Tag: Beaver

Chicks Picks – Week Three – 2017

September 15, 2017

Welcome to Week 3 of the high school football season. When Chick’s Picks received a call from The Boss late last week, her first thought was – Uh oh!  The Boss never summons her this early in the season, unless there is a problem.  Chick’s Picks packed up her trusty crystal ball and headed to […]

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Big Game Hunting – Week Two

September 7, 2017

Week two gets us into the thick of the 2017 WPIAL football season with some dandy matchups on the MSA sports network. In fact there are so many dandy match ups that we find ourselves in the unique situation of having all six games in BGH feature a battle of Top Ten teams. So let’s […]

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CTK ’17 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten – Class 3-A

August 29, 2017

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each of the six classifications. With days to go before the 2017 WPIAL football regular season kicks off for all with Week One, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams…with the Top Ten in Class […]

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CTK ’17 – WPIAL Saturday Football Schedule

August 21, 2017

While there is little doubt that high school football is king on Friday nights in Western Pennsylvania, Saturday high school football in the WPIAL is still enjoyed by many, although sadly it is becoming a dying breed with only five schools that play a majority of their home games on Saturday afternoons or evenings. Last […]

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HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the specialists

The season already was underway when Pine-Richland opened its kicker spot to a school-wide tryout. The winner was Vittorio Orsini, a soccer player who already

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CTK ’17 – 3-A Beaver Valley Conference Preview

As many predicted, last year’s Beaver Valley Conference was so strong that, with the new classifications, at least one extremely qualified team would be left out of the postseason. Beaver went from first place to out of the playoffs altogether with one Week Nine defeat. With only two teams guaranteed to make the playoffs, every […]

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HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the offensive linemen

August 16, 2017

Western Pennsylvania's depth at skill positions varies between seasons, with an extra strong running back or quarterback class every couple of years. Yet oversized linemen

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WPIAL football conference preview: Class 3A Beaver Valley

August 14, 2017

The favorite Aliquippa (10-3 overall, 5-1 Beaver Valley in 2016) Aliquippa's success is unmatched in the modern era of WPIAL football. The Quips have made

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2016-2017 MSA Sports Male Athletes of the Year

July 5, 2017

Darius Wise and Austin Butler were both 'Cats in high school, Wise playing for the Beaver Bobcats and Butler for the Latrobe Wildcats. But when it comes to athletes, Wise and Butler are top dogs. Wise and Butler, who both graduated last month, have been selected the MSA Sports Co-Athletes of the Year. The MSA Sports staff selects the athlete of the year from all WPIAL schools. In the days of high school athletes specializing in one sport, Wise and Butler were throwbacks. They were multi-sports athletes - in the same three sports. But it's not just competing in three sports that made them stand out, it's what they achieved in the three sports that made them two of a kind.

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MSA Sports 2017 Girls All-Netters

March 31, 2017

There are more than 8,000 reasons to like the players on the first team of this year’s MSA All Netters girls all-star team. That’s how many points the five players have scored in their careers. The All Netters team is selected by the MSA Sports staff and takes into consideration all players in the WPIAL. This year’s first team consists of three seniors and two juniors, and the three seniors are all headed to Division I colleges. And all five were big scorers. One of the seniors is among the top 10 scorers in WPIAL history. Here is a look at the first- and second-team selections on the All Netters team, as well as the Player of the Year. FIRST TEAM: PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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