Soccer
This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/24/2014
August 24, 2014
The time is now! As Countdown to Kickoff 2014 concludes, it is time to kickoff a new high school sports year with the start of another high school football season this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We kick off the 2014 season with 32 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.
MSA SPORTS CUP: Sewickley Academy Back on Top After Winning Class A Cup
July 3, 2014
Eight time champion Sewickley Academy and defending champ Greensburg Central Catholic were deadlocked with 360 points each with one more sport to calculate in the chase for the 2013-2014 MSA Sports Class A Cup. That one sports was boy tennis, which was great news for Panthers fans and bad news for everybody else in Class A. A district title and state runner-up in boys tennis helped Sewickley Academy win the MSA Sports Cup for the ninth time in eleven years.
MSA SPORTS CUP: Seton-LaSalle Are Rebels With a Cause After Winning AA Cup
July 2, 2014
For only the third time in the eleven years of the MSA Sports Cup Class AA chase, the torch has been passed to a new champion. Greensburg Central Catholic won the first three years, followed by a five year run by Shady Side Academy and the last two years with Quaker Valley on top. Now thanks to a lot of hardwood gold, Seton-LaSalle High School is wearing the Cup crown. After a couple of close calls in recent years, Seton-LaSalle was lifted to the top spot in part because of double gold on the basketball court this winter followed up with some diamond success in the spring.
MSA SPORTS CUP: South Fayette Roars to First Class AAA Cup Title
July 1, 2014
The first ten years of the MSA Sports Cup has shown us that while there are a couple of dominating schools in the other three classifications, the chase for the Class AAA Cup has been up for grabs with eight different schools earning The Cup in ten years. Now in the eleventh year of this competition, we have another first time winner in Triple-A making it nine different champs in eleven years. After finishing as the runner-up in 2012-2013 and being a steady member on the Top 5 in recent years, South Fayette is finally enjoying its day in the Championship Sun with a convincing victory.
MSA SPORTS CUP: Another Year, Another Quad-A Title for North Allegheny
June 30, 2014
Another school year and another MSA Sports Cup in Class AAAA for North Allegheny High School. NA captured their 11th Cup in eleven years since the MSA Sports Network started this school year long competition to determine the top sports programs in each classification. There are 20 sports in which schools can earn points in the competition and for the second straight year and only the second time in this history of the coveted competition, the Tigers earned points in ALL of them. In the 2012-2013 school year, North Allegheny scored a mind-numbing and record 1,115 points. In 2013-2014, they had to settle for a mere 965 points. The second place school finished 530 points behind NA.Scholastic Notebook – 05/02/2014
May 2, 2014
There are multi-sport athletes in the WPIAL who compete in more highly-visible sports than North Hills’ Noah Bostick. But as far as the number of sports and excelling in them, Bostick has few peers. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say Bostick is most one of the best all-around athletes in the WPIAL. He is a young man for all seasons – and then some. You don’t see many three-sport athletes these days at large schools. But Bostick is more than a three-sport athlete. He actually competes in four sports, and does well in all of them.WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer Realignment for 2014
January 21, 2014
The WPIAL Board of Control officially passed the new alignment for WPIAL boys and girls soccer on Tuesday afternoon. Here is the new make-up of the sections in each of the three classifications for the 2014 soccer season. BOYS SOCCER: WPIAL CLASS AAA SECTION 1: Albert Gallatin Colonials (over from AAA-4) Connellsville Falcons Hempfield Spartans Latrobe Wildcats Norwin Knights Penn-Trafford Warriors2013 WPIAL Team Champions on Parade
January 1, 2014
What better way to celebrate championships and the start of a new year then with a parade. It has been another great year in high school sports. All of us here at the MSA Sports Network and Management Science Associates thank our sponsors and fans for their support during 2013. As we get ready for another great scholastic year in 2014, we look back at all the WPIAL team champions on parade from this past year. Football: Class AAAA - Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings Class AAA - West Allegheny Indians Class AA - South Fayette Lions Class A - Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Trojans PIAA Class AA - South Fayette Lions PIAA Class A - Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic TrojansPanthers Pride as USC & Sewickley Win State Soccer Gold While West A Settles for Silver
November 16, 2013
There were mixed results Saturday for the two WPIAL boys soccer teams playing for state gold. Upper St. Clair captured a second consecutive PIAA Class AAA crown with a four goal victory over Conestoga Valley while West Allegheny fell 1-0 to Holy Ghost Prep in the Double-A state soccer title match Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. On friday, Anthony Stinson scored two goals and added an assist, all in the second half as Sewickley Academy wiped out a 1-0 halftime deficit to beat Mountain View 4-2 Friday evening at Hersheypark Stadium. Connor Zieden and Matt Teitelbaum also scored for the Panthers who captured their third boys state soccer crown and first since 2007. Here are ALL of the results from the 2013 PIAA Boys Soccer Playoffs.Central Valley Joins Greensburg Central Catholic as PIAA Girls Soccer Champions
Central Valley has added a state title to a district championship Saturday afternoon as they edge Camp Hill Trinity in the PIAA Class AA Finals at Hersheypark Stadium. The win gives the Warriors their first ever state soccer crown. Meanwhile on Friday, the queen of WPIAL girls soccer scoring is now on top of the state scoring list as well while receiving a second gold jewel in her crown. Frannie Crouse became the PIAA's all-time leading scorer with two second half goals to lead Greensburg Central Catholic to a 2-1 victory over Southern Columbia in the PIAA Class A championship match. Here are ALL of the results from the 2013 PIAA Girls Soccer Playoffs.2013 PIAA GIRLS SOCCER CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Scholastic Notebook – 11/15/2013
November 15, 2013
Look at Friday night’s WPIAL Semifinals and you see many of the same old faces, like Aliquippa, Woodland Hills and Thomas Jefferson, to just name a few. But there are definitely some new faces mixed in.Penn-Trafford is making its first semifinal appearance since 1997. The Warriors have been to only one WPIAL title game.Neshannock is making its second consecutive semifinal appearance and will play Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic. Neither Neshannock nor North Catholic has ever been to a WPIAL title game.Scholastic Notebook – 11/08/2013
November 8, 2013
There are 10,000 reasons to like Lenny Williams at quarterback. Williams is a senior at Sto-Rox and it has been well-documented that he is the all-time leading passer in WPIAL history in yards and touchdowns. But what has been lost in the passing numbers and records is the fact that Williams now has over 10,000 yards offense.No other WPIAL player is known to have 10,000 yards offense in a career.Williams has 7,799 yards passing and his rushing yardage puts him over 10,000. Williams passed for more than 2,000 and ran for more than 1,000 last year. So far this season, he has thrown for 2,050 yards and rushed for 347.2013 WPIAL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS RESULTS
November 3, 2013
All three of the top-seeds in the District 7 boys soccer postseason advanced to the finals where two of the three ended up winning gold. The title was the fourth for PT Indians, fifth for the Panthers and first ever for West A Indians. The Peters AAA crown marks the eighth straight year a South Hills school wins the highest classification title in boys soccer. These are some of the post notes after the championships runs by Peters Township in Triple-A, West Allegheny in Double-A and Sewickley Academy in Single-A in the 2013 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs.All results marked with (MSA) after them are matches that can be heard archived ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP:2013 WPIAL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS RESULTS
One top-seed went on to win a title while another was stunned in the championship finals. There were no repeat winners from 2012 while two of the three winners in the end captured the golden soccer crown for the first time in school history. Those were some of the fast facts as Seneca Valley in Triple-A, Central Valley in Double-A and Shady Side Academy in Single-A were the winners of the 2013 WPIAL Girls Soccer Playoffs.All matches with (MSA) after the result can be heard archived ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP:Seneca Valley Raiders 1 - Peters Township Indians 0 (MSA)WPIAL CLASS AAA Consolation:
West Allegheny Boys & Central Valley Girls Win WPIAL Class AA Soccer Titles
November 2, 2013
Coming into Super Soccer Saturday, West Allegheny was the top seed in the Boys Class AA playoff field while Central Valley was the only undefeated and untied team remaining in the WPIAL. At then end of the day, both were wearing the golden crown in the sport of soccer for the first time in their schools history. Here are the recaps from both Class AA district championship soccer matches.AA Girls: Central Valley Warriors 2 - Hopewell Vikings 1
