Football
Scholastic Notebook – 09/26/2014
September 26, 2014
Whether it’s the football end zone or a soccer net, both places are treated like a crime zone by the fall sports teams at Pittsburgh Central Catholic. They might as well put yellow tape around the end zone or net because the Central Catholic teams take a “keep out” attitude towards them. It is unusual for two fall sports teams to have such a successful zero tolerance policy. The Central Catholic football team is 4-0 and has allowed only seven points in four games. The Vikings have three shutouts and are the No. 1 defensive team in the WPIAL. The Central Catholic boys soccer team has played 11 games and has allowed only one goal. The Vikings are 11-0 and have outscored opponents, 56-1.WPIAL & City League Week 5 Friday Football Scores
September 25, 2014
Every weekend, there are 62 high school football games played around the WPIAL, most of them on Friday and generally less than a handful on Saturday. But as we hit the midway point of this 2014 campaign, we also had the busiest night of the scholastic football season with ALL but one district game being played under the lights on the Fifth Friday. Here are ALL of the final results from ALL 61 contests. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference: Pine-Richland Rams 32 - North Hills Indians 15 North Allegheny Tigers 55 - Shaler Titans 14 Seneca Valley Raiders 29 - Butler Golden Tornado 22 WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference: Altoona Mountain Lions 30 - Norwin Knights 21Chicks Picks – Week Five – 2014
Welcome to Week 5 of the high school football season. Becoming a local celebrity has its perks, and Chick’s Picks was set to enjoy yet another last weekend. The resident WPIAL football prognosticator was asked by the Pittsburgh Pirates to throw out the first pitch Saturday night when they took on the Brewers. Chick’s Picks did not hesitate to accept the offer, especially considering the tremendous success the Pirates have had this season. Game night arrived. Chick’s Picks was escorted onto the field by the Pirates PR staff. As she stepped onto the mound, she took it all in—the bright lights, the sellout crowd of over 37,000 fans, and even the famous Pirates Pierogies. Then, the nerves set in.WPIAL Big Game Hunting – Week Five – 09/24/2014
September 24, 2014
Welcome to week five of Big Game Hunting. Before we get started a word from our sponsor (yours truly). I am already on the record with regard to this issue but it seems I am the lone voice crying out in the wilderness. I hate the seven o’clock starts! There seems to be an overwhelming movement towards them and it is very frustrating. Why is the hurry that already consumes our everyday lives being allowed to worm its way into my favorite thing? I find it despicable, truly. There I have gotten that off my chest and since I know holding my breath and stomping my feet will not help I will just go Big Game Hunting. Super-irritated by the fact that three of the four-pack are of the shameful seven o’clock start variety.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/22/2014
September 22, 2014
Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten WPIAL football teams in each of the four classifications. Every Friday and Saturday during the high school football season, we have the best coverage with over 30 broadcasts each weekend with updated scores and standings here on your exclusive home for the 2014 WPIAL Football Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA FOOTBALL TOP TEN: 1. WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES (4-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Five - at Upper St. Clair on MSA)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/21/2014
September 21, 2014
The Summer of 2014 if officially over and we begin Autumn with plenty of great high school sports action this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We move into Week Five of the 2014 season with 29 WPIAL football games on Friday and Saturday with Friday's action starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only WPIAL Scoreboard Show.WPIAL Saturday’s Scholastic Starz for 9/20
For the second and final time this season, a WPIAL Class Quad-A game slipped into the Saturday schedule as the annual homecoming game at Shaler joined a list of three of the 'regulars' hosting Saturday afternoon high school football. While overcast skies replaced brilliant sunshine in the second half of these four contests, these players continued to shine bright al afternoon long. Lucas Dubyak and Tim Vernick - Butler2014 WPIAL & City League Football Standings – Week 4
September 20, 2014
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Four of the 2014 high school football season. This year we have added points for, point against and the updated WPIAL tiebreaker points for all 124 teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Standings can be also seen on each teams football webpage here on the MSA Sports Network. CLASS AAAA FOOTHILLS CONFERENCEWPIAL Week 4 Saturday Football Scores 2014
An annual homecoming game and three standard home afternoon contests made up the Week Four edition of the Saturday WPIAL football schedule. For the second straight week, there was a rare Class AAAA Saturday contest as Shaler could not end their long losing streak as they hosted Butler in their annual Saturday homecoming game. Plus there were home games for Saturday afternoon regulars Summit Academy, Western Beaver and Wilkinsburg. Here are the finals from all four contests which you can listen to archived here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference: Butler Golden Tornado 42 - Shaler Titans 7 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS AA Midwestern Athletic Conference:WPIAL Friday Night HighLights for 9/19
Neither players or coaches can complain about the weather in the first four weeks of this season as Mother Nature has cooperated very nicely. And the turned toward huge offensive numbers continued around fields in Southwestern Pennsylvania on the fourth Friday of the WPIAL football season. Thus it makes our job that much tougher with so many young men who deserve post-game kudos, only a few can receive our top ten tip of the cap. Ben DiNucci - Pine-RichlandScholastic Notebook – 09/19/2014
September 19, 2014
At the rate he is passing, Pine-Richland quarterback Ben DiNucci has a good chance to become the 17th player in WPIAL history to throw for 5,000 career yards. While that is an impressive feat, Pine-Richland does thro the ball often. So DiNucci will naturally pile up yardage. What might be more impressive about DiNucci is his accuracy. DiNucci is a 6-foot-2, 195-pound senior who you probably wouldn’t want to play in darts. Sure, in Pine-Richland’s spread offense, DiNucci throws a number of short passes. But he still throws downfield and his accuracy is uncanny.WPIAL & City League Week 4 Friday Football Scores
Believe it or not, one-third of the high school football regular season was in the books leading up to Week 4. It’s not too early to envision the outcome of key games and what they might mean down the MSA Sports Stretch Run. So on what was another gorgeous night for football, here are ALL of the results from the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football schedule on Friday night. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference: Connellsville Falcons 34 - Hempfield Spartans 26 McKeesport Tigers 34 - Latrobe Wildcats 6 Penn-Trafford Warriors 42 - Altoona Mountain Lions 21 Plum Mustangs 23 - Norwin Knights 14 WPIAL CLASS AAAA Southeastern Conference:Chicks Picks – Week Four – 2014
September 18, 2014
Welcome to Week 4 of the high school football season. Throughout the first two weeks of the season, Chick’s Picks had seen remarkable scores posted by Clairton—70-0 over California and 86-0 over Wilkinsburg. Despite heavy criticism from the peanut gallery that the Bears were running up the score, opposing coaches did not seem to share that opinion. So, Chick’s Picks decided to head out to Westmoreland County last Friday night to bear witness as Clairton took on Greensburg Central Catholic.WPIAL Big Game Hunting – Week Four – 09/17/2014
September 17, 2014
One third of the way into the 2014 season and the field is taking shape quite nicely, we have some traditional powers and some new kids on the block. Most satisfying for us here at BGH, there never seems to be any shortage of Big Games to choose from on a given weekend. Kudos to the WPIAL football steering committee for their expertise and vision. Just as there is no shortage of Big Games there seems to also be no shortage of articles calling themselves Big Game Hunting. You would do well for yourself to stick here with the original and, best I can tell, the only one that features an actual article on the games when you click on the link. Minor detail, maybe to some, but it feels like a big deal to us.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/15/2014
September 15, 2014
Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten WPIAL football teams in each of the four classifications. Every Friday and Saturday during the high school football season, we have the best coverage with over 30 broadcasts each weekend with updated scores and standings here on your exclusive home for the 2014 WPIAL Football Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA FOOTBALL TOP TEN: 1. WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES (3-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Four - host Baldwin on MSA)WPIAL Saturday’s Scholastic Starz for 9/13
September 14, 2014
A couple of early season homecoming games doubled the Week Three Saturday schedule of game sin the WPIAL from two to four. The road teams ruined the spirit of the day for a couple of Mon Valley schools in McKeesport and South Allegheny, while home teams Riverview and Bishop Canevin were victorious in their normal Saturday gig. Here are the four standouts from those contests. Brett Laffoon - Penn-Trafford2014 WPIAL & City League Football Standings – Week 3
September 13, 2014
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Three of the 2014 high school football season. This year we have added points for, point against and the updated WPIAL tiebreaker points for all 124 teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Standings can be also seen on each teams football webpage here on the MSA Sports Network. CLASS AAAA FOOTHILLS CONFERENCEWPIAL Saturday Football Scores – 09/13/2014
A wet Saturday morning gave way to a gray and cool Saturday where a couple of big frays closed out the Week Three of the WPIAL football schedule, including a major showdown in Class AAAA where early season control of the Foothills Conference was at stake in the Mon Valley. Here is a rundown of ALL the final scores from District 7 on third third Saturday of 2014. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference: Penn-Trafford Warriors 28 - McKeesport Tigers 0 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS AA Century Conference: Quaker Valley Quakers 35 - South Allegheny Gladiators 7 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS A Black Hills Conference: Bishop Canevin Crusaders 14 - Northgate Flames 13 (MSA)WPIAL Friday Night HighLights for 9/12
After a couple of humid and warm Friday nights to kick off the 2014 season, cool air prevailed in Week Three making it feel more like football weather. With concerns of water breaks and cramps behind them, many players relaxed and let their talents take over with some huge efforts on Friday night. We scratch the surface with some of the peak performances on the third Friday of the season. Alex Minton & Levi Metheny - Bethel ParkScholastic Notebook – 09/12/2014
September 12, 2014
They haven’t exactly beaten world-class competition, but Norwin is still 2-0. After tonight, the Knights could be in a spot where they haven’t been in 15 years. Norwin plays at Seneca Valley in a non-conference game. While Seneca Valley (0-2) is trying to find itself, Norwin is trying to go 3-0 for the first time in 15 years. The last time Norwin was 3-0 was 1999, one of the greatest seasons in Norwin history. The Knights finished 8-4 and made it to the WPIAL semifinals before losing to Cecil Howard and McKeesport.
