Sports
Scholastic Notebook – 02/17/2012
February 17, 2012
The coaching wheels are turning – not only in football, but already in basketball. There were some noteworthy coaching changes in both sports this week.Hempfield’s Nicole Metz on Target, Wins 2012 WPIAL Rifle Title
The girls ruled the day at the 2012 WPIAL Individual Rifle Championship Thursday afternoon at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmens Club in Canonsburg. When the 'smoke' cleared, girls claimed the top ten spots, led by Hempfield's Nicole Metz.Metz, the runner-up a year ago, finished with a final total of 200-18x, one of five shooters to register the same score. Metz won the gold because she had six center shots while the other four had five center shots.Girls claiming the top ten spots was a first in WPIAL Individual Rifle history. The other nine were:MSA Sports Top Seven – PIHL High School Hockey – 02/15/2012
February 15, 2012
Each Wednesday during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top seven teams in all four classifications/divisions in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League...including NEW #1 teams in Class AAA and Class AA. Don't miss “The PIHL Power Play Show” every Wednesday at 8:00pm and the "PIHL High School Hockey Notebook" every Monday during the season only here on the MSA Sports Network.PIHL CLASS AAA:1) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (12-3-3) (Last Week #5)2) CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS (16-2-0) (Last Week #1)3) PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (16-2-0) (Last Week #2)4) NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS (15-4-1) (Last Week #3)5) MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS (14-4-1) (Last Week #4)6) BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS (10-7-1) (Last Week #6)Woodland Hills Shoots For Gold, Wins 2012 Team Rifle Title
For the first time in 14 years, Woodland Hills High School is celebrating a WPIAL Team Rifle Championship. Tuesday afternoon at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen's Club in Canonsburg, the Wolverines edged second pace Hempfield to claim the schools third rifle title and first since 1998. Woody High's first championship was in 1992.Brendan Boyle, Colin Letson, Chuck Pantalone and Quinn Rouse all shot a 100-9x to lead the way for Woodland Hills, while Miranda Johnston and Mario Scaramouche shot a 100-8x.The Wolverines ' score of 800-65x was four better than runner-up Hempfield, which shot an 800-61x. Avella finished third with a score of 799-58x. The defending champion Trinity Hillers finished in fourth place.2012 WPIAL GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
February 14, 2012
Through two rounds of the girls version of the Battle to the Bluff, the three of the four defending champions (Blackhawk, Seton-LaSalle and North Catholic) and all four #1 and #2 seeds are still alive. Double-digit seeds Upper St. Clair, Steel Valley, Keystone Oaks and Riverview have decided to crash the Semi's party, while AAAA Section 4 and AA Section 5 have been dominant. Here are ALL of the final scores from the Preliminary Round, First Round and the Quarterfinals, PLUS the sites and times for Semifinals on Tuesday and Wednesday in the 2012 WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoffs. Once again, MSA Sports will broadcast every WPIAL girls basketball playoff game sponsored in part by McDonalds and Carlow University.WPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:
PIHL High School Hockey Notebook – 02/13/2012
February 13, 2012
Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. Check out which teams are hot right now in “Melting the Ice” and track recent game action in “Scoreboard Watch.” Plus, we preview upcoming MSA broadcasts and quote guests from the show in “They Said It.”This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 02/13/2012
Because we think YOU are special, our Valentines Day gift to you is plenty of regular season and postseason high school and college basketball, wrestling and hockey action all week long here on the MSA Sports Network.Ineligible Player Leads to Forfeits, Which Leads to Playoff Vacancy
MSA Sports has learned that the WPIAL girls basketball playing field has shrunk by one team before the brackets have even been announced. District officials say the use of an ineligible player has forced the Wilkinsburg Tigers girls basketball team to forfeit two section victories, costing them their playoff spot.Moon is Golden in 2012 WPIAL Girls Gymnastics Championships
February 12, 2012
For only the second time in school history and the first time since 2008, the Moon Tigers are queens of WPIAL Girls Gymnastics after they captured the team title in their own gym Saturday afternoon. The win for Moon ends the title run for another group of Tigers as North Allegheny's string of three consecutive championshi
Canon-McMillan Golden in Claiming PIAA Team Wrestling AAA Title
February 11, 2012
It wasn’t easy, but Canon-McMillan (24-0) won the 2012 PIAA Class AAA team wrestling championship with a 35-20 victory over McDowell (18-2) this afternoon at the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. In a dual meet that featured four lead changes, the Trojans made things very interesting. After winning six of the first nine bouts contested, McDowell built a slim four point lead.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoff Field
Each week the MSA Sports rank the top ten basketball teams with two simple rules...you win and your likely to move up, you lose and your probably going to drop. Now we will rank the entire WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoff field not based on one weeks work, but on an entire regular season as each teams body of work.Overall record through Sunday, February 12th is in parenthesis.MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Basketball Playoff Field
Each week the MSA Sports rank the top ten basketball teams with two simple rules...you win and your likely to move up, you lose and your probably going to drop. Now we will rank the entire WPIAL Boys Basketball Playoff field not based on one weeks work, but on an entire regular season as each teams body of work.
PIAA Team Wrestling Championships – Day Three Highlights
Mechanicsburg’s talented big men proved to be too much for North Allegheny (20-6) to overcome, as the District 3 runner-up Wildcats tamed the Tigers, 43-22, in a fourth round consolation match today at the PIAA Team Championships at the GIANT Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. North Allegheny led early, 6-0, on the strength of decisions by sophomores Domenic Forys (113 pounds) and Blynn Shideler (120 pounds). The Wildcats’ Tristan Skelly then knotted the match at 6-6 with a fall at 126 pounds. The Tigers regained the lead briefly at 10-6 as sophomore Jesse Rodgers tallied a convincing 14-1 major decision over Kyle Shuler at 138 pounds. But it would prove to be the final lead of the match for North Allegheny.Scholastic Notebook – 02/10/2012
February 10, 2012
The WPIAL boys basketball playoffs will seem a little strange this year without Upper St. Clair. The Panthers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2001 and their 10-year streak was the longest current streak in Class AAAA.PIAA Team Wrestling Championships – Day Two Highlights
With one huge victory, Canon-McMillan (22-0) ended Central Dauphin’s four year stranglehold on the PIAA Class AAA title; ended the Rams’ state-record of 95 straight dual meet wins; and earned the opportunity to win its first-ever state team championship.PIAA Team Wrestling Championships – Day One Highlights
February 9, 2012
The WPIAL saved its strongest team for last, the Class AAA District 7 champion Canon-McMillan Big Macs (20-0).WPIAL Boys Basketball Postseason Clinchings and Playoff Picture
February 8, 2012
82 WPIAL boys basketball teams have reached one of their goals in making the district postseason. Now next up on the chalkboard wish list...a WPIAL golden basketball. Section play in the regular season has come to an end and the focus now switches to the 'Battle to the Bluff' and the 2012 WPIAL Boys Basketball Playoffs.WPIAL Girls Basketball Postseason Clinchings and Playoff Picture
The WPIAL girls basketball playoff field is all set with 82 teams having clinched postseason berths and preparing for the 'Battle to the Bluff'. Here are ALL of the final playoff clinchings in all four classifications as we prepare for the WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoffs starting next week.MSA Sports Top Seven – PIHL High School Hockey – 02/08/2012
Each Wednesday during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top seven teams in all four classifications/divisions in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League. Don't miss “The PIHL Power Play Show” every Wednesday at 8:00pm and the "PIHL High School Hockey Notebook" every Monday during the season only here on the MSA Sports Network.
