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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 11/12/2012
November 12, 2012
The Highway to Heinz continues toward the final exit and Final Four Friday this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have ALL 8 WPIAL Semifinals football playoff games starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. We also have five District 6 and District 9 high school football playoff games concluding Friday with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, plus we have college postseason football featuring W&J, men's and women's college basketball, PIHL high school hockey and This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 12th:NCAA Division II and III Football Playoff Fields Announced
Two district college teams have qualified for the 2012 NCAA football playoffs.In Division II, Indiana University of Pennsylvania will make their first trip to the post-season since 2007. The IUP Crimson Hawks, 10-1, are seeded third in Super Region I and will host 8-2 Shepherd. This match up is a rematch of a 2007 Quarterfinals game won by the Rams. Shepherd won the WVIAC title, clinching a berth with a victory Saturday over Fairmont State. In Division III, 8-2 Washington & Jefferson received the automatic berth from the PAC after beating Waynesburg Saturday. The Presidents will travel to 9-1 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. Johns Hopkins was the Centennial Conference champion. That game can be heard right here on the MSA Sports Network.District College Football Recap for Saturday, November 10th
November 11, 2012
On the final full week of college football in the district, championships were decided in the PSAC and PAC and two teams posted historical wins.....Could one of those teams be Lock Haven, read more to find out.The NCAA will post playoff fields in both D-II and D-III later today, here are recaps of all the games, including 3 heard here on the Network:PSAC State Title Game: IUP 41 - Shippensburg 10 The 13th ranked Crimson Hawks held Division II's number one offense to just 10 points as IUP claimed the PSAC title and likely an NCAA playoff berth with the win at George P. Miller Stadium.WPIAL Week Eleven Friday Night HighLights
November 10, 2012
Half way through the 2012 trip on the Highway to Heinz, sixteen teams remain after victories on Quarterfinals Friday. with the Friday night stage getting brighter and brighter with each passing week in the postseason, here are the players who stole the spotlight in helping leading their teams to the WPIAL's Final Four Friday.Mack Leftwich - North AlleghenyWPIAL Football Quarterfinals Recaps 2012
Scholastic Notebook – 11/09/2012
November 9, 2012
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It's the final week of the regular season for Division II and Division III, while the NEC has one more week.The PSAC will have the State Title Game with an NCAA berth likely to the winner, the PAC has Rivarly Week with the Backyard Brawl deciding the conference title.Here are previews of ALL the games, including 3 that can be heard on the network.Bloomsburg(9-1) at Slippery Rock(6-4) 1 pm on WLER 97.7-FM and the MSA Sports Network. # 12 Bloomsburg is fighting for a NCAA playoff berth and needs a win to cement that spot. The Huskies defeated West Chester 24-23 last week. Bloomsburg's only loss is to Shippensburg. The Huskies are 4th in the NCAA Super Region 1 rankings.District 5, 6, 9 and 10 Football Playoffs UPDATE
The Countdown to the Road to Hershey is underway. Sure, we just concluded Quarterfinals Firday on the Highway to Heinz, but other Western Pa districts also are into their gridiron postseason. Here are all the final scores from high school football playoff action this weekend in Districts 5, 6, 9 and 10.DISTRICTS 5, 6, 8, 9 Class AAA Semifinals:Clearfield Bison 38 - Punxsutawney Chucks 18University Prep Panthers 47 - Somerset Golden Eagles 38DISTRICTS 6, 9 Class AAAA Semifinals:DuBois Beavers (8-1) - BYEState College Little Lions 42 - Central Mountain Wildcats 25 (MSA)-------------------------------------------------------MSA Sports Fab Five – PIHL High School Hockey – 11/07/2012
November 7, 2012
Here are the Top Five teams in the PIHL's Class AAA, Class AA, Class A and Open Class for the Week of November 5th. MSA Sports will unveil a new Fab Five every Wednesday during the high school hockey regular season only at MSAsports.net. Starting in December, MSA Sports will have 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) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (3-0-0)2) CANON McMILLAN BIG MACS (1-0-0)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (2-0-0)4) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (1-0-0)5) STATE COLLEGE LITTLE LIONS (1-0-0)Big Game Hunting – WPIAL Quarterfinals
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November 6, 2012
The Shenango Wildcats are looking for a new football coach. Ryan Mayo annouced his resignation after 6 years at the helm. The Cats finished 3-6 this season.Mayo was hired in March of 2007, he compiled a 21-34 record at Shenango and did not make the playoffs in his term. The Wildcats were 7-18 at home over the same period and will carry an 8 game home losing streak into 2013.The resignation will not become official until the Shenango school board meets on Monday.WPIAL Plays of the Week – First Round
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTablThis Week on the MSA Sports Network – 11/05/2012
November 5, 2012
The Highway to Heinz continues toward the second exit this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have ALL 16 WPIAL Quarterfinals football playoff games starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the one and only MSA Sports/WPIAL High School Football Scoreboard Show. We also have five District 6 high school football playoff games concluding with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, plus we have college football, PIAA Girls Volleyball state playoff action, men's and women's college basketball, the debut of PIHL high school hockey, the Second Chance at Life Charity Hockey Game and This Week in the WPIAL all this week here at MSAsports.netMonday, November 5th:Peters, Mars and Greensburg CC are the Golden Girls in WPIAL Soccer Again
Sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men do work out in the end. No, there are not any mice on the WPIAL Soccer Steering Committee, however the men and women who put together this years girls soccer postseason brackets knew what they were doing. It was #1 vs. #2 in all three championship finals, with all three top-seeds winning the gold. Peters Township won in Class AAA for the second time in three years, while Greensburg Central Catholic RE-peated in Class A and Mars THREE-peated in Class AA. Here are all of the results from the 2012 WPIAL Girls Soccer Playoffs.All scores followed with (MSA) indicates the match can be heard archived on the MSA Sports Network.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Canon-Mac, Quaker Valley & Riverside Surprising 2012 WPIAL Boys Soccer Champions
When all was said and done, three unlikely champions were draped in gold on top of the district boys soccer mountain. #13 Canon-McMillan in Class AAA, #4 Quaker Valley in Class AA and #10 Riverside in Class A all bucked the odds to win a soccer title, the first in school history for the Big Macs and Panthers and the seventh boys soccer crown for the Quakers. It was however, QV's first boys soccer championship since 1999. Here are all of the results from 2012 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs.All games marked with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived on the MSA Sports Network.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Canon-McMillan Big Macs 1 - Upper St. Clair Panthers 0 (MSA)Mt. Lebanon, Mars & Greensburg CC Win 2012 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Championships
Two schools celebrated first time girls volleyball championships while another won a sixth crown out of the #5-seed. Mount Lebanon captured the Class AAA title, their second in four years, out of the fifth-seed. The Blue Devils also won district gold in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2009. Meanwhile, special first-time champions were crowned in Class AA as Mars knocked off defending champion Hopewell, and in Class A as Greensburg Central Catholic went from wire to wire at #1. Here are ALL of the results from the 2012 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived on the MSA Sports Network.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:2012 WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Sites for Quarters on Highway to Heinz
We have passed one exit on the 2012 journey on the Highway to Heinz and with very few surpises, we are left with some marvelous Second Round contests set for this Friday for the 32 remaining teams. Here are all of the scores from the First Round, plus the sites and times for the Quarterfinals of the 2012 WPIAL Football Playoffs.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:#1 North Allegheny Tigers (10-0) vs #9 Bethel Park Black Hawks (7-3) AT Martorelli Stadium in the North Hills High School on Friday, November 9th at 7:30pm on MSAsports.net#4 Seneca Valley Raiders (9-1) vs #5 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (8-2) AT North Allegheny High School on Friday, November 9th at 7:30pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL Week Ten Friday Night HighLights
November 4, 2012
Call it what you want...the postseason, the second season, this big dance or the Highway to Heinz. Whatever you want to call it, there is no question the WPIAL Football Playoffs are Primetime. Here are the players that shined the brightest on the first night on the grand stage.Tyler Roth - Mount LebanonThere was a lot of excitement about Butler making the WPIAL football playoffs for the first time since 1998. However their stay in the postseason was short and not so sweet thanks to the aerial attack by Tyler Roth and Mount Lebanon. Roth hit on 20 of 27 passes for 288 yards and a pair of touchdown tosses as the Blue Devils blew away the Golden Tornado 31-7 in a Class AAAA opening round matchup.Thomas Woodson - GatewayMars Shoots Down Moon For Third Straight WPIAL Girls AA Crown
