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No Football at Vincentian Academy Ths Fall
July 28, 2017
Five and done. Just over a month before the start of a new high school football season, Vincentian Academy has decided not to field a team this fall due to a lack of numbers. The program is a co-op between Vincentian Academy, Eden Christian and Aquinas Academy, but school officials decided not to go through with the season because of the lack of interest and the dangerously low numbers they would have started the season with. Vincentian athletic director Ronald Moncrief informed the WPIAL and their nine opponents of the final decision on Monday, July 24th. This would have been the sixth season of football for Vincentian Academy. They Royals were 8-39 over those five seasons with a record best 4-6 in 2013 and a low mark of 0-10 this past season.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/27/2017
July 27, 2017
We unofficially kick off the high school football season as well as continue our coverage of Frontier League pro baseball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. Our 2017 Countdown to Kickoff starts with the MSA Sports/Kennywood Park Preseason Football All-Star Team Presentation Show on Wednesday, plus we have both audio and video coverage as the Washington Wild Things host Normal for three games before hitting the road for three games at Gateway for three weekend games ONLY here at MSAsports.net Monday, July 24th: No Broadcasts Tuesday, July 25th: No Broadcasts Wednesday, July 26th:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/18/2017
July 18, 2017
As the heat of July continues on the diamond, we continue our coverage of Frontier League pro baseball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have both audio and video coverage as the Washington Wild Things hit the road for three games at Southern Illinois and three games at Evansville ONLY here at MSAsports.net Monday, July 17th: No Broadcasts Tuesday, July 18th: Frontier League Pro Baseball - Live Video - Washington Wild Things vs Southern Illinois Miners at 8:05pm on MSAsports.net Wednesday, July 19th:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/11/2017
July 11, 2017
With summer and July in full swing, we take a little bit of a break this week here on the MSA Sports Network. After the Frontier League All-Star break allows for a bit of rest at the start of the week, pro baseball returns to Wild Things Park this weekend with the start of the second half of the season and a three game series against the Windy City ThunderBolts ONLY here at MSAsports.net Monday, July 10th: No Broadcasts Tuesday, July 11th: No Broadcasts Wednesday, July 12th: No Broadcasts Thursday, July 13th: No Broadcasts Friday, July 14th:
2016-2017 MSA Sports Female Athlete of the Year
July 5, 2017
It didn't matter whether it was brown, white, orange or fluorescent green. Olivia Porter would kick it, shoot it, throw it and hit it. For her, life has been a ball. Porter was worth a "fourtune" at Southmoreland High School. She was the ultimate multi-sport athlete, playing four sports her senior year - soccer, basketball, softball and even a kicker on the football team.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/05/2017
We celebrate the birth of our nation with plenty of Frontier League pro baseball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We kick summer into full gear during the first full week of July with audio and video coverage of the Washington Wild Things as they hit the road for three games before returning home to Wild Things Park for three games this weekend ONLY here at MSAsports.net Monday, July 3rd: No Broadcasts Tuesday, July 4th: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! Frontier League Pro Baseball - Live Video - Washington Wild Things vs Normal Cornbelters at 6:35pm on MSAsports.netThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/27/2017
June 27, 2017
The 'Wild' summer of '17 continues with plenty of Frontier League pro baseball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We close out the month of June with audio and video coverage of the Washington Wild Things as they return home to Wild Things Park this week for three games with the Traverse City Beach Bums and three weekend contests against the Joliet Slammers, plus one more high school football all-star broadcast with the annual Penn-Ohio Classic ONLY here at MSAsports.net Monday, June 26th: No Broadcasts Tuesday, June 27th: Frontier League Pro Baseball - Live Video - Traverse City Beach Bums vs Washington Wild Things at 7:05pm on MSAsports.netThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/19/2017
June 19, 2017
The calm after the 2016-2017 high school sports season is plenty of Frontier League pro baseball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have audio and video coverage of the Washington Wild Things as they hit the road this week with three games vs the Lake Erie Crushers and three weekend contests against the Schaumburg Boomers ONLY here at MSAsports.net Monday, June 19th: No Broadcasts Tuesday, June 20th: Frontier League Pro Baseball - Live Video - Washington Wild Things vs Lake Erie Crushers at 7:05pm on MSAsports.net Wednesday, June 21st:2017 PIAA Baseball Playoffs RESULTS
June 18, 2017
It truly was a golden season for Latrobe as the Wildcats followed up their first ever WPIAL baseball championship with PIAA state gold. 2017 turned out to be a season of silver for South Park as the Eagles made it to the finals in both the district and state postseason, but fell in the two title games and impressively claimed second place in both. Here are ALL the results from the 2017 PIAA Baseball Playoffs. All of the results with (MSA) after them are games you can listen to archived here on The Network 2017 PIAA BASEBALL CLASS 6-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Pennsbury Falcons 1 - Dallastown Wildcats 02017 PIAA Softball Playoffs RESULTS
Four out of six state softball championship and one runner-up. not to bad for the WPIAL in the first year of the six classification championships in PIAA Softball. Hempfield completed its season of dominance in Class 6-A with a third state crown and second in a row while Mount Pleasant (4-A), South Park (3-A) and West Greene (1-A) brought home their schools first PIAA softball title. South Side made it to the state finals, but brought home silver. Here are ALL the results from the 2017 PIAA Softball Playoffs. All results with (MSA) after them are games you can listen to archived here on The Network. 2017 PIAA SOFTBALL CLASS 6-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:PIAA Baseball/Softball Semifinals Recaps From Monday, June 12th
June 13, 2017
Eight WPIAL softball teams and four district baseball teams started Monday with the dreams of state diamond gold dancing in their heads. Five teams saw those hopes dashed with Final Four losses. However five softball and two baseball teams were winners as the WPIAL will send seven teams to Penn State University on Thursday and Friday to play for a PIAA championship. Here are recaps from Semifinals Monday. A special thanks to Todd Brown, Josh Rowntree, Jason Tennant, Mark Schaas, Bob Gregg, Rennie Detore, Sean Meyers, Don Rebel and Kyle Dawson for their help on these recaps. PIAA BASEBALL: PIAA CLASS 5-A Semifinals:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/13/2017
The 2016-2017 high school sports season that began back in August with Week Zero of the high school football season now concludes with the conclusion of the baseball and softball state postseason this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of the Semifinals on Monday and ALL five softball and both baseball state championship games from Penn State involving WPIAL schools, plus a pair of high school football all-star games and another week of Frontier League pro baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things as they host both River City and Evansville ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, June 12th:Beaver County Christian Falls in PIAA 2-A Finals
June 10, 2017
Northeastern won its fifth consecutive PIAA Class AA crown with a 3-1 victory over Beaver County Christian School at Penn State University's Rec Hall. It's the first time that a team has won five straight state titles since Haverford won six in a row from 1966-1971. Saturday's appearance in the state title tilt was the first ever for Beaver County Christian, a program that began in 2009.2017 PIAA Boys Volleyball Playoffs Results
There was a time when the WPIAL dominated boys volleyball throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. However, that has changed big time. The WPIAL has produced only three state champions this century and none since North Allegheny in 2013 in Class 3-A and Deer Lakes in 2011 in 2-A. The drought continues another year after both North Allegheny in 3-A and Beaver County Christian in 2-A made it to the finals, but dropped 3-1 decisions to settle for state silver. Here are ALL the results from the 2017 PIAA Boys Volleyball Playoffs. All results with (MSA) after are matces that can be heard archived on the MSA Sports Network. 2017 PIAA CLASS 3-A BOYS VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:2017 PIAA Boys and Girls Lacrosse Playoffs Results
As lacrosse continues to grow here in Western Pa, it is still playing catch up to some of the hot bed areas in the eastern side of Pennsylvania. Sooner or later, a WPIAL boys or girls lacrosse team will win a state championship, but that day hasn't come yet, and it won't come this year either. Avon Grove and Springfield won boys state titles while Archbishop Carroll and Radnor claimed girls state crowns. Here are ALL the results from the 2017 PIAA Boys and Girls Lacrosse Playoffs. 2017 PIAA BOYS LACROSSE CLASS 3-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Avon Grove Red Devils 5 - Conestoga Pioneers 4 in Double Overtime BOYS CLASS 3-A Semifinals:Scholastic Notebook – 06/09/2017
June 9, 2017
The Hempfield softball team is undefeated this season and has won 39 games in a row over the last two years. But maybe the most impressive streak of this team has to do with nothing. As in nothing allowed in the state playoffs. Hempfield has not given up a run in two years of PIAA postseason play. The Spartans won a PIAA championship a year ago and did not allow a run in four games. In two state games this year, Hempfield has defeated Central York, 1-0, and McDowell, 5-0, in eight innings. Hempfield plays Chambersburg in the PIAA Class 6A semifinals Monday. The No. 1 objective, obviously, is to win. Chambersburg's objective will be to somehow crack Hempfield's scoreless streak.PIAA Baseball/Softball Quarterfinals Recaps From Thursday, June 8th
Two rounds in the books with two rounds still to go with a giant box of state gold medals at the waiting line. There are a dozen teams from the WPIAL still in the hunt for diamond gold, but two-thirds of them are softball teams, where eight teams head into the Final Four...which is exactly how many district baseball teams remain in the PIAA postseason...four. Here are recaps from all the games heard on Quarterfinals Thursday on MSA Sports. A special thanks to Steve Nagler, Bob Gregg, Mark Uriah, Sean Meyers, Donny Chedrick, Josh Rowntree, Mark Schaas, Mike Azadian, Jason Tennant, James Dotson and Todd Brown for their help on these recaps. PIAA BASEBALL: PIAA CLASS 5-A Quarterfinals:PIAA Baseball/Softball First Round Recaps From Tuesday, June 6th
June 7, 2017
Mother Nature slowed down the start of the state baseball and softball playoffs in Southwestern Pennsylvania as plenty of WPIAL had to wait until Tuesday to begin their quest for PIAA gold. While the WPIAL baseball teams stumbled out of the gate, district softball teams were shining bright with 13 wins in 19 games. Here are recaps from baseball and softball state playoff games heard Tuesday on MSA Sports. A special thanks to Justin McCauley, Jason Tennant, Josh Rowntree, James Dotson, Mark Schaas, Greg Kuntz, Donny Chedrick, Rob McKinney, Bob Gregg, Randy Gore and Bobby Fox for their help on these recaps. PIAA BASEBALL: PIAA CLASS 6-A First Round:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/05/2017
June 5, 2017
With the WPIAL district diamond playoffs behind us, we now focus on the final two weeks of the high school sports campaign with the start up of the baseball and softball state postseason this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have First Round and Quarterfinals action from both the PIAA Baseball and Softball Playoffs along with a PIAA Boys Volleyball Semifinals match, plus another week of Frontier League pro baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things as they hit the road to River City and Florence ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, June 5th: PIAA High School Baseball State Playoffs - Class 6-A First Round: Pine-Richland vs Penn Manor at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netScholastic Notebook – 06/02/2017
June 2, 2017
It doesn't matter whether it's McKenna or Madison. These Lampes have lit up opposing pitchers. McKenna and Madison Lampe are twin sisters and sophomores on the West Greene softball team. You might have a hard time coming up with any WPIAL softball sisters over the years that have made such a big impact on offense at the same time. The Lampes helped West Greene win a second consecutive WPIAL softball title on Thursday. The school had never won a championship in another sport. Mckenna Lampe was 2 for 3 in the title game and is now batting a whopping .662. A center fielder, McKenna's most amazing statistic might be the 44 bases she has stolen this season. Meanwhile, Madison Lampe, a sophomore third baseman, is batting .597. She has stolen 21 bases.
