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Scholastic Notebook – 09/12/2014

September 12, 2014

They haven’t exactly beaten world-class competition, but Norwin is still 2-0. After tonight, the Knights could be in a spot where they haven’t been in 15 years. Norwin plays at Seneca Valley in a non-conference game. While Seneca Valley (0-2) is trying to find itself, Norwin is trying to go 3-0 for the first time in 15 years. The last time Norwin was 3-0 was 1999, one of the greatest seasons in Norwin history. The Knights finished 8-4 and made it to the WPIAL semifinals before losing to Cecil Howard and McKeesport.

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: 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 – 05/19/2014

May 19, 2014

Seneca Valley has been the surprise team of the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs. The Raiders are the No. 16 seed, but find themselves in the semifinals. One more win and Seneca Valley will make history, but not because of their seeding. Seneca Valley plays Pine-Richland in a semifinal game Wednesday at a site and time to be determined. A win will put Seneca Valley into the championship game for the fourth year in a row. It has been at least 50 years since a team made it to a title game four consecutive years. In fact, it is likely that no team has ever made it to a championship four years in a row. So far in the playoffs, Seneca Valley has knocked off No. 1 seed Hempfield, 10-5, and also No. 9 seed Shaler, 3-0. Smith Does it All

Shady Side & Sewickley Academy’s Sweep WPIAL Boys Team Tennis Titles Again

May 9, 2014

And the beat goes on in WPIAL Boys Team Tennis. It wasn't easy, but Shady Side Academy captured its fourth straight Class AAA championship with a narrow victory over Mount Lebanon Thursday afternoon at North Allegheny High School. Meanwhile, the dynasty continues in Class AA as Sewickley Academy made it ELEVEN consecutive district championships with a victory over Mars. Here are ALL of the results from the the 2014 WPIAL Boys Team Tennis Playoffs. 2014 WPIAL BOYS TEAM TENNIS CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Shady Side Academy Indians 3 - Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 2 WPIAL CLASS AAA Semifinals: Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 3 - Upper St. Clair Panthers 2

2014 WPIAL BOYS DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP

April 29, 2014

The streaks continued in 2014. 2009 was the last time a duo from Sewickley Academy did not win gold in the district boys doubles tennis tournaments as another Panthers duo, this time Ryan Gex & Luke Vith won it all in Class AA. Meanwhile, the streak is now four in a row for Shady Side Academy in Class AAA and three straight for the Indians Chris Grubbs, who teamed with Alok Nimgaonkar to win back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013 and with Michael Kann this season to win another doubles crown. Here are ALL of the results from the 2014 WPIAL Boys Doubles Tennis Championships. 2014 WPIAL CLASS AAA BOYS DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

2014 WPIAL BOYS SINGLES TENNIS RESULTS

April 7, 2014

A senior and a freshman claimed the first gold of the spring on Tuesday afternoon. Pittsburgh Central Catholic senior Adam Blasinsky claimed a second consecutive championship while Sewickley Academy ninth grader Luke Ross also won in straight sets. Here are ALL of the results from the 2014 WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Playoffs with summary recaps of both championship and consolation finals from Tuesday. You can hear the broadcast of the finals any time you want on the MSA Sports archives. 2014 WPIAL CLASS AAA BOYS SINGLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Adam Blasinsky (Pittsburgh Central Catholic) over Chad Kissell (Latrobe) 6-2, 7-5 (MSA)

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 04/06/2014

April 6, 2014

With the hope for a much drier week, we have plenty of diamond action scheduled in this first full week of April this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have section play in WPIAL baseball, WPIAL softball, WPIAL boys volleyball and WPIAL boys lacrosse along with college baseball and women's lacrosse featuring Slippery Rock University, plus we have exclusive coverage of the 2014 WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Finals and another edition of The WPIAL Baseball Show ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, April 7th: WPIAL High School Baseball - Fox Chapel vs North Allegheny at 4:00pm on the North Allegheny Sports Network at MSAsports.net

2014-2015 WPIAL Springs Sports Alignment

March 24, 2014

The WPIAL Board of Control has approved the final seasonal alignment starting next season as the district spring sports sectional alignment has been approved. The new alignment kicks into affect next spring for WPIAL Baseball, Softball, Boys Volley, Boys Tennis, Boys Track & Field and Girls Track & Field. Click on the respective link below to see the new set up for each section and classification starting in the Spring of 2015. WPIAL Baseball: http://www.wpial.org/stuff/14-15/bse/14-15%20bse%20align%20o2.pdf

WPIAL Fall Sports Realignment for 2014

January 21, 2014

The WPIAL Board of Control officially passed the new alignments for the WPIAL fall sports on Tuesday afternoon, including girls volleyball, boys and girls golf, boys and girls cross-country, girls tennis and girls field hockey. A couple of big changes occur in Girls Tennis where there are more teams in fewer sections and in Boys and Girls Cross-Country where there are only two duel-class divisions, but there will be three classifications for the championships. Here is the new make-up of the sections in all of those sports for the 2014 high school fall sports seasons. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: WPIAL CLASS AAA SECTION 1:

2013 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 Trojans

PR’s Bridgham in Singles & FC’s Shymansky/Cohen in Doubles Win PIAA AAA Tennis Gold

November 2, 2013

While there was nothing to write home about for the WPIAL qualifiers in the Class AA state doubles and singles tournaments, it turned out to be a golden success for district doubles and singles girls tennis players in Class AAA this weekend at the Hershey Racquet Club in Hershey.While Class AA had no qualifiers make it to the Semifinals on Saturday in the PIAA Singles or Doubles postseason, Class AAA had two qualifiers in each make it to the final day. and when the last winner was served, Marlys Bridgham of Pine-Richland won the state Class AAA singles championship and the duo of Laurel Shymansky and Lacy Cohen claimed the Triple-A state doubles championship.

North Allegheny Wins 2013 PIAA AAA Team Tennis Gold

October 26, 2013

North Allegheny winning a championship is not breaking news. However a week after winning their very first WPIAL Girls Team Tennis Class AAA title, the Tigers added their first ever state tennis crown to their crown trophy case. North Allegheny edged District 1 champion Methacton Saturday evening in Hershey to claim the PIAA Triple A championship. District 10 Mercyhurst Prep won the Class AA state championship. Here are all of the results from the 2013 PIAA Girls Team Tennis Playoffs.2013 PIAA CLASS AAA GIRL TEAM TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS 3 - Methacton Warriors 2PIAA CLASS AAA Semifinals:NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS 4 - West Chester Henderson Warriors 1

North Allegheny and Greensburg CC Win WPIAL Girls Team Tennis Crowns

October 18, 2013

North Allegheny has won a lot of WPIAL gold in its rich, athletic history. now for the first time, they can add a girls tennis crown to the trophy case. The Tigers captured their first ever district girls tennis title with a victory over Shady Side Academy Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, Greensburg Central Catholic is celebrating its first girls team tennis championship in 14 years. The Centurions edged Sewickley Academy 3-2 in the finals Thursday to win the schools third Class AA district title and first since 1999. Here are ALL of the results from the 2013 WPIAL Girls Team Tennis Playoffs.2013 WPIAL GIRLS TEAM TENNIS CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP:North Allegheny Tigers 4 - Shady Side Academy Indians 1

Scholastic Notebook – 10/11/2013

October 11, 2013

The Beaver football team changed its offense this year, going to a spread offense with much more passing.You could say the new offense has been a Rowse-ing success.Alex Rowse is Beaver’s quarterback and is doing things unheard of by Beaver quarterbacks. After six weeks of the season, Rowse leads the entire WPIAL in passing yardage with 1,581 yards. To put that in perspective, consider that last year’s quarterbacks – Rowse and Austin Ross - had less than 1,000 yards passing combined.

Fox Chapel and Sewickley Academy Duo Win WPIAL Girls Doubles Tennis Gold

October 4, 2013

For the first time in ten years, there was a repeat WPIAL champion in girls doubles tennis. Amy Cheng and Jappman Monga of Sewickley Academy captured district gold for the second consecutive season, marking the first repeat duo winners since Patty Kaczmarek and Meghan Stubblebine of Bishop Canevin in 2003. A pair of sophomores may have the chance to match consecutive crowns next fall after sophomores Laurel Shymansky and Lacey Cohen of Fox Chapel upset top-seed Maddy Adams and Anna Li of North Allegheny in the Class AAA Girls Doubles Finals Thursday afternoon.WPIAL CLASS AAA GIRLS DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP:Laurel Shymansky and Lacey Cohen (Fox Chapel) over Maddy Adams and Anna Li (North Allegheny) 7-5, 6-4

Callie Frey of Mount Lebanon & Samantha Gohh of Sewickley Academy Claim WPIAL Gold

September 19, 2013

The comeback kids became the golden girls Thursday afternoon in the 2013 WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Championships as Callie Frey of Mount Lebanon won her second straight Class AAA crown while Samantha Gohh of Sewickley Academy won Class AA gold at North Allegheny High School.WPIAL Class AAA Championship: Callie Frey d. Marlys Bridgham 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

2013 WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Playoffs Recap

The battle for the first district championship of the 2013-2014 school year did not come easy as both winners needed three sets Thursday in the finals of the 2013 WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Playoffs. Top-seed Callie Frey of Mount Lebanon made it back-to-back Class AAA titles with a comeback victory over Marlys Bridgham while Samantha Gohh won the all Sewickley Academy finals match with a comeback win over Panthers teammate Sydney Miggantz. Here are ALL of the results from both the Class AAA and Class AA tournaments. You can listen to the archive broadcast of the finals and consolations right here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL CLASS AAA Girls Singles Tennis Championship Match:

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/15/2013

September 15, 2013

The first WPIAL gold of the 2013-2014 school year will be battled for this week here on the MSA Sports Network. First, we have FORTY WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 football games on Friday and Saturday with Friday night kicking off with the expanded MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show.

Scholastic Notebook – 09/13/2013

September 13, 2013

There is undoubtedly more passing in high school football these days. But after two weeks, could this be the year of runners in WPIAL football?While WPIAL football again has some impressive passers, the running statistics have been big through the first two weeks. Take a look:*It’s considered a nice night when a team has two 100-yard rushers in a game. It is extremely unusual when a team has two 200-yard rushers. But there have been two teams (Penn Hills and Steel Valley) that have had two 200-yard rushers in a game – and they did it on the same night (last Friday).*Penn Hills’ Billy Kisner has rushed for 200 yards in two consecutive games – and he’s a QUARTERBACK.

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