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Tri-County Coaches Association Wrestling Results
January 11, 2014
Here are the Championship Finals results along with the Third Place and Fifth Place Consolation results from the 2014 Tri-County Coaches Association Wrestling Tournament held this weekend at Ringgold High School, along with the final team standings. Matches from both Friday and Saturday can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network. Championship Finals: 106 - Gage Nicolella, McGuffey, fall Tristan Buxton, Trinity, 3:09 113 - Brendan Price, Canon-McMillan, 9-6 (2nd title) 120 - Matt Oblock, Canon-McMillan, dec. Jake Rothka, Bentworth, 4-2 126 - A.C. Headlee, Waynesburg, fall Ryan Yocum, Trinity, 1:56 (3rd title) 132 - Kenny Tarpley, Ringgold, dec. Matt Vickless, Bentworth, 7-2Scholastic Notebook – 01/10/2014
January 10, 2014
No matter what time of year it is at Western Beaver High School, it always seems to be Miller Time. Miller is a senior at Western Beaver. True, he may not be at the same athletic level as, say, New Castle’s Malik Hooker or Gateway’s Montae Nicholson, a pair of future Division I college players who shine in others sports. But as far as production goes in three sports, you’d be hard-pressed to find a WPIAL athlete who is better than Miller. Western Beaver was a .500 team in football, but Miller was their leading receiver for the second year in a row.Blackhawk Cougars Hockey Game Recap for 1/9/14
It was Senior night at the Beaver County Ice Arena for the Blackhawk Cougars Hockey team. Seven players were honored before the game. However the Harborcreek Huskies spoiled the festivities with a 6-3 come from behind victory to improve to 12-1 on the season. The Huskies gained revenge from the teams previous encounter at Harborcreek where Blackhawk won 6-3 on November 25th.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Wrestling – 01/09/2014
January 9, 2014
Here are the latest Top 10 rankings in WPIAL Team Wrestling. Every Thursday through January, MSA Sports ranks the top ten teams in both the WPIAL Class AAA and Class AA team wrestling. Don't miss Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle Show every Monday at 7:00pm AND weekly matches broadcast on Wednesday's and select weekends only here on the MSA Sports Network. Section records in parenthesis. WPIAL CLASS AAA: 1. Franklin Regional Panthers (4-0) (Last Week #1) 2. Latrobe Wildcats (4-0) (Last Week #2) 3. Canon-McMillan Big Macs (4-0) (Last Week #3)MSA Sports Top Ten – PIHL Hockey – 01/08/2014
January 8, 2014
Here are the latest MSA Sports Sports Frozen Fab Five rankings of PIHL hockey teams in each of the four classifications. 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) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (7-2-1) (Last Week #2) 2) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (9-2-0) (Last Week #1) 3) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (8-2-0) (Last Week #4) 4) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (7-5-0) (Last Week Unranked)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Basketball – 01/07/2014
January 7, 2014
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Boys Basketball rankings for the 2013-2014 season...including another NEW #1 team in Class AAA. Each Tuesday during the regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten boys hoops rankings plus daily updated standings with various daily broadcasts and the WPIAL Roundball Report on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm ALL here at MSAsports.net WPIAL CLASS AAAA: 1. New Castle Red Hurricane (9-0) (Last Week #1) 2. Hampton Talbots (11-0) (Last Week #2) 3. North Allegheny Tigers (10-0) (Last Week #3)PIHL Notebook – 01/07/2014
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 pair of network broadcasts, some overtime action and a trio of section battles in the Open Class. Last but not least, we round things out with a preview of our featured broadcast for this week, another big divisional showdown in the Open Class. So, let’s light the lamp on this edition of “PIHL Notebook.” MELTING THE ICE (Records listed indicate current unbeaten streak): Class AAA: Peters Township (8-0-0); Bethel Park (7-0-0); North Allegheny (4-0-1)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball – 01/06/2014
January 6, 2014
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Girls Basketball rankings for the 2013-2014 season. Each Monday during the regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten girls hoops rankings plus daily updated standings with various daily broadcasts and the WPIAL Roundball Report on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm ALL here at MSAsports.net WPIAL CLASS AAAA: 1. North Allegheny Tigers (8-1) (Last Week #1) 2. Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (6-2) (Last Week #2) 3. Bethel Park Black Hawks (8-0) (Last Week #3) 4. Shaler Titans (9-0) (Last Week #4)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 01/06/2014
Baby it's C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-old outside, but we will help melt away the deep freeze with plenty of hot high school and college winter sports this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have WPIAL, District 6 and District 9 boys and girls section high school basketball along with WPIAL and District 6 scholastic wrestling, PIHL high school hockey and men's and women's college basketball, plus Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the PIHL Power Play Show and The WPIAL Roundball Report hits the road to Coach's Bottleshop and Grille ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, January 6th: TALK SHOW - Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle powered by Synerfac at 7:00pm on MSAsports.netBlackhawk Cougars Hockey – Senior Salute
Once again this season, MSA Sports is your home for Blackhawk High School hockey. Here is an up close and personal look at the seniors on this 2013-2014 Cougars hockey team. KYLE DOUGLAS SCHAEFER #66 Captain Kyle is the son of Doug and Donna Schaefer and a brother to Owen, Abby & Eli Kyle began skating at 2yrs. of age and began hockey start at 4yrs. old. Kyle has been playing for the Beaver County Badgers for 14yrs. and Blackhawk Hockey for 7yrs.Scholastic Notebook – 01/05/2014
January 5, 2014
Ever since George Yokitis became Vincentian’s boys basketball coach in the 2008-09 season, he has tried to have his teams play an up-tempo, full-court style. The Royals press, trap all over the court and try to keep the tempo at a fast pace on offense. But the style has never created scoring like this year. Vincentian Academy is undefeated and scoring at a pace that is rarely seen around the WPIAL. The Royals are averaging 92.1 points a game and have scored 90 points or more seven times. You can say that it’s easier to play this way in Class A. And yes, Vincentian plays on a small court, which makes it easier to score more and trap more defensively. But still, the Royals haven’t scored like this in the past.MSA Sports Countdown of Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2013 – #25 to #1
January 3, 2014
It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holidays here at MSA Sports. It's time to look back at another high school sports year with the top stories from around the WPIAL in 2013. Here is our entire countdown fr0m #25 through #1. #25 - Playoff Drought Ends In a year when the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a long Major League Baseball playoff drought, a long WPIAL football playoff drought also came to an end when in Week 9, the Avella Eagles clinched a WPIAL playoffs berth with a 55-14 thrashing of Bentworth to clinch fourth place in the Class A Tri-County South Conference.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Wrestling – 01/02/2014
January 2, 2014
Here are the latest Top 10 rankings in WPIAL Team Wrestling. Every Thursday through January, MSA Sports ranks the top ten teams in both the WPIAL Class AAA and Class AA team wrestling. Don't miss Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle Show every Monday at 7:00pm AND weekly matches broadcast on Wednesday's and select weekends only here on the MSA Sports Network. Section records in parenthesis. WPIAL CLASS AAA: 1. Franklin Regional Panthers (2-0) (Last Week #1) 2. Latrobe Wildcats (2-0) (Last Week #3) 3. Canon-McMillan Big Macs (3-0) (Last Week #2)MSA Sports Top Ten – PIHL Hockey – 01/02/2014
Here are the latest MSA Sports Sports Frozen Fab Five rankings of PIHL hockey teams in each of the four classifications. 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:2013 WPIAL Team Champions on Parade
January 1, 2014
What better way to celebrate championships and the start of a new year then with a parade. It has been another great year in high school sports. All of us here at the MSA Sports Network and Management Science Associates thank our sponsors and fans for their support during 2013. As we get ready for another great scholastic year in 2014, we look back at all the WPIAL team champions on parade from this past year. Football: Class AAAA - Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings Class AAA - West Allegheny Indians Class AA - South Fayette Lions Class A - Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Trojans PIAA Class AA - South Fayette Lions PIAA Class A - Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic TrojansMSA Sports Countdown of Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2013 – 01/01/14
It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holidays here at MSA Sports. It's time to look back at another high school sports year with the top stories from around the WPIAL in 2013. We conclude our countdown with the five stories that ended up #5 through #1. #5 - Section 3 Superiority Everybody knew that WPIAL Class AAAA Section 3 in boys basketball was special. But the strength of the four postseason representatives ended up being historic. #1 seed New Castle, #2-seed North Allegheny, #3-seed Hampotn and #12-seed Seneca Valley all advanced through the First Round...then through the Quarterfinals before making the Class AAAA Semifinals a personal Section 3 in-house tournament.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Basketball – 01/01/2014
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Boys Basketball rankings for the 2013-2014 season...including a NEW #1 team in Class AAA. Each Tuesday during the regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten boys hoops rankings plus daily updated standings with various daily broadcasts and the WPIAL Roundball Report on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm ALL here at MSAsports.net WPIAL CLASS AAAA: 1. New Castle Red Hurricane (8-0) (Last Week #1) 2. Hampton Talbots (10-0) (Last Week #2) 3. North Allegheny Tigers (9-0) (Last Week #3)MSA Sports Countdown of Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2013 – 12/31/13
December 31, 2013
It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holidays here at MSA Sports. It's time to look back at another high school sports year with the top stories from around the WPIAL in 2013. We continue our countdown with the five stories that ended up #10 through #6. #10 - Sto-Rox Cuts Spring Sports School district budget cuts led to Sto-Rox High School dropping its baseball and softball programs in late June. While the district is looking for a co-op with another school district for both programs, returning baseball and softball players can either move to another district, attend a private school or just not play this upcoming spring.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball – 12/31/2013
Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Girls Basketball rankings for the 2013-2014 season...including NEW #1 teams in both Class AAAA and Class AAA. Each Monday during the regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten girls hoops rankings plus daily updated standings with various daily broadcasts and the WPIAL Roundball Report on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm ALL here at MSAsports.net WPIAL CLASS AAAA: 1. North Allegheny Tigers (8-1) (Last Week #2) 2. Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (5-2) (Last Week #1) 3. Bethel Park Black Hawks (8-0) (Last Week #4)PIHL Notebook – 12/30/2013
December 30, 2013
Welcome to the New Year’s week edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. There were no games played over the past week due to the Christmas break, so whatever shall we do with ourselves? How does a look at the playoff picture in each classification heading into the second half of the 2013-14 season sound? We knew you would think it was a good idea, but we won’t stop there! With a hat trick of network broadcasts scheduled to kick off 2014, preview goodness is also in store. So, let’s light the lamp on this edition of “PIHL Notebook.” CLASS AAA – 2014 PENGUINS CUP PLAYOFFS (Top 12 teams qualify):
