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Chicks Picks – Week Ten – 2013
October 31, 2013
Welcome to Week 10. As yet another high school football season begins to wind down, Chick’s Picks spent some time with Team MSA Sports simply reflecting on her tenure at the network. She shared her stories with the team, from her first day as an intern many moons ago, to her first venture in prognosticating.One of the network’s newer members, who shall remain nameless, seemed preoccupied during the team’s storytelling session. Unable to make sense of this reaction, Chick’s Picks said, “Young man, are we boring you with this MSA Sports history lesson?” He responded, “Chick’s Picks, it’s just that I was only two years old when you started working here. So, please forgive my disinterest.”2013 Big Game Hunting – The Football Fourpack for Week 10
October 30, 2013
I’m on the Highway to Heinz, the Highway to Heinz, with apologies to AC/DC there will in fact be stop signs. In fact 32 teams will get off this Friday night after the shortest trip imaginable on the Highway to Heinz. But for those naysayers who claim there are too many teams in the playoffs, I dare you to ask any member of those 32 teams if they would give back the memory of making the playoffs even after getting dumped in round one, the answer is no, they would not. In fact, they would do it all again even knowing the heartbreak was coming right at them. That’s why the playoffs in the WPIAL are perfect just the way they are. Now let’s stop bickering about it and go Big Game Hunting!MSA Sports Big Game Hunting – Week Four
September 18, 2013
Week four brings with it the time to separate the wheat from the chaff in the WPIAL football season. You might get to this week with a pretty nice looking record based on some favorable scheduling. Time is running out on teams dodging the upper echelon of their section. Sooner or later , you are going to run into a playoff caliber football team, if it is sooner, it will be this week, if it is later it will be next. But, after Friday we will know a lot more about who will be playing in November and whose seasons will come to a grinding halt before trick-or-treat time has even arrived.CTK 2013 – WPIAL Triple-A Greater Allegheny Conference Preview
August 17, 2013
Will the Greater Allegheny be as defensive again? Last year was the first season of the “new” Greater Allegheny, where nine teams were in the conference, including a few that used to play in the old Keystone Conference. Although the conference featured some standout offensive players, it seemed defense was the cornerstone of a number of teams. Mars, Franklin Regional and Knoch gave up less than 100 points in conference games.No other conference in Class AAA had three teams give up less than 100 points in conference games.Points could be hard to come by again in 2013. The main reason is some teams lost some key offensive players (except Mars).MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 10/09/2012
October 9, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of October 8th. 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) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (13-1-0) (Last Week #1)2) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (14-1-0) (Last Week #2)3) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (15-0-0) (Last Week #3)4) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (12-3-0) (Last Week #4)5) NORWIN KNIGHTS (12-1-2) (Last Week #6)6) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (9-3-2) (Last Week #5)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 10/02/2012
October 2, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of October 1st. 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) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (10-1-0) (Last Week #1)2) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (11-1-0) (Last Week #2)3) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (12-0-0) (Last Week #4)4) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (9-3-0) (Last Week #6)5) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (6-2-0) (Last Week #5)6) NORWIN KNIGHTS (9-1-2) (Last Week #7)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/25/2012
September 25, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 24th. 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) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (8-0-0) (Last Week #1)2) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (8-1-0) (Last Week #3)3) FOX CHAPEL FOXES (10-0-0) (Last Week #4)4) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (9-0-0) (Last Week #5)5) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (6-2-0) (Last Week #2)6) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (7-3-0) (Last Week Unranked)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/18/2012
September 18, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 17th. 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) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (5-0-0) (Last Week #2)2) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (4-1-0) (Last Week #1)3) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (6-1-0) (Last Week #7)4) FOX CHAPEL FOXES (7-0-0) (Last Week #9)5) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (6-0-0) (Last Week #10)6) NORWIN KNIGHTS (5-0-1) (Last Week #5)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)CTK 2012 – WPIAL AAA Greater Allegheny Conference Preview
August 18, 2012
It’s not a complete facelift for the Greater Allegheny Conference, but the conference sure looks a lot different this season. With the WPIAL’s realignment, the Greater Allegheny got bigger overall and added a little Keystone Conference flavor. What happened to the Greater Allegheny Conference is basically a two-fold thing: 1. Kittanning and Valley dropped out of the conference and moved down to Class AA. 2. Derry, Franklin Regional, Greensburg Salem and Hollidaysburg all were moved out of the Keystone and into the Greater Allegheny. The much-maligned Keystone Conference is no more. As for the Greater Allegheny race, it seems just about everybody is picking Franklin Regional as the team to beat.
