Tag: Upper St. Clair

CTK 2011 – WPIAL Class AAAA Players to Watch

August 16, 2011

Countdown to Kickoff 2011 concludes our week-long look at some of the top high school football talent in the WPIAL for this upcoming season. As always, this list just scratches the surface. We ask for your help in building a complete rundown of candidates. You can nominate a top player by clicking on the contact us button at the top of this page, then clicking Comments or Questions.

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CTK 2011 – 2010 WPIAL Class AAAA Football Flashback

It had been two decades since one of the WPIAL Class AAAA's top football programs had won a district championship. However that drought ended when North Allegheny captured gold by beating the 2009 champion Woodland Hills Wolverines in the WPIAL finals at Heinz Field. Three weeks later, the Tigers captured a second PIAA football crown to go along with the 1990 state championship they won.

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WPIAL Recruitting: Two District Stars Make Their College Choices

July 7, 2011

One star football player and one star baseball player have made their college choices this week. Upper St. Clair quarterback and linebacker Dakota Conwell has decided that Pitt is It while Neshannock outfielder John Sansone is headed south to Florida State.

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Local Hockey Players Make Splash in NHL Draft

June 26, 2011

Three amateur hockey players from the Pittsburgh area were selected among the first 64 players selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft on Friday and Saturday at the XCel Energy Center in Minnesota. Here is a breakdown on each player with information courtesy of NHL.com

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10th MSA Sports Athletes of the Year Coming 7/1/11

MSA Sports has just concluded its 12th season of high school sports coverage in Western Pennsylvania ten years under the Management Science Associates umbrella. Another anniversary of sorts is coming Friday with the announcement of the 10th MSA Sports Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

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2011 MSA SPORTS BOYS ALL-NETTERS TEAM

March 30, 2011

It was a rare season in the WPIAL in terms of points. Three players averaged 30 points or more for the first time in at least 25 years. All three of those players are the MSA Sports Boys All-Netters team.

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Mount Lebanon, Montour, Greensburg CC & Lincoln Park All Settle for Silver in PIAA Boys Basketball Playoffs

March 27, 2011

There is plenty of silver to be found in Southwestern Pennsylvania following the state basketball championships at Penn State University. Mount Lebanon in AAAA, Montour in AAA, Greensburg Central Catholic in AA and Lincoln Park in A all lost in the state finals in Happy Valley, three of them fell to District 12 powers while Mount Lebanon lost to the District 1 champs.

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Penguins Cup Winners USC, B.Canevin and Mars Sweep 2011 PA Cup Championships

Now if only the NHL versions would follow in the footsteps of high school hockey. The three winners of the 2011 PIHL Penguins Cup Championships, Upper St. Clair, Bishop Canevin and Mars have swept the Flyers Cup winners to win all three state title games in the 2011 Pennsylvania Cup Championships Saturday afternoon at the Ice Line Arena in West Chester.

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PIHL High School Hockey News and Notes – 03/22/2011

March 22, 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 2011 Penguins Cup champions have been crowned, and we congratulate three-time winner Mars along with Bishop Canevin and Upper St. Clair.

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USC, B.Canevin and Mars Win 2011 PIHL Penguins Cup Championships

March 21, 2011

They saved the best for last. Upper St. Clair denied Canon-McMillan a repeat of the Penguins Cup Class AAA crown with a thrilling overtime victory to close out the very first high school hockey championships at the new CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Sunday night.

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