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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/11/2015

September 11, 2015

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 7th. You can check out the new rankings every Tuesday through the regular season with weekly matches heard live and archived, including Hometown Soccer broadcasts each week. You can also listen to exclusive coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Soccer Playoffs and the check out the Pro Grass Boys and Girls Soccer Player of the Month in September, October and November ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL GIRLS SOCCER CLASS AAA: 1) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (2-0-0) (Last Week #*) 2) CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS (3-0-0) (Last Week #*)

Scholastic Notebook – 09/11/2015

Duane Brown’s sidekick is gone, but Brown’s game apparently still has a lot of kick. Brown is a junior football player at Apollo-Ridge. A year ago, he and Tre Tipton were a one-of-a-kind one-two punch, as both played quarterback and some at receiver/running back. They were believed to be the first quarterback pair in WPIAL history to both rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. Tipton is now at Pitt, but life is anything but the pits for Brown. At least after the first week of the season. Look at the statistical leaders for the WPIAL after Week 1 and Brown is the only one you will see in the receiving, rushing and scoring leaders.

Hometown Boys Soccer Recap – Seneca Valley Raiders – 09/11/2015

Seneca Valley, MSA’s #3-ranked Class AAA boys soccer squad, battled to a scoreless tie with Section 2 rival Pine-Richland (0-1-1, 0-1-1) Thursday evening at NexTier Stadium in Harmony, Pennsylvania. The Raiders generated many offensive opportunities during the first half of action, including five shots on goal and six corner kicks, only to be stymied by the solid play of senior Pine-Richland goalkeeper Jake Reuter. Seneca Valley’s first half offense also featured a number of dangerous set piece kicks by senior midfielder T.J. Turley. The Raiders best scoring chance of the contest came late in the first of action as junior forward Matt Happ rang a shot off the cross bar of a wide-open goal.

Hometown Girls Volleyball Recap – West Allegheny Indians – 09/11/2015

The West Allegheny Indians got off the proverbial snide with a decisive yet hard-earned victory over the Mt Lebanon Blue Devils on their home court Thursday night, September 10. The Indians got off to a fast start in Game 1, taking advantage of a number of mental mistakes by the Blue Devils en route to a 25-18 win. Game 2 also went the way of the Indians, but the Blue Devils made them earn it, at least for a while. Mt Lebanon kept it close until it was tied at 18, but West A took the last 7 points to take a 2-0 lead in the match. There was a sharp momentum shift in Game 3 as things started to come together for the Blue Devils and fall apart for the Indians. Mt Lebo led by as many 9 and eventually took Game 3, 25-17.

Chick Picks for Week Two

September 10, 2015

Welcome to Week 2 of the high school football season. The term Friday Night Lights was given new meaning last week, with severe storms and lightning causing several Week 1 games to be delayed and even postponed. Earlier last week, Chick’s Picks was contacted by one of her fellow MSA Sports broadcasters, Matt Vandriak, who had a proposition for the prognosticator. He said, “Hey Chick’s – I’m going to be broadcasting the inaugural Armstrong River Hawks game Friday night. I think it would be great if I could take your crystal ball along to the press box. Good PR for the network.” Chick’s Picks, who is not one to pass up publicity, agreed. So, off went the crystal ball.

District College Football Preview For September 12th

September 9, 2015

Week two of the local college football slate brings cooler weather and conference play in the PAC. The PSAC features the first week of East/West crossover action and the NEC features non conference play as Robert Morris makes a short trip from Moon Township to face a nationally ranked foe. Here are previews of all the games, recaps will be posted on Sunday.

WPIAL Big Game Hunting – Week Two 2015

I don’t know if there will be a moment of silence for the remembrance of 9-11-01 at your game Friday night around the WPIAL. I think there should be. I hope there will be, and I believe there will be, but I don’t know for certain. I know this, Friday for me at South Park, I will take a moment to myself to soak in the National Anthem with a little more thought than "who won the toss", or "where are their starters". I hope you do so as well, we should do that more often. I was a brand new father on 9-11, my daughter, now a freshman at Bishop Canevin, had not reached a month old when the Towers fell, and the kids on the fields in front of you Friday night were the same, or just a little older. They don’t know that fear that we felt that morning, and I pray they never do.

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Soccer – 09/09/2015

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL boys soccer rankings for the week of September 7th. You can check out the new rankings every Wednesday through the regular season with weekly matches heard live and archived, including Hometown Soccer broadcasts each week. You can also listen to exclusive coverage of the 2015 WPIAL Soccer Playoffs and the check out the Pro Grass Boys and Girls Soccer Player of the Month in September, October and November ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL BOYS SOCCER CLASS AAA: 1) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (2-0-1) (Last Week #*) 2) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (0-0-1) (Last Week #*)

2015 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Standings

Here are the latest WPIAL girls volleyball standings for the 2015 season. 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. (Top 3 teams from each section qualify for playoffs) # = Clinched Section Title * = Clinched Playoff Berth x = Eliminated From Playoff Chase

WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week One 2015

September 8, 2015

After months of anticipation, the high school football season returned on Friday night in the WPIAL. The slate of games was not short on marquee action, as a few conference favorites were upset, and several other games came down to the closing moments. Here's the top plays for the initial installment of the 2015 campaign. 1. Mount Pleasant 30, McGuffey 23 (OT)

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/07/2015

September 7, 2015

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each classification. These are the rankings following Week One of the 2015 WPIAL football season...including a NEW #1 team in Class AAA and five new teams overall. WPIAL CLASS AAAA WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN: 1. PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (1-0) (Last Week #1.....Week Two host Shaler) 2. WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES (1-0) (Last Week #2.....Week Two host Bethel Park on MSA)

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/07/2015

A sizzling September is off and running as the 2015-2016 high school sports year kicks into gear this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We move on to Week Two 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. We also have seven District 6 and District 9 high school football games along with WPIAL boys golf and the debut of WPIAL girls volleyball and WPIAL boys and girls soccer, plus another edition of Rappin' on Racin' to go along with This Week in the WPIAL and The Indiana County Coaches Show ALL here at MSAsports.net

2015 WPIAL & Pittsburgh City League Standings – Week 1

September 6, 2015

Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week One of the 2015 high school football season. 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) # = Clinched Section Title * = Clinched Playoff Berth x = Eliminated From Playoff Chase

District College Football Recap for September 5th

The local college football season kicked off Saturday with some good matchups and some outstanding performances by WPIAL alum. Here are recaps of ALL the games Duquesne 47 – Kentucky Christian 7 Freshman PJ Fulmore ran for 128 yards to help lead the Dukes to the home win. The former North Catholic star carried 18 times, Klartel Claridy added 105 yards and a score. Zach DeNardo scored twice for the winners. Dillion Buechel (Montour) was 12 of 16 for 159 yards and a score. Wayne Capers(Char Valley) was the leading receiver with four catches for 75 yards.

MSA Sports Saturday’s Scholastic Starz

The first Saturday of the 2015 high school football season in District 7 and District 8 was originally a light one, with only three games on the schedule. However four games postponed due to lightning and storms in the WPIAL from Friday night made for plenty of gridiron action in the morning, in the afternoon and at night. Here are the players who avoided those pesky cramps and out-muscled their opponents to close out opening weekend. Michael Pope - North Allegheny

MSA Sports Friday Night HighLights – Week One 2015

September 5, 2015

We expect fireworks on the field on a Friday night in the fall from the players, but it was Mother Nature putting on a show in some areas of Western Pennsylvania on opening night. Lengthy lightning delays and on four occasions, postponements were part of the story on the first Friday of the 2015 season, however the sky show did not steal the spotlight from these individuals who shined in their teams lid-lifters. Brett Lafoon - Penn-Trafford

WPIAL/City League Saturday Football Scores

What was scheduled as a very quiet start to the Saturday high school football schedule throughout Western Pennsylvania was more than doubled after Mother Nature decided to be on a lightning display, causing delays and the postponement of four games on Friday. Thus the schedule expanded from three games to seven contests with games played in the morning, noon and night. Here are the final results from the first Saturday of the season. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference: North Allegheny Tigers 34 - Seneca Valley Raiders 24 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS AA Allegheny Conference: Quaker Valley Quakers 21 - Ellwood City Wolverines 18 WPIAL CLASS A Big 7 Conference:

Scholastic Notebook – 09/04/2015

September 4, 2015

There is only one Friday the 13th this high school football season and it’s two months away. But every Friday, there is a Jason that will come out and put some fear into opponents of Riverside High School’s team. Meet Jason Dambach. His fourth and final sequel to his high school career begins tonight when Riverside plays host to Bishop Canevin. It seems many don’t realize, but if you go just by statistics, Dambach is one of the best quarterbacks returning in the state this year. Dambach threw for 2,324 yards last season in only 10 games, a school record. He heads into this season with 3,194 yards passing. Another big season and Dambach could become one of only 19 quarterbacks in WPIAL history to throw for 5,500 yards.

WPIAL/City League Friday Football Scores – 09/03/2015

September 3, 2015

The wait is over as the curtain has gone up on the 2015 high school football season here in Southwestern Pennsylvania. High hopes hit the gridiron on a steamy evening on one of the busiest Friday nights of the entire season. Pine-Richland, Central Valley, South Fayette, Clairton and Brashear are all ready to defend their golden crowns from a year ago. Here are the first night scores along with four postponements due to weather issues. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Southeastern Conference: Upper St. Clair Panthers 17 - Penn Hills Indians 0 (F) Woodland Hills Wolverines 37 - Peters Township Indians 0 (F) Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 48 - Canon-McMillan Big Macs 14 (F) WPIAL CLASS AAAA Northern Eight Conference:

Chick Picks for Week One

Awww yeah! Welcome to Week 1 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks felt it only proper to kick off the season with a quote from the legendary Deuce Skurcenski, who passed away earlier this month. Well-known by most around the WPIAL for his stats, his scorekeeping, and of course, his infamous one-liners, Deuce was said to have attended more than 10,000 basketball games and 3,000 football games in his day. Chick’s Picks reflected upon the first time she met Deuce. It was a cool, crisp night at Woodland Hills. Chick’s Picks was nervous to finally meet the legend face to face, but thought, surely he would know of her – the top prognosticator in the WPIAL. So, she built up the courage and introduced herself.

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