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COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF 2012
July 31, 2012
The countdown to the start of the 2012 high school football season is underway. High School football training camps throughout Western Pennsylvania open up on Monday, August 13th as teams prepare for a new season starting Friday, August 31st and Saturday, September 1st. As has been the case in the thirteen previous years here at MSA Sports, the ONLY place to turn for original DAILY updates that help prepare fans for all the excitement of the 2012 high school football season in the WPIAL is 'Countdown to Kickoff' here at www.msasports.netCOMPLETELY UPDATED: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/30/2012
July 30, 2012
With great anticipation, we are ready to begin Countdown to Kickoff 2012 as July melts into August this week on the MSA Sports Network. We begin our coverage of the 2012 high school football season with a special edition of This Week in the WPIAL followed by the MSA Sports/Kennywood Park Preseason All-Star Team Presentation Show from Kennywood Park. We also have coverage of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve hitting the road for series in Trenton and New Britain along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things at River City before returning home to CONSOL Energy Park to face Lake Erie, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, July 30th:
London Bound: Local Athletes on the US Olympic Team – Jake Herbert
July 26, 2012
Jake Herbert, a 2003 North Allegheny graduate has been named to the 2012 Olympic wrestling team in the 185 pound weight class. He is one of two Western Pennsylvanians to make the team, the other being Coleman Scott from Waynesburg. Herbert is also a 2009 graduate of Northwestern University and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is a two time NCAA champion winning titles in 2007 and 2009, and four time All American. He compiled a 135-4 record in college with two undefeated seasons. In High school he won the 2003 PIAA state championship and placed all four years. He compiled a 141-18 record in his four years at North Allegheny.
London Bound: Local Athletes on the US Olympic Team – Coleman Scott
July 24, 2012
Former three-time PIAA state champion and Waynesburg high school graduate Coleman Scott has made the US Olympic Wrestling team as a freestyle wrestler. Scott, an NCAA Champion in 2008, was the final man to make the Olympic squad after defeating top ranked Shawn Bunch and Reece Humphrey in a wrestle off. Scott has been a member of the US National team since 2009. He was a four time All American at Oklahoma State and one of two Western Pennsylvanians to make the 2012 Olympic team. The other is North Allegheny graduate Jake Herbert.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/23/2012
July 23, 2012
The pro baseball diamonds own the week long center stage in the final days of July this week on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve hitting at Reading for three, then back home for a long four game weekend series against New Hampshire along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things at CONSOL Energy Park for series against London and Florence before hitting the road against Lake Erie, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, July 23rd:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Altoona Curve vs Reading Phillies at 7:05pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL Hires, Resignations and Commitments
July 18, 2012
Even though the school doors are locked and the student-athletes are preparing for a new school year, there has been plenty of news in the first couple weeks of July with athletic directors and coaches on the move as well as players making D-I verbal agreements.Butschle Steps Down at Sto-RoxThe 2011 WPIAL Class A runner-up is looking for a new coach just one month before training camp officially opens up. Ron Butschle's second stint as head coach at Sto-Rox has ended when he resigned due to personal reasons.Butschle, who led the Vikings to an undefeated regular season last fall and a berth in the district title game, hopes to coach again some day, but a family situation has forced him to step away at least for the 2012 season.
London Bound: Local Athletes on the USA Olympic Team – Christa Harmotto
July 16, 2012
Christa Harmotto, a 2005 graduate of Hopewell High School, was named to the final roster for the US Olympic Volleyball team that will compete in the London Olympics. She has been a part of the national team since she graduated from Penn State University in 2009 after a four year career where she was a two time first team All-American selection, and three time All-American. At Penn State, she was part of four straight Big Ten titles, consecutive NCAA titles and an undefeated season in 2008. During her career at Hopewell, she was the 2004 Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year and was a two-time high school All-American.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/16/2012
The pro baseball diamonds own the week long spotlight as the second half of the season is into full swing this week on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve hitting the road for three, then back home for a long four game weekend series along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things at CONSOL Energy Park for three before a short three game road trip to Illinois, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, July 16th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Altoona Curve vs Richmond Flying Squirrels at 7:05pm on MSAsports.netGateway Football Coach Terry Smith Keeps Job…For Now
July 12, 2012
Terry Smith is still the head football coach at Gateway High School, although his position as head coach and athletic director is up in the air after the 2012 season. On Wednesday night in front of a packed house at the high school auditorium, the Gateway school board voted 8-1 to prevent the athletic director of the school district to have a supplemental contract as the high school football coach. However, it would not go into effect until December 31st of this year.Last month, the school board approved a new 65 million dollar budget with plenty of cuts, including cutting the athletic directors position to part time.Former Shady Side Academy Star Pete Sauer Dies
July 9, 2012
Former Shady Side Academy and University of Stanford basketball standout Pete Sauer collapsed and died Monday in New York City while playing in a pick-up basketball game.The cause of death has not been determined, but witnesses say Sauer collapsed and hit is head and never revived.Sauer starred at Shady Side Academy in the early to mid-90's and was the Indians all-time leading scorer when he graduated in 1995.He then went on to star at Standford. helping to lead the Cardinal to four straight NCAA men's basketball tournament berth's including the 1998 team that advanced to the Final Four in his junior season.Sauer is survived by his wife Amanda and three daughters. He was 35-years old
London Bound: Local Athletes on the USA Olympic Team – Cassidy Krug
Former WPIAL and PIAA champion and Montour High School graduate Cassidy Krug has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in the 3 meter diving springboard competition. Krug averaged over 364.95 per round at the US Olympic diving trials in Federal Way Washington during the week of June of June 17th thru 22nd. Her overall meet score was 1094.85 was good enough for first place as she outdistanced 2nd place finisher and Olympic qualifier Christina Loukas by 77 points. Krug who missed qualifying in 2004 but went to Athens as a runner to help her teammates and fellow Olympians, and 2008 where she failed due to injuries, finally was able to secure the long sought after Olympics berth.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/09/2012
It's time to take a mid-season break from the pro baseball diamonds before the second half of the season begins this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage before and after the all-star breaks of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve hitting the road for a long weekend series at Akron along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things at CONSOL Energy Park hosting Traverse City, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, July 9th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.net2011-2012 WPIAL and PITTSBURGH CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS on PARADE
July 6, 2012
What better way to celebrate America's Birthday and the end of another school year than with a parade. It has been another great high school sports year. All of us here at the MSA Sports Network and Management Science Associates thank our sponsors and fans for their support during the 2011-2012 school year. As we get ready for another great scholastic campaign in 2012-2013, we look back at all the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League team champions on parade from this past school year.Football:Class AAAA - North Allegheny TigersClass AAA - Montour SpartansClass AA - Aliquippa QuipsClass A - Clairton BearsCity League - University Prep PanthersPIAA Class A - Clairton BearsThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/03/2012
July 3, 2012
The action on the pro baseball diamonds explodes with red, white and blue pride this holiday week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage before the mid-season all-star breaks of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve returning home to face Reading and Binghamton along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things also returning home against Rockford, then hitting the road this weekend at Schaumburg, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, July 2nd:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Altoona Curve vs Binghamton Mets at 7:05pm on MSAsports.net
2012 MSA SPORTS FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – SHATORI KIMBROUGH-WALKER of HOPEWELL
June 29, 2012
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough says one of her goals at some point in the near future is to dunk a basketball. Maybe even next season at Hopewell High School. But when it comes to the best female athlete in the WPIAL, Walker-Kimbrough is a slam-dunk winner – again. Walker-Kimbrough recently finished her junior year at Hopewell, and it was a year to remember. Walker-Kimbrough played three sports for Hopewell, but did more than just play them. She excelled in all three. More accurately, she dominated in the three.
2012 MSA SPORTS MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – LUKE HAGY of MOUNT LEBANON
Whether he carried one, shot one, dribbled one, hit one or caught one, Luke Hagy’s high school career was a ball. In these days of teenagers specializing in one sport, Hagy was highly unusual. He had a ball year round. He was a three-sport athlete at Mount Lebanon High School, which is in the largest classification (Class AAAA) in the WPIAL. You don’t see many high schoolers playing three sports at a large school. But it wasn’t just playing three sports that made Hagy unusual. It was how much talent he had in the three sports – and how long he played the three.Altoona Curve Win Streak Ends With Tuesday Loss at Binghamton
June 27, 2012
A one-run lead slipped away in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Binghamton Mets scored twice to steal the final game of the series, 3-2, and halt the Curve win streak at five games. Binghamton scored twice on back-to-back fielder’s choices with no one down to take the lead. Leading 2-1 entering the eighth, Altoona brought reliever Jeff Inman (1-2) into the game to try and hold on to the one-run lead. Inman walked Eric Campbell to start the inning and then Allan Dykstra singled to move Campbell to third and put the tying run 90 feet away. Jefry Marte drew the second walk of the inning to load the bases before Dustin Martin hit into a fielder’s choice that scored Campbell from third to tie the game at two.This Week on MSA Sports Network – 06/26/2012
June 26, 2012
The action heats up on the pro baseball diamond as we officially bid farewell to June and welcome in July this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve hitting the road to Harrisburg and Binghamton along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things as they also hit the road to Traverse City and London, plus minor league football and all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, June 25th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Akron Aeros vs Altoona Curve at 7:00pm on MSAsports.netScholastic Notebook – 06/22/2012
June 22, 2012
Joe Dunn was known as one of the good guys among WPIAL basketball coaches. But that fraternity is now minus one good guy. Dunn resigned as Trinity High School’s boys coach last week. He wouldn’t rule out returning to coaching someday, but for now, he wants to spend more time with his family. Dunn and his wife have two daughters and a son. Dunn has been coaching for 26 years and had other successful coaching stints at Mount Pleasant and Seton-LaSalle. Dunn became pretty good at taking down programs and turning them into more than respectable. He did it at Mount Pleasant and he did it at Trinity, where he was coach since 2001.Riverside, LaSalle, West York & Bishop McCort Win 2012 PIAA Baseball Titles
June 19, 2012
It was a historic day at Penn State University as the Riverside Panthers repeated as PIAA baseball Class AA champions. Dan Oliasto's Panthers became the first Pennsylvania school to win a fourth PIAA baseball title. Here are ALL of the results from the 2012 PIAA Baseball Playoffs, including all four state baseball finals at Penn State University.2012 PIAA CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:LaSalle College Explorers Council 3 - Rock South Golden Hawks 1PIAA CLASS AAAA Semifinals:Council Rock South Golden Hawks 4 - Altoona Mountain Lions 0LaSalle College Explorers 7 - Hatboro-Horsham Hatters 5PIAA CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:
