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North Allegheny girls, Mars boys stay atop Trib 10 power rankings

January 10, 2018

Every Wednesday during the 2017-18 WPIAL basketball season, the TribLive High School Sports Network will release weekly power rankings. These rankings have zero classification boundaries.

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Clairton, Ambridge join state boys basketball rankings

January 8, 2018

Clairton and Ambridge joined the state boys basketball top 10 rankings this week in Class A and 4A, respectively. Other WPIAL representatives include Penn Hills

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WPIBL leaders post big numbers through December matches

December 27, 2017

Franklin Regional senior Kyle Wilkinson had perhaps the highlight of the first month of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling League 2017-18 season. Last week in

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Westmoreland WPIAL girls soccer playoff capsules

October 22, 2017

Class AAAA First round No. 2 Penn-Trafford (13-3-1) vs. No. 15 Penn Hills (6-10) 8 p.m. Monday at Penn-Trafford Winner plays: No. 7 Fox Chapel

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Highlands gets victory in coach Dom Girardi’s debut

September 1, 2017

It was a golden start for the Dom Girardi era of Highlands football. In his first game as the Golden Rams' coach, Girardi's squad topped

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CTK ’17 – 4-A Northwest Nine Conference Preview

August 21, 2017

Throughout the WPIAL, it is tough to imagine a conference more diverse than the 4A Northwest Nine. One team with a prolific spread offense passing attack, another with a team that threw the ball on average just over six times per game, and a couple of teams with quality dual-threat quarterbacks. Each week is a […]

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WPIAL football conference preview: Class 4A Northwest Nine

August 12, 2017

The favorite South Fayette (10-1 overall, 8-0 Northwest Nine in 2016) South Fayette rode a high-powered offense to an undefeated regular season and Northwest Nine

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MSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2016 – #25 through #21

December 28, 2016

It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holiday season here at the MSA Sports Network. As we close out 2016 and another great high school sports year, we look back at some of the top stories from around the WPIAL in calendar year 2016. We begin our countdown with #25 through #21. #25 - CROSS-COUNTRY RUN ENDS

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Scholastic Notebook – 10/07/2016

October 7, 2016

It seems dual-threat quarterbacks are all the rage in high school football these days, from Western Pennsylvania to all around the country. Just take a look at the leading rushers in the WPIAL to see the effects that dual-threat QBs are having. Among the top 25 rushers in the WPIAL, four are quarterbacks – and two of the top seven are quarterbacks. Beaver quarterback Darius Wise is third in the WPIAL in rushing with 1,093 yards. Burrell’s Max Garda is seventh with 791. Wise is averaging 11 yards a carry. After those two, McGuffey’s Marcus Czulewicz is 15th with 702 yards rushing and North Allegheny’s Ethan Maenza 23rd with 584 yards, and he missed a game with an injury.

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CTK ’16: 4-A Northwest Nine Conference Preview

August 21, 2016

With the coming of six classifications, some conferences were merged into others. Gone is the Parkway Conference, one of the toughest in the nation. Also gone is the Greater Allegheny, known for some REALLY long bus trips over a 5 county area. Now we have the Northwest Nine, a combination of the two above mentioned with a little Century Conference thrown in. Let’s preview the new conference, which is sure to be exciting for fans over the next 2 years. AMBRIDGE BRIDGERS The Bridgers finished 5-5 last season and made the playoffs for the first time since 2005 out of the Parkway Conference. Ambridge won their last 3 conference games to make the Highway to Heinz. That was the good news.

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