Football
WPIAL Big Game Hunting
September 7, 2011
Ahh week two…maybe it won’t be 125,000 degrees around the WPIAL this weekend, we can hope can’t we? Another battle of top ten teams in AAAA, I guess we can also hope that 1 vs 10 this week; will be better than 2 vs 7 was at Upper Saint Clair last Friday. The Shell watch continues in AAA as the brutal Parkway Conference gets underway.MSA Sports Top 10 – WPIAL Football – 09/05/2011
September 5, 2011
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week One of the 2011 high school football season. You can check out the new rankings every Monday through the nine week regular season here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA:MSA Sports District College Football Recaps
September 4, 2011
Some blow outs and two overtime affairs highlight Week 1 of College Recap. Below are recaps of every district college football game from Thursday and Saturday, including three heard right here on the MSA Sports Network.SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd:Saturday’s Scholastic Starz – 09/04/2011
On a hot and humid afternoon and evening, five WPIAL games were featured on the first Saturday of the high school football season. Here are the top five performances from players who overcame the sauna like conditions to lead their team to a victory that left their opponents in their 2011 openers…a little steamed.MSA Sports Friday Night HighLights – 09/03/2011
September 3, 2011
Following a rather comfortable August, things heated up on the second day of September, just in time to greet the first night of the 2011 season like a blitzing linebacker unblocked meets a blind-sided quarterback. Here are the top performers from opening night as they not only beat the heat, but beat down their opponents with a top-notch effort in the campaigns lid-lifter.2011 WPIAL/City League Football Standings – Week 2
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Thursday of Week Two of the 2011 high school football season. Standings are updated after Thursday, Friday and Saturday scholastic gridiron action each week here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL/City League Week 1 Saturday Football Scores 2011
The curtain rose for most WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League teams on Friday night. Then it was time for ten more district teams to lace up their spikes for the first time in 2011. Three games took place under the hot sun in the afternoon while the evening haze was the backdrop for two more scholastic gridiron contests.Scholastic Notebook – 09/02/2011
September 2, 2011
When it comes to Rushel Shell and records, most of the talk is about the Hopewell senior running back having a good chance to break the WPIAL all-time rushing record.But Shell actually has a good chance to break an impressive national record.CTK 2011 – PITTSBURGH CITY LEAGUE Preview
The City League has never looked this way before. It can best be described in one word. Small.This is the smallest the City League has ever been as the league now has only eight teams. Schenley and Peabody closed, but there is a new program in the City League.CHICKS PICKS – 09/01/2011
September 1, 2011
Welcome to Week 1 of the 2011 high school football season.Big Game Hunting: The Football Fourpack for Week 1
Some hot days of summer remain but; nothing says fall like cracking open a Football Four-pack. The 2011 WPIAL football season is here, and gets started with a bang all-around southwestern Pennsylvania all Labor Day weekend long. It’s open season so come one, come all let’s go WPIAL Big Game Hunting for the first time in 2011.CTK 2011 – WPIAL A Tri-County South Conference Preview
This is a two-horse race. Ask just about any coach in the Tri-County South about what team will win this year’s championship and most will say Monessen and Beth-Center are far ahead of the pack.CTK 2011 – MSA Sports Top 10: WPIAL Preseason Class A
With kickoff of the 2011 WPIAL football season just days away, MSA Sports continues our 'Countdown to Kickoff 2011' with the WPIAL Preseason Top Ten rankings. The weekly rankings will be released each Monday during the regular season. Here is the Preseason Class A Top Ten.MSA SPORTS PRESEASON TOP TEN WPIAL CLASS A:CTK 2011 – WPIAL A Big 7 Conference Preview
August 30, 2011
The story of the Big Seven Conference has always been the same over the past several years...just how good is Rochester going to be? The Rams have been the standard-bearer, but are still smarting after two title game losses in the last two seasons.CTK 2011 – MSA Sports Top 10: WPIAL Preseason Class AA
With kickoff of the 2011 WPIAL football season less than a week away, MSA Sports continues our 'Countdown to Kickoff 2011' with the WPIAL Preseason Top Ten rankings. The weekly rankings will be released each Monday during the regular season. Here is the Preseason Class AA Top Ten.MSA SPORTS PRESEASON TOP TEN WPIAL CLASS AA:CTK 2011 – MSA Sports Top 10: WPIAL Preseason Class AAA
With kickoff of the 2011 WPIAL football season less than a week away, MSA Sports continues our 'Countdown to Kickoff 2011' with the WPIAL Preseason Top Ten rankings. The weekly rankings will be released each Monday during the regular season. Here is the Preseason Class AAA Top Ten.MSA SPORTS PRESEASON TOP TEN WPIAL CLASS AAA:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/30/2011
IT's TIME! The 2011 high school football season kicks off as we say so long to August and hello to September this week on the MSA Sports Network.CTK 2011 – MSA Sports Top 10: WPIAL Preseason Class AAAA
August 28, 2011
With kickoff of the 2011 WPIAL football season less than a week away, MSA Sports continues our 'Countdown to Kickoff 2011' with the WPIAL Preseason Top Ten rankings. The weekly rankings will be released each Monday during the regular season. Here is the Preseason Class AAAA Top Ten.MSA SPORTS PRESEASON TOP TEN WPIAL CLASS AAAA:CTK 2011 – WPIAL A BLACK HILLS Conference Preview
In dedication to Clairton's school colors, maybe they should change the name of this Class A section to the Black AND Orange Hills Conference. The Bears have dominated the WPIAL and the state in recent years, but they have really done a number in the Black Hills since moving over from the Eastern Conference in 2008.CTK 2011 – WPIAL A EASTERN Conference Preview
This is a conference that has a lot of new faces - and a couple of old faces.Avonworth, Leechburg, Northgate and Wilkinsburg all have new coaches. Meanwhile, Springdale coach Chuck Wagner and Bishop Canevin coach Bob Jacoby have 84 years of head coaching experience between them.
