Soccer

USC Claims Boys WPIAL AAA Soccer Title After Beating Rival PT
November 5, 2011
The Upper Saint Clair Panthers collected their sixth WPIAL soccer championship Saturday at Baldwin High School, the title leaves them one short of the record, seven WPIAL soccer titles held by, the team they beat in the Championship game, the Peters Township Indians.

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Late Goal Allows Seton-LaSalle To Repeat As WPIAL Boys A Champs
Seton-LaSalle was the top-seed and defending champion. They were supposed to be there. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart was the 11th-seed with few outside of the program expecting them to still be playing into November. But it wasn't until the 78th minute that OLSH's glass slipper was shattered.

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USC Dethrones Peters Twp As WPIAL Class AAA Girls Soccer Queens
The rivalry between the Upper St. Clair Panthers and the Peters Township Indians spilled over from football into both the Girls and Boys AAA Soccer Championships.  Baldwin High School was the venue for both title matches, and the ladies were up first. 

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Hampton Wins Second Straight WPIAL Boys AA Soccer Championship
It was a repeat performance for Hampton, and for the 2nd straight season, the Talbots are the WPIAL Boys Class-AA champions.  Hampton scored 3 first half goals and used a stifling defense to hold the 14th seeded Leopards at bay for their 20th consecutive win.

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Mars Edges South Park For Second Straight WPIAL Girls AA Soccer Title
In a game fitting of a #1 vs. #2 match-up, the Mars Planets defeated the South Park Eagles 2-1 to win WPIAL gold for the second consecutive year and for the third time in the last 11 years. These two teams came into the championship game without a loss and had boasted 33 shutouts between them so goals were going to be at a premium. 

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Greensburg Central Catholic is Perfect Champion in Winning WPIAL Girls A Soccer Title
This title tilt marked the third time this season that these two Section 4 (A) rivals had met on the soccer pitch. The Centurions had captured the first two contests both by 1-0 scores.

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Scholastic Notebook – 11/04/2011
November 4, 2011
The WPIAL football playoffs start Friday night and never before has the postseason picture looked so perfect.Although the WPIAL started crowning football champions in 1914, the league didn’t have playoff games until 1971. A total of 12 teams head into this year’s playoffs with perfect records. That is the most EVER since the WPIAL started playoff games.

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WPIAL Field Hockey, Soccer & Volleyball Recaps from Tuesday, November 1st
November 2, 2011
Tuesday was a big night for WPIAL fall sports postseason action. From the Quarterfinals in the WPIAL Girls Volleyball playoffs to the Semifinals in the WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer playoffs, to gold delivered with the 2011 WPIAL Girls Field Hockey Class AAA and Class AA Championships. Here are recaps from the matches broadcast exclusively on the MSA Sports Network.

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Upper St. Clair, Hampton & Seton-LaSalle Win 2011 WPIAL Boys Soccer Crowns
November 1, 2011
The three district boys soccer champions from 2010 all entered Super Soccer Saturday with a chance to repeat here in 2011. Two teams, Hampton in AA and Seton-LaSalle in A were able to succeed in winning more gold on the pitch. However Peters Township in AAA fell short in losing to section rival Upper St.

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Upper St. Clair, Mars and Greensburg CC Are Golden Girls in 2011 WPIAL Girls Soccer
It is hard to win a championship in any sport. It is VERY hard to win a title with an undefeated record. In 2011, a pair of girls soccer teams did just that as Class AA Mars (with one tie) and Class A Greensburg Central Catholic (no ties) winning district gold without tasting defeat. Meanwhile, Upper St.

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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/30/2011
October 30, 2011
The fall sports postseason concludes for scholastic soccer and volleyball and kicks off for high school football as October turns to November this week on the MSA Sports Network.

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Scholastic Notebook – 10/28/2011
October 28, 2011
If you had to pick the most famous Beaver Falls football player ever, it would undoubtedly be Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. But Beaver Falls is becoming the place known for running backs.Running backs who run for 4,000 yards.

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WPIAL Boys Soccer and Girls Volleyball Recaps
While the WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs were rounding out round one, the boys on the pitch were into Quarterfinals action on a rainy and chilly Thursday evening. Here are recaps from those matches heard here on the MSA Sports Network.Thanks to Dan Zangrilli, Greg Kuntz, Adam Hoerner, Mike Azadian, Josh Rowntree and Randy Gore for their help on these recaps.

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2011 WPIAL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS – 10/26
October 26, 2011
The top two seeds in each of the three classifications have now passed two tests as they head to the Final Four. Defending champions Peters Township, Hampton and Seton-LaSalle are also still alive through two rounds.

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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/25/2011
October 25, 2011
The fall sports postseason advances on for soccer and volleyball while the high school football regular season comes to an end this week on the MSA Sports Network. The ninth weekend of the high school football season has plenty of WPIAL and District 6 football action starting with the expanded MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with WPIAL and D-6 Scoreboard Shows.

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WPIAL Girls Soccer Playoff Recaps for Saturday 10/22
October 22, 2011
The curtain was lifted on the 2011 WPIAL Girls Soccer playoffs Saturday afternoon just as the gray skies parted and the sun came out to shine a bit on the action at the pitch. Here are recaps from the games that were heard here on the MSA Sports Network on opening day of the 'second' season.

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2011 WPIAL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS – 10/22
Three of the top four seeds in all three classifications are moving on to the Final Four of the district playoffs, but there is one double-digit seed remaining in each of the classifications. #10 North Allegheny in AAA, #13 Elizabeth Forward in AA and #11 Springdale in A are the three bracket busters through the first two rounds.

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2011 WPIAL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS – 10/19
October 19, 2011
The brackets are out for the 2011 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs that begin on Monday, October 24th and continue through to the finals on Supper Soccer Saturday on 11/5/11.

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2011 WPIAL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS – 10/19
The brackets are out for the 2011 WPIAL Girls Soccer Playoffs that begin on Saturday, October 22nd and continue through to the finals on Supper Soccer Saturday on 11/5/11. Peters Township in AAA, Mars in AA and Shady Side Academy in A are the three defending champions and two of those three are top-seeds this year as well.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs Teams
October 18, 2011
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL boys soccer rankings for the final time in 2011. This week we rank all of the WPIAL playoff bound teams. Don't forget to tune in Wednesday night at 8:30pm for the WPIAL Boys and Girls Soccer Playoff Pairings Show at 8:30pm only here on the MSA Sports Network at www.msasports.net.

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