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WPIAL Football Playoff Picture 10/26/2015

October 26, 2015

The MSA Sports abacus will be cooking on Friday as we determine the final field for this falls district football playoffs. Heading into the regular season finale this weekend, here is a breakdown of all 14 football conferences around the WPIAL along with the wild card picture in Quad-A and Triple-A as we prepare for the 2015 Highway to Heinz. CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference: Penn-Trafford Warriors (7-0) have clinched Conference Champion 10/30: at Norwin McKeesport Tigers (6-1) have clinched McKeesport can finish in second place with a win Friday over Kiski Area 10/30: KISKI AREA

WPIAL Alum Q&A – Matt Barto

Over the past several weeks, the WPIAL Alum Q&A has focused on athletes who excel in a variety of fall sports, including football, soccer, girls’ volleyball and tennis. For this week’s edition, golf comes to the forefront, with the spotlight on former Leechburg High School champion Matt Barto. In addition to capturing the section championship in all four years at Leechburg, Barto captured the Class AA Individual Championship in both his junior and senior years with the Blue Devils. In 2012, Barto shot a one-over 73 at Youghiogheny Country Club to capture the title, and the following year, he won in a playoff after shooting a round of 75 at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.

PIHL Notebook – Class B & C Preview

Welcome to another installment of “PIHL Notebook” as we wrap up our season preview four-pack with a look inside Division II, Class B and Class C. Things are a bit more streamlined here than last season. There are no “B Teams” like Peters Township has fielded the last few years. Power house Harbor Creek folded, and longtime member Morgantown is gone as well. There are no tiers or conferences. Just two classifications with eight teams slated to make the postseason. Far as we know, all five Class B teams will make it, so for them the regular campaign is purely about seeding. The eight teams occupying Class C will battle it out for the other three spots.

Scholastic Notebook – 10/25/2015

October 25, 2015

The irony of it. Deer Lakes came into Friday night’s game with the leading rusher in the entire WPIAL this season Hunter Burns. When it ended, Apollo-Ridge had the top rusher ever in a WPIAL game. Duane Brown, a junior at Apollo-Ridge, put himself in the history books when he rushed for a WPIAL record 460 yards in a 56-35 victory over Deer Lakes. Brown was certainly a workhorse in the game, carrying the ball 47 times. Brown broke a 15-year-old WPIAL record. Connellsville’s Marcus Furman ran for 455 yards in a 2000 game. What’s funny is that Apollo-Ridge coach John Skiba and his team had no idea how many yards Brown had or that he had broken the WPIAL record until an announcer from your very own MSA Sports staff came on the field and told him after the game.

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 10/25/2015

We conclude the Stretch Run of the 2015 high school football season while starting exclusive coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Soccer and Girls Volleyball Playoffs this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We wrap up the regular season with Week Nine of the high school football season with 29 WPIAL weekend contests starting Friday night with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding later that night with the WPIAL Football Scoreboard Show.

2015 WPIAL & Pittsburgh City League Football Standings

Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Eight of the 2015 high school football season...including the latest WPIAL Playoff clinchings and eliminations. Once again this year, we have added points for, point against and the updated WPIAL tiebreaker points for all 123 teams. Standings are updated after Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Standings can be also seen on each teams football webpage here on the MSA Sports Network. (Top 5 teams from AAAA and AAA conferences qualify for playoffs plus a sixth place wild card team) (Top 4 teams from AA and A conferences qualify for the playoffs)

WPIAL Saturday’s Scholastic Starz – Week Eight

With only two games on the Week 8 Saturday docket, lets give a team of the cap to Western Beaver. Going into Saturdays game, the Golden Beavers were 0-7 and had scored only 29 points in a looooong year. They fell behind playoff bound Union 19-0 after one quarter and could have rolled over and taken it on the chin again. But Matt Gray's team badly outplayed the Scotties the final three quarters and if not for two touchdowns called back and a dropped touchdown late, could have and should have pulled off the stunning upset. A great effort and kudos to Western Beaver. Nasan Tibbens - Riverview

District College Football Recap for October 24th

As October winds down, races in the PSAC-West and the PAC got a little tigher. SRU and Cal posted huge wins, while Clarion fell from the unbeaten ranks. W & J dropped from PAC title contention and likely out of the top 25 with a loss in Cleveland. Here are recaps of ALL THE GAMES: California 42 – Clarion 28 The Vulcans played the role of spoiler at home on Saturday, handing the #25 Golden Eagles their first loss of the year. John Franklin scored twice and Jimmy Wheeler(West Mifflin) once as Cal controlled the clock and the game. The Vulcan defense also stood tall with 6 interceptions.

WPIAL Saturday Football Scores – 10/24/2015

October 24, 2015

For the second week in a row, the WPIAL football schedule was loaded for bear on Friday night, thus leaving only a couple of scraps for the Saturday slate. Only two games were on the docket on this eighth Saturday of the season with very little at stake outside of civic pride and a possible home first round playoff game for one visiting squad. Here are both of the final results from Saturday afternoon. WPIAL CLASS A Eastern Conference: Riverview Raiders 40 - Wilkinsburg Tigers 6 WPIAL CLASS A Big 7 Conference: Union Scotties 25 - Western Beaver Golden Beavers 22 (MSA)

WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Eight 2015

What a night for high school football in District 7. The skies were clear and the temps above average for late October, some teams clinched conference titles while others earned home field advantage in Round One and others still earned the right to participate in the upcoming postseason. Plus it turned out to be a record setting night for one junior running back. All this and the real fireworks don't begin for another two weeks. Here are some of the top standouts from the eighth Friday of the WPIAL football season. Duane Brown - Apollo-Ridge

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoff Teams – 10/23/2015

October 23, 2015

Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports ranks the Top Ten WPIAL girls volleyball teams. However the regular season is now over and instead of ten, we now rank all 16 AAA. 18 AA and 19 A playoff bound teams. You can also listen to exclusive coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs sponsored by Carlow University starting next week ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. Final section record in parenthesis. WPIAL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS AAA: 1) BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS (12-0) 2) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (12-0) 3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (12-0)

WPIAL/City League Friday Football Scores – 10/22/2015

October 22, 2015

The busiest Friday of the year (well, tied for busiest with Week 7) had plenty of games that clinched a postseason berth for some while ending the playoff hopes of others. That was part of what made Week Eight so great. First place or a share there of was up for grabs in the Northern Eight, Southeastern, Century and Black Hills Conferences on a cool and crisp Friday night in late October. Here are all of the high school football final results from both the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference: Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings 35 - Pine-Richland Rams 28 (F) North Hills Indians 35 - Shaler Titans 7 (F) Butler Golden Tornado 30 - Fox Chapel Foxes 22 (F)

FINAL 2015 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Standings

Here are the FINAL WPIAL girls volleyball standings for the 2015 season...including the FINAL WPIAL playoff clinchings and eliminations. Standings will be updated daily through the regular season, leading up to MSA Sports EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs in October. Also, don't forget to click on the Girls Volleyball sports page for information on the 2015 MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program and tune in for the Hometown Girls Volleyball Show on Monday nights at 7:00pm here on MSA Sports. Only section record is shown. MSA Sports Hometown Girls Volleyball Program teams are capitalized.

Chicks Picks – Week 8

Welcome to Week 8 of the high school football season. This week, we officially made it to the future. Wednesday, October 21, 2015 marked the date when Marty McFly and Doctor Emmett Brown traveled into the future in Back to the Future Part II. After so much talk about which of the movie’s predictions came true, Chick’s Picks took a moment to reflect on what she was doing back in the days of when the movie was set.

FINAL 2015 WPIAL Girls Soccer Standings

Here are the FINAL WPIAL girls soccer standings for the 2015 season...including the latest WPIAL playoff clinchings and eliminations. Standings will be updated daily through the regular season, leading up to MSA Sports EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Girls Soccer Playoffs sponsored by Pro Grass and Carlow University starting on Saturday. Also, don't forget to click on the Soccer sports page for information on the 2015 MSA Sports Hometown Soccer Program. Weekly Top Ten rankings come out every Tuesday on MSasports.net MSA Sports Hometown Girls Soccer Program teams are capitalized.

FINAL 2015 WPIAL Boys Soccer Standings

Here are the FINAL WPIAL boys soccer standings for the 2015 season...including the FINAL WPIAL Playoff clinchings and eliminations. Standings will be updated daily through the regular season, leading up to MSA Sports EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs starting Monday. Also, don't forget to click on the Soccer sports page for information on the 2015 MSA Sports Hometown Soccer Program. Weekly Top Ten rankings come out every Wednesday on MSasports.net MSA Sports Hometown Boys Soccer Program teams are capitalized. (Top 3 teams from each section qualify for playoffs) # = Clinched Section Title * = Clinched Playoff Berth x = Eliminated From Playoff Chase

North Allegheny & Beaver Win WPIAL Girls Team Tennis Titles

October 21, 2015

North Allegheny knocked off top-seed Shady Side Academy Wednesday to win the WPIAL Class AAA title. The championship is the third straight crown for the Tigers and denied the Indians their fifth girls team tennis title. For the first time since 2002 and the sixth time in program history, Beaver captured the WPIAL Class AA Girls Team Championship Wednesday afternoon at North Allegheny High School, defeating Sewickley Academy 3-2. Even though the Bobcats were swept in doubles play, a sweep in three singles matches was enough to win the championship. Beaver was led by juniors Anne Taylor and Moriah Bridges, who won a first and second singles, respectively. Freshman Devyn Campbell sealed the team victory with a win at third singles in straight sets.

WPIAL Big Game Hunting – Week Eight – 10/21/2015

Week Eight arrives and we can smell the playoffs now. The post season party is just around the corner at the MSA World Headquarters, in fact pairings shows and medals are already making their appearances. But football is the biggie, the one where everyone shows up and Chix Picks prepares the fresh sushi bar. The Football pairing show is always likely to trigger a Schaasy and Mike Azadian argument about schools from Lawrence County versus schools from Allegheny County. Usually we have two people per classification and there is just enough sushi and just the right amount of seats to avoid problems. Next year though, six classifications for the first time, THAT could be a disaster at headquarters. Just another in the long list of reasons this particular reporter dislikes the move so much.

District College Football Preview for October 24th

A big Steel City matchup in Moon Township highlights this week’s preview. Clarion looks to go to 8-0, while IUP and SRU meet in Slippery Rock in a huge PSAC West game. In the PAC, W & J travels to Cleveland to meet Case Western Reserve to try and get back into the conference title picture. Here are previews of ALL the games. Saint Francis(3-2) at Bryant(3-3) 1pm This game will feature the top 3 running backs in the NEC. Senior Ricardo McCray leads the NEC at 102 yards per game for Bryant while senioe Khari Dickson averages 99 per game. Sophomore Marcus Bagley averages 78 yards for the Red Flash, giving Saint Francis a 1-2 punch in the backfield.

WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Seven 2015

October 20, 2015

Week seven marks the official beginning of the stretch run in the WPIAL football season. To that point, the slate provided some of the most compelling and crucial matchups of the 2015 campaign. The latest collection of top plays includes two games that could determine a section champion, another tilt that included a team fighting to remain in the playoff picture, and also a rare matchup of top teams in two different classifications. Without further anticipation, here are the very best plays from week seven. Freeport 32, Deer Lakes 25

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