the MSA Sports Network The Red Raiders offense was one of the best in the PSAC last season, while the Rock defense was one of the best in the nation, which one will win the battle in 2012 at Grove Stadium.Chicks Picks – Week Two – 2012
Welcome to Week 2 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks dreads making her predictions the first few weeks of the season. Her crystal ball is usually still a bit cloudy from the off-season, making it difficult to foresee accurate picks. The boss does not want to hear about a lackluster performance from the crystal ball, however, so the pressure is on from Day 1.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Soccer – 09/05/2012
September 5, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL boys soccer rankings for the week of September 3rd. 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 (1-0-0)2) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (3-0-0)3) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (3-0-0)4) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (2-0-0)5) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (0-0-0)6) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (2-0-0)7) CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS (2-0-0)8) FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS (1-0-0)9) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (1-1-0)Big Game Hunting for Week Two 2012
Week One was a scorcher, we saw some big time upsets, some tremendous debuts, and some confirmations of things most of us suspected would be true for the 2012 campaign. One thing I think all of us non-head coaches can agree on, is that WPIAL realignment bringing us very meaningful games at the outset of the season is a huge success. Stay hydrated, week two looks just as hot in the big games department, here’s hoping the temps are a little more football-like as we go Big Game Hunting! AAAA - Northern 8 ConferenceMSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/05/2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 3rd. 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) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (1-0-0)2) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (2-0-0) 3) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (1-0-0)4) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (1-0-0)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/04/2012
September 4, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week One 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 (1-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Two host Fox Chapel on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (1-0) (Last Week #2) (Week Two: at Connellsville on MSA)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (1-0) (Last Week #3) (Week Two: at Canon-McMillan)4) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (1-0) (Last Week #6) (Week Two: host #6 North Hills on MSA)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/03/2012
September 3, 2012
DAILY high school sporting events start coming your way as we settle into September this week here on the MSA Sports Network. Between Thursday and Saturday, we will have FORTY-ONE WPIAL and District 6 high school football games with Fridays action 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 college football and the debut of women's college field hockey, plus our inaugural 2012 broadcasts of WPIAL boys and girls soccer as well as WPIAL girls volleyball and all the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.net Monday, September 3rd:District College Football Recap for Saturday, September 2nd
September 2, 2012
With storms throughout the Western Pennsylvania area, the district College Football season kicked off with a bang with several great games. Here are the recaps of those games:Washington & Jefferson 23 - Methodist 6 On a 95 degree day in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the Presidents survived the heat, humidity and an outage that left the stadium without power for the entire second half for the victory to open the season.WPIAL Saturday’s Scholastic Starz – Week One
What better way to conclude opening weekend of the 2012 high school football season than for the WPIAL to put on a massive light show spectacular on Saturday night. Wait, what's that? It wasn't District 7 officials, rather Mother Nature that took center stage? Mmmm. Oh well, the Saturday list shrunk from five to four games because of the storms that rolled through Saturday night, but those four standouts were able to shine bright, even on a cloud-filled day.Kyle Whipple & Kevin Faulk - East Allegheny2012 WPIAL/Pittsburgh City League Football Standings
September 1, 2012
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Thursday of Week Two 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 chaseWPIAL CLASS AAAA:Northern Eight Conference:WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week One 2012
It's a new season so an introduction may be needed. every Saturday during the high school football season, we look back at some of the top performances from the previous night...thus the HighLights aspect of this column. Just having the lights back on Friday nights is a highlight for many, but these players (when hydrated) were shining bright in the first primetime contest of the 2012 campaign.Mack Leftwich - North AlleghenyWPIAL and City League Football Scores for Saturday, 9/1
The lights were shining bright on Friday night as the curtain rose on a brand new high school football season with the added feature of conference games up and down all four classifications. That left only five WPIAL and one Pittsburgh City League games for Saturday. Here are the results from five of the six D-7 & D-8 games as the non-conference tilt between Aliquippa and Ambridge was postponed until Monday after a stormy night.WPIAL CLASS AA Allegheny Conference:East Allegheny Wildcats 29 - Summit Academy Knights 12 WPIAL CLASS A Big 7 Conference:Neshannock Lancers 55 - Western Beaver Golden Beavers 8Sto-Rox Vikings 38 - Shenango Wildcats 20Scholastic Notebook – 08/31/2012
August 31, 2012
The storylines are many as the WPIAL football season kicks off tonight. But is there a storyline with more irony than the Springdale at West Shamokin game? There is the new guy taking over for one of the winningest coaches in WPIAL history, and his first game is against a team with a historical losing streak. Dave Leasure will be in his first game as Springdale’s head coach. He takes over for Chuck Wagner, who retired last season after 47 years as a high school head coach in the WPIAL (Oakmont, Riverview, Fox Chapel and Springdale high schools). Wagner retired with a record of 270-202-11, and the 270 wins are fourth on the all-time list.WPIAL and City League Football Scores from Friday 8/31
The 'first time' in many things in life is special...or at least memorable. we saw a little of both on the First Friday of the new WPIAL and City League football season. The biggest thing is that ALL but a handful of District 7 teams were playing conference games on this season opener. As Bud Selig likes to say, 'these games count'. Here is a rundown of all the final results from Friday.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference:Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings 35 Shaler Titans 0 (F)Butler Golden Tornado 9 Seneca Valley Vikings 24 (F)Chicks Picks – Week One – 2012
August 30, 2012
Welcome to Week 1 of the high school football season. The offseason passed by rather quickly for Chick’s Picks. Shortly after last season’s championship games, she began training to run her first 5K. This, after rehabbing from ankle surgery, Chick’s Picks thought would be a lofty goal to set for herself.That chilly March morning arrived, and accomplish that goal she did. It certainly was not pretty, but nonetheless, Chick’s Picks crossed the finish line. Now nearing her fifth 5K this weekend, she approaches each race with the same mentality—crossing the finish line is the most important part.CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Class A
August 29, 2012
Each and every Monday during the regular season starting on Labor Day (9/3), the MSA Sports Network will rank the top ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2012 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class A.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS A PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1. CLAIRTON BEARS (16-0)2. STO-ROX VIKINGS (12-1)3. ROCHESTER RAMS (10-2)4. BRENTWOOD SPARTANS (9-2)Big Game Hunting for Week One 2012
The hot, hot summer of 2012 is winding down and that is great for fans of high school football. If you’ve been keeping up to date with the MSA Sports Countdown to Kick-off articles, you should be in mid-season form and ready to roll for week one of the 2012 WPIAL football campaign, if you haven’t, shame on you. But hey we forgive you and everybody gets a clean slate heading into week one, it’s all about hope and a fresh start….and re-alignment, so re-align your priorities next season and make sure you follow the countdown series. Meanwhile re-alignment means the big games in week one are even bigger so jump right in as we go Big Game Hunting! Class AAAA Non-Conference:Frazier & Beth-Center Each 1-0 After Geibel Forfeits First Two Football Games
Beth-Center has joined Frazier with 1-0 records even though the 2012 football season hasn't even started. Three days before the high school football throughout the state kicks off, the Commodores have been awarded a forfeit victory over Geibel for Week 1 and the Bulldogs have a forfeit win over the Gators for Week 2 after preseason injuries hit an already small Gators roster hard.Geibel has had it's share of hard time over the last decade and a half, including the WPIAL's longest losing streak until West Shamokin broke that record last year.CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Class AA
August 28, 2012
Each and every Monday during the regular season starting on Labor Day (9/3), the MSA Sports Network will rank the top ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2012 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class AA.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AA PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1. ALIQUIPPA QUIPS (14-1)2. JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS (12-1)3. SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS (7-4)4. BEAVER BOBCATS (7-3)CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Class AAA
August 27, 2012
Each and every Monday during the regular season starting on Labor Day (9/3), the MSA Sports Network will rank the top ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2012 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class AAA.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1. CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS (11-1) 2. THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS (7-4)3. MONTOUR SPARTANS (12-3)4. FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS (11-1)
