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PIHL High School Hockey News & Notes – 03/07/2011
March 7, 2011
Welcome to another edition of "PIHL News and Notes," your continuing source for all the scholastic hockey happenings you may not hear about on "The PIHL Power Play." The 2010-11 regular season is history, and the road to the Consol Energy Center begins Monday night with exclusive coverage right here on the MSA Sports Network.PIHL Penguin Cup Playoff Recap for Sunday, March 6th
March 6, 2011
The First Round of the 2011 PIHL Penguin Cup high school hockey playoffs take place Monday, March 7th and Tuesday, March 8th. However, before the pucks drops on the opening round, there was one Preliminary Round contest Sunday night to determine the final team in the Class AAA field. Here is the recap from that contest played at the Rostraver Ice Gardens.John Marshall Edges Kiski Area To Win 2011 PIHL Open Class Championship
A third seed and a fourth seed bucked the odds and captured Open Class titles. John Marshall won the Nailers Cup while Kiski Area captured a second straight Chiefs Cup in overtime. The Monarchs then went on to beat the Cavaliers in the Open Cup Title Game Sunday night.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 03/06/2011
The switch takes place from the winter district postseason to the state playoffs in basketball and wrestling this week here on the MSA Sports Network.Blackhawk Back On Top In WPIAL Class AAA Girls With Win Over Ambridge
March 5, 2011
The Blackhawk Cougars picked up their fifth WPIAL Championship with a 63-49 victory over Section 2 rivals the Ambridge Bridgers on Saturday. Alexa Hayward led the way with 21 points for Cougars, who won their 12th straight game. Blackhawk shot 23 of 30 from the foul line to clinch the victory.Defense leads Gateway to Boys AAAA Gold Over Chartiers Valley
The Gateway Gators claimed their first ever WPIAL Boys Quad A title with a 58-43 win over the Char Valley Colts. Gateway shot 20 of 43 from the field as Tyler Scott led the way with 18 points.Greyhounds Golden as Monessen Knocks off Greensburg C.C. to Win Boys AA Hoops Title
The Greyhound is known as a race dog with great speed. Then it is appropriate that Monessen High School is nicknamed the Greyhounds, as they raced out to fast starts in both the first and second halves which keyed a 63-43 victory over top-seed Greensburg Central Catholic in the WPIAL Class AA title game at Duquesne University.Battle AT The Bluff Blog
Blogs. They are here, there and everywhere. But if you want a recap from all the happenings from Championship Weekend at the A.J. Palumbo Center, check out the below thoughts from all eight WPIAL championship games here on the MSA Sports Network. BOYS AAAA - Gateway vs Chartiers Valley (Don Rebel)Sweet 16 For North Catholic in Win Over Ft. Cherry for Girls Class A Girls Championship
It got a little scary but North Catholic picked up their 16th WPIAL championship with a 49-43 victory over Fort Cherry in the Girls Class A championship game. The final two minutes saw North Catholic struggle from the foul line, the Trojanettes went 11 of 22 for the game.Shaler Stuns Mount Lebanon to Win WPIAL Girls AAAA Title
Coming into Saturday nights WPIAL Girls Class AAAA title game, top-seed Mount Lebanon was poised to re-write the history books as they hoped to become only the third team in Quad A history to win three or more straight championships. But Shaler's titanic effort slammed the history book shut.PIAA Class AA Individual Wrestling Southwest Regional Results 2011
It was a golden day for WPIAL wrestlers Saturday at the Cambria County War Memorial in Johnstown during the championship finals of the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regionals. District wrestlers won gold in 12 of the 14 championship bouts. Also, a total of 37 wrestlers from the WPIAL qualified for the state championships next weekend.Allderdice Dragons are the 2011 Pittsburgh City League Basketball Slayer, Sweeps Boys and Girls Titles
By winning both the boys and girls Pittsburgh City League basketball championships, Allderdice High School has proved that on the hardwood, 2011 was the Year of the Dragons.Canon-McMillan Shines in 2011 WPIAL Class AAA Individual Wrestling Finals
After watching the 2011 WPIAL Class AAA Individual Wrestling Championships over the weekend, if you weren't following the team portion of the season you would certainly get a good idea of who the best team was.WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League Softball Standings
Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League softball standings for the 2011 regular season through Tuesday, April 5th. The standings will be updated daily through the 2011 regular season. You can follow the high school softball season with schedules, scores, weekly rankings every Monday and game broadcasts through the postseason here on the MSA Sports Network.There are New Sheriffs in the WPIAL AA Pool as Indiana Boys and West Allegheny Girls Swim to Gold
March 4, 2011
The Indiana boys swim team held a slim 9 point advantage over perennial power Shady Side Academy heading into the final event - the Boys 400 yd. Freestyle Relay.Revenge is Golden as Seton-LaSalle Crushes Jeannette in WPIAL Girls AA Finals
Sometime, a championship is won because of the outstanding efforts of the teamsMontour Stuns South Fayette to Win WPIAL Boys AAA Championship
They say that the third time is a charm. For Montour, the third battle against South Fayette turned out to be a golden charm. The Spartans stunned the basketball district with a 45-34 victory over the top-seed Lions to win the schools first ever boys basketball crown Friday night at Duquesne University's A.J. Palumbo Center.PIHL High School Hockey Standings
Here are the FINAL 2010-2011 standings for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League, including the final playoff clinchings for the Penguins Cup...and the final postseason clinchings for both the Nailers Cup and Chiefs Cup playoffs. You can follow the PIHL high school hockey season with broadcasts, PIHL News and Notes every Monday and the PIHL Power Play Show on Wednesday nights atGold The Color For Royals As Vincentian Wins Their First Class A Title
Vincentian Academy held off a Lincoln Park rally early in the fourth quarter and held on to claim a 67-61 victory and their first WPIAL Class A Boys title. Senior John Bray led the way with 24 points as the Royals never trailed.USC Dethrones NA Boys while North Allegheny Girls Still Queens of the WPIAL AAA Pool
While there will be swimming gold heading back to North Allegheny High School, the Tigers could not double their pleasure. The North Allegheny girls won their third straight WPIAL Class AAA team swimming title, but the boys string of five straight was snapped Friday afternoon at Trees Pool. Upper St.
