Tag: Avella

CTK 2013 – WPIAL Single-A Tri-County South Conference Preview

August 24, 2013

Youth was served last year in the Tri-County South Conference. Of the 24 positions for first-team all-conference last year, 16 were filled by sophomores. Those players are a year older, which means the Tri-County South could be a little stronger. Last year was the first of the “new” Tri-County South. That basically meant Monessen no longer was in the conference. The Tri-County South did not fare well in the postsesaon as all four teams lost in the first round. Will the conference get to taste any postseason success this year? With so many returning all-conference players, maybe Tri-County South teams will fare better.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Basketball – 01/14/2013

January 14, 2013

Here are the latest MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL Girls Basketball rankings for the 2012-2013 season. Each Monday during the regular season, MSA Sports will release a new Top Ten girls hoops rankings plus daily updated standings with various daily broadcasts and the WPIAL Roundball Report on Wednesday nights at 6:00pm ALL here at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA:1.   Bethel Park Black Hawks  (11-1) (Last Week #1)2.   Mount Lebanon Blue Devils  (11-2) (Last Week #3)3.   North Allegheny Tigers  (10-2) (Last Week #4)4.   Hempfield Spartans  (11-2) (Last Week #5)

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MSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2012 Countdown – #10 through #6

December 31, 2012

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MSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2012 Countdown – #25 through #21

December 28, 2012

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/01/2012

October 1, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Five of the 2012 high school football season. You can check out the new rankings every Monday through the nine week regular season here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)  NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (5-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Six: at #2 Gateway on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (5-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Six: host #1 North Allegheny on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (5-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Six: at Butler on MSA)4)  NORTH HILLS INDIANS  (4-1) (Last Week #6)  (Week Six: host Fox Chapel on MSA)

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WPIAL Week Five Saturday’s Scholastic Starz

September 30, 2012

The only bad thing about a jam-packed Friday night of high school football is that it leaves the Saturday district schedule a tad light. That was the case in Week Five with only THREE WPIAL football games, all on the Class A level. So even though there were only three games, we were still able to keep with the tradition of the Top Five performances from Saturday that led to loud victories on a quiet day.Jake Temple & Nick Kusich - Avella

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WPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Four

September 25, 2012

At the end of the season, we won’t be looking back at Week 4 as one of “those” weeks with dramatic moments, miracle finishes and big games. In fact, 62 of the 67 games were decided by at least two touchdowns. Regardless, we were able to sift through the blowouts and find the three most meaningful plays from the weekend. #1 Avella Eagles 26 - Jefferson-Morgan Rockets 21

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/24/2012

September 24, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Four of the 2012 high school football season. You can check out the new rankings every Monday through the nine week regular season here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)  NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (4-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Five: host Butler on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (4-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Five: at #10 Hempfield on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (4-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Five: host Baldwin)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (4-0) (Last Week #4)  (Week Five: host #7 Seneca Valley Thursday on MSA)

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WPIAL Week Three Friday Night HighLights

September 15, 2012

A little rain never hurt anybody, especially teen-age kids wanted to roll around on the natural surface, aka mud, or slide around on the artificial stuff. Most games were affected in one way or another by rainfall in the early part of the evening throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania, but these players laughed at the elements...and their opponents in enjoying a huge night on the third Friday of the 2012 campaign.Andrew Wingard - West Shamokin

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CTK 2012 – WPIAL A Tri-County South Conference Preview

August 26, 2012

Like most of the other conferences around the WPIAL, the Tri-County South underwent a few changes with the new district realignment for the next two football seasons. it is still a nine-team conference with seven teams returning, but the two changes are significant.Gone are two playoff teams from a year ago, the Monessen Greyhounds and the California Trojans. in 2011, the two combined to go 12-4 in conference and finish in a tie for second place. Entering into the TCS world are the Avella Eagles and the Bentworth Bearcats, the bottom two teams in the Black Hills Conference a year ago who were a combined 1-17 overall in 2011.

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