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WPIAL Basketball Playoffs – Tuesday 2/25 Recaps

February 26, 2014

It was a banner night on MSA Sports...The highest scoring game in WPIAL playoff history, a pair of overtime games, a 12th-seed Cinderella stuns a top-ranked team, an undefeated team rallies to remain perfect and a team wins to clinch a sixth straight trip to Championship Weekend. Not bad for Semifinals Tuesday. Here are the recaps from the Boys AAA, Boys A, Girls AAAA and Girls AA Semifinals. A special thanks to T.J. DiStefano, Paul Paterra, Randy Gore, Don Rebel, Josh Rowntree, Brian Mroziak and Bob Barrickman for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAA Semifinals:

PIHL Notebook – 02/24/2014

February 24, 2014

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. First up, “Melting the Ice” provides your weekly thermometer of streaking teams around the league. Meanwhile, this week’s “Scoreboard Watch” includes a busy week for Freeport in Class A with mixed results along with some wild Open Class action to close out the regular season. Last but not least, we round things out with a preview of two network games coming up this week in Class AAA and Class A. So, let’s light the lamp on this edition of “PIHL Notebook.” *Note: We did not forget about the Open Class Playoffs getting started last night. We have that covered separately elsewhere. Check link below for the latest.*

Blackhawk Cougars Hockey Playoff Quarterfinals recap for 2/23/14

The Blackhawk Cougars were a much better road team during the regular season than at home, Sunday night was no different in the opening game of the PIHL Open Cup playoffs as the 5th seeded Cougars knocked off the 4th seeded Trojans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. Robert Swinderman scored twice and goalie Cory Steinle stopped 28 of 30 shots to advance to the next round on Tuesday night.

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 02/24/2014

We have ALL of the winter sports postseason as February slides into March during Championship Week ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. We will broadcast every WPIAL Basketball Playoff boys and girls Semifinals and Championship Game along with coverage of the District 6 & District 9 boys and girls basketball postseason. We also have the WPIAL Class AAA Individual Wrestling Championships, the 2014 PIAA Class AA Individual Wrestling Southwest Regionals, the 2014 WPIAL Boys and Girls Swimming Championships, men's and women's college hoops and PIHL regular season and playoff high school hockey, plus Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the PIHL Power Play Show and The WPIAL Roundball Report on a special day ALL here at MSAsports.net

WPIAL Class AAA Individual Wrestling Sectional Results – 02/23/2014

February 23, 2014

The field for the 2014 WPIAL Class AAA Individual Wrestling Championships is now set following the results from all four Double-A sections. The top five wrestlers from each section qualify for the district championships next weekend.

Allderdice Boys & Obama Girls Win City League Basketball Titles

February 22, 2014

In the end, the Eagles and Dragons split the gold. After Pittsburgh Obama Academy knocked off Allderdice Friday in the girls basketball title game, the Dragons returned the favor by edging the Eagles in the boys finals on Saturday afternoon, ending Obama's unbeaten season. Here are ALL the results of the 2014 Pittsburgh City League Boys and Girls Basketball Playoffs. 2014 PITTSBURGH CITY LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Allderdice Dragons 55 - Pittsburgh Obama Academy Eagles 54 CITY LEAGUE BOYS Semifinals: Pittsburgh Obama Academy Eagles 62 - Carrick Raiders 41 Allderdice Dragons 71 - Perry Commodores 61

WPIAL Class AA Individual Wrestling Championships Recap

There have been a lot of great milestones in the wrestling career of Kittanning senior Jason Nolf, who currently has a career record of 169-1 and is planning to attend Penn State University in the fall. Nolf added to his milestones when he was able to join a special group of wrestlers on Saturday, when he became the 23rd WPIAL wrestler to ever win 4 WPIAL Championships. Nolf earned his fourth title in dominating fashion at 145 pounds. He won by a pair of falls over George Rogers of Washington and Austin Mears of Mount Pleasant to put him into Saturday nights final against Beth-Center’s Tony Welsh. In the finals, Nolf jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead before turning Welsh and pinning him in 1:22.

WPIAL Quarterfinals Saturday Spotlight Game: Quigley Catholic 49 – St. Joseph 39

In a battle of the Spartans and a rematch from last year’s Girls Class A quarterfinals, the result was the same as Quigley Catholic moved on to the semifinals with the backyard win, 49-39 over St. Joseph, at the Ambridge Field House. Liz Duer and Kaitlyn Smith each had 14 points to lead Quigley to the victory.

WPIAL Basketball Playoffs – Saturday 2/22 Recaps

Sure, many of the expected heavyweights in District 7 hoops are headed into Week Two of the postseason...New Castle, Hampton, North Allegheny, Beaver Falls, Seton-LaSalle, Greensburg Central Catholic, Aliquippa, Blackhawk, Elizabeth Forward, South Park, Vincentian Academy and Serra Catholic. But there are a couple of surpise guest joining the Final Four party in Kiski Area, West Mifflin, Quigley Catholic and California. Let's find out how they advanced on Quarterfinals Saturday with recaps from the 16 Round Two contests. A special thanks to Lou Rood, Dennis Fischer, Matt Vandriak, Mike Krcil, Adam Hoerner, Sean Meyers, Randy Gore, Mike Sackley, Brandon Showers, Jason Colangelo, Mike Sackley, Mike Azadian, Bob Gregg and Mark Schaas for their help on these recaps.

NH’s Bostick & Char Valley’s Lohman Win WPIAL AAA Diving Gold

North Hills senior Noah Bostick captured a bronze medal as a sophomore and at last year’s competition he took home the silver with a score of 496.65. Consider the progression complete for Bostick as he captured the WPIAL Class AAA gold medal by posting a score of 506.85 at North Allegheny High School. Bostick was solid throughout all three rounds of the meet. After going back and forth with Penn-Trafford sophomore Joey Ference heading into the final round of three dives, Bostick took control with his first final dive and finished 52.10 points ahead of the second place finisher, Andrew Doerfler of North Allegheny.

WPIAL Class AA Individual Wrestling Championships – Day One Recap

Burrell came into the AA individual WPIAL Championships with the most representatives in the tournament with a wrestler in all 14 weight classes and through the first day, the Buccaneers have not disappointed. Burrell advanced all 14 wrestlers into the second day with a leading 8 wrestlers advancing to the semi-finals. Making the semi-finals for the Buccaneers were John Andrejcik (132), Damon Greenwald (138), Corey Falleroni (145), Steven Edwards (152), Derrick Beattie (160), Nick Pattock (170), Robert Scherer (195), and Allan Beattie (285).

WPIAL Quarterfinals Friday Spotlight Game: Vincentian 88 – Clairton 51

February 21, 2014

In a rematch of last year’s WPIAL Class A Championship Game, the result was the same but in a much more dominant fashion, as No. 2 Vincentian (22-2) continued on their path to repeat as the Class A Champions, taking down No. 10 Clairton 88-51. The Royals forced 20 turnovers in the first half, 38 in all for the game to pull away for the victory at West Allegheny High School. Vincentian Academy started cold from the floor, missing their first five shots and were just 5 of 19 in the opening quarter from the field. But the full court defensive pressure was there, as Clairton (10-7) turned the ball over 13 times in the opening frame and could only muster four field goals on 13 attempts.

WPIAL Basketball Playoffs – Friday 2/21 Recaps

While the top four seeds in Boys Class A have made it to the Final Four, and the top three seeds plus the fifth-seed are Semifinals bound in Boys AAA and Girls AA. But Girls AAAA is not following chalk as a couple of party crashers from Section 1, #12 Hempfield and #7 Penn-Trafford are moving on to next week. Here are ALL of the recaps from the 16 games making up Quarterfinals Friday in the WPIAL Basketball Playoffs. A special thanks to Steve Nagler, Pete Blais, Brandon Showers, Mark Schaas, Bob Barrickman, Randy Gore, Sam Hall, Brian Mroziak, Bob Orkwis, Paul Paterra, Don Seeds and Bob Gregg for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAA Quarterfinals:

S. Fayette’s Zombeck and Mohawk’s Stelter Repeat as WPIAL AA Diving Champs

At South Park High School in the WPIAL Boys AA Diving Championships, Senior Stephen Zombeck wins his second WPIAL championship in a row. He outdistanced 2nd place finisher Micah Ringer (last years silver medalist) by 51.15 points. Last year he beat Ringer in a close contest by 10.6 points. Zombeck In the process, smashed his score of last year of 353.25. He posted a 423.55 besting last years mark by 70.30 points. Ringer beat his score by 30 points from last year taking the silver 2 straight years. In 2012 as Sophomores Zombeck finished 2nd, Ringer 5th.

Scholastic Notebook – 02/21/2014

If the WPIAL basketball quarterfinals are a party for eight, Class AAAA Section 1 has done and unusual thing and made reservations for two. It’s like Section 1 has finally stood up and said “what about us?” Hempfield and Kiski Area are Section 1 teams that have made it to the quarterfinals. It might not seem like much, but seeing two from Section 1 eating at the quarterfinal table doesn’t happen often. Since 2000, this is only the fourth time that two teams from Section 1 have made the quarterfinals and the first time since 2010. In 2007, Albert Gallatin and Norwin made the quarterfinals. Norwin and Franklin Regional made it in 2008. Kiski Area and Latrobe made it in 2010.

Blackhawk Cougars Hockey Game recap for 2/19/14

At the Beaver County Ice Arena in PIHL Open class competition, the Blackhawk Cougars with a chance to play for a home playoff game lost in a tough battle with McDowell 5-3. A win by the Trojans sends the Cougars on the road Sunday February 23rd at Mercyhurst College at a time to be determined in the first round of the Northeast section playoffs.With the loss Blackhawk is the number 5 seed, McDowell the number 4.

MSA Sports Top Ten – PIHL Hockey – 02/20/2014

February 20, 2014

Here are the latest MSA Sports Sports Frozen Fab Five rankings of PIHL hockey teams in each of the four classifications...including a NEW #1 team in Class AAA Don't miss the PIHL Notebook every Monday on our website and the weekly PIHL Power Play Show every Wednesday night at 8:00pm here on the home of the best high school hockey coverage, the MSA Sports Network at www.MSAsports.net PIHL CLASS AAA: 1) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (15-3-0) (Last Week #2) 2) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (16-3-0) (Last Week #1) 3) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (10-7-0) (Last Week #3)

WPIAL Basketball Playoffs – Wednesday 2/19 Recaps

February 19, 2014

Four days and 64 high school basketball postseason games later, the First Round of the 2014 WPIAL Basketball Playoffs has come to an end. While the surprises were kept to a minimum, there were enough eye-brow raisers to make things interesting heading into the Second Round this weekend. Here are recaps from opening round action in the Boys AAAA, Boys AA, Girls AAA and Girls A District 7 playoffs on Wednesday night. A special thanks to Dennis Fischer, Jason Tennant, Paul Paterra, Steve Nagler, Pete Blais, Mark Schaas, Sean Meyers, Matt Vandriak, Josh Rowntree, Don Rebel, Lou Rood, Bob Barrickman, Brian Mroziak, Randy Gore, Mike Sackley, Bob Gregg, John Smathers and Mark Uriah for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAAA First Round:

WPIAL Basketball Playoffs – Tuesday 2/18 Recaps

Tuesday featured 20 First round games in Boys AAA, Girls AAAA and Girls AA. Of the 20 games played, only three lower-seeds were able to punch their ticket for the Quarterfinals as double-digit seeds Hempfield girls, Montour boys and Blackhawk boys attempt to bust the brackets. Here are the recaps from opening round action on Tuesday. A special thanks to Bob Orkwis, Mark Uriah, Sean Meyers, Lou Rood, Terry Neary, Adam Hoerner, Mike Sackley, Mark Schaas, Steve Nagler, Sam Hall, Steve Nagler, T.J. DiStefano, Bob Gregg, Mike Azadian, Brian Mroziak, Paul Paterra, Don Rebel, John Smathers and Adam Gusky for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAA First Round:

NEW WPIAL BASKETBALL ALIGNMENT

February 18, 2014

Chartiers Valley and Lincoln Park boys are moving up, New Castle boys and Hampton boys are moving down and Pittsburgh Central Catholic boys are moving north...again. The WPIAL Board of Control on Tuesday approved the new alignment for bot the boys and girls in high school basketball.

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