Tag: Central Valley
High school football notebook: WPIAL playoff field filling up
October 18, 2017
With two weeks left in the regular season, the WPIAL playoff field is already more than 70 percent set. In all, 46 of the 64
WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Five 2017
October 4, 2017
The 2017 WPIAL football regular season is already more than halfway complete, and as always, the campaign has included a number of surprising teams and fantastic finishes. This past week was no exception, Many of the key matchups occurred in the 3A classification, in part because playoff spots are at a premium with 23 teams […]Quaker Valley shuts out Central Valley in matchup of top 5 teams
September 23, 2017
Quaker Valley and Central Valley each rolled into their Beaver Valley Conference tilt Friday night sporting 1-0 conference records. Both teams employ similar offenses that
5 things to watch in Week 4: Pine-Richland heads to Bethel Park for battle of unbeatens
September 21, 2017
Battle of the unbeatens Bethel Park has linemen with some size, an offense that controls the football and a defense that has allowed just four
WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Two 2017
September 9, 2017
While the 2017 football season continues to be dry, cool and crisp, we are only two weeks in to the regular season and the offensive numbers being put up continue to be hot and impressive. While the pass happy days of recent years are still here, old school strategy of lining it up and running […]
CTK ’17 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten – Class 3-A
August 29, 2017
Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each of the six classifications. With days to go before the 2017 WPIAL football regular season kicks off for all with Week One, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams…with the Top Ten in Class […]
HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the specialists
August 21, 2017
The season already was underway when Pine-Richland opened its kicker spot to a school-wide tryout. The winner was Vittorio Orsini, a soccer player who already
CTK ’17 – 3-A Beaver Valley Conference Preview
As many predicted, last year’s Beaver Valley Conference was so strong that, with the new classifications, at least one extremely qualified team would be left out of the postseason. Beaver went from first place to out of the playoffs altogether with one Week Nine defeat. With only two teams guaranteed to make the playoffs, every […]
WPIAL football conference preview: Class 3A Beaver Valley
August 14, 2017
The favorite Aliquippa (10-3 overall, 5-1 Beaver Valley in 2016) Aliquippa's success is unmatched in the modern era of WPIAL football. The Quips have madeChicks Picks for Week Ten
November 3, 2016
Welcome to Week 10 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks attended the annual Playoff Pairings meeting on Monday night. After witnessing so much joy from the teams that punched their tickets to the postseason, Chick’s Picks couldn’t help but feel bad for those that missed out – especially those with only a few losses on the year. The situation reminded Chick’s Picks of a time when the MSA Sports crew got together for pick-up game of dodgeball. The Boss and world-renowned broadcaster Sam Hall were the team captains. Based on her athletic prowess, Chick’s Picks was sure that she would be drafted in the early rounds.
