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PIAA Baseball Class AA Championship Preview
June 13, 2013
The scholastic sports season winds down with the PIAA Baseball and Softball Championships at Penn State University coming up on Friday. After a quick start for District 7 in this years state baseball playoffs, 2013 WPIAL champion Beaver is the lone district baseball team to navigate the Path to Penn State. Here is a preview of the PIAA Class AA baseball championship game, which can be heard right here on the MSA Sports Network.CLASS AA BASEBALL: BEAVER BOBCATS (20-3) VS. LOYALSOCK TOWNSHIP LANCERS (21-3) 3:30PM ON WBVP 1230-AM AND MSASPORTS.NET with Bob Barrickman and Bruce Frey The Bobcats make their second trip to the state title game. The only other trip was in 1983 when Beaver was led by soon to be major leaguer John Burkett.PIAA Baseball Semifinals Recap from Tuesday
June 11, 2013
Monday saw WPIAL AA champion Beaver clinch a spot in the PIAA state finals. However the news was not as good on Tuesday for District 7 as North Allegheny in Quad-A, Keystone Oaks in Triple-A and California in Single-A all saw their state title dreams and their 2013 season comes to an end with heartbreaking losses. Here are recaps from all the Western Semifinals baseball games from Tuesday afternoon.Thanks to Lee Mohn and Don Rebel for their help on these recaps.2013 PIAA BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
District 7 had one team clinch a trip Happy Valley on Monday and had three more teams with state gold dreams ending in the Final Four 24 hours later. Semifinals Tuesday turned into Black Tuesday for the WPIAL as all three teams, North Allegheny in Class AAAA, Keystone Oaks in Class AAA and California in Class A had their state title bubble pop with losses in Round Three. Here are ALL the final scores through the Semifinals, plus the four championships games on Friday at Penn State University in the 2013 PIAA Baseball Playoffs with the Class AA contest right here on MSA Sports.2013 PIAA CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:North Penn Knights 6 - Lower Dauphin Falcons 5PIAA Baseball Semifinals Recap from Monday
Rain late Sunday and early Monday coupled with a shaky forecast forced the PIAA to postpone 15 of it's 16 baseball and softball Semifinals contests. The lone exception was played at high noon Monday at Pullman Park where a rematch of the WPIAL Class AA championship game from two weeks ago was played. The result in Butler was similar to the result in Washington. Here is a recap of the lone state playoff game from Monday.Thanks to Mike Azadian for his help on this recap.PIAA CLASS AA SEMIFINALS: Beaver Bobcats 7 - Quaker Valley Quakers 0WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game Recaps
June 9, 2013
The stars were out Sunday afternoon in Robinson Township. The WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association held their annual baseball all-star games with the top stars from each of the four classifications on display in a pair of contests. Here are recaps from both the Class AA vs. Class A game and the Class AAAA vs. Class AAA contest as heard here on the MSA Sports Network.CLASS AAA 10 – CLASS AAAA 9:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/09/2013
The state baseball and softball playoffs wind down, putting an end to the 2012-2013 high school sports season this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of the Semifinals and Championship Finals of both the PIAA Baseball and Softball state playoffs, plus away and home Frontier League pro baseball action for the Washington Wild Things and plenty of news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, June 10th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPIAA High School Baseball Playoffs: Class AA Semifinals - Quaker Valley vs Beaver at 12:00pm on MSAsports.net Tuesday, June 11th:This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 06/03/2013
June 3, 2013
The district baseball and softball playoffs are in the books, so now the attentions swings to the state playoffs as we kick into June this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have expanded coverage of the First Round of the PIAA Baseball and Softball state playoffs with more action later in the week in the Quarterfinals along with PIAA Boys Volleyball Semifinals match action, plus more Frontier League pro baseball with the Washington Wild Things and plenty of news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, June 3rd:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netScholastic Notebook – 05/31/2013
May 31, 2013
The South Park baseball and Riverside softball teams did something unusual this week – win a WPIAL title with a perfect record.On Monday, both begin a quest to do something even more rare– win a PIAA title with a perfect record.Since the PIAA started softball and baseball championships in the 1970s, no WPIAL baseball team has won a PIAA title with an undefeated record. Elizabeth Forward came the closest, making the PIAA Semifinals in 2011.While no WPIAL baseball team has won a PIAA title with an undefeated record, three WPIAL softball teams have won PIAA titles with perfect records, but it has been 14 years since it happened.NA, SP, Beav and WB All Claim 2013 WPIAL Baseball Gold
May 30, 2013
Four new champions were crowned as the District 7 baseball postseason came to an end. A little WPIAL history was made as South Park became the fifth school to win a baseball championship with an undefeated record. When all was said it done, the Eagles were the only top-seed to win a title while a pair of #2-seeds...North Allegheny in Quad-A and Beaver in Double-A won championships while the party crashers was Class A #5-seed Western Beaver. Here are ALL of the final results from the 2013 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:
North Allegheny Knocks Seneca Valley From WPIAL Quad-A Baseball Perch
May 29, 2013
The North Allegheny Tigers won their seventh WPIAL baseball title with a 4-2 victory over the Seneca Valley Raiders at Consol Energy Park on Wednesday night. Mitchell Machi pitched 6. 1 innings for the win, he was the winner in three consecutive post-season starts. The championship is the first for the Tigers since 2009. Brandon Bergstrom went 2 for 3 at the plate, including a double and started two double plays on defense. Machi credited Bergstrom and all of his fielders for helping him out of jams.The Tigers avenged two 3-2 losses to the Raiders on April 11 and April 25, North Allegheny will take on Hempfield for a second time in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs on Monday. The Tigers shut out the Spartans 3-0 in the WPIAL semifinal round.
Western Beaver Truly Golden In WPIAL Class A Baseball
In an improbable finish to the Class A Baseball championship game, Western Beaver pitcher Nick Miller picked off Santino Platt off second base to end the game and give the Golden Beavers a 3-2 come from behind victory over the OLSH Chargers to claim their second WPIAL championship. Western Beaver scored two runs in the sixth inning to take the lead entering the final frame.The win for Western Beaver give the Golden Beavers their second WPIAL title, they claimed the gold in 2000. Miller picked up the win, going to 7-1 on the season.WPIAL Class AAAA and Class A Baseball Consolation Recaps
History was made Wednesday evening at Ross Memorial Field as the WPIAL held its very first Class AAAA baseball consolation game. With the demise of the Pittsburgh City League in baseball, the PIAA added a third team from District 7 Class AAAA. Here are recaps from both the Quad-A and the Single-A consolation games played on Wednesday at the Washington & Jefferson College Sports Complex.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 05/29/2013
There will be plenty of diamond gold dished out in both the District 7 and District 6 as the baseball and softball playoffs come to an end this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have all four WPIAL Baseball Championship Games, all four WPIAL Softball Championship Games, all eight WPIAL baseball and softball consolation contests and a pair of District 6 Baseball Championship Games and two D-6 Softball Championship Games, plus more Frontier League pro baseball with the Washington Wild Things and plenty of news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.netMonday, May 27th: HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THE MSA SPORTS NETWORKWPIAL Class AAA and Class AA Baseball Consolation Recaps
With a PIAA state playoff berth at stake, both the Class AAA and Class AA WPIAL consolation baseball games were thrillers all the way down to the final at bat. A walk-off sacrifice fly and a walk-off triple helped keep the 2013 baseball season alive for both Shady Side Academy in AA and Keystone Oaks in AAA.
Beaver Claims Class AA Baseball Gold With Victory Over Quaker Valley
For the second time in six years, the Beaver Bobcats are the toast of Class AA, winning WPIAL gold in a dominating performance against previously unbeaten Quaker Valley in a 7-1 win Tuesday at CONSOL Energy Field..
