Wrestling
This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 02/07/2016
February 7, 2016
Even though the big game is in the books, this is still going to be a SUPER week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have the start of the 2016 WPIAL Basketball Playoffs with ALL of the boys and girls games only here on The Network. We also have the end of the high school basketball regular season in District 6 and District 9 as well as action from the 2016 PIAA Team Wrestling Playoffs, PIHL high school hockey and the regular season finale of Carlow University men's and women's college basketball, plus Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, The PIHL Power Play Show, The WPIAL Roundball Report and the WPIAL Basketball Playoff Pairings Show ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, February 8th:2016 WPIAL TEAM WRESTLING PLAYOFF RESULTS
The mat dynasty run has reached double digits. The Burrell Buccaneers continued their record run of WPIAL Class AA Team Wrestling championships with victories over South Fayette in the Semifinals and Freedom in the Finals Saturday at Chartiers-Houston High School to claim a tenth consecutive crown and 12th in school history. Meanwhile in the Class AAA Semifinals and Finals at Penn Hills High School, top-seed Belle Vernon swept past North Allegheny and Canon-McMillan for the schools first ever team wrestling title. Here are ALL of the results from the 2016 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs. Results marked with (MSA) can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network. 2016 WPIAL TEAM WRESTLING CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:Belle Vernon Captures First Ever WPIAL AAA Team Wrestling Gold
February 6, 2016
After coming up short a year ago from being WPIAL Champions, Belle Vernon had no trouble taking care of business Saturday at Penn Hills. The day started with Belle Vernon defeating North Allegheny in the semi finals 54-12. In that match, the Leopards picked up six falls and three major decisions to cruise to a victory. Belle Vernon's opponent in the finals was Canon McMillan, who avenged a 15 point December defeat to knock off Kiski Area in the other semi final, 27-25. An upset at 182, where James Zeremenko pinned Tyler Worthing, gave Canon McMillan a 12 point swing from the December match that Kiski Area was not able to overcome.Burrell Caps Off Golden Decade With 10th Straight AA Wrestling Title
Burrell (11-5) survived a nail-biter in the semifinals, but then rolled to a 48-17 victory in the championship match over Freedom to win the 2016 WPIAL Class AA team wrestling championship on Saturday afternoon at Chartiers-Houston High School. The Buccaneers have now won ten straight District 7 team championships and it was the twelfth title for the program overall.This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 01/31/2016
January 31, 2016
We begin the month of February with the start of postseason scholastic mat action, the final week of the 'Stretch Run' of the regular season in high school basketball and the final month of the high school hockey season this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have over 50 WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games along with scholastic hardwood boys and girls action from both District 6 and District 9. The 2016 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs take place this week along with a pair of PIHL high school hockey games and Carlow University men's and women's college basketball, plus Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the PIHL Power Play Show and the WPIAL Roundball Report ALL here at MSAsports.net Monday, February 1st:FINAL 2015-2016 WPIAL Wrestling Standings
Here are the FINAL WPIAL team wrestling standings for the 2015-2016 season including the playoff sectional clinchings. The top three teams from each sub-section qualifed for the Section Championship Tournament. The top team in each sub-section faced the runner-up in the opposing sub-section with the two winners then doing battle for the section championship while the two third place finishers face off to determine the fifth qualifier from that section that will move on to the WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs. Don't miss the Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle Show, every Monday night at 7:00pm along with live and archived weekly matches and EXCLUSIVE coverage of the WPIAL Team and Individual Wrestling Playoffs only here on the MSA Sports Network.2016 WPIAL TEAM WRESTLING PLAYOFFS
January 28, 2016
The 2016 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs are now set with the 20 teams in Class AAA and 15 teams in Class AA now knowing they path they need to take to district gold in the one week postseason which starts on Monday, February 1st. In Class AAA, Franklin Regional is the two-time defending champion, but the Panthers will have to win from the 4th-seed and go through top-seed Belle Vernon to Three-peat. In Class AA, will one of the great WPIAL dynasties continue as top-seed Burrell tries to add to their record with a TENTH straight Class AA district crown? Here are the Preliminary Round matches in Class AAA set for Monday and the First Round matchups in both classes on Wednesday. WPIAL CLASS AAA Preliminary Round:MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Wrestling Playoff Teams – 01/28/2016
Here are the FINAL Top 10 rankings in WPIAL Team Wrestling for the 2015-2016 season. Instead of the normal Top 10 teams in both classifications, our end of the season edition ranks all of the teams that qualified for the upcoming district team wrestling playoffs. Don't miss our exclusive coverage of the 2016 WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs next week ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA: 1. Belle Vernon Leopards (11-1) 2. Kiski Area Cavaliers (16-0) 3. Canon-McMillan Big Macs (7-1) 4. Franklin Regional Panthers (9-3) 5. Latrobe Wildcats (7-1)2016 WPIAL Wrestling Team Sectional Results
January 27, 2016
A busy night of postseason mat action in the WPIAL is in the books with the Team Wrestling Sectionals. The top two teams in each sub-section have clinched a berth in the team playoffs and squared off for the section crown while the third place teams in each sub-section were fighting for a playoff berth. Here are ALL the results from the seven sections on Wednesday. CLASS AAA SECTION 1: At Latrobe High School: Franklin Regional Panthers 31 - Latrobe Wildcats 30 (MSA) Kiski Area Cavaliers 62 - Norwin Knights 6 Section Championship Match : Kiski Area Cavaliers 63 - Franklin Regional Panthers 15 Section Consolation Match : Latrobe Wildcats 48 - Norwin Knights 25 (MSA)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 01/25/2016
January 25, 2016
We wrap up the month of January with the start of postseason scholastic mat action, the start of the 'Stretch Run' of the regular season in high school basketball and the stars shining bright in high school hockey this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have over 50 WPIAL boys and girls section basketball games along with scholastic hardwood boys and girls action from both District 6 and District 9. It is another busy week of pucks with six PIHL high school hockey games including al four all-star games, we hit the playoff mats with the WPIAL Team Sectionals and Carlow University men's and women's college basketball, plus Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the PIHL Power Play Show and the WPIAL Roundball Report ALL here at MSAsports.netMSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Wrestling – 01/21/2016
January 21, 2016
Here are the latest Top 10 rankings in WPIAL Team Wrestling. Every Thursday through January, MSA Sports ranks the top ten teams in both the WPIAL Class AAA and Class AA team wrestling. Don't miss Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle Show every Monday at 7:00pm AND weekly matches broadcast on Wednesday's and select weekends only here on the MSA Sports Network.
