Sports
Selection Sunday for District College Football Teams
November 14, 2010
It is Selection Sunday for the NCAA Division II playoffs and it was a good day for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference as for the second straight year, the PSAC filled four of the six playoff spots in Super Region One.MSA Sports Friday Night HighLights – Week Eleven
November 13, 2010
Sixteen teams saw their dreams of WPIAL football gold and a trip to the North Show come to an end as they were forced to exit the Highway to Heinz on Quarterfinals Friday. That leaves 16 teams still in the hunt for a gridiron title thanks in large part to these following outstanding performances on a comfortable early November eve. Alex Papson - North AlleghenyCity League, District 6, District 9 and District 10 Football Playoff Results
While the Highway to Heinz heads to its second exit with Quarterfinal Firday in the 2010 WPIAL football playoffs, other neighboring Western Pennsylvania districts enter or continue postseason play, including the Pittsburgh City League Semifinals. Here are ALL the results from Friday, November 12th and Saturday, November 13th.Highway to Heinz – Quarterfinals Recaps 2010
One defending WPIAL champion cruised, one needed overtime for a dramatic come-from-behind win while another was ousted in Round Two. One team wins in the Quarterfinals for a 13th consecutive year while another wins in this, their very first season. Plus, all four top-seeds are still alive headed into the district Final Four. Some of the highlights from Quarterfinals Friday in the WPIAL.Scholastic Notebook – 11/12/2010
November 12, 2010
The Parkway Conference in Class AAA and the Eastern Conference in Class A were both 4-0 in WPIAL first-round football playoff games last week. That is impressive, but not unheard of in the WPIAL. Now if either one of those conferences go 4-0 in this week's games, it will be a first.WPIAL/Pittsburgh City League Week 11 Friday Scores
Your Attention Please! We have reached the second stop on our trip on the Highway to Heinz. This is the Quarterfinals Friday exit. For those teams not scheduled to reach the Final Four in your classification, you may exit to the right. For those teams Semifinals bound, you may continue your trip through the 2010 WPIAL football playoffs. Here are ALL the final results from Round Two.District College Football Preview for Saturday, November 13th
November 11, 2010
It's the final week of the regular season and many of the district teams will be putting away the helmets after Saturday's finale. But for some, Division II playoff hopes are on the line. The PSAC placed four teams in the Division II field last season, California and Mercyhurst are looking to be two of those.Chicks Picks – Week 11 – 2010
Welcome to Week 11 of the high school football season. Chick's Picks hit the gym hard this week in preparation for the Highway to Heinz, knowing that quality time with the treadmill would be necessary to avoid a repeat of playoff mishaps from seasons past.Big Game Hunting: The Football Fourpack for Week 11
November 10, 2010
I feel like a Green County deer hunter with a corn field, an apple orchard, and a couple salt blocks right in front of my tree stand; it's "easy pickin's" right now. Quarter finals weekend on the MSA Sports Network is here and the hard work is completed; they are all big games once you reach week eleven.WPIAL Plays of the Week – WPIAL First Round
November 9, 2010
The 2010 version of the Highway to Heinz started with some postseason teams struggling while others were on fire...So while there were a fair share of blowouts, there were also some playoff contests that went down to the wire...Some of the thrillers were decided by passes, punt returns and a pick six...Allowing their respective teams to move on to be part of the Quarterfinals mix.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 11/08/2010
November 8, 2010
The Highway to Heinz moves forward to the second exit as the high school football postseason continues this week here on the MSA Sports Network.Pine-Richland, Freeport & Frazier Capture 2010 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Championships
A pair of schools are celebrating their first ever WPIAL girls volleyball championships after victories on Saturday at Franklin Regional High School. Frazier in Class A and Freeport in Class AA claimed inaugural hardwood gold while Pine-Richland won the Class AAA crown for the third time in school history and the Rams first title since 2005.Peters Twp, Hampton and Seton-LaSalle Win 2010 WPIAL Boys Soccer Titles
A pair of top-seeds and a second-seed captured gold on Super Soccer Saturday. Both Seton-LaSalle in Class A and Hampton in Class AA enjoyed dominating victories while it took Peters Township two overtimes to win the Class AAA thriller, the Indians second title in three years. Here are ALL of the results from the 2010 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs.Peters Twp, Mars, Shady Side are the 2010 WPIAL Soccer Golden Girls
The district girls soccer championships are in the books with three new champions crowned on Super Soccer Saturday at both Baldwin and Elizabeth Forward High Schools. Both Peters Township in AAA and Shady Side Academy in A captured girls soccer crowns for the first time in school history, while Mars continued its perfect season by winning a second district AA championship and first since 2000.Even Up, Seton-LaSalle Continues Trend of Even Year WPIAL Boys Soccer Runs With Win Over GCC
November 7, 2010
At Elizabeth Forward High School in Boys WPIAL A Soccer finals the Seton-LaSalle Rebels won in dominant fashion over the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions 3-0. The win is the fourth boys soccer title for the Rebels, with their other championships coming in 2002, 2006 and 2008.Peters Township Finally Golden in WPIAL Girls AAA Soccer
The Peters Township Indians had always been a power as far as WPIAL Girls Soccer was concerned, yet a WPIAL Championship had always eluded them...until Saturday when they blanked the Norwin Knights 3-0 to win the 2010 WPIAL Girls Class AAA soccer championship.Plum’s Yurovsky is the Golden Girl, While SSA’s Perelman and QV’s Caravaggio Take Silver in 2010 PIAA Girls Singles Tennis Championships
There were plenty of medals being handed out to WPIAL tennis players Saturday at the Hershey Racquet Club. Back in September, Ronit Yurovsky of Plum beat Sara Perelman of Shady Side Academy in two sets to claim the WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis crown in Class AAA. Saturday afternoon, history repeated itself as Yurovsky beat Perelman again in the state finals.Peters Twp Beats Pgh Central Catholic in Double OT for WPIAL Boys Soccer AAA Gold
For the second time in three years, the Peters Township Indians won WPIAL gold by outlasting Pittsburgh Central Catholic 1-0 in double overtime Saturday night at Elizabeth Forward high School.Shady Side Academy Wins First Ever WPIAL Girls A Soccer Title
Shady Side Academy made history at Baldwin Stadium by defeating Sewickley Academy to become the first ever WPIAL Girls Class-A champions. The 5th seeded Indians scored an early 2nd half goal and used that momentum to help them control play throughout the final 40-minutes.Ryan Gil and NA Teammates Golden in PIAA Cross-Country Championships
It was a golden Saturday for both Ryan Gil, who won the 2010 Boys Class AAA Individual cross-country race while his North Allegheny teammates finished first in the boys team standings at the Parkview Course in Hershey. Here are the results from both Class AAA and Class AA races for both the boys and girls. PIAA BOYS CLASS AAA TEAM RESULTS:
