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Chicks Picks – Week Six – 2012

October 4, 2012

Police Investigating Death of W & J Football Player Thursday

Police in Washington are investigating the death of a Washington & Jefferson College football player early Thursday morning.21-year Tim McNerney was taken to the Washington Hospital emergency room, where he was pronounced dead at 4:42 am. McNerney was found at the corner of College and Maiden Streets.Washington Police Chief Robert Lemonds said police are treating the death as suspicious, more information will be released after an autopsy was performed. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the death is being treated as a homicide.

Big Game Hunting For Week Six 2012

October 3, 2012

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WPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Five

October 2, 2012

After a lackluster Week 4 that provided nothing but blowouts, Week 5 brought big matchups, great finishes and upsets galore. Here’s a look at the best three plays from Week 5. #1: Washington Little Prexies 18 - Jeannette Jayhawks 15

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/01/2012

October 1, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Five 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 (5-0) (Last Week #1) (Week Six: at #2 Gateway on MSA)2) GATEWAY GATORS (5-0) (Last Week #2) (Week Six: host #1 North Allegheny on MSA)3) UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS (5-0) (Last Week #3) (Week Six: at Butler on MSA)4) NORTH HILLS INDIANS (4-1) (Last Week #6) (Week Six: host Fox Chapel on MSA)

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/30/2012

September 30, 2012

October is here! So while the leaves start to turn shades of red, orange and gold, the WPIAL hands out its share of links gold this week here on the MSA Sports Network.

WPIAL Week Five Saturday’s Scholastic Starz

The only bad thing about a jam-packed Friday night of high school football is that it leaves the Saturday district schedule a tad light. That was the case in Week Five with only THREE WPIAL football games, all on the Class A level. So even though there were only three games, we were still able to keep with the tradition of the Top Five performances from Saturday that led to loud victories on a quiet day.Jake Temple & Nick Kusich - Avella

WPIAL Week Five Friday Night HighLights

September 29, 2012

If you were to picture the WPIAL nine-week regular season, you would envision four weeks of climbing the mountain top, then four weeks of descending either into the district playoffs or into a deep dark crevasse of postseason emptiness. That would mean Week Five is right at the summit of this high school football mountain. Thus here are the players who planted their teams flag of victory Friday with a steady dose of awesomeness.Tyler Roth & Troy Apke - Mount Lebanon

WPIAL and City League Week Five Saturday Football Scores

Hello, hello, hello is there anybody out there? With apologies to Pink Floyd, that could be the theme of the very light Saturday high school football schedule around the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League. Three WPIAL conference games featuring two unbeaten teams and three winless squads, plus another City League non-conference tilt. Here are ALL the final scores from the WPIAL and the City League.WPIAL CLASS A Big 7 Conference:Rochester Rams 41 - Western Beaver Golden Beavers 6 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS A Eastern Conference:Riverview Raiders 15 - Wilkinsburg Tigers 12 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS A Tri-County South Conference:

2012 WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League Football Standings – Week 5

Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Five of the 2012 high school football season. Standings are updated after each game on Thursday, Friday and Saturday's scholastic gridiron action each week. Standings can be also seen on each teams football webpage here on the MSA Sports Network.# - Clinched at least a share of the conference title * - Clinched playoff spot x - Eliminated from playoff chase % - Not eligible for WPIAL playoffsWPIAL CLASS AAAA:Northern Eight Conference:

Scholastic Notebook – 09/28/2012

September 28, 2012

Not only did Seneca Valley’s 34-7 victory against Pittsburgh Central Catholic Thursday night give Seneca Valley a leg up on second place in the Northern Eight Conference, it was a monumental win of sorts for the Raiders. * For the first time in a while, the Raiders won a big game against an upper-echelon Class AAAA team. A year ago, Seneca Valley won a WPIAL playoff game for the first time since 2002. This time, the Raiders defeated a Central Catholic team that was ranked No. 4 in Class AAAA by MSA Sports. * The win broke Central Catholic’s 26-game regular-season winning streak. The Vikings’ last regular-season loss was to Woodland Hills, 27-3, on oct. 2, 2009.

WPIAL and City League Week Five Friday Football Scores

Four weeks are in the books and after this week, four more are on the slate. You don't have to be a math wizard to know that we have hit the midway point of the 2012 high school football regular season. With plenty of big games on the docket, here is a rundown of all the Friday Week Five final scores in the WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League.(MSA) indicated games will be broadcast on MSA Sports.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Foothills Conference:Gateway Gators 41 - Hempfield Spartans 13 F (MSA)McKeesport Tigers 18 - Altoona Mountain Lions 14 F (MSA)Penn-Trafford Warriors 34 - Latrobe Wildcats 7 F (MSA)Connellsville Falcons 44 - Norwin Knights 29 F (MSA)

District College Football Preview for Saturday, September 29th

September 27, 2012

After just two weeks of divisional play, the PSAC returns with a crossover week while the PAC has four conference games on tap as W & J looks to keep pace with Waynesburg and Geneva looks to avoid their worst start since 1978.Here are previews of ALL the games, tune back on Sunday for complete recaps:Kutztown(1-3) at Slippery Rock(2-2) 6pm on WISR 680-AM and the MSA Sports Network It's a rematch of last year's PSAC title game, won by Kutztown 21-14. That is the only win in 9 meetings between the teams for the Golden Bears.

Chicks Picks – Week Five – 2012

Big Game Hunting for Week Five 2012

September 26, 2012

We cruise past the halfway point this weekend of the WPIAL football season, and big-time matchups abound throughout many of the classifications. The time has come to make some hay if you find your club in a good spot. If your favorite team is in a hole, the time has come to make your move because time waits for no man or football team. We are starting to see huge games that will have monstrous impact on playoff positioning and in one case a game that will likely determine a section championship this week, so let’s hurry along and go Big Game Hunting.

WPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Four

September 25, 2012

At the end of the season, we won’t be looking back at Week 4 as one of “those” weeks with dramatic moments, miracle finishes and big games. In fact, 62 of the 67 games were decided by at least two touchdowns. Regardless, we were able to sift through the blowouts and find the three most meaningful plays from the weekend. #1 Avella Eagles 26 - Jefferson-Morgan Rockets 21

This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 09/23/2012

September 23, 2012

There is more fall scholastic sports gold to be had as September slowly turns to October this week here on the MSA Sports Network.

WPIAL Week Four Saturday’s Scholastic Starz

Bookended between morning rain and evening precipitation was a sunny, near perfect afternoon FOUR high school football. Perfect FOUR the busiest Saturday of the 2012 WPIAL football season with FOUR afternoon classes and two evening showdowns. Here are the players who a cut above FOUR their teams in leading them to Week FOUR wins.Nick Santiago - Ambridge

WPIAL Week Four Friday Night HighLights

September 22, 2012

On a night lacking a lot of marque punch with only one game involving Top 10 teams going head-to-head, five teams rose from the deck to turn an 0-3 record to a 1-3 mark with their first taste of victory in 2012. We salute those five along with the other top performances from the Fourth Friday of the high school football season in District 7.Forrest Barnes - Seneca Valley

WPIAL Week Four Saturday Football Scores

The busiest Saturday of high school football in the WPIAL featured six games. Among the one Class AAA, three Class AA and two Class A contests were four undefeated football teams and two teams still in search of their first victory in 2012. Three of the four unbeaten improved to 4-0 while the winless fell to 0-4. Here are ALL of the final scores from the week Four Saturday schedule.WPIAL CLASS AAA Parkway Conference:Ambridge Bridgers 41 - Moon Tigers 17 (MSA) WPIAL CLASS AA Allegheny Conference:Kittanning Wildcats 28 - Summit Academy Knights 0 (MSA)WPIAL CLASS AA Century Conference:South Fayette Lions 56 - Burgettstown Blue Devils 6

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