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WPIAL Week Twelve Friday Night HighLights
November 17, 2012
Most coaches will tell you the way to win in November is pound the ball on the ground and play strong defense. Well the strong defense thing is universal in football, however this is not your big brothers three yards and a cloud of rubber pellets high school football. Quarterbacks are shining bring on the Highway to Heinz, including six that helped guide their teams past the final exit and on to the North Shore as the next stop in the WPIAL football playoffs.Mack Leftwich - North AlleghenyWPIAL Week Eleven Friday Night HighLights
November 10, 2012
Half way through the 2012 trip on the Highway to Heinz, sixteen teams remain after victories on Quarterfinals Friday. with the Friday night stage getting brighter and brighter with each passing week in the postseason, here are the players who stole the spotlight in helping leading their teams to the WPIAL's Final Four Friday.Mack Leftwich - North AlleghenyWPIAL Week Ten Friday Night HighLights
November 4, 2012
Call it what you want...the postseason, the second season, this big dance or the Highway to Heinz. Whatever you want to call it, there is no question the WPIAL Football Playoffs are Primetime. Here are the players that shined the brightest on the first night on the grand stage.Tyler Roth - Mount LebanonThere was a lot of excitement about Butler making the WPIAL football playoffs for the first time since 1998. However their stay in the postseason was short and not so sweet thanks to the aerial attack by Tyler Roth and Mount Lebanon. Roth hit on 20 of 27 passes for 288 yards and a pair of touchdown tosses as the Blue Devils blew away the Golden Tornado 31-7 in a Class AAAA opening round matchup.Thomas Woodson - GatewayDistrict College Football Preview for Saturday, November 3
November 1, 2012
The focus this week heads to the city of Erie to see who will win the PSAC West and face Shippensburg in next week's State Championship Game.Cal travels to Mercyhurst with both of those teams having a shot at the crown, while a few blocks away IUP meets Gannon, the Crimson Hawks are also battling for the title.The Steel City Showdown takes place in Moon Township as Duquense and Robert Morris meet, the PAC still has 2 more weeks of conference play.Here are previews of ALL the games, including 2 heard here on the Network:WPIAL Week Nine Friday Night HighLights
October 27, 2012
Some of the games held great meaning in the district playoff picture, others were just playing for pride. Whether there was intense pressure or with very little at stake, here are the Primetime Performances from the final Friday of the regular season in the WPIAL.Patrick Turner - Kiski Area2012 has been the year of the great turn-around for several programs in the WPIAL, including that of Kiski Area. Patrick Turner helped complete the comeback season, rushing for 101 yards and scoring four touchdowns on three runs and a 61-yard fumble return for a score as the Cavalier, 1-8 in 2011, improved to 4-5 this season by clinching a Class AAAA Foothills Conference playoff spot with a 41-14 victory over the host Latrobe Wildcats.Scholastic Notebook – 10/26/2012
October 26, 2012
Saying “it’s time to move on,” Chartiers Valley’s Chris Saluga will coached his final game with the Colts Friday night. Saluga has decided to resign as Chartiers Valley’s football coach, effective after Friday night’s game against West Allegheny. Saluga already has handed in his letter of resignation to the school board. “I don’t know how to say it, other than it’s just time for me to move on,” Saluga said. “I’ve done all I can here.”MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/21/2012
October 21, 2012
Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Eight 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 (8-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Nine: host North Hills on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (7-1) (Last Week #2) (Week Nine: at McKeesport)3) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (7-1) (Last Week #3) (Week Nine: at Fox Chapel)4) MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS (7-1) (Last Week #4) (Week Nine: at #5 Upper St. Clair on MSA)Scholastic Notebook – 10/19/2012
October 19, 2012
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