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Big Game Hunting for Week Six 2016

October 6, 2016

The game we all circled back on our calendars when the 2016 WPIAL Football schedule came out is finally here. While normally I frown on even inter-conference games getting into Big Game Hunting, let alone an inter-classification game, this game is different. These two teams have long been the gold-standard for WPIAL football and their meeting this Friday at Neil Brown Stadium this week, cannot be denied as a big event for any fan of WPIAL football over the last two decades. I don’t imagine I will get emails complaining about my choices this week, but as a reminder, those should all now be directed to ChixPix1@msasports.net. For now let’s go Big Game Hunting!

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/03/2016

October 3, 2016

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten seven in 6-A and top ten football teams in each of the other five classifications. Here are the rankings following Week Five of the 2016 high school football season...including a NEW #1 team in Clas 3-A. WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN: 1. PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (5-1) (Last Week #1.....Week Six - at Butler on MSA) 2. NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (4-2) (Last Week #3.....Week Six - at #6 Penn Hills on MSA)

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/03/2016

We open up a busy October with a bang with high school football, soccer, volleyball, field hockey, golf and even hockey this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The high school football season kicks off the second half of the regular season with Week Six and The Network has 31 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.

2016 WPIAL Football Standings – 10/02

October 2, 2016

Here are the latest WPIAL football standings through Week Five of the 2016 high school football season. Once again this year, we have added points for and points against as well as the updated WPIAL tiebreaker points for all 122 WPIAL teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Click on each team to see all of their results along with their remaining schedule for the 2016 season. (Top 4 teams from both conferences in 6-A, 5-A and 4-A qualify for the playoffs) (Top 2 teams from the three conferences in 3-A along with two third place wild cards qualify for the playoffs) (Top 5 teams from the three conference in 2-A and 1-A along with one sixth place wild card qualify for the playoffs)

MSA Sports Saturdays Scholastic Starz for Week Five

After a couple of lean Saturday scholastic football slates, the WPIAL kicked off the month of October with five conference contests. All three Class 1-A games were played under some sun which followed morning showers, while the Class 3-A and Class 2-A games were played on Saturday night to wrap up the high school football weekend. Here are the five standout Saturday performances from Week Five. Duane Brown - Apollo-Ridge

WPIAL and City League Football Scores for Sat 10/1

October 1, 2016

While the last two Saturday's have been quiet around the WPIAL with three high school football games total, the month of October kicks off with a bang. There were four WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League games in the afternoon with two more in primetime on a busy Saturday that will conclude the Week Five weekend. Four of the six games were heard right here on The Network. Here are the final results. WPIAL CLASS 3-A Allegheny Conference: Apollo-Ridge Vikings 35 - Seton-LaSalle Rebels 28 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS 2-A Midwestern Athletic Conference: Riverside Panthers 18 - Freedom Bulldogs 10 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS 1-A Big 7 Conference:

Friday HighLights for Week Five

As Friday night of Week Five of the 2016 campaign began, most pre-games and kickoffs had to deal with passing rain showers. But as the games went on, the skies cleared, the temps dropped and the stars started to shine. However in a day and age when most of the star are found in the sky, or at least doing damage through the air, it was a night of success for those who love to pound on the ground as eight running backs in the district surpassed 200 yards rushing, including one massive record setting performance. Zane Dudek - Armstrong

Scholastic Notebook – 09/30/2016

September 30, 2016

Fort Cherry is in a drive for five. If the Rangers complete the drive, it will be the first time in 18 years. The Fort Cherrry football team is 4-0. The Rangers have been somewhat of a surprise this year after going 2-7 and 3-6 the past two seasons. Fort Cherry is likely to go to 5-0 because the Rangers play Friday night against West Greene, which is 1-4. This is the fourth time in nine seasons that Fort Cherry has started the season 4-0. The others were in 2008, 2009 and 2013. But every year, Fort Cherry lost its fifth game to Clairton. The last time Fort Cherry started 5-0 was 1998. That year, the Rangers finished the regular season with a 9-0 record before losing in the first round of the playoffs to Clairton.

WPIAL and City League Football Scores for 9/30

Whether you count the newly installed Week Zero or not, this weekend was officially the midway point of the 2016 high school football regular season. Friday of Week Five also happened to fall on the final day of September. With big games littered in each of the classifications before we turned the calendar, here was a rundown of the Week Five Friday results of games around the WPIAL and the Pittsburgh City League. WPIAL CLASS 6-A Northern Seven Conference: Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings 48 - Pine-Richland Rams 35 (F) Seneca Valley Raiders 32 - Penn Hills Indians 7 (F) Butler Golden Tornado 34 Shaler Titans 16 (F)

Chicks Picks for Week Five

September 29, 2016

Welcome to Week 5 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks spends more time than she would care to admit trolling Amazon for her next potential purchase. Last week, Chick’s Picks stumbled upon a plethora of crystal balls. Tempted by the allure of the shiny, new prognosticating tools, Chick’s Picks decided that a bit of research would not hurt. Her guilty conscience set in right away, as she struggled with the desire to upgrade her equipment despite more than 15 years of loyalty to her current crystal ball. Chick’s Picks decided to consult an expert – The Boss.

Big Game Hunting for Week Five 2016

Week Five and the drive to stay alive is no jive, if you can make it you will arrive, where you want to be. Keeping that sentence there because, as bad as it is, it did not trigger any grammatical or spelling errors in the Microsoft Word software and, I like it. Week Five has great matchups including a preview of what many think could be the eventual championship game in AAAAAA. Before we get to week five though, WOW!!!! What a night at Dormont Stadium in week four, Beaver and Darius Wise and, Keystone Oaks and Alex Smith put on a show for the ages. John Lee and I were there for the 77-49 win for the Bobcats and it was nothing short of breathtaking for everyone in attendance.

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/26/2016

September 26, 2016

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten seven in 6-A and top ten football teams in each of the other five classifications. Here are the rankings following Week Four of the 2016 high school football season. WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN: 1. PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (4-1) (Last Week #1.....Week Five - host #2 Pine-Richland on MSA) 2. PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (4-1) (Last Week #2.....Week Five - at #1 Pittsburgh Central Catholic on MSA)

2016 WPIAL Football Standings – 09/26

Here are the latest WPIAL football standings through Week Four of the 2016 high school football season. Once again this year, we have added points for and points against as well as the updated WPIAL tiebreaker points for all 122 WPIAL teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Click on each team to see all of their results along with their remaining schedule for the 2016 season. (Top 4 teams from both conferences in 6-A, 5-A and 4-A qualify for the playoffs) (Top 2 teams from the three conferences in 3-A along with two third place wild cards qualify for the playoffs) (Top 5 teams from the three conference in 2-A and 1-A along with one sixth place wild card qualify for the playoffs)

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/25/2016

September 25, 2016

We close out the month of September and welcome in what will be a busy October with our first WPIAL championship of the new school year this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The high school football season hits the midway point of the regular season with Week Five and The Network has 31 WPIAL football weekend contests starting with the MSA Sports pregame Show Friday at 6pm and concluding with the WPIAL Scoreboard Show Friday at 9:30pm.

MSA Sports Saturdays Scholastic Starz for Week Four

Both of the Saturday afternoon football games in the WPIAL in Week Four matched teams with postseason expectations trying to stay near the top of their respective conferences taking on teams that were trying to snap losing skids that already have put their playoff hopes in jeopardy. In the end, the two favorites were victorious thanks to a couple large performances on the ground. Jayvaun Shears - McKeesport

WPIAL Football Scores for Sat 9/24

September 24, 2016

Last week was the lightest Saturday football schedule in the WPIAL for the 2016 season. This week, we doubled our total for the second lightest scholastic slate in the district this year. It would have been another one-and-done this week if not for a Homecoming game special in Class 5-A. So Week Four has now concluded with a pair of WPIAL afternoon football games that were heard here on The Network. WPAIL CLASS 5-A Big East Conference: McKeesport Tigers 52 - Plum Mustangs 24 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS 1-A Eastern Conference: Bishop Canevin Crusaders 35 - Riverview Raiders 0 (MSA)

MSA Sports Friday Night HighLights for Week Four

When it comes to arithmetic, I am at about the same level as Jethro Bodine from the famed Beverly Hillbillies. It's all about 'Gozintas'. If you are left scratching your head at the first sentence, let me explain. three Gozinta six two times. Four Gozinta 24 six times. And so on and so forth. Last night around the WPIAL, high school football teams were putting up numbers as if they were playing Techmo Bowl (pre Madden for you youngsters) instead of actual football on actual playing fields. The first Autumn Friday of the season saw scoreboards lighting up like it was a Christmas tree on the first day of winter. Needless to say, the more points scored, the more players were 'Gozinta' the end zone.

WPIAL and City League Football Scores for 9/23

September 23, 2016

One week after the busiest Friday of the WPIAL football regular season, we followed up with the second busiest high school gridiron slate of the 2016 campaign. With one-third of the season in the books, we are starting to get a feel for who is in the playoff chase for good and who is prepping that spoilers cap for an October debut. Week Four also marked the first Friday of Autumn. Let the Fall fun begin!! Here are all of the final results. CLASS 6-A Northern Seven Conference: Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings 42 - Seneca Valley Raiders 14 (F) North Allegheny Tigers 49 - Butler Golden Tornado 7 (F)

Scholastic Notebook – 09/23/2016

At Mapletown, Rush rushes. A lot. Dylan Rush is a junior running back at Mapletown who has enjoyed a big season so far. He is the second-leading rusher in the WPIAL with 1,027 yards. The only running back who is ahead of him is Armstrong’s Zane Dudek, who has 1,201. Rush stands only 5 feet 9 and weighs 180 pounds. You have to wonder how strong Rush’s back is, because he is carrying the Mapletown team on it. Rush’s number of carries isn’t on the high side. It’s on the ridiculous side. In four games, Rush has carried the ball 147 times. That’s 36.8 times a game. The rest of Mapletown’s team has 31 carries. On top of that, Mapletown has thrown 22 passes – and Rush has attempted seven of them.

Chicks Picks for Week Four

September 22, 2016

Welcome to Week 4 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks spends many days on the road, particularly early in the season. Her surging popularity demands her presence at various high schools throughout the WPIAL. This past Friday, though, Chick’s Picks thought that she should probably make some time to visit with The Boss at MSA Sports World Headquarters.

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