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Bethel Park Gets Defensive in Beating Char Valley & Winning Girls AAAA Gold
March 2, 2013
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First Half Runs Lead South Park Past Elizabeth Forward for Girls WPIAL AAA Gold
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Beaver Falls Routs Burrell 61-33 For Second Straight WPIAL Boys AA Title
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablVincentian Girls too Wise for Serra in Girls Class A Basketball Championship
Vincentian girls basketball star Brenna Wise played in last year's WPIAL Class A Championship at 50% with an ankle injury. This year, she was 100%, and that was bad news for Serra Catholic.Wise scored 18 points, grabbed 21 rebounds and blocked 4 shots, leading the Royals to their second Championship in as many years, defeating Serra 53-46 on Saturday afternoon at the A.J. Palumbo Center.2013 WPIAL Basketball Championship Saturday Blog
Keep up to date with the action from the A.J. Palumbo Center at Duquesne University all day long with five more WPIAL basketball championships from morning to late night.Boys Class AAAA: Hampton Talbots vs. New Castle Red Hurricane10:33pm: New Castle scoring: Shawn Anderson - 16, Antonio Rudolph - 15, Anthony Richards - 12, Malik Hooker - 11, Brandon Dominick - 7, Drew Allen - 4, Jesse Salzano - 310:29pm: Hampton scoring: Ryan Luther - 17, Richard Ford - 9, David Huber - 8, Jon Floss - 4, Jack Obringer - 3, Hayden Seserko - 3, Joey Lafko - 3, Tom Radziminski - 2, Jake Adams - 210:21pm: Final: New Castle 68 - Hampton 53
Montour Comes back to Topple #1 Chartiers Valley in Boys AAA Finals
Trailing by nine points at the half, Montour turned up the heat on defense, holding Section 5 rival Chartiers Valley to 11 second half points en route to a 47-40 victory Friday night at the A.J. Palumbo Center at Duquesne University. The win gives Adam Kaufman and the Spartans their second WPIAL Class AAA championship in the last three years.Spencer Casson, Chartiers Valley’s 6’6” senior center, made his presence known from the start, opening up the scoring with what would be his first of three dunks in the first quarter. Casson led the Colts through the first with 10 points and four rebounds. Montour standout Devin Wilson was held to only two first quarter points, as the Spartans trailed 18-11 at the end of one.NA Boys & Girls Sweep AAA Crowns While Ind Boys & SF Girls Win AA Swim Titles
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The Vincentian Academy Royals pulled away in the third quarter to claim their second WPIAL Class A Boys Basketball Championship with a 86-74 victory over the Clairton Bears on Friday night at the A.J. Palumbo Center. The Royals are now 25-1 on the season and have won 14 straight since falling to District 6 top seed Bishop Carroll on January 12th.It was a balanced attack for the Royals. Five players ended in double figures with Junior Jim Kenna leading the way with 24 points and nine rebounds. Tony DiNardo added 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Ryan Wolf scored 14, Jay Cortese came off the bench to score 11 and Kevin Fischer scored 10.Bishop Canevin Pulls Stunner to Win Girls AA Basketball Championship
March 1, 2013
There is a new champion in Girls AA basketball. The Bishop Canevin Crusaders (22-4) started championship weekend in grand fashion, defeating top-seeded Seton LaSalle 56-47 and winning their first championship in school history Seton LaSalle (24-2) came into the game with a 66 game winning streak over WPIAL competition and an 8 game winning streak over the Crusaders. Bishop Canevin jumped out to an early 18-8 lead thanks to three 3 pointers from Johnie Olkosky. The Crusaders defense also caused problems, forcing 8 first half turnovers.2013 WPIAL Basketball Championships Friday Blog
GAME #2: Boys Class A- #5 Clairton vs. #2 VincentianHALF: Clairton 39, Vincentian 39. Bryon Clifford and Terrish Webb with 13 each for Bears. Ryan Wolf leads a balanced Vincentian attack with 9 points.END 1: Vincentian 19, Clairton 15, depite 9 first quarter turnovers by Royals.FAST pace to start this one. Vincentian leads 9-8 with 4:30 left in 1st. About set to go here for the Boys Class A Championship, with surprising Clairton and dynamic Vincentian.GAME #1: Girls Class AA- #1 Seton-LaSalle vs. #2 Bishop CanevinWPIAL Boys Basketball Championship Previews
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FINAL 2012-2013 PIHL High School Hockey Standings
Here are the FINAL 2012-2013 standings for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, including all of the FINAL postseason clinchings. You can follow the PIHL high school hockey season with weekly broadcasts, the PIHL Notebook every Monday and the PIHL Power Play Show on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm right here on the MSA Sports Network.# - Clinched Section Championship * - Clinched PIHL Playoff Spot % - Ineligible for PIHL Playoffs x - Eliminated From Postseason ChaseTEAM - OVERALL RECORD - POINT TOTALWPIAL Swimming Championships Day One Results
February 28, 2013
The first day of the two day WPIAL swimming championships from the University of Pittsburgh are in the books. Day Two can be heard Friday on MSA Sports with Class AA at 10:00am and Class AAA at 3:00pm. Here is a recap from both the Class AA meets and Class AAA races on Thursday.PIHL Open Class: Nailers Cup and Chiefs Cup Championship Recaps
Two Cups were captured on Thursday night, setting the stage for the Open Class championship to be decided on Monday. Here are recaps from both the Wheeling Park Nailers Cup victory and the Ford City Chiefs Cup win. You can listen to archives from both games played at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Complex on MSAsports.netWheeling Park Patriots 4 - Morgantown Mohawks 3WPIAL Basketball Playoff Recaps From Wednesday, February 27th
February 27, 2013
Eye-brows were being raised on Semifinals Wednesday in Girls Class AAA where both the undefeated and top-seed Blackhawk Cougars along with the defending champion and #2-seed Hopewell Vikings were eliminated. Elizabeth Forward and South Park will be joined by Vincentian Academy and Serra Catholic girls and New Castle, Hampton, Beaver Falls and Burrell boys in playing for district gold on Saturday. Here are recaps from the Semifinals in Boys AAAA, Boys AA, Girls AAA and Girls A.A special thanks to Mike Azadian, Dennis Fischer, Sam Hall, Mike Krcil, Josh Rowntree, Melissa Carle, Bob Barrickman and Mark Schaas for their help on all of these recaps.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:MSA Sports Fab Five – PIHL High School Hockey – 02/27/2013
Here are the Top Five teams in the PIHL's Class AAA, Class AA, Class A and Open Class for this week. MSA Sports will unveil a new Fab Five every Wednesday during the high school hockey regular season only at MSAsports.net. MSA Sports also has the PIHL Notebook every Monday and The PIHL Power Play Show every Wednesday night at 8:00pm on your best source for high school hockey, the MSA Sports Network.PIHL CLASS AAA:1) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (16-4-0) (Last Week #1)2) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (15-3-2) (Last Week #3)3) CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS (11-6-4) (Last Week #4)4) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (15-5-0) (Last Week #5)WPIAL Basketball Playoff Recaps From Tuesday, February 26th
Two top seeds felt the pain of losing just short of the expected goal of a trip to the championships. Both Mount Lebanon girls and Lincoln Park boys wore the golden crowns a year ago, now they get an early jump start on preparing for the PIAA state playoffs. Here are recaps from the Boys Class AAA, Boys Class A, Girls Class AAAA and Girls Class AA Semifinals played on Tuesday.A special thanks goes out to Mike Sackley, Lee Mohn, T.J. DiStefano, Bob Orkwis, Scott Briggs, Bob Gregg and Josh Rowntree for their help on these recaps.WPIAL BOYS CLASS AAA Semifinals:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 02/25/2013
The Battle to the Bluff is about to begin, and the only place to follow the action of the start of the February Frenzy is here this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We start with the WPIAL Basketball Playoff Pairings Show and then follow-up with EVERY WPIAL boys and girls basketball postseason contest starting this weekend. We also have the final week of the regular season for boys and girls hoops in District 6, men's and women's college hoops along with D-6 scholastic wrestling and the WPIAL Class AA Individual Wrestling Sectionals and PIHL high school hockey, plus the PIHL Power Play Show, the WPIAL Roundball Report and Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle all this week here at MSAsports.net
