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District College Football Preview for Saturday, September 28th
September 26, 2013
Week 5 of the College Football season and conference play is heating up with a Top 25 meeting in the PSAC. Waynesburg puts their unbeaten record on the line with a trip to Kentucky to meet Thomas More and Geneva travels to the city to meet CMU.Here are previews of ALL the games including three heard right here on the Network, recaps will be posted SundayMercyhurst (1-2) at Slippery Rock (2-1) 6pm on 97.7 FM and MSASports.net Mercyhurst leads the series 3-2, the road team has never won in the series. The Lakers fell 20-13 at Clarion last week in the division opener. It was the first time that the Lakers had dropped the PSAC West opener.District College Football Recap for September 21
September 22, 2013
Conference play opened up in the PSAC and PAC, as W & J and Geneva opened with big wins. Clarion and California went to 3-0 overall and Duquesne crossed the border into Ohio with not so good results.Here are recaps of ALL the games from Saturday.Gannon 38 - Slippery Rock 20 The Rock’s woes continued in the city of Erie, where SRU has not won a game since 2002. 4 turnovers and a powerful Gannon running game that controlled the clock took the Golden Knights to the win in the PSAC Western Division opener for both teams.MSA Sports Plays of the Week – Week Three
September 17, 2013
#1 Sto-Rox 34, Neshannock 31In a rematch of, arguably, 2012’s best game, Sto-Rox (3-0) and Neshannock (2-1) played another thriller for the ages. There were, however, two major differences this time around: the game was on a Thursday night and Sto-Rox came up with a much-needed defensive stand late in the game. Down 34-31 with under 10 seconds to play, the Lancers’ Giani Olivia would take a pitch from the 2 yard line. Sto-Rox’s defense would hold though, stopping Olivia on 4th and goal with 4 seconds left, giving Sto-Rox a gigantic win in Class A’s Big Seven Conference. Last season, Neshannock scored a late touchdown, rallying from down 21 points at halftime and stunning Sto-Rox 35-34.District College Football Recap for Saturday, September 14th
September 15, 2013
Another Saturday of college football around the region and some more high scoring games.The PSAC started Eastern-Western crossover play and the PAC had one conference game.Here are recaps of ALL the games from Saturday:Slippery Rock 58 - Shippensburg 38 The Rock jumped out to a 30-0 lead and handed the Red Raiders their second straight loss. Shippensburg was ranked in the top 10 to start the season. Nigel Barksdale threw four touchdown passes for the Rock in the victory as SRU goes to 2-0.WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Two 2013
September 10, 2013
Week Two of the WPIAL football season featured a high number of blowouts, as the top teams began to separate themselves from the pack. However, big plays were prominent, particularly on special teams. Week Two included 6 punt return touchdowns, 6 kickoff return touchdowns and a blocked punt returned for a score as well. Throw in 13 pick-six returns and 5 fumbles returned for scores and it was an exciting week for non-offensive players. So it maked sense that the Top Play of Week Two belongs to, who else, a kicker. #1- Chartiers-Houston 9, Bishop Canevin 6District College Football Recap for Saturday, September 7
September 8, 2013
The college football season kicked off in full on Saturday as the PSAC, NCAC and PAC members joined the NEC in taking to the field. Slippery Rock, W & J and Geneva all posted big wins and Clarion needed overtime to pull out the home victory in a wild finish at Memorial Stadium.Here are recaps of all the games from Saturday:Slippery Rock 51 – Northwood 36 Nigel Barksdale had a career day for the Rock, throwing for 465 yards and six touchdowns as SRU opens the season with a road win. The Rock had three receivers with six catches and over 100 yards on the afternoon.WPIAL Girls Volleyball Standings – 09/04/2013
September 4, 2013
Here are the latest WPIAL girls volleyball standings for the 2013 season. Standings will be updated daily through the regular season, leading up to MSA Sports EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2013 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs in October. Also, don't forget to click on the Girls Volleyball sports page for information on the 2013 MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program.Only section record is shown.MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program teams are capitalized and bolded.(Top 3 teams from each section qualify for playoffs) # = Clinched Section Title * = Clinched Playoff Berth x = Eliminated From Playoff ChaseWPIAL CLASS AAA:WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week One 2013
September 3, 2013
After an exciting Week One of WPIAL football, one of the prominent storylines was big defensive plays at crucial moments. In fact, three of the top five plays of Week One were done on the defensive side of the ball. The top play, however, belongs to a surprising backup running back for one of Class A’s top teams.Here are the top plays from Week One:#1- North Catholic 22, Apollo-Ridge 21 (2OT)District College Football Recap for Saturday, August 30th
September 1, 2013
The college football season opened in Western Pennsylvania with a light schedule as teams in the PSAC and PAC open up next week.The NEC opened play this weekend, Duquesne picked up a home victory and Robert Morris went on the road to meet a nationally ranked team.Here are recaps from both games:Duquesne 35 – Albany 24 It was a pair of former Montour stars helping to lead the Dukes to a home field victory on Saturday on the Bluff. Redshirt freshman linebacker Aaron Reed opened the scoring with a safety and fellow freshman Dillon Buechel threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Dukes.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/06/2013
August 6, 2013
Sure, we have plenty of baseball with both youth and pro diamond action during the first full week of August while we continue our Countdown to Kickoff 2013 all this week here on the MSA Sports Network. After a couple of days off, the Washington Wild Things host back-to-back three game series at CONSOL Energy Park while Washington PA will be hopping with the start of the 2013 PONY League World Series with every game right here on the network, plus we have the latest news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin and our annual preparation for the upcoming high school football season continues each day on the website with Countdown to Kickoff 2013 ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, August 5th:
Record Year Leads North Allegheny to 10th MSA Sports Cup Quad-A Title
June 27, 2013
WOW! North Allegheny has won every MSA Sports Cup Class AAAA championship, but you could say the title they won in the 2012-2013 school year was perfect. There are 20 sports in which schools can earn points in the competition and for the first time in ten years, a school earned points in ALL of them.North Allegheny scored a mind-numbing and record 1,115 points this year, 'edging' runner-up Peters Township by a mere 635 points. Mount Lebanon finished third, Canon-McMillan fourth and Hempfield fifth. The rest of the top ten was Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park, Latrobe, Gateway and Fox Chapel.
Mars Earns First Repeat MSA Sports Cup Class AAA Title
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. However for the first time, a Triple-A school has captured the MSA Sports Cup for a second straight year.Mars earned 520 points, giving them a 105-point cushion over runner-up South Fayette. Former winner South Park was third with Indiana fourth and another former champ, West Allegheny fifth. Rounding out the Class AAA top ten were Ambridge, Hopewell, Hampton, Blackhawk and the only other two-time Triple-A Cup winner, Moon.
Quaker Valley Repeats as MSA Sports Cup Class AA Champs
For eight years they played the role of brides-maids as a close-but-no-cigar top five finisher. But now for the second straight year, Quaker Valley plays second fiddle to nobody after the Quakers earned a second consecutive MSA Sports Cup Class AA crown.Quaker Valley earned 525 points, the second most of any WPIAL school behind North Allegheny, giving them a comfortable 195 victory over runner-up and five-time champion Shady Side Academy. Beaver finished third, Riverside fourth and Burrell fifth, with Freeport, Seton-LaSalle, Burgettstown, Washington and Beaver Falls rounding out the Double-A top ten.
Greensburg Central Catholic Wins Class A MSA Sports Cup
Only once in the ten years history of the MSA Sports Cup has Sewickley Academy not won the Class A title. The Panthers won the first four years before Serra Catholic captured the 2007-2008 crown. Now another four-year run has ended thanks to Greensburg Central Catholic.GCC scored 405 to win by the closest margin, 65 points over runner-up Vincentian Academy. Sewickley Academy finished third followed by Bishop Canevin, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Neshannock, Clairton, Serra Catholic, Chartiers-Houston and Aliquippa round out the Top 10.The Centurions can look at success on The Pitch this past fall as to why they won the Cup. Greensburg Central Catholic's won both a WPIAL and PIAA championship in girls soccer and finished as the district runner-up in boys soccer.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/24/2013
June 24, 2013
The first full week of summer is also the last full week of June as the focus continues on pro baseball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. The Washington Wild Things hit the road for a mid-week Frontier League series before returning home to CONSOL Energy Park for a four game weekend set including a Friday doubleheader, plus we have the top senior football players from Beaver, Northern/Western Allegheny and Lawrence County battle the elite from Eastern Ohio in the annual Penn-Ohio all-star football game along with plenty of news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, June 24th:
In A Marathon, Canon-Mac Wins First State Quad-A Softball Crown
June 14, 2013
In the third longest game in PIAA softball championship history, the Canon McMillan Big Macs claimed their first Quad-A state title with a 4-3 win over the Neshaminy Redskins in 12 innings. Freshman Linda Rush drove a 1-0 pitch over the center field fence for a two run homer to put the Big Macs up for good. It’s the longest game in Quad-A championship history, overall the longest game was a 14 inning win for Fleetwood over Riverside in the 2001 Class AA championship match up and a twelve inning 1-0 win for Williamsport over Baldwin in the 1989 AA title tilt.
