Football
WPIAL Week Four Saturday’s Scholastic Starz
September 23, 2012
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.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/17/2012
September 17, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Three of the 2012 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:1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (3-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Four: at Pine-Richland on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (3-0) (Last Week #2) (Week Four: host Altoona on MSA)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (3-0) (Last Week #3) (Week Four: host Penn Hills on MSA)4) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (3-0) (Last Week #4) (Week Four: at Fox Chapel)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/17/2012
The very first WPIAL fall sports champion will be crowned this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have exlusive coverage of the 2012 WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Championships to go along with Week Four football coverage that will feature FORTY-FOUR WPIAL and District 6 high school football games between Thursday and Saturday with Fridays action starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. Plus we have college football, WPIAL girls and women's college volleyball, WPIAL and college soccer and field hockey along with all the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin ALL here at MSAsports.netWPIAL Week Three Saturday’s Scholastic Starz
September 16, 2012
It took three weeks, but we finally have a five-star Saturday to focus on. Five afternoon games played under perfect conditions on the busiest 'final' day of the high school football weekend thus far. Here are the top five performances from players who didn't need to play under the lights to have a Prime Time outing.James Liput - BurrellWPIAL Week Three Friday Night HighLights
September 15, 2012
A little rain never hurt anybody, especially teen-age kids wanted to roll around on the natural surface, aka mud, or slide around on the artificial stuff. Most games were affected in one way or another by rainfall in the early part of the evening throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania, but these players laughed at the elements...and their opponents in enjoying a huge night on the third Friday of the 2012 campaign.Andrew Wingard - West ShamokinWPIAL Week Three Saturday Football Scoreboard
Fall like weather greeted the ten teams that played on the busiest Saturday of WPIAL football thus far through the first third of the season. Five games featured a Class AA Allegheny Conference matchup, a Class A Eastern Conference tilt and a Class A Black Hills Conference contest to go along with a pair of Class A non-conference games, all played in the afternoon. Here are ALL the results from the five games, two of which were heard here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL CLASS AA Allegheny Conference:Burrell Buccaneers 28 - Summit Academy Knights 22 WPIAL CLASS A Eastern Conference:Springdale Dynamos 15 - Wilkinsburg Tigers 02012 WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League Football Standings – Week 3
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Three 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 chaseWPIAL CLASS AAAA:Northern Eight Conference:Scholastic Notebook – 09/14/2012
September 14, 2012
When Demetrious Cox graduated from Jeannette in June and headed to Michigan State, the Jayhawks’ football team lost a big-time player. But Jeannette hasn’t lost the ability to make big plays. Take a look at the first two weeks of the season and what Jeannette has done in the big-play department is on the surreal side. Granted, the competition has been weak (Charleroi and Southmoreland), but Jeannette’s big-play ability has been magnificent. The Jayhawks are acting like a bunch of “big” shots. In two games, Jeannette (2-0) has scored 14 touchdowns (three passing, 10 running and one on a punt return), and the average length of those touchdowns is 36.7 yards. The Jayhawks have six scoring plays of 40 yards or more.WPIAL and City League Week Three Friday Football Scoreboard
The third Friday of the high school football season brought with it plenty of wet weather. However it wasn't enough to dampen the excitement of the players, bands and fans as we hit the one-third mark of the regular season. Here are all of the final scores from for Friday, September 14th in the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Southeastern Conference:Bethel Park Black Hawks 7 Woodland Hills Wolverines 35 (F)Upper St. Clair Panthers 42 Peters Township Indians 14 (F) Plum Mustangs 14 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 49 (F)WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference:District College Football Preview for Weekend of September 14th-15th
September 13, 2012
Week 3 of the district college football slate opens on Friday night with one game. Conference play gets underway in the PSAC West, PAC and WVIAC, while the NEC teams take a week off from conference foes.Here are previews of ALL the games, including three which can be heard right here on the network. Don't forget to check back on Sunday morning for recaps of all the games.Friday, September 14th: Catholic University (1-1) at Carnegie Mellon(2-0) 7pm It's White Out Night at Gesling Stadium as the Tartans look to go to 3-0 for the first time since 2006.The Cardinals lost 47-27 to longtime foe Gallaudet University last week after handing McDaniel College a 45-28 setback in week one.Chicks Picks – Week Three – 2012
Welcome to Week 3 of the high school football season. After a brutal first two weeks, Chick’s Picks decided that a vacation was a must before the bulk of conference play gets underway. The Boss was less than pleased with her timing, but Chick’s Picks assured him that a trip to the beach would allow time for her to relax and come back with a clear head, ready to finish the season as the top prognosticator in the WPIAL.Big Game Hunting for Week Three 2012
September 12, 2012
Just two games in and we are already beginning to sort the wheat from the chaff here in the 2012 WPIAL football season. That process will continue as we get into week three.Here’s hoping your favorite high school team is having more success than our local major - college and professional football teams are in Pittsburgh.Heading into the final game of the first third of the football season and Avella has more wins than Woodland Hills and McKeesport combined…that is why you have to pay close attention on a weekly basis in the WPIAL and that close attention starts with Big Game Hunting.
