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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/11/2012
September 11, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 10th. You can check out the new rankings every Tuesday through the regular season with daily updated girls soccer standings here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA:1) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (2-0-0) (Last Week #1)2) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (3-0-0) (Last Week #2)3) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (4-0-0) (Last Week #4)4) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (3-1-0) (Last Week #3)5) NORWIN KNIGHTS (3-0-0) (Last Week #7)6) HAMPTON TALBOTS (2-0-0) (Last Week Unranked)WPIAL Plays of the Week From 2012 Week Two
A big second week of the WPIAL football season has come and gone. As expected, early season match ups with plenty of fanfare that did not disappoint. Here's a look back at the top games that lived up to their billing in our Week Two episode of Plays of the Week. #3 - Class A: Monessen Greyhounds 35 - Brentwood Spartans 28MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/10/2012
September 10, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Two of the 2012 high school football season. You can check out the new rankings every Monday through the nine week regular season here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (2-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Three host #5 Seneca Valley on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (2-0) (Last Week #2) (Week Three: at #10 Kiski Area on MSA)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (2-0) (Last Week #3) (Week Three: at #9 Peters Township on MSA)4) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (2-0) (Last Week #4) (Week Three: host Canon-McMillan)Scholastic Notebook – 09/07/2012
September 7, 2012
Sophomores had big games. Players who were their team’s No. 1 running back for the first time did some good things. A receiver turned running back also had a big game. The first weekend of the high school football season was a virtual coming-out party for some. Players introduced themselves to WPIAL football – and they were loud introductions. The leading rusher on the first weekend of the season was North Catholic’s P.J. Fulmore, a 10th-grader who had 265 yards. The second-leading rusher was Fort Cherry’s Koltan Kobrys, who played receiver last year. He ran for 250 yards.Chicks Picks – Week Two – 2012
September 6, 2012
Welcome to Week 2 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks dreads making her predictions the first few weeks of the season. Her crystal ball is usually still a bit cloudy from the off-season, making it difficult to foresee accurate picks. The boss does not want to hear about a lackluster performance from the crystal ball, however, so the pressure is on from Day 1.Big Game Hunting for Week Two 2012
September 5, 2012
Week One was a scorcher, we saw some big time upsets, some tremendous debuts, and some confirmations of things most of us suspected would be true for the 2012 campaign. One thing I think all of us non-head coaches can agree on, is that WPIAL realignment bringing us very meaningful games at the outset of the season is a huge success. Stay hydrated, week two looks just as hot in the big games department, here’s hoping the temps are a little more football-like as we go Big Game Hunting! AAAA - Northern 8 ConferenceMSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/04/2012
September 4, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week One of the 2012 high school football season. You can check out the new rankings every Monday through the nine week regular season here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (1-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Two host Fox Chapel on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (1-0) (Last Week #2) (Week Two: at Connellsville on MSA)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (1-0) (Last Week #3) (Week Two: at Canon-McMillan)4) PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS (1-0) (Last Week #6) (Week Two: host #6 North Hills on MSA)Scholastic Notebook – 08/31/2012
August 31, 2012
The storylines are many as the WPIAL football season kicks off tonight. But is there a storyline with more irony than the Springdale at West Shamokin game? There is the new guy taking over for one of the winningest coaches in WPIAL history, and his first game is against a team with a historical losing streak. Dave Leasure will be in his first game as Springdale’s head coach. He takes over for Chuck Wagner, who retired last season after 47 years as a high school head coach in the WPIAL (Oakmont, Riverview, Fox Chapel and Springdale high schools). Wagner retired with a record of 270-202-11, and the 270 wins are fourth on the all-time list.CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Class AAA
August 27, 2012
Each and every Monday during the regular season starting on Labor Day (9/3), the MSA Sports Network will rank the top ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2012 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class AAA.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1. CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS (11-1) 2. THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS (7-4)3. MONTOUR SPARTANS (12-3)4. FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS (11-1)
CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Football Preseason Elite Eleven
August 19, 2012
Quarterbacks and receivers are big in WPIAL football this year. The MSA Sports Preseason Elite 11 includes four receivers and three quarterbacks. The team, picked by the MSA Sports Staff, is made up of the top 11 players in the WPIAL heading into the 2012 season. Western Pennsylvania isn’t known much for producing Division I college receivers, but this year’s crop of pass-catchers is very good. All four receivers on the Elite 11 have either committed to a Division I college, or have scholarship offers from Division I teams. Two of those four will also also play some at running back this season. The remaining part of the Elite 11 is made up of two offensive linemen, one tight end and one running back.
