Softball
MOTHER NATURE KO’s DAY ONE OF WPIAL BASEBALL & SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
May 14, 2012
Steady rain on Sunday and more rain in the forecast for Monday throughout Western Pennsylvania forced the WPIAL to postpone opening day in both the WPIAL baseball and softball playoffs.ALL 21 of the First Round baseball games scheduled for Monday have been pushed back 24 hours to Tuesday with one doubleheader site change. In softball, there were 9 Preliminary Round or First Round games postponed on Monday. Seven of those games are now scheduled for Tuesday while two contests have been pushed back to Wednesday.Check below WPIAL baseball and softball playoff articles below for all of the latest changes.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/13/2012
May 13, 2012
Spring playoff fever (along with a little precipitation) is in the air as we wind down the high school sports year this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2012 WPIAL baseball and WPIAL softball playoffs along with District 6 regular season and playoff baseball and the start of the WPIAL boys volleyball, plus news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin and pro baseball featuring the Class AA Altoona Curve and the 2012 debut of Washington Wild Things baseball ALL here at MSAsports.netMonday, May 14th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netScholastic Notebook – 05/11/2012
May 11, 2012
The way the WPIAL baseball playoffs are set up, a team that makes it to a championship game could use its No. 1 pitcher in three of four contests. That is extremely good news for Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson pitcher Greg Schneider hasn’t just been unbeatable this season. It has been almost impossible to score on him. Schneider had one of the most dominating regular seasons of any pitcher in recent WPIAL history. Schneider, a Thomas Jefferson senior and a Pitt recruit, led Thomas Jefferson to the Class AAA Section 3 title. His statistics were remarkable.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball Playoff Rankings 2012
May 9, 2012
Each Tuesday during the regular season, MSA Sports ranked the top ten WPIAL softball teams in each of the four classifications. Now on the brink of the 2012 Softball Playoffs, we rank ALL of the 62 teams that will battle for the four golden trophies in the finals, which are once again set for California University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, May 31st ONLY here on MSA Sports. The Network's exclusive coverage of the district postseason, which begins with the Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday night at 6:00pm, is sponsored once again this year by Carlow University.Records through Tuesday, May 8th in parenthesis.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/07/2012
May 7, 2012
The regular season winds down in high school baseball and scholastic softball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We feature plenty of WPIAL and District 6 baseball and softball including the WPIAL Baseball and Softball Playoff Pairings Shows along with WPIAL boys volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, plus more women's pro football with the Pittsburgh Passion and news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin and pro baseball featuring the Class AA Altoona Curve ALL here at MSAsports.netMonday, May 7th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netHometown Softball Program Game Recap – South Side – 05/04/2012
May 4, 2012
It was a beautiful day for softball in Hookstown PA. Home of the South Side Rams. In a Hometown Sports broadcast the Rams clinched a share of the section title with a 9-0 win over their rival the Western Beaver Golden Beavers. South Side finishes the regular season with an overall record of 16-3. In single A section 5 they finished with an 11-1 record and a share of the title with Shenango. They split the season series and have identical 11-1 records.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 05/02/2012
May 2, 2012
FOR THE FINAL TIME during this regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten softball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Tuesday at www.MSAsports.net, including a NEW #1 tHometown Softball Program Game Recap – Baldwin – 05/02/2012
Anna Lauterbach pitched seven innings of three-hit softball, earned the win and retired the last nine batters of the game in order as baldwin beat Bethel Park Tuesday evening.Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Vincentian Academy – 05/01/2012
May 1, 2012
On Senior Day at Vincentian Academy, the Royals needed just five innings to dispatch the North Catholic Trojanettes 11-1 to close out section play on Tuesday afternoon.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 04/29/2012
April 29, 2012
As the mercury keeps rising and the calender changes from April to May, we have stretch run regular season softball and baseball action this week here on the MSA Sports NetHometown Softball Program Game Recap – South Side – 04/29/2012
In Hometown Softball Action the South Side Rams beat the Rochester Rams 18-2 in 4 innings. The South Side Rams scored 9 runs on 7 hits in the first inning and never looked back.Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Chartiers-Houston – 04/29/2012
For Chartiers-Houston it was just another day at the office.Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Elizabeth Forward – 04/27/2012
April 27, 2012
Elizabeth Forward (11-4, 6-2) has struggled at times this season with leaving runners stranded on base. Through four innings on Friday it appeared that trend would continue.Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Brentwood – 04/27/2012
The up and down season for Brentwood softball was on the upswing Friday in a must-win situation as the Spartans held off the Quaker Valley Quakers 6-4 to stay alive, fHometown Softball Program Game Recap – Montour – April 27, 2012
The West Allegheny Indians have lost only twice so far in 2012 – that’s the good news. The bad news is that both defeats have come against section rival Montour Spartans. FoHometown Softball Program Game Recap – South Allegheny – 04/25/2012
April 25, 2012
On a day that saw three one run games broadcast among the Hometown Softball teams.Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Vincentian Academy – 04/24/2012
April 24, 2012
Despite a furious late inning comeback, #5-ranked Vincentian (3-2, 6-4) came up just short in a 6-5 loss to #2-ranked Sto-Rox (8-0, 12-0) in WPIAL Class A Section 3 action earlier today at the VincHometown Softball Program Game Recap – Baldwin – 04/24/2012
Defending Class AAAA Section 4 champion Baldwin began the second half of section play Tuesday at home with a big time scare as Mount Lebanon nearly pulled off a big upMSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/24/2012
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten softball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Tuesday at www.MSAsports.net, including another NEW #1 teamScholastic Notebook – 04/24/2012
The Ellwood City baseball team fell from the ranks of the unbeatens last week when it dropped a 1-0 decision to Riverside. But Ellwood City still might be having the most impressive season of any team in the WPIAL – at least in terms of statistics. Ellwood City is now 12-1 on the season. In 12 of those 13 games, Ellwood City has given up two runs or fewer. Five of the wins have come by shutouts. Christian Kerns has been the main stopper for Ellwood City this season. He had been 13-0 over the past two seasons until taking the loss against Riverside. Anthony Carusone also has been stellar on the mound. Ellwood City and Riverside are now tied for the Section 5 lead. Maybe Ellwood City is smarting a little after going 15-5 last season, but missing the WPIAL playoffs. The Undefeateds:
