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MSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2016 Recap

January 4, 2017

It case you missed it, here is a look at our annual end of the year countdown of top stories or events from around the WPIAL. As we begin 2017, we look back at some of the top stories from around the WPIAL in calendar year 2016 with the entire countdown. #25 - CROSS-COUNTRY RUN ENDS

MSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2016 – #15 through #11

December 31, 2016

It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holiday season here at the MSA Sports Network. As we close out 2016 and another great high school sports year, we look back at some of the top stories from around the WPIAL in calendar year 2016. We continue our countdown with #15 through #11. #15 - BRIDESMAIDS NO MORE

Norwin’s Santilli & Fox Chapel’s Nord/James Win State Tennis Titles

November 5, 2016

Three WPIAL tennis players were able to win Class 3-A state titles Saturday at the 2016 PIAA Girls Singles and Doubles Tennis Championships at the Hershey Racquet Club. While district players were shut out of the medal chanse in Class 2-A, Maria Santili of Norwin won the PIAA 3-A singles title while Amanda Nord and Charlotte James of Fox Chapel cruised to the PIAA 3-A double championship. Norwin's Santili a junior won 6-4 6-4 over Eliza Askarova from George Washington. Up until the finals, Santili had only lost 9 total games in 6 sets and reached the finals rather easily. She was tested Saturday in a close match but brought home a PIAA state singles title.

North Allegheny and Beaver Settle for State Silver in Girls Tennis

October 30, 2016

A WPIAL girls team tennis squad had won ten consecutive Class 3-A state crowns including three in a row for North Allegheny. That decade of dominance ended Saturday though when the Tigers shot at a fourth straight state crown came up short when they fell to Harriton. Meanwhile, the drought continues for WPIAL schools in Class 2-A with only one state champion ever (Sewickley Academy in 2011). Beaver made it interesting as the WPIAL champs reached the finals for a second straight year only to fall to Wyomissing. The title for Harriton was the Rams first in 3-A and 8th overall while Wyomissing wins fifth PIAA title and first for the Spartans since 2003. Here are ALL the results from the 2016 PIAA Girls Team Tennis State Playoffs.

Nord & James of Fox Chapel and Heckert & McLaughlin of Indiana Win WPIAL Tennis Doubles Crowns

October 20, 2016

Last year, Amanda Nord and Laurel Shymansky of Fox Chapel beat Tina Li and Ashley Huang of North Allegheny to win the WPIAL Class AAA girls doubles tennis title. This year, Nord and new partner Charlotte James did it again, as they beat the top-seed duo of Li and Huang to win the 2016 WPIAL Girls Doubles Tennis Class 3-A crowns on Friday. In 2-A, Kelsey Heckert and Katie McLaughlin beat Indiana teammates Margaux Marcus and Lauren Bertig to claim 2-A gold. Here are ALL of the results from the two day 2016 WPIAL Girls Doubles Tennis Championships. 2016 WPIAL CLASS 3-A GIRLS DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Amanda Nord and Charlotte James (Fox Chapel) over Tina Li and Ashley Huang (North Allegheny) 6-2, 6-4

Norwin’s Santilli and OLSH’s Marks Win WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Crowns

October 14, 2016

Two new champions were crowned Friday afternoon at Moon High School at the 2016 WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Championships. Maria Santilli of Norwin beat Marlo Schiffman of Upper St. Clair 6-3, 6-2 in a very competitive 3-A title match with many good rallies. Santilli, who was in command in both sets, controlled play from the baseline and showed a lot of emotion in the straight set victory. Schiffman, only a freshman, will be in contention for WPIAL gold the next three years. in the Class 2-A Finals, Katherine Marks of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart knocked off Elle Santora of Knoch 6-3, 6-1. Top-seed Marks trailed 2-1 early in first set, but then won 10 straight games at one point.

Scholastic Notebook – 10/14/2016

At least in two respects, there has never been a fall sports season like this at Derry Area High School. The Derry football team is perfect and the girls soccer team is headed to the postseason. No one has ever been able to say those two things before. Derry’s football team is 7-0. The last time Derry was 7-0 was 1983. That year, the Trojans lost their eighth game to Greensburg Central Catholic. Derry will try to go 8-0 with a win against Ellwood City Friday. Derry has never had a regular season with a perfect record. Derry Township had a perfect record in the 1930s, but that was before the school merged with Derry Borough to form Derry Area.

North Allegheny & Beaver Are WPIAL Girls Tennis Champs Again

October 6, 2016

North Allegheny captured a fourth straight WPIAL 3-A girls team tennis crown Wednesday while Beaver was able to repeat as district 2-A champions. The Tigers four-peat was a nail biter, as they edged Mount Lebanon 3-2 at Sewickley Academy. Meanwhile the Bobcats postseason dominance continued as they outscored their four opponents 19-1 after sweeping past Neshannock 5-0 at North Allegheny High School. Here are ALL but two of the results from the 2016 WPIAL Girls Team Tennis Championships. The two consolation matches are Thursday. 2016 WPIAL GIRLS TEAM TENNIS CLASS 3-A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: North Allegheny Tigers 3 - Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 2 WPIAL CLASS 3-A Consolation:

WPIAL Alum Q&A – Nina Barbano

October 3, 2016

Competing in tennis at the college level requires tremendous talent, and doing so at a high level in both singles and doubles is even more impressive. That's exactly what Nina Barbano, a former standout at Bethel Park, is now doing for Slippery Rock's program. For that reason, she's the feature of this week's WPIAL Alum Q&A. With the Black Hawks, Barbano was a four-time letterwinner on the court. The diminutive player enjoyed individual accolades, but also helped Bethel Park reach the team postseason each year during her tenure.

MSA SPORTS CUP RESULTS – Sewickley Kings of Single-A Again

July 12, 2016

Sewickley Academy is once again on top of the Class A standings in the chase for the MSA Sports Cup after leapfrogging defending champ Greensburg Central Catholic. In fact, the Panthers and Centurions have been tagging in for titles the last five years with GCC winning in 2012-2013 and 2014-2015 and SA claiming the Cup in 201--2011, 2013-2014 and now in 2015-2016. The championship for Sewickley Academy is the schools 9th in 13 years of the competition and was aided greatly by district and state championships in boys golf and boys tennis along with WPIAL crowns in boys cross-country and boys soccer.

MSA SPORTS CUP RESULTS – A New Champ Wins Double-A

July 9, 2016

For only the fifth time in the thirteen 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 three of the last four years the AA Cup has gone to Quaker Valley with a one year run at the top by Seton-LaSalle two years ago. Now the AA crown is coming to Beaver County thanks to Beaver High School. After a couple of close calls in recent years, the Bobcats were lifted to the top spot in part because of district championships won in each season...girls tennis in the fall, ice hockey in the winter and a second straight WPIAL title in girls track & field in the spring.

MSA SPORTS CUP RESULTS – SF Three-peats in Triple-A

July 7, 2016

In the first ten years of the MSA Sports Cup, while there were a couple of dominating schools in the other three classifications, the chase for the Class AAA Cup had been up for grabs with eight different schools earning The Cup. However in the last three years of the season long competition, Triple-A has become the pride of the Lions. After finishing as the runner-up in 2012-2013, South Fayette has staked its claim on top in Class AAA as the Lions are the first school in this classification to win a third consecutive MSA Sports Cup.

MSA SPORTS CUP RESULTS – NA Remains Perfect in Quad-A

July 6, 2016

Another school year is in the books and another MSA Sports Cup in Class AAAA is headed to North Allegheny High School. NA captured the schools 13th Cup in 13 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 the Tigers earned points in 18 of them. While it was not the highest point total or largest margin of victory, North Allegheny still cruised to their final Quad-A Sports Cup as they will move up to 6-A starting this fall. The second place school finished 430 points behind NA.

Fox Chapel & Sewickley Academy Win 2016 WPIAL Boys Team Tennis Titles

May 14, 2016

Thirteen proved to be lucky for Sewickley Academy...or maybe it's just another notch in their dynasty belt. The Panthers cruised to a 13th straight WPIAL Class AA Boys Team Tennis championship with a sweep of Indiana. The 21st boys tennis crown overall ties the Panthers with the Norwin girls volleyball team from 1974 to 1985 for the second longest consecutive district title run only behind the Bethel Park boys swim team that won 20 straight from 1981 through 2000. In Class AAA, while Sewickley Academy is used to boys tennis gold, Fox Chapel is celebrating its first ever boys team tennis championship. The Foxes edged the North Allegheny Tigers to claim the schools first boys tennis title.

North Allegheny & Sewickley Duos Win WPIAL Doubles Tennis Titles

April 27, 2016

For one team, history repeated itself on Tuesday afternoon. For another, history changed for the better. Don and Ryan Gex of Sewickley Academy repeated as WPIAL Class AA Doubles Tennis champions while after losing in the finals last year, Jared Isaacs and Richard Hofmann of North Allegheny won the elusive title in straight sets. For Ryan Gex, it was a third straight doubles crown while for Isaacs, it was his first title after losing in the doubles title match in 2014 and 2015. Here are all the results from the two day event. 2016 WPIAL CLASS AAA DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Jared Isaacs and Richard Hofmann (North Allegheny) over Naman Dua and Tanay Kumta (Shady Side Academy) 6-1, 6-0

Chris Gladden & Luke Ross Win WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Crowns

April 13, 2016

Stakes were high at Shady Side Academy on Tuesday afternoon as the WPIAL crowned Chris Gladden and Luke Ross as its first champions of the spring season on the tennis courts.

2016 WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Results

April 12, 2016

In the end, the top-seeds in the district boys singles tennis playoffs were left standing with the gold. Chris Gladden of Canon-McMillan captured his first WPIAL Class AAA title while 2014 WPIAL Class AA champion Luke Ross of Sewickley Academy beat 2015 winner Luke Phillips of Carlynton to win district gold for the second time in three years. Robby Shymansky of Fox Chapel and Sam Sauter of Sewickley Academy won the two consolation matches Tuesday afternoon to qualify of for the state tournament next month in Hershey. Here are ALL of the results from the 2016 WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Championships. The broadcast of the consolation and championship finals can be heard archived on the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.net.

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 04/10/2016

April 10, 2016

Not only does the mercury rise as the week progresses, but the action on the diamonds, fields and courts do as well this week here on the MSA Sports Network. Our first spring high school sports championship takes place with the 2016 WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Championships. We also have plenty of WPIAL section action from both baseball and softball along with WPIAL boys volleyball, WPIAL boys and girls lacrosse, plus the debut of Rappin' on Racin' along with another edition of WPIAL Diamond Notes ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, April 11th: TALK SHOW - Rappin' on Racin' at 6:00pm on MSAsports.net

WPIAL Boys Tennis Individual Singles Sectionals

April 6, 2016

The field for the 2016 WPIAL Singles Tennis Championships were finalized Tuesday with the championship and consolation matches in each section. The top three players from each section qualify for the district singles playoffs which take place on Monday and Tuesday of next week. WPIAL CLASS AAA SECTION 1: Championship: Rochan Ramesh (Franklin Regional) over Turner Price (Penn-Trafford) 6-1, 6-2 Consolation: Kevin Lee (Penn-Trafford) over Alex Ferraccio (Kiski Area) 6-3, 6-1 WPIAL CLASS AAA SECTION 2: Championship: Jared Issacs (North Allegheny) over Ben Vinarski (Pine-Richland) 6-1, 6-4 Consolation: Logan D'Angelo (Moon) over Richard Hofmann (North Allegheny) 6-2, 6-3)

WPIAL Girls Sports Realignment

February 16, 2016

We all knew it was coming. A major change to the WPIAL high school sports landscape based on the PIAA's decision to increase from four to six classifications in basketball and softball, plus the increase in other sports such as soccer, volleyball and lacrosse. The WPIAL Board of Control approved the various steering committee's re-alignment suggestions starting with the 2016-2017 school year. This alignment also will be for the 2017-2018 school year. For interactive listing, CLICK HERE. GIRLS BASKETBALL Class 6A

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