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Ambridge Sweeps Derry to Repeat as WPIAL AA Champs
May 24, 2013
In the WPIAL Class AA Boys Volleyball Championships Thursday at Baldwin High School, the Ambridge Bridgers defended their title with a 3-0 sweep of the Derry Trojans. It's their fifth WPIAL AA title in the last six years.In game one Both teams played well early and the game was tied 5-5 before Ambridge took control. Too many unforced errors did in the Trojans as the Bridgers went on a 9-1 run to lead 14-6 on their way to a 25-17 game one victory.In game two, the Trojans kept it closer and the game was tied at 9-9. For Derry, Matt Vasinko and Josh Wannamaker were the Trojans stars. But Ambridge would go on a 12-3 run to go up 21-12 lead. Derry would go on a late run but come up short and the Bridgers would go up 2-0 in the match.WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Wed, May 22nd and Thur, May 23rd
May 23, 2013
While six of the district softball semi's beat Mother Nature on Wednesday, the two other contests that didn't make were in another battle of beat the rain on Thursday. In the end, the Final Four contests over two days produced dominating performances by teams and individuals, an unreal comeback, a see-saw shootout, a marathon game and perfection. Here are recaps from the eight WPIAL Softball Semifinals games played on both Wednesday and Thursday.A special thanks goes out to Jason Tennant, Mike Azadian, Bob Gregg, Steve Nagler and Don Rebel for their help on these recaps.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:WPIAL Baseball Playoff Recaps for Tuesday, May 21st
May 21, 2013
Does good pitching beat good hitting? It certainly did on a warm and sunny Tuesday. There were eight WPIAL baseball games. Five ended in shutouts and the combined score of the losers in the other three games was three…one run each. Here is a look back at the day of the pitcher in District 7 with recaps from all eight Final Four contests.A special thanks goes out to Mark Schaas, Josh Rowntree, Lee Mohn, Steve Nagler, Don Rebel and Mike Azadian for their help on these recaps.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:North Allegheny and Ambridge AGAIN Rule the WPIAL Boys Volleyball World
In the movie 'Groundhog Day', Bill Murray kept waking up to February 2nd, no matter what happened on the previous day. That is how district boys volleyball teams must feel. They keep waking up and North Allegheny and Ambridge are wearing the gold. It was a titanic struggle, but North Allegheny captured its seventh Class AAA title in a row with a thrilling five game victory over Bethel Park. Meanwhile, Ambridge swept past Derry to win its second straight crown and the Bridgers fifth championship in the last six years. In the consolation matches Thursday, both Norwin and OLSH secured PIAA playoff berths with wins at Baldwin High School. Here are ALL the results from the 2013 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs.Peters Township and Shaler Win 2013 WPIAL Girls Lacrosse Crowns
A couple of thrillers at drenched Martorelli Stadium in the North Hills produced gold for one decorated program and one first time champion. Peters Township won the Battle of the Indians with Shady Side Academy to capture the schools second straight and fifth WPIAL Division I title in the last seven years while Shaler is celebrating a first ever WPIAL girls lacrosse Division II crown as the Titans edged the Chartiers Valley Colts. Here are ALL of the results from the 2013 WPIAL Girls Lacrosse Playoffs.Games marked with (MSA) after the result can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Monday, May 20th
The 2013 WPIAL Softball Playoffs resumed in Week Two on Monday with Round Two action in all four classifications. The top two seeds in each classification have qualified for the Final Four, but there are some surprises as well into the Semifinals. Here are recaps from all 16 WPIAL Quarterfinals Softball playoff games played Monday afternoon/evening.A special thanks goes out to Steve Nagler, Jason Tennant, Sam Hall, Chris Lackner, Mike Azadian, Josh Rowntree, Bob Gregg, Mark Schaas and Alex Richert for their help on these recaps.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:The South Shines as Mount Lebanon & Seton-LaSalle Celebrate 2013 WPIAL Boys Lacrosse Titles
In the fifth anniversary of WPIAL boys lacrosse, won school captured gold for a third time while the other enjoyed their first ever golden crown. Mount Lebanon held off North Allegheny in the Division I finals to keep their streak of winning every other year in tact (2009, 2011 and 2013) while Seton-LaSalle knocked off the Quaker Valley Quakers for the Rebels first ever WPIAL boys lacrosse championship in the Division II title match. Here are ALL of the results from the 2013 WPIAL Boys Lacrosse Playoffs.Any result marked with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/20/2013
May 20, 2013
While the District baseball and softball playoffs cruise through the Quarterfinals and Semifinals Rounds, gold will be decided in scholastic lacrosse and boys volleyball this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have the WPIAL Baseball Semifinals, the Quarterfinals and Semifinals of WPIAL Softball along with District 6 Quarterfinals and Semifinals Baseball and Softball action and the Championship Finals in WPIAL Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse and Boys Volleyball, plus more Frontier League pro baseball with the Washington Wild Things and plenty of holiday news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, May 13th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netShady Side Academy Settles for Silver in 2013 PIAA Boys Team Tennis
The 2013 PIAA Class AAA Boys Team Tennis Finals ended the same way the 2012 championships ended a year earlier, with District 1 champion Conestoga beating WPIAL winner Shady Side Academy as the Pioneers captured their third straight state title. In Class AA after Sewickley Academy lost in the Semifinals, Wyomissing won a second straight PIAA crown by beating Lancaster Country Day Saturday in Hershey. Here are ALL the results from the 2013 PIAA Boys Team Tennis Playoffs.2013 PIAA CLASS AAA Boys Team Tennis Championship Match:Conestoga Pioneers 4 - SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS 1PIAA CLASS AAA Semifinals:SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS 3 - Council Rock North Indians 0
2013 WPIAL AAA and AA GIRLS Individual Track & Field Results
May 17, 2013
One superstar female athlete is winding down her historic scholastic career while another is not even halfway through and she's breaking records. Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of Hopewell and Breanna Schwartz of Shaler headlined a memorable day at Baldwin High School on the girls side of the 2013 WPIAL AAA and AA Individual Track and Field Championships.(Pictured are Medalists for the Girls Class AA Long Jump)Walker-Kimbrough continued to add to her resume as one of the most decorated golden girls in WPIAL history as she added to volleyball and basketball gold by winning the Long Jump and the Triple Jump.
2013 WPIAL AAA and AA BOYS Individual Track & Field Results
It was a two team show Thursday at the WPIAL Track and Field Individual Championships from Baldwin High School on the boys side. In AA, the Washington Little Prexies returned to their peak form and performed well, taking the majority of the medals. The Little Prexies goal going into the event was to avenge their second place finish in last year’s 4x100 meter relay and they were successful. It seemed as if each time there were AA Boys medals being handed out there was a Wash High member in the top half of the medals. (Pictured above are the medalists for the Boys Class AAA Triple Jump)WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Thursday, May 16th
Class AAAA and Class AA teams had their fun in the sun on Tuesday, now it was time for WPIAL Class AAA and Class A teams to enjoy their postseason lid-lifters. Some of the game might have been closer than expected, but in the end, the top four seeds in both classifications are moving on to the Quarterfinals next week. Here are recaps from ten of the fourteen WPIAL Softball Playoff games that were heard here on the MSA Sports.A special thanks to Jason Tennant, Dennis Fischer, Adam Hoerner, Mark Schaas, Lee Mohn, Mike Azadian, Josh Rowntree and Bob Gregg for their help on these recaps.WPIAL CLASS AAA First Round:WPIAL Baseball Playoff Recaps for Wednesday, May 15th
May 15, 2013
The turn-around from the First Round to the Quarterfinals was a quick one for all but one WPIAL baseball playoff team. 63 teams cut to 32 on Monday, then 32 shrunk to 16 48 hours later. But now the Final Four is set in each classification with the Semifinals set for next week. Here are recaps from all 16 games played on Quarterfinals Wednesday in the WPIAL Baseball Playoffs.A special thanks to Mark Schaas, Randy Gore, Sam Hall, Mark Uriah, Jason Tennant, Josh Rowntree, Bob Gregg, Lee Mohn, Mike Azadian, Don Rebel, Bob Orkwis, Adam Hoerner and Bob Barrickman for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:WPIAL Softball Playoff Recaps for Tuesday, May 14th
May 14, 2013
The curtain rose on the 2013 WPIAL Softball Playoffs on Tuesday....well, at least for half the postseason field. Whle the Class AAA and Class A team will have to wait until Thursday, Class AAAA and Class AA teams had at it to get the postseason off to a flying start. While most of the results were expected, there was one eye-brow raiser in each class. Here are recaps from the 12 softball games played on Tuesday. A special thanks to Bob Gregg, Mike Azadian, Mike Sackley, Chris Lackner, Mark Schaas, Adam Hoerner. Steve Nagler, Josh Rowntree and Don Rebel for their help on these recaps.WPIAL CLASS AAAA First Round:WPIAL Baseball Playoff Recaps for Monday, May 13th
May 13, 2013
For the first time in several years, opening day of the WPIAL baseball playoffs was not affected by the weather. On second thought, it was not affected by wet weather as chilly, brisk temperatures made if fell more like late-March rather than mid-May. But make no mistake about it, this was playoff baseball as 64 teams shooting for four championships was cut to 32 squads on one day. Here are recaps from the First Round of the 2013 WPIAL baseball Playoffs.A special thanks to Josh Rowntree, Sam Hall, Chris Lackner, Lee Mohn, Greg Kuntz, Randy Gore, Bob Orkwis, Bobby Fox, Jason Tennant, Steve Nagler, Mike Azadian, Melissa Carle, Bob Gregg, Dennis Fischer and Adam Hoerner for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAAA First Round:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/12/2013
May 12, 2013
Everybody not playing will be tuned in starting this week for EXCLUSIVE coverage of all the WPIAL springs sports playoffs starting this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have First Round and Quarterfinals WPIAL baseball action, First Round play in the WPIAL softball playoffs as well as the start of the District 7 boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball postseason tournaments, plus the 2013 WPIAL Individual Track and Field Wrap-up Show, all the latest news form the world of auto racing with another edition of Rappin on Racin and the start of the 2013 Frontier League with another year of Washington Wild Things baseball ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, May 13th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netFINAL 2013 WPIAL Baseball Standings
May 11, 2013
Here are the FINAL WPIAL baseball standings for the 2013 season. The standings will be updated daily throughout the regular season...including the FINAL WPIAL playoff clinchings with 64 teams postseason bound. You can follow the district high school baseball season with schedules, scores, weekly rankings every Monday and game broadcasts every day through the postseason here on the MSA Sports Network.The top three teams in each section qualify for the WPIAL playoffs while the top eight teams make the Pittsburgh City League postseason.# - Clinched Section Title * - Clinched Playoff Berth x - Eliminated From Playoff ContentionWPIAL Baseball Playoff Recap for Saturday, May 11th
The 2013 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs opened Saturday afternoon with one lone Preliminary Round contest. With the Class AAA 16th-seed decide, the stage is now set for a very busy First Round in all four classifications on Monday. Here is the recap from the pigtail game played on a chilly Saturday afternoon.WPIAL CLASS AAA Preliminary Round: Yough Cougars 3 - Knoch Knights 2The Cougars scored all three runs in the third inning without a ball leaving the infield and held on for dear life in the seventh for their first playoff win in over ten years and a meeting with unbeaten South Park on Monday.FINAL 2013 WPIAL Softball Standings
May 10, 2013
Here are the FINAL WPIAL softball standings. The standings will be updated daily through the 2013 regular season...including the FINAL WPIAL playoff clinchings with 58 teams postseason bound. You can follow the high school softball season with schedules, scores, weekly rankings every Tuesday and game broadcasts, including another year of the MSA Sports Hometown Softball Program here on the MSA Sports Network. The top three teams in each section qualify for the WPIAL playoffs. The 2013 WPIAL Softball Playoffs ONLY on the MSA Sports Network will be sponsored by Carlow University. # - Clinched Section Title * - Clinched Playoff Berth x - Eliminated From Playoff Contention
