Football
Scholastic Notebook – 11/09/2012
November 9, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablDistrict 5, 6, 9 and 10 Football Playoffs UPDATE
The Countdown to the Road to Hershey is underway. Sure, we just concluded Quarterfinals Firday on the Highway to Heinz, but other Western Pa districts also are into their gridiron postseason. Here are all the final scores from high school football playoff action this weekend in Districts 5, 6, 9 and 10.DISTRICTS 5, 6, 8, 9 Class AAA Semifinals:Clearfield Bison 38 - Punxsutawney Chucks 18University Prep Panthers 47 - Somerset Golden Eagles 38DISTRICTS 6, 9 Class AAAA Semifinals:DuBois Beavers (8-1) - BYEState College Little Lions 42 - Central Mountain Wildcats 25 (MSA)-------------------------------------------------------Big Game Hunting – WPIAL Quarterfinals
November 7, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablMayo Steps Down at Shenango
November 6, 2012
The Shenango Wildcats are looking for a new football coach. Ryan Mayo annouced his resignation after 6 years at the helm. The Cats finished 3-6 this season.Mayo was hired in March of 2007, he compiled a 21-34 record at Shenango and did not make the playoffs in his term. The Wildcats were 7-18 at home over the same period and will carry an 8 game home losing streak into 2013.The resignation will not become official until the Shenango school board meets on Monday.WPIAL Plays of the Week – First Round
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 11/05/2012
November 5, 2012
The Highway to Heinz continues toward the second exit this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have ALL 16 WPIAL Quarterfinals football playoff games starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. We also have five District 6 high school football playoff games concluding with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, plus we have college football, PIAA Girls Volleyball state playoff action, men's and women's college basketball, the debut of PIHL high school hockey, the Second Chance at Life Charity Hockey Game and This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 5th:2012 WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Sites for Quarters on Highway to Heinz
We have passed one exit on the 2012 journey on the Highway to Heinz and with very few surpises, we are left with some marvelous Second Round contests set for this Friday for the 32 remaining teams. Here are all of the scores from the First Round, plus the sites and times for the Quarterfinals of the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:#1 North Allegheny Tigers (10-0) vs #9 Bethel Park Black Hawks (7-3) AT Martorelli Stadium in the North Hills High School on Friday, November 9th at 7:30pm on MSAsports.net#4 Seneca Valley Raiders (9-1) vs #5 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (8-2) AT North Allegheny High School on Friday, November 9th at 7:30pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL Week Ten Friday Night HighLights
November 4, 2012
Call it what you want...the postseason, the second season, this big dance or the Highway to Heinz. Whatever you want to call it, there is no question the WPIAL Football Playoffs are Primetime. Here are the players that shined the brightest on the first night on the grand stage.Tyler Roth - Mount LebanonThere was a lot of excitement about Butler making the WPIAL football playoffs for the first time since 1998. However their stay in the postseason was short and not so sweet thanks to the aerial attack by Tyler Roth and Mount Lebanon. Roth hit on 20 of 27 passes for 288 yards and a pair of touchdown tosses as the Blue Devils blew away the Golden Tornado 31-7 in a Class AAAA opening round matchup.Thomas Woodson - GatewayPerry Dethrones University Prep in OT for City League Football Crown
November 3, 2012
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2012 WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: The Highway to Heinz First Round Scores
November 2, 2012
The 2012 journey on the Highway to Heinz began Friday with 16 teams in each of the four classifications ready to fight for gridiron gold. When all was said in the done in the opening round, there were no shockers as the field of 64 was cut in half to 32 teams. Here are all of the final scores from the First Round of the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs.WPIAL CLASS AAAA First Round:North Allegheny Tigers 42 - Altoona Mountain Lions 14 (MSA)Bethel Park Black Hawks 31 - McKeesport Tigers 20 (MSA)Seneca Valley Raiders 50 - Hempfield Spartans 20 (MSA)Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 31 - Butler Golden Tornado 7 (MSA)Gateway Gators 35 - Peters Township Indians 19 (MSA)Scholastic Notebook – 11/02/2012
District College Football Preview for Saturday, November 3
November 1, 2012
The focus this week heads to the city of Erie to see who will win the PSAC West and face Shippensburg in next week's State Championship Game.Cal travels to Mercyhurst with both of those teams having a shot at the crown, while a few blocks away IUP meets Gannon, the Crimson Hawks are also battling for the title.The Steel City Showdown takes place in Moon Township as Duquense and Robert Morris meet, the PAC still has 2 more weeks of conference play.Here are previews of ALL the games, including 2 heard here on the Network:Chicks Picks – WPIAL First Round
Big Game Hunting – WPIAL First Round
October 31, 2012
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The Highway to Heinz officially opens for the 2012 WPIAL football postseason this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have ALL 32 WPIAL First Round football playoff games starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. We also have eight District 6 high school football games on Friday concluding with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, plus we have college football, the WPIAL boys and girls Soccer Semifinals and Championships, the WPIAL Girls Volleyball Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championships, the WPIAL Field Hockey Championships, women’s college volleyball, the start of the 2012-2013 college basketball season and This Week in the WPIAL hits the road ALL this week here at MSAsports.netWPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Nine
October 30, 2012
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October 28, 2012
OK, let's clear the air on what the WPIAL Football steering committee will do on Monday. They will NOT rank the teams, they will seed them. Big Difference. They attempt to determine the top 2, then the top 4 and then the top 8 teams in each classification.However in football, sometimes their hands are tied based on home field advantage for the top 8 seeds. For example, you could make the argument that Neshannock is the fourth best team in Class A. But you can't seed the Lancers in the top eight because they are on the road with an 8-1 record after tie-breaker points and head-to-head gave the top two spots in the Class A Big 7 Conference to Sto-Rox and Rochester.So sometimes the committee has to be creative. Again, it is NOT a straight 1 through 16 rank.WPIAL Week Nine Saturday’s Scholastic Starz
One team was playing for playoff positioning and a chance to finish as high as third place instead of sixth place while the other was home for one final game playing for pride and bragging rights against an arch-rival. That was the setup for the final Saturday of the 2012 WPIAL football regular season and the lightest day of the season with only two games on the docket. But that didn't slow down these two players from shining bright on a dreary afternoon.Patrick Frey - Trinity
