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MSA Sports Baseball Playoff Recaps for Monday, May 12th
May 12, 2014
Rain was the big winner on opening day of the 2014 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs. With 15 games scheduled, only five games made to it the books while two others were suspended and eight were postponed until Tuesday. Here are recaps from those five games that opened up the district diamond postseason. Thanks to Don Rebel, Dennis Fischer, Bob Orkwis and Jason Tennant for their help on these recaps. WPIAL CLASS AAA FIRST ROUND:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/11/2014
May 11, 2014
Let the games begin! The 2014 WPIAL spring sports playoffs kick into full gear this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have EXCLUSIVE coverage of the 2014 WPIAL Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse and Boys Volleyball postseasons with First Round and/or Quarterfinals action along with the 2014 WPIAL Boys and Girls Individual Track & Field Championships, plus we another edition of Rappin on Racin and The WPIAL Baseball Show...playoff edition ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, May 12th: TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.net
FINAL 2014 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Standings
Here are the FINAL standings for the 2014 WPIAL Boys Volleyball season, including the final WPIAL boys volleyball PLAYOFF clinchings. You can follow the WPIAL Boys Volleyball regular season with updated results, standings, and rankings every Wednesday, plus regular season and postseason broadcasts only here on the MSA Sports Network. Top four teams in each section make the playoffs. If there is a tie for fourth place, head-to-head will be the tiebreaker. If there is a split in the head-to-head, both tied teams make the playoffs. # - Clinched Section Title * - Clinched Playoff Berth x - Eliminated From Playoff Race
FINAL 2014 WPIAL Baseball Standings
Here are the FINAL WPIAL baseball standings for the 2014 season. The standings will be updated daily throughout the regular season...including the final WPIAL PLAYOFF clinchings. 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. # - Clinched Section Title * - Clinched Playoff Berth x - Eliminated From Playoff Contention WPIAL Class AAAA: (SET WITH 16 PLAYOFF TEAMS)
FINAL 2014 WPIAL Softball Standings
Here are the FINAL WPIAL softball standings...including the final WPIAL PLAYOFF clinchings. The standings will be updated daily through the 2014 regular season. 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 2014 WPIAL Softball Playoffs ONLY on the MSA Sports Network will be sponsored by Carlow University. Teams in capital letters are part of the MSA Sports Hometown Softball Program.Scholastic Notebook – 05/09/2014
May 9, 2014
With every zero that he puts on the scoreboard, Blackhawk senior pitcher Brendan McKay continues to climb the national list for the longest scoreless streak? That naturally brings up two questions: Is McKay anywhere near the national record and does he have a chance to break it before he graduates? The answers are yes and yes. McKay beat Montour, 3-0, earlier this week to stretch his scoreless streak to 58 innings, dating back to last season. That is the fourth-longest streak in U.S. high school history, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, the governing body of high school sports in the country.
Shady Side & Sewickley Academy’s Sweep WPIAL Boys Team Tennis Titles Again
And the beat goes on in WPIAL Boys Team Tennis. It wasn't easy, but Shady Side Academy captured its fourth straight Class AAA championship with a narrow victory over Mount Lebanon Thursday afternoon at North Allegheny High School. Meanwhile, the dynasty continues in Class AA as Sewickley Academy made it ELEVEN consecutive district championships with a victory over Mars. Here are ALL of the results from the the 2014 WPIAL Boys Team Tennis Playoffs. 2014 WPIAL BOYS TEAM TENNIS CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Shady Side Academy Indians 3 - Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 2 WPIAL CLASS AAA Semifinals: Mount Lebanon Blue Devils 3 - Upper St. Clair Panthers 2
Hometown Softball Broadcast Recap for Chartiers-Houston on 5/7/14
It took over 48 hours, but Chartiers-Houston (10-6, 8-4) was finally able to take down Fort Cherry by a 15-0 score in a three inning mercy rule win on Wednesday at Allison Park Elementary School Field. The game, which was started on Monday and finished on Wednesday due to lightning and heavy rain, saw the Bucs draw 15 walks and have 4 batters hit by pitches. Kassie Kesneck picked up the win for Chartiers-Houston, going three innings, while surrendering only two hits, striking out three and walking just one batter. Kesneck was also one of four players to record multiple runs batted in at the plate.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball Playoff Rankings 2014
May 8, 2014
It's district postseason time again, so MSA Sports is always ready to lend a helping hand in seeding the brackets. it's not a true ranking because in general, the WPIAL avoids teams from the same section playing each other. Here is our two cents, which is worth just that as 62 teams get ready to settle it on the field starting next week. Quad-A and Triple-A have 16 teams with no bye's. Double-A has 15 teams with one first round bye which is the same set up for Single-A. The First Round consists of #8 vs #9, #7 vs #10, #6 vs #11, #5 vs #12, #4 vs #13, #3 vs #14, #2 vs #15 and #1 vs #16. WPIAL CLASS AAAA: 1) HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (16-3) 2) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (13-7)
Hometown Softball Broadcast Recap for South Side on 5/7/14
It was senior day in Hookstown as the South Side Rams took on the Neshannock Lancers on Wednesday. With a win the Rams would have a share of the section title. With a loss it would be third place for South Side. Their dreams of sharing a section championship were not to be realized as they dropped a 10-3 decision to the Lancers.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball Playoff Rankings 2014
It's district postseason time again, so MSA Sports is always ready to lend a helping hand in seeding the brackets. it's not a true ranking because in general, the WPIAL avoids teams from the same section playing each other. Here is our two cents, which is worth just that as 56 teams get ready to settle it on the field starting next week. In Quad-A (assuming Peters Twp does not come way back to clinch) has 12 teams, thus four first round bye's. Triple-A has 17 teams and will have one Preliminary Round game. Double-A has 15 teams and the top-seed will enjoy an opening round bye while Single-A is much like Quad-A with only 12 teams and four round one bye's.
MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball – 05/07/2014
May 7, 2014
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications every Wednesday at www.MSAsports.net. Log on every day for updated standings and match broadcasts here on your exclusive home for the 2014 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.net Each teams section record is in parenthesis. WPIAL CLASS AAA: 1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (10-1) (Last Week #1) 2) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (11-0) (Last Week #2) 3) NORWIN KNIGHTS (11-0) (Last Week #3)
Hometown Softball Broadcast Recap for Baldwin on 5/6/14
The Baldwin Highlanders clinched a playoff spot with a 4-0 win on Tuesday afternoon over AAAA, Section 4 opponent, Mt. Lebanon. The Highlanders came into the day in a 3-way tie for second place in the section. However, with the win, they remain in second place and have a guaranteed playoff spot with a section record of 10-4.
MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 05/05/2014
May 5, 2014
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten softball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Tuesday at www.MSAsports.net Here are this weeks rankings...including NEW #1 teams in Class AAAA and Class A. Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2014 WPIAL Softball Playoffs sponsored by Carlow University, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.net WPIAL Class AAAA: 1) Shaler Titans (11-2) (Last Week #2) 2) Penn-Trafford Warriors (12-2) (Last Week #3) 3) Norwin Knights (11-2) (Last Week #4)
MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 05/05/2014
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten baseball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Monday at www.MSAsports.net Here are this weeks rankings, including yet another NEW #1 team in Class AAAA. Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2014 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.net WPIAL Class AAAA: 1) HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (13-3) (Last Week #5) 2) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (13-3) (Last Week #6) 3) NORWIN KNIGHTS (12-3) (Last Week #1)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/04/2014
May 4, 2014
Ready or not, we have reached the final week of the high school baseball, softball, volleyball and lacrosse regular season this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We close out section play with plenty of WPIAL baseball and WPIAL softball along with WPIAL boys volleyball and WPIAL lacrosse, plus we another edition of Rappin on Racin and The WPIAL Baseball Show along with the WPIAL Softball Playoff Pairings Show on Thursday and the WPIAL Baseball Playoff Pairings Show on Friday ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, May 5th: TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netHometown Softball Broadcast Recap for New Castle on 5/2/14
May 2, 2014
In maybe the best comeback of the season, the New Castle Red Hurricanes rallied from a 6-0 fourth inning deficit to defeat the Hopewell Vikings and move ever so closer to a fourth straight berth in the WPIAL Softball Playoffs. The Red Hurricanes posted three runs in the bottom of the fourth and then sent twelve hitters to the plate, scoring eight runs on the way to the win. New Castle is now 7-3 overall and 6-3 in Section 1-AAA, having won six straight section games.Scholastic Notebook – 05/02/2014
There are multi-sport athletes in the WPIAL who compete in more highly-visible sports than North Hills’ Noah Bostick. But as far as the number of sports and excelling in them, Bostick has few peers. It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say Bostick is most one of the best all-around athletes in the WPIAL. He is a young man for all seasons – and then some. You don’t see many three-sport athletes these days at large schools. But Bostick is more than a three-sport athlete. He actually competes in four sports, and does well in all of them.
MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball – 04/30/2014
April 30, 2014
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications every Wednesday at www.MSAsports.net. Log on every day for updated standings and match broadcasts here on your exclusive home for the 2014 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.net Each teams section record is in parenthesis. WPIAL CLASS AAA: 1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (9-0) (Last Week #1) 2) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (9-0) (Last Week #2) 3) NORWIN KNIGHTS (9-0) (Last Week #3)2014 WPIAL BOYS DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
April 29, 2014
The streaks continued in 2014. 2009 was the last time a duo from Sewickley Academy did not win gold in the district boys doubles tennis tournaments as another Panthers duo, this time Ryan Gex & Luke Vith won it all in Class AA. Meanwhile, the streak is now four in a row for Shady Side Academy in Class AAA and three straight for the Indians Chris Grubbs, who teamed with Alok Nimgaonkar to win back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013 and with Michael Kann this season to win another doubles crown. Here are ALL of the results from the 2014 WPIAL Boys Doubles Tennis Championships. 2014 WPIAL CLASS AAA BOYS DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
