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North Allegheny Sweeps Past Norwin for 6th Straight WPIAL Title
May 26, 2012
North Allegheny won their sixth consecutive AAA boys volleyball championship defeating Norwin 25-16, 25-21, 25-21 on Friday night at CHartiers Valley High School. The Tigers trailed only 4 times all night. North Allegheny and Norwin were tied 10-10 when the Tigers would score 6 straight points from kilss by Zach Hayes and Zack Shaw and a couple of blocks from Shaw as well as Norwin would never recover in game one. Game 2 was more of Shaw and Tommy Kiesling for the tigers with numerous kills that Norwin could not catch up to. North Allegheny could not pull away because of the play of Nick Idele.Hampton Beats GCC Again To Repeat as D-II Boys Lacrosse Champs
May 25, 2012
At Chartiers Valley high school in the WPIAL Boys Division II Lacrosse Championship, the Hampton Talbots defeat the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions by a score of 16-7. The Centurions have won 2 WPIAL titles in a row and their 3rd in 4 years, all over GCC.In the first period the Talbots raced to a 4-0 lead. Dylan Szramowski scored the hat trick getting three goals in the first ten minutes to make it 3-0 Hampton. Jon Nigro scored with :42 seconds remaining in the first and Hampton led 4-0.Seneca Valley Edges Shady Side To Win D-I Boys Lacrosse Championship
The Shady Side Academy Indians had come in to the WPIAL Division I Lacrosse finals with quite a bit of momentum winning 6 of their last 7 including playoff wins over Upper St. Clair (7-5) and Mt. Lebanon (8-3). They were, however, only 9-8 coming into their title match with the Seneca Valley Raiders, who were consistent winners all season long with a record of 16-1. This matchup was also a contrast in styles with SV's run-and-gun approach as opposed to SSA's more methodical, patient style. Run-and-Gun Won 8-5.It would not take the Raiders long to strike as just 54 seconds in, Mike Argyros took a feed from Cole Fyock and drove a shot past SSA netminder Tucker Gillman for the early 1-0 advantage. That wold be the only scoring in the 1st period.Hampton Repeats in D-II While Seneca Valley Wins D-I WPIAL Boys Lacrosse Title
The Hampton Talbots are celebrating back-to-back titles while the Seneca Valley Raiders are enjoying their first trip to the golden top of the district boys lacrosse mountain. Hampton beat Greensburg Central Catholic for a second straight year to capture their third Division II title in four years. Meanwhile, Seneca Valley edged Shady Side Academy to win the Raiders first ever Division I District 7 crown. Here are ALL of the final results from the 2012 WPIAL Boys Lacrosse Playoffs.2012 WPIAL DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Seneca Valley Raiders 8 - Shady Side Academy Indians 5 (MSA)North Allegheny Six-Peats in AAA While Ambridge Back on Top in AA in WPIAL Boys Volleyball
The two most dominant district boys volleyball programs in recent years are adding more gold to their resume. North Allegheny swept past Norwin as the Tigers captured their sixth straight WPIAL Class AAA championship and their ninth in the past ten years. Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought five game victory for Ambridge over Derry in the Class AA Finals as the Bridgers won their fourth WPIAL crown in the last five years. Here are ALL of the final results from the 2012 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:2012 PIAA State Track & Field – Day One Recap
The first day of the PIAA track and field championships is complete, and only one WPIAL athlete stepped up to the very top of the winners stand. Waynesburg’s Marissa Kalsey won the Class AA pole vault championship at Shippensburg University Friday. She was the only WPIAL athlete to win a gold medal on the first day of the two-day meet. The first day includes finals in only half of the field events. Running events have only preliminary heats. The rest of the field event finals and all running event finals will be tomorrow.Scholastic Notebook – 05/25/2012
Seven of the eight teams in the WPIAL baseball finals are quite familiar with this championship stuff. They all have won at least one title in the past nine seasons. As championship traditions go, the eighth team in the finals is like the odd man out. Belle Vernon has never won a WPIAL championship, and the WPIAL has been staging championships since 1914. Belle Vernon will try to win its first title when it plays Blackhawk in the Class AAA championship Tuesday night at Consol Energy Field in Washington.Peters Twp & North Hills Are Golden Girls in Winning 2012 WPIAL Girls Lacrosse
2012 turns out to be the Year of the Indians in girls lacrosse. In a couple of thrilling championship matches, both Peters Township in Division I and North Hills in Division II captured district gold at Martorelli Stadium in West View on Thursday. Here are ALL of the final scores from the 2012 WPIAL Girls Lacrosse Playoffs.2012 WPIAL DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Peters Township Indians 21 - Pine-Richland Rams 18 (MSA)WPIAL DIVISION I Consolation:Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 16 - Shady Side Academy Indians 13WPIAL DIVISION I Semifinals:Peters Township Indians 18 - Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 9Pine-Richland Rams 16 - Shady Side Academy Indians 11Peters Township Outlasts Pine-Richland to Win WPIAL Girls Lacrosse D-I Gold
If this were a baseball game, you would call it a slugfest. In hockey, it’s call “fire wagon”. In lacrosse, it’s just a plain old fashioned offensive outburst as these two teams combined for 39 goals at Martorelli Stadium in the North Hills in a 21-18 Indians victory.Peters Township outscored Pine-Richland 14-11 in the second half to capture its fourth WPIAL Division I Girls Lacrosse Championship and it’s first since 2009.The back-and- forth first half was tied at 7-7, thanks to two late goals by the Indians Sarah Bootman and Allison Hurley.
PIAA Basketball Finals Returning to Hershey
May 24, 2012
Basketball teams will once again travel "the Road to Hershey" in pursuit of a state championship. The PIAA Board of Control voted 29-2 to accept the proposal made by Hershey Entertainment and Resorts to move the championships back to the 10,000 seat Giant Center for the next four years. The Hershey bid was substantially better that that submitted by Penn State University. The Bryce Jordan Center on the Penn State campus has hosted the championships for the past six years. Penn State officials have also said since submitting their bid that the university is now trying to become a host site for the NCAA Women's Regional tournament, which would be the same weekend as the PIAA championships in two of the four years.
North Hills Beats Char Valley Again for WPIAL Girls Lacrosse D-II Crown
For the second consecutive season, the North Hills Indians and the Chartiers Valley Colts met for the Division II WPIAL Girls Lacrosse Championship. And for the second straight year the Indians came away with the gold medal winning an 11-10 thriller at Martorelli Stadium.It didn't take long for the Colts to get on the scoreboard, as Hope Tornabene converted a Katie Wiess feed into the games first goal just at :27. The back and forth would ensue as the Indians netted the next three goals.Emily Jamison tied the game at 1-1 just :25 later. Jamison tallied again at (3:09) and then Natalie DiPaolo beat CV goalie Shelby Teagardner at (3:41) and North Hills led 3-1.WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Wednesday, May 23rd (and Thursday, May 24th)
May 23, 2012
The Final Four nail-biting continued Thursday afternoon at Fairhaven Park in the final Round Three game in the WPIAL Softball Playoffs. On Wednesday, two extra inning contests, a couple of walk-off hits and tying and wining runs left on the bases or at the plate highlighted a busy and exciting day. More of the same happened Thursday with yet another walk off hit leading to the demise of the top team in Quad A. Here are recaps from all eight Semifinals games as Canon-McMillan, Hempfield, Elizabeth Forward, Montour, Greensburg Central Catholic, Deer Lakes, Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels all had their ticket punched to Championships TWPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoff Recaps for Tuesday, May 22nd
The Final Four in WPIAL Boys Volleyball was filled with excitement as one defending champ was knocked out while a dynasty nearly came to an end. Plus, another legitimate contender to the crown was eliminated from the golden chase. Here are recaps from all four WPIAL boys volleyball Semifinals played on Tuesday night.WPIAL CLASS AAA SEMIFINALS:2012 WPIAL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
After a long Monday of baseball with seven finalists spots secured with some outstanding diamond action, with a suspended game thrown in for the fun of it. Now the Final Four is officially in the books after that suspended Class AAAA game was finished and the finals are set in the 2012 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs. Here are ALL of the final scores from Semifinals Monday and Tuesday, plus the four championship game matchups set for CONSOL Energy Field in Washington next week.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:#9 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (14-8) vs Seneca Valley Raiders (17-4) AT CONSOL Energy Park in Washington on Wednesday, May 30th at 8:00pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:WPIAL Baseball Playoff Recaps for Monday, May 21st (& Tuesday, May 22nd)
May 22, 2012
Here are the updated recaps from all EIGHT Semifinals contests all heard only here on the MSA Sports Network.A special thanks to Randy Gore, Ken Laird, Mike Azadian, Sam Hall, Lee Mohn, Hugh Mulvey and Bob Gregg for their help on these recaps.WPIAL BASEBALL CLASS AAAA SEMIFINALS:WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Monday, May 21st
Five Quarterfinals games were played on Friday, so the other eleven second round games in Class AAA, Class AA and Class A had to wait until Monday afternoon to determine which teams would qualify for the Final Four in their respective classifications. Here are the recaps from all eleven of those WPIAL Softball Playoff games as heard here on the MSA Sports Network.A special thanks to Mark Schaas, Josh Rowntree, Bob Orkwis, Steve Nagler, Bobby Fox and Jason Tennant for their help on these recaps.WPIAL SOFTBALL CLASS AAA QUARTERFINALS:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/20/2012
May 20, 2012
It's a golden time for some of the spring high school sports as we countdown to a holiday weekend this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2012 WPIAL baseball and WPIAL softball Quarterfinals and Semifinals along with District 6 high school baseball playoff action and the championship matches for WPIAL boys volleyball, WPIAL boys lacrosse and WPIAL girls lacrosse, plus news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin and pro baseball featuring the Class AA Eastern League's Altoona Curve and the Frontier League's Washington Wild Things ALL here at MSAsports.netSSA Settles for Silver in PIAA Boys Team Tennis
The WPIAL Class AAA boys team tennis champions cam close to adding state gold to their trophy case, but in the end, Shady Side Academy had to settle for silver. The Indians fell in the PIAA Class AAA finals four games to one to Conestoga Saturday at the Hershey Racquet Club. Here are the results of both the Class AAA and Class AA tournaments in the 2012 PIAA Boys team Tennis Playoffs.2012 PIAA CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Conestoga 4 - Shady Side Academy 1PIAA CLASS AAA Semifinals:Shady Side Academy 3 - Erie Cathedral Prep 2Scholastic Notebook – 05/19/2012
May 19, 2012
Aliquippa High School doesn’t have a track where athletes can practice. But the Quips always seem to have kids in the fast lane. On Thursday night at Baldwin, Aliquippa’s 400-meter relay won the WPIAL Class AA championship in grand fashion, setting a meet record and a school record with a time of 42.87 seconds. The team consisted of Hassan Thompson, Shaquere McBride, Dravon Henry and Kaylan Kenney. While this team’s run was impressive, having a group of top sprinters is nothing new for Aliquippa, despite the school not having a track. It was the seventh time in nine years that Aliquippa won the 400 relay title.2012 WPIAL Individual Track and Field Highlights and Results
May 17, 2012
The Washington Little Prexies were the story at the 2012 WPIAL AA and AAA individual track and field championships Thursday at Baldwin High School. Dustin Fuller of Washington wanted to pull the “Michael Phelps” in events and he succeeded by taking four gold medals. To recent knowledge that was the first time it was ever done at this meet. It seemed every time a medal was handed out at the podium, a Wash High athlete was nearby.
