Football
WPIAL Week Five Saturday’s Scholastic Starz
September 30, 2012
The only bad thing about a jam-packed Friday night of high school football is that it leaves the Saturday district schedule a tad light. That was the case in Week Five with only THREE WPIAL football games, all on the Class A level. So even though there were only three games, we were still able to keep with the tradition of the Top Five performances from Saturday that led to loud victories on a quiet day.Jake Temple & Nick Kusich - AvellaWPIAL Week Five Friday Night HighLights
September 29, 2012
If you were to picture the WPIAL nine-week regular season, you would envision four weeks of climbing the mountain top, then four weeks of descending either into the district playoffs or into a deep dark crevasse of postseason emptiness. That would mean Week Five is right at the summit of this high school football mountain. Thus here are the players who planted their teams flag of victory Friday with a steady dose of awesomeness.Tyler Roth & Troy Apke - Mount LebanonWPIAL and City League Week Five Saturday Football Scores
Hello, hello, hello is there anybody out there? With apologies to Pink Floyd, that could be the theme of the very light Saturday high school football schedule around the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League. Three WPIAL conference games featuring two unbeaten teams and three winless squads, plus another City League non-conference tilt. Here are ALL the final scores from the WPIAL and the City League.WPIAL CLASS A Big 7 Conference:Rochester Rams 41 - Western Beaver Golden Beavers 6 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS A Eastern Conference:Riverview Raiders 15 - Wilkinsburg Tigers 12 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS A Tri-County South Conference:2012 WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League Football Standings – Week 5
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Five of the 2012 high school football season. Standings are updated after each game on Thursday, 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.# - Clinched at least a share of the conference title * - Clinched playoff spot x - Eliminated from playoff chase % - Not eligible for WPIAL playoffsWPIAL CLASS AAAA:Northern Eight Conference:Scholastic Notebook – 09/28/2012
September 28, 2012
Not only did Seneca Valley’s 34-7 victory against Pittsburgh Central Catholic Thursday night give Seneca Valley a leg up on second place in the Northern Eight Conference, it was a monumental win of sorts for the Raiders. * For the first time in a while, the Raiders won a big game against an upper-echelon Class AAAA team. A year ago, Seneca Valley won a WPIAL playoff game for the first time since 2002. This time, the Raiders defeated a Central Catholic team that was ranked No. 4 in Class AAAA by MSA Sports. * The win broke Central Catholic’s 26-game regular-season winning streak. The Vikings’ last regular-season loss was to Woodland Hills, 27-3, on oct. 2, 2009.WPIAL and City League Week Five Friday Football Scores
Four weeks are in the books and after this week, four more are on the slate. You don't have to be a math wizard to know that we have hit the midway point of the 2012 high school football regular season. With plenty of big games on the docket, here is a rundown of all the Friday Week Five final scores in the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League.(MSA) indicated games will be broadcast on MSA Sports.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference:Gateway Gators 41 - Hempfield Spartans 13 F (MSA)McKeesport Tigers 18 - Altoona Mountain Lions 14 F (MSA)Penn-Trafford Warriors 34 - Latrobe Wildcats 7 F (MSA)Connellsville Falcons 44 - Norwin Knights 29 F (MSA)District College Football Preview for Saturday, September 29th
September 27, 2012
After just two weeks of divisional play, the PSAC returns with a crossover week while the PAC has four conference games on tap as W & J looks to keep pace with Waynesburg and Geneva looks to avoid their worst start since 1978.Here are previews of ALL the games, tune back on Sunday for complete recaps:Kutztown(1-3) at Slippery Rock(2-2) 6pm on WISR 680-AM and the MSA Sports Network It's a rematch of last year's PSAC title game, won by Kutztown 21-14. That is the only win in 9 meetings between the teams for the Golden Bears.Chicks Picks – Week Five – 2012
Big Game Hunting for Week Five 2012
September 26, 2012
We cruise past the halfway point this weekend of the WPIAL football season, and big-time matchups abound throughout many of the classifications. The time has come to make some hay if you find your club in a good spot. If your favorite team is in a hole, the time has come to make your move because time waits for no man or football team. We are starting to see huge games that will have monstrous impact on playoff positioning and in one case a game that will likely determine a section championship this week, so let’s hurry along and go Big Game Hunting.WPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Four
September 25, 2012
At the end of the season, we won’t be looking back at Week 4 as one of “those” weeks with dramatic moments, miracle finishes and big games. In fact, 62 of the 67 games were decided by at least two touchdowns. Regardless, we were able to sift through the blowouts and find the three most meaningful plays from the weekend. #1 Avella Eagles 26 - Jefferson-Morgan Rockets 21This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/23/2012
September 23, 2012
There is more fall scholastic sports gold to be had as September slowly turns to October this week here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL Week Four Saturday’s Scholastic Starz
Bookended between morning rain and evening precipitation was a sunny, near perfect afternoon FOUR high school football. Perfect FOUR the busiest Saturday of the 2012 WPIAL football season with FOUR afternoon classes and two evening showdowns. Here are the players who a cut above FOUR their teams in leading them to Week FOUR wins.Nick Santiago - AmbridgeWPIAL Week Four Friday Night HighLights
September 22, 2012
On a night lacking a lot of marque punch with only one game involving Top 10 teams going head-to-head, five teams rose from the deck to turn an 0-3 record to a 1-3 mark with their first taste of victory in 2012. We salute those five along with the other top performances from the Fourth Friday of the high school football season in District 7.Forrest Barnes - Seneca ValleyWPIAL Week Four Saturday Football Scores
The busiest Saturday of high school football in the WPIAL featured six games. Among the one Class AAA, three Class AA and two Class A contests were four undefeated football teams and two teams still in search of their first victory in 2012. Three of the four unbeaten improved to 4-0 while the winless fell to 0-4. Here are ALL of the final scores from the week Four Saturday schedule.WPIAL CLASS AAA Parkway Conference:Ambridge Bridgers 41 - Moon Tigers 17 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS AA Allegheny Conference:Kittanning Wildcats 28 - Summit Academy Knights 0 (MSA)WPIAL CLASS AA Century Conference:South Fayette Lions 56 - Burgettstown Blue Devils 62012 WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League Football Standings – Week 4
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Four of the 2012 high school football season. Standings are updated after each game on Thursday, 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. # - Clinched at least a share of the conference title * - Clinched playoff spot x - Eliminated from playoff chase % - Not eligible for WPIAL playoffsWPIAL CLASS AAAA:Northern Eight Conference:Scholastic Notebook – 09/21/2012
September 21, 2012
After seeing Clairton clobber Monessen, 52-7, on Thursday night, it makes you wonder if this is the same Clairton team that struggled to beat Chartiers-Houston, 22-20, on the opening night of the season? It most certainly is not the same team – at least defensively. Clairton was without 10 players the first three weeks of the season. The players missed time because of grades or attendance issues from last school year, and the players returned to the team for the Monessen game. Only two of the players who missed the first three weeks were starters. But still, the return of the group of players changed Clairton.WPIAL and City League Week Four Friday Football Scores
We have hit mid-September and the days and evenings are getting a little cooler. All that means is the action on the high school football fields around Southwestern Pennsylvania will be getting hotter. While the weren't a lot of marque matchups on this Fourth Friday, there were still a lot of games where eye-brow raisers could throw a monkey wrench in the breakdown of any of the conferences. Thus, here are the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football scores for Friday, 9/21. Games marked with (MSA) can be heard archived here on The Network.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference:Kiski Area Cavaliers 21 Hempfield Spartans 42 (F)Chicks Picks – Week Four – 2012
September 20, 2012
Welcome to Week 4 of the high school football season. After hearing of the West Shamokin win over Riverview Friday night that ended a WPIAL record 45-game losing streak, Chick’s Picks knew this was cause for celebration. She contacted her people in Rural Valley, PA, offering to throw a party for the victorious Wolves in honor of their win. The plans were in place, so Chick’s Picks hopped in her car and headed north to kick off the festivities.District College Football Preview for Saturday, September 22nd
Week 4 of the college football season will kickoff on Saturday with 2 games right here on the Network. Conference play continues, including a battle for the top spot in the PSAC West in the Coal Bowl as IUP and Cal square off.Here are previews of ALL the games, recaps coming your way Sunday morning:Slippery Rock(2-1) at Mercyhurst(2-1) 1pm on WISR 680-AM and the MSA Sports Network The Rock got great defense in a win over Gannon last week at home. Isaiah Coleman picked off two passes and led the team with 12 tackles, the sophomore was named PSAC West Defensive Player of the Week. The defense picked off 4 passes and made 3 sacks in a 38-18 win.Also, the SRU defense is tied for the D-II lead in team interceptions with 8.Big Game Hunting for Week Four 2012
September 19, 2012
Rolling through the 2012 season in a hurry as week four comes upon us here in southwestern Pennsylvania, leaves and the weather starting to change. Not much change though at the top of the MSA Sports top ten rankings. The defending champs in each classification all sit atop their thrones with unbeaten records as we approach the midway point. But 2012 is not just a case of the rich getting richer by any stretch. Avella is 3-0 for the first time since 1976 and West Shamokin snapped the longest losing streak in WPIAL history with their 25-6 win over Riverview last Friday. Some change can be good. All this change can make it tough on the “Big Game Hunting” guy, but hey, he’s a gamer.
