Football
Chicks Picks – Week Three – 2017
September 15, 2017
Welcome to Week 3 of the high school football season. When Chick’s Picks received a call from The Boss late last week, her first thought was – Uh oh! The Boss never summons her this early in the season, unless there is a problem. Chick’s Picks packed up her trusty crystal ball and headed to […]
Big Game Hunting – Week Three
September 14, 2017
After Friday a third of the 2017 season will be in the books. For some teams they will have played four games. Some teams are still sorting things out, others are dealing with devastating injuries to key players, while still others are figuring things out and kicking it into high gear. Hope remains strong for […]
WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Two 2017
September 12, 2017
While Week One set the tone for an exciting football campaign, this past week was filled with key matchups and fantastic finishes. To that point, the top four plays include a touchdown run and ensuing extra point in the final seconds for an upset in 5A, an interception return to seal the outcome in a […]
MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/11/2017
September 11, 2017
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 Two of the 2017 high school football season. WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN: 1. PINE-RICHLAND […]
This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/11/2017
We hit the 1/3 mark of the regular season in high school football, plus the debut of various other fall high school sports this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The 2017 WPIAL football season continues with Week Three and The Network has 23 WPIAL and five District 6 and District 9 high school football […]
WPIAL Alum Q&A – Colin Jonov
Colin Jonov was a three-sport athlete during his time at Franklin Regional, playing baseball, basketball and football. It was on the gridiron where Jonov really excelled, though, and he continued his football career at Bucknell. Now a senior, Jonov is proving to be one of the top players for his team. As a result, he […]
WPIAL Saturday Scholastic Starz – Week Two
September 10, 2017
With only one WPIAL game on the Week Two Saturday slate, we decided to hand out a couple of Starz on a not so lazy day by the river in Oakmont for the visitors from Imani Christian. Hey, anytime you drop a Mario Lemieux on a team, you have earned special recognition. Wan Wesley – […]
WPIAL Football Standings After Week Two
September 9, 2017
Here are the latest WPIAL football standings through Week Two of the 2017 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 121 WPIAL teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday’s scholastic gridiron action each week. Click […]
WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Two 2017
While the 2017 football season continues to be dry, cool and crisp, we are only two weeks in to the regular season and the offensive numbers being put up continue to be hot and impressive. While the pass happy days of recent years are still here, old school strategy of lining it up and running […]
WPIAL/City League Week Two Saturday Scores
As the band Three Dog Night once sang, “one is the loneliest number that you’ll ever know”. That could be the anthem for the very light WPIAL football schedule on Saturday. Unless we’re talking at the end of the season, then being one is the ultimate goal. For now though, one = first, and a […]
MSA Sports Video Stream Game of the Week
September 8, 2017
MSA Sports has 22 WPIAL football broadcasts Friday night in Week Two, including the Class 6-A Southeastern Conference battle of South Hills neighbors as the Peters Township Indians host the Bethel Park Black Hawks in the MSA Sports Video Stream game of the Week. Watch live and archived starting at 7:30pm.
WPIAL/City League Week Two Friday Scores
The calendar may have said early September, but the grandstands will feel like October. Sure, there were key high school football games throughout the district, but for a second straight week, any concerns of heat induced muscle cramps didn’t exist with kickoff temps around 60 degrees. Here are all the final scores from a busy […]
Chicks Picks – Week Two – 2017
September 7, 2017
Welcome to Week 2 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks is the proud owner of two beautiful boxer dogs, Ursa and Stella. Like any good dogs, Ursa and Stella really enjoy long walks with their humans. Earlier this week, Chick’s Picks packed up her trusty crystal ball and her dogs, and headed out […]
Big Game Hunting – Week Two
Week two gets us into the thick of the 2017 WPIAL football season with some dandy matchups on the MSA sports network. In fact there are so many dandy match ups that we find ourselves in the unique situation of having all six games in BGH feature a battle of Top Ten teams. So let’s […]
WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week One 2017
September 5, 2017
After Week Zero whet the appetite of many high-school football fans, this past Friday served as the official start of the 2017 WPIAL campaign. For most teams, that marked the beginning of conference play, as well. Out of thousands of snaps from the games, just four plays made this last. These highlights included a top-ranked […]
MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/04/2017
September 4, 2017
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 One of the 2017 high school football season. WPIAL CLASS 6-A WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP SEVEN: 1. PINE-RICHLAND […]
2017 WPIAL Football Standings After Week One
September 3, 2017
Here are the latest WPIAL football standings through Sunday of Week Zero of the 2017 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 121 WPIAL teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday’s scholastic gridiron action each […]
This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/03/2017
While the summer unofficially comes to an end with the Labor Day Weekend, we continue to mix summer pro sports with fall scholastic sports this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The 2017 WPIAL football season continues with Week Two and The Network has 23 WPIAL and five District 6 and District 9 Week One high […]
WPIAL Saturday Scholastic Starz – Week One
Go to any pro or college sporting event and hang outside the stadium long enough and you are sure to hear, “Who Needs Two?” Well now with Week One of the WPIAL football season in the books, there is no need to wonder because we have two…two standout performers from a wet and chilly Saturday. […]
WPIAL Friday Night Highlights – Week One 2017
September 2, 2017
The calendar may have said September 1st, but it felt more like October weather wise. On opening night of the regular season, there are usually major concerns of heat exhaustion and muscle cramps on high school football sidelines, but there was a chill in the air on the first night of conference play. No matter […]
