Sports

Clairton Three-Peats While Central Dauphin, Archbishop Wood & Lancaster Catholic Win 2011 PIAA Football Titles

December 16, 2011

The black and gold Bears are now basking in gold and white after a 35-19 win over Southern Columbia Friday afternoon in Hershey.

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PIAA Votes Down Shorter Football Season

After months of debate and a delay of another night in presentation, a proposal to shorten the PIAA Football season to 15 weeks failed to receive the needed 21 votes for passage Friday afternoon. 

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Wrestling – 12/15/2011

December 15, 2011

Every Thursday through January, MSA Sports ranks the top ten teams in both the WPIAL Class AAA and Class AA. Don't miss Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle Show every Monday at 7:00pm AND weekly matches broadcast as well only here on the MSA Sports Network.WPIAL CLASS AAA:

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MSA Sports Elite Eleven Coming Friday

December 14, 2011

It's a tradition that started in 2001 and has continued on PIAA football championship weekend every year since. MSA Sports will unveil the Class of stars from the 2011 season on Friday with the MSA Sports Elite Eleven Football All-Star Team. It is very tough each season to make the cut of outstanding district football pla

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Big Game Hunting: The WPIAL Football Four-Pack (with three missing)

WOW! Things got pretty crazy in the semifinals and the District Seven teams suffered some close losses. Only one team remains holding the WPIAL banner, but that team is a pretty good team to have on your side, in Tom Nola’s Clairton Bears. This weekend another high school football season will come to a close, it has been so much fun, as they all are for me.

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MSA Sports Top Seven – PIHL High School Hockey – 12/14/2011

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. Here are the rankings for the week of December 11th.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Basketball – 12/13/2011

December 13, 2011

Here are the first MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Boys Basketball rankings for the 2011-2012 regular season. Each Tuesday during the 11-12 regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten boys hoops rankings plus daily updated standings and numerous weekly broadcasts all here at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA TOP TEN:

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball – 12/12/2011

December 12, 2011

Here are the first MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Girls Basketball rankings for the 2011-2012 regular season. Each Monday during the 11-12 regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten girls hoops rankings plus daily updated standings and various weekly broadcasts all here at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA TOP TEN:

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WPIAL Baseball and Softball Alignment Numbers

The WPIAL will put together its new section alignments in January for all sports for the next two school years based on these enrollment numbers. Schools that want to 'Play-Up' in classification must declare by Monday, December 12th at Noon.Total boys - co-op number - sport - classification - school

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PIHL High School Hockey Notebook – 12/12/2011

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. This week, Shaler, Plum, Quaker Valley and Ford City are among the teams “Melting the Ice” while the “Scoreboard Watch” includes some divisional upsets.

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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 12/12/2011

We have one last moment for the fall sports season as the high school football campaign finally comes to an end this week here on the MSA Sports Network.

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WPIAL Football and Boys Basketball Alignment Numbers

December 11, 2011

The WPIAL will put together its new conference/section alignments in January for the next two years based on these enrollment numbers. Schools that want to 'Play-Up' in classification must declare by Monday, December 12th at Noon. Football Enrollments:

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2011-2012 WPIAL Wrestling Preview

The last two high school wrestling seasons have been written the same way, with Canon-McMillan and Burrell ending the year as WPIAL Champions. But can this year be any different? Lets preview the high school wrestling season in both AAA and AA. 

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PIAA Football Semifinals Recaps 2011

December 10, 2011

Four WPIAL Champions entered the final four looking for two more wins in 2011 with dreams of chocolate and gold dancing in their heads. However three District 7 champs had so dreams come to a nightmarish end while the beat goes on for the team that continues to win at an historic pace.

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2011 PIAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF UPDATE…AND THEN THERE WAS ONE

December 9, 2011

Two kicks...an extra point and a field goal proved to be enough Saturday to boot two more WPIAL teams from the Road to Hershey, leaving only one District 7 team still alive for a state crown. North Allegheny saw its 21-game winning streak end on a last second field goal by Central Dauphin in Class AAAA, while a missed co

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Scholastic Notebook – 12/09/2011

High school basketball starts in Pennsylvania tonight, and one of the storylines in the WPIAL is transfers.You can look in every classification in the WPIAL and you will see notable transfers. How good are some of the players? What kind of impact will they have on their new teams? We will start to get some answers to those questions tonight.

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2011-2012 WPIAL Boys Basketball Preview

The 2011-2012 WPIAL boys basketball season tips off on Friday, December 9th as Gateway, Montour, Monessen and Vincentian Academy prepare to defend their championships won back in March. Here is a look at some of the teams and players to watch for this season in each section in all four classifications.CLASS AAAA

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2011-2012 WPIAL Girls Basketball Preview

The 2011-2012 WPIAL girls basketball season tips off on Friday, December 9th as Shaler, Blackhawk, Seton-LaSalle and North Catholic prepare to defend their championships won back in March, while Mount Lebanon vies for a third consecutive PIAA state girls Class AAAA championship.

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Big Game Hunting – WPIAL Football Four-Pack – 12/7/2011

December 7, 2011

A perfect first weekend of state playoff action for the WPIAL teams gives us another full slate of big games as we get set for the PIAA semi-final round. Any football coach will tell you that if you are still playing football as the Christmas decorations are going up it is a very good thing.

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MSA Sports Top Seven – PIHL High School Hockey – 12/07/2011

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. Here are the rankings for the week of December 4th.

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