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WPIAL Baseball – 2013 Baseball PREVIEW
March 30, 2013
Seneca Valley in Class AAAA, Blackhawk in Class AAA and Ellwood City in Class AA are all ready to defend their WPIAL baseball titles. One thing we know even before section play begins is there will be a new champion crowned in Class A. Neshannock, winners of back-to-back Single-A crowns, has moved up to Class AA for the next two years. defending PIAA champion Riverside will also add to the mix in Class AA.Here is a look at the new section alignment, players to watch in each class and the pre-season MSA Sports Top Ten in each classification.2013 WPIAL BASEBALL REALIGNMENT:WPIAL Baseball – 2012 Baseball REVIEW
When it came down to WPIAL baseball in 2012, all of the gold was found due north. All four WPIAL champions and the lone state champion from District 7 are all located in the northern tier of the district map. Will there be another Northern Gold Rush in 2013?Before we look ahead to a new year in high school baseball, let's take a look back at the 2012 WPIAL Baseball season.2012 WPIAL BASEBALL STANDINGS:WPIAL Class AAAA:Section 1: (Section Record) (Overall Record)Scholastic Notebook – 02/15/2013
February 15, 2013
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablMSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2012 Countdown – #5 through #1
January 2, 2013
It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holidays here at The Network. It's time to look back at another high school sports year with the top stories from around the WPIAL in 2012. We conclude our countdown with the five stories that ended up #5 through #1.#5 – A DOMINANT TIGERS RUNScholastic Notebook – 10/05/2012
October 5, 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.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:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/27/2012
August 27, 2012
The curtain is about to be lifted in GRAND style on the high school football season as we conclude our Countdown to Kickoff 2012 schedule this week here on the MSA Sports Network. How about nearly FORTY WPIAL and District 6 football games on Friday and Saturday to get the high school season started, beginning with the expanded MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show, the debut of college football and men's college soccer for 2012, plus the pro baseball season winds down with Eastern League baseball featuring the Altoona Curve and Frontier League baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things as well as news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/20/2012
August 20, 2012
As we continue our Countdown to Kickoff 2012 schedule, we call this the calm before the storm...the final week before the 2012-2013 high school football broadcast season begins this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The sole focus will be on pro baseball one final time this summer with Eastern League baseball featuring the Altoona Curve and Frontier League baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.net Monday, August 20th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Altoona Curve vs Trenton Thunder at 7:05pm on MSAsports.net
2012 PONY League World Series Game Recaps
August 18, 2012
Once again this August, every game of the 2012 edition of the PONY League Baseball World Series was heard here on the MSA Sports Network. Here a a recap from all 17 games from Washington, Pa, with Long Beach, California winning it all.SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/13/2012
August 13, 2012
As we continue our Countdown to Kickoff 2012 schedule, youth baseball continues along side pro baseball in a crowded spotlight this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We continue our coverage of the 2012 PONY League World Series from Washington, PA along with Eastern League baseball featuring the Altoona Curve and Frontier League baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.net Monday, August 13th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPONY League World Series: Game 9 - Chinese Taipei vs New Bedford, Massachusetts at 5:30pm on WJPA-AM 1450This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/07/2012
August 7, 2012
As we continue our Countdown to Kickoff 2012 schedule, youth baseball joins pro baseball on a crowded center stage this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We begin our coverage of the 2012 PONY League World Series from Washington, PA along with Eastern League baseball featuring the Altoona Curve and Frontier League baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, August 6th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Bowie Baysox vs Altoona Curve at 7:00pm on MSAsports.net Tuesday, August 7th: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: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.netThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/16/2012
July 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.netThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/09/2012
July 9, 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 MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – LUKE HAGY of MOUNT LEBANON
June 29, 2012
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.net
