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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 04/02/2012
April 2, 2012
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten baseball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Monday at www.MSAsports.net Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (3-1) (Last Week #1)2) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (4-0) (Last Week #2)3) NORWIN KNIGHTS (3-0) (Last Week #3)4) SHALER TITANS (3-1) (Last Week #4)5) BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO (4-0) (Last Week Unranked)6) MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS (3-2) (Last Week Unranked)7) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (3-1) (Last Week #5)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 04/02/2012
As the Eastern Bunny prepares to deliver the good this weekend, we here at The Network will distribute our own tasty treats during this first full week of April here on the MSA Sports Network. We have diamond action with WPIAL and District 6 baseball along with WPIAL softball, WPIAL boys volleyball, WPIAL girls lacrosse, college baseball and women's lacrosse featuring Slippery Rock University, plus the debut of Rappin on Racin and the opening day and series of minor league baseball featuring the Class AA Altoona Curve ALL here at MSAsports.netMonday, April 2nd:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL High School Baseball - Laurel Highlands vs Albert Gallatin at 4:00pm on WMBS-AM 590PIHL Notebook: 2012 MSA Sports All-Icers Team
Welcome to the final 2011-12 edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. We conclude our season of coverage as we always do with the unveiling of the “All Icers Team” as voted on by the MSA staff.2011-12 MSA SPORTS NETWORK “ALL ICERS” – FIRST TEAMScholastic Notebook – 03/30/2012
March 30, 2012
The high school baseball season is young and maybe it still isn’t clear as to who are all the best teams are in each classification. But it is quite clear a team worth watching is in Class AAAA. Mount Lebanon. Through the first week of the season, Mount Lebanon just might be the biggest surprise. After all, the Blue Devils weren’t in the MSA Sports preseason top 10. They weren’t in the Post-Gazette top five, either. But heading into Friday, Mount Lebanon had a 3-1 record and had knocked off some of the big boys, namely three teams in the MSA top 10. Mount Lebanon started the season last Friday with a 7-4 victory against No. 5 Pine-Richland. The Blue Devils beat No. 8 North Allegheny, 9-6, on Tuesday. Yesterday, they knocked off No. 1-ranked and defending WPIAL champion Seneca Valley, 10-9.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 03/29/2012
March 29, 2012
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten softball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Tuesday at www.MSAsports.net While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play began Thursday for some district teams. So for now, MSA Sports presents our 'Preseason' WPIAL softball rankings.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (17-1)2) SHALER TITANS (16-2)3) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (9-6)4) LATROBE WILDCATS (17-5)5) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (13-7)6) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (14-5)7) BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS (11-4)MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 03/28/2012
March 28, 2012
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten baseball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Monday at www.MSAsports.net While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play doesn't start for most district teams until next week. So for now, MSA Sports presents our 'Preseason' WPIAL baseball rankings.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS (18-4)2) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (14-6)3) NORWIN KNIGHTS (17-1)4) SHALER TITANS (12-8)5) PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (13-6)6) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (20-3)This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 03/26/2012
March 26, 2012
With the winter high school sports season now completely in the books, the spring high school and college sports season takes center stage as March turns to April this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have Semifinals and Championship Game action in the PIAA boys and girls state basketball playoffs along with the Semifinals and Championships on the PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs and the Pennsylvania Cup Hockey Finals, plus college baseball and women's lacrosse as well as the WPIAL Roundball Report and the PIHL Power Play Show ALL here at MSAsports.netMonday, March 26th:WPIAL Boys High School Lacrosse - North Allegheny vs Mount Lebanon at 8:00pm on the North Allegheny Sports Network at MSAsports.net Tuesday, March 27th:
2012 MSA SPORTS BOYS ALL-NETTERS
March 25, 2012
For the Girls All-Netters team, CLICK HERE. When it comes to picking the player of the year in WPIAL basketball season, you have to be on guard – twice. The MSA Sports staff has selected two guards as the co-Players of the Year. They are Highlands’ Micah Mason and Shaler’s Geno Thorpe. Those two players also lead the MSA Sports All-Netters team for 2012. Here is a look at the players of the year and also the first and second team All-Netters.
2012 MSA SPORTS GIRLS ALL-NETTERS
For the Boys All-Netters team, CLICK HERE.
Quaker Valley Wins Second Class A Pennsylvania Cup, West Allegheny & Bethel Park Fall Short
It was a good day for the Flyers Cup representatives as Council Rock South and LaSalle College claimed Pennsylvania Cup championships, and Quaker Valley making the short trip home with gold in the Class A gameHere are recaps and scoring summaries of all three championships, heard right here on the MSA Sports Network: CLASS AAA PENNSYLVANIA CUP CHAMPIONSHIP: LaSalle College Explorers 6 - Bethel Park Blackhawks 2 LaSalle College has won four of the last five Flyers Cups and won back to back Pennsylvania Cups in 2008-09, the Explorers came into the RMU Island Sports Center and dominated the opening period on the way to a 6-2 victory over the Bethel Park Blackhawks on Sunday night.It's the fourth Pa. Cup for the Explorers, to go with six Flyers Cup in all, LaSalle College ends the season at 24-2.
Chester, Neumann-Goretti, Imhotep Charter & Philly Constitution Win PIAA Boys Hoops Titles
For the second straight year, both Montour in Class AAA and Lincoln Park in Class A, won four rounds of games in the state boys basketball playoffs to qualify for the state finals at Penn State University, and for the second straight year, the Spartans and Leopards return home with silver. A day later, Beaver Falls lost in heartbreak fashion in overtime to defending champion Imhotep Charter as the three WPIAL teams go 0-3 in not so Happy Valley this weekend. Here are ALL of the results from the 2012 PIAA Boys Basketball Playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network.2012 PIAA CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:Chester Clippers 59 - Lower Merion Aces 33PIAA CLASS AAAA Semifinals:Lower Merion Aces 79 - Erie Cathedral Prep Ramblers 48Chester Clippers 67 - Central Dauphin Rams 48PIAA CLASS AAAA Quarterfinals:
Seton-LaSalle, Archbishop Carroll, Archbishop Wood & Steelton-Highspire Win PIAA Girls Basketball Gold
Seton-LaSalle finished a storybook season with a perfect ending. The Rebels ran away with the gold by routing York Catholic in the PIAA Girls Class AA championship game at Penn State University, closing out an undefeated 30-0 season. The news was not so good for two other WPIAL girls teams as Oakland Catholic was shutdown in losing to Archbishop Carroll 56-37 in AAAA while North Catholic lost to Steelton-Highspire 66-59 in Class A. Here are ALL of the final scores from the 2012 WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network.2012 PIAA CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:Archbishop Carroll Patriots 56 - OAKLAND CATHOLIC EAGLES 37 (MSA)PIAA CLASS AAAA Semifinals:OAKLAND CATHOLIC EAGLES 64 - Governor Mifflin Mustangs 39Archbishop Carroll Patriots 65 - Spring-Ford Rams 43
Bethel Park, West Allegheny & Quaker Valley Win 2012 PIHL Penguin Cup Titles
Quaker Valley and West Allegheny were able to overcome all obstacles while playing with the bulls-eye of being the top dawg en route to PIHL high school hockey championships. For the Quakers, it was their third title and first since 2008 while the Indians celebrate their first ever Penguin Cup golden crown. Meanwhile 6th-seed Bethel Park is in 7th heaven after bucking the odds and winning their 7th PIHL championship with a third straight one goal victory. Here are ALL of the results from the 2012 PIHL Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived on the MSA Sports Network at here msasports.net.2012 PIHL FIRST NIAGARA PENGUINS CUP CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:Bethel Park Black Hawks 2 - Peters Township Indians 1 (MSA)PIHL CLASS AAA Semifinals:Bethel Park Black Hawks 3 - Penn-Trafford Warriors 2 (MSA)
Bethel Park Edges Rival Peters Township for Penguins Cup AAA Title
March 24, 2012
The turnaround is complete.Zach Volzer scored with just 1:56 to play, lifting #6 Bethel Park (18-7-1) to their historic 7th PIHL Penguins Cup title, defeating #5 Peters Township (15-6-3) 2-1 Saturday at CONSOL Energy Center.After starting the season 3-7-1, Bethel Park rattled off 15 straight wins, with many of them coming by only one goal.After a scoreless first period, Bethel Park would strike first, as Derek Lesnak would knock in his second goal of the postseason at the 4:40 mark of the second period, making it 1-0 Black Hawks.Peters Township would not wait long to respond, as Trevor Recktenwald would net his 4th goal of the playoffs, evening the score at 1-1.The score would remain ties until Volzer’s goal, as he would take a pass from Lesnak and riffle a shot by Indians’ goaltender Brian Baker, making it 2-1.That was all Bethel Park would need, fending off a furious attack in the final two minutes by Peters Township.2012 PIHL Penguins Cup High School Hockey CLASS AAA Blog
It's championship time, so that means it's MSA Sports blog time! Sure, we are the only place to listen to all three PIHL Penguins Cup Championship Games live (and archived), but if you don't have the time and want a quick update on the happenings of the high school hockey finals all day long from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP: #5 Peters Township Indians vs. #6 Bethel Park BlackhawksBethel Park now has 7 Penguins Cup Championships, the 2nd most out of any PIHL team (Meadville).FINAL SCORE: Bethel Park 2, Peters Township 1.Empty net for Peters Township! 52 seconds to go. GOAL! With just 1:56 to go, Zach Volzer's shot from the point redirects off a Peters player and goes in, making it 2-1 Bethel Park.A couple of penalties each way, but still no scoring. Remains a 1-1 game. 8 minutes to go.
West Allegheny Works Overtime to Win PIHL AA Penguins Cup
Erie Cathedral Prep came into the PIHL Class AA Penguins Cup Championship red hot, as the Ramblers hadn’t lost a game since January. The only loss West Allegheny suffered since November 10th was at the hands of Cathedral Prep (5-0) on February 27th. The Indians were making their second appearance in the finals since 2010, when they were runner up to Latrobe. The Ramblers last captured the Penguins Cup in 1997. These two schools went back and forth in a great match for the AA title at the Consol Energy Center. It took some extra minutes to get the job down, but the wait was well worth it for West Allegheny as the Indians captured their first Penguins Cup.Imhotep Charter Repeats as PIAA Class AA Boys Champs With Overtime Win Over Beaver Falls
Imhotep Charter claimed their second straight PIAA Boys Class AA title, but this time it wasn't easy. The Panthers defeated the Beaver Falls Tigers 56-54 in overtime at the Bryce Jordan Center. It's the third overall title and the second won in extra time, the Panthers need two extra sessions to defeat North Catholic in the 2009 championship game. It was a lot easier last year, the Panthers blew out Greensburg Central Catholic 67-34.Shakur Nesmith forced overtime with a steal and score with 19 seconds remaining. Coach Andre Noble said his kids could have given up at that point, but Nesmith read the trap right and was able to get the tying points. The Tigers had a chance to win it, but Sheldon Jeter missed a deep three.
