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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 03/29/2012

March 29, 2012

  Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten softball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Tuesday at www.MSAsports.net  While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play began Thursday for some district teams. So for now, MSA Sports presents our 'Preseason' WPIAL softball rankings.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (17-1)2)   SHALER TITANS  (16-2)3)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (9-6)4)   LATROBE WILDCATS  (17-5)5)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (13-7)6)   NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (14-5)7)   BALDWIN HIGHLANDERS  (11-4)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 03/28/2012

March 28, 2012

Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten baseball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Monday at www.MSAsports.net  While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play doesn't start for most district teams until next week. So for now, MSA Sports presents our 'Preseason' WPIAL baseball rankings.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (18-4)2)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (14-6)3)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (17-1)4)   SHALER TITANS  (12-8)5)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (13-6)6)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (20-3)

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Scholastic Notebook – 03/09/2012

March 9, 2012

Derry Area wrestler Jimmy Gulibon is in Hershey this weekend, trying to make history. The Derry senior is trying to become only the 10th wrestler in Pennsylvania to win four state titles. If Gulibon wins, this one would probably mean the most, simply because of what he overcame this season. Flash back to late December, when Gulibon was wrestling in the finals of the Powerade Tournament. He won, but sustained a left knee injury. Gulibon, and some others, thought the injury might be serious. They thought it might be an ACL tear. “He was very scared because he never even really had an injury before,” said Derry coach Mike Weinell. “We didn’t know at the time how serious it was. Jimmy just knew he couldn’t do what he does. He couldn’t push off his foot or his leg.”

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2012 WPIAL Team Wrestling Sectionals RESULTS

January 20, 2012

With the WPIAL Team Wrestling Playoffs starting next week, the steering committee got a hand Wednesday night with the team sectionals taking place at seven different sites. With the five matches in the books from each site, each section has its five teams now ranked from one to fiv

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2011 PIAA Boys Soccer Playoffs

November 7, 2011

Six of the eight WPIAL boys soccer teams playing in the state playoffs won their opening round contest and are moving on to the second round, including district champions Upper St. Clair in AAA and Hampton in AA. However one of two district teams to fall on Tuesday along with Peters Township was WPIAL Class A champion Seton-LaSalle.

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Hampton Wins Second Straight WPIAL Boys AA Soccer Championship

November 5, 2011

It was a repeat performance for Hampton, and for the 2nd straight season, the Talbots are the WPIAL Boys Class-AA champions.  Hampton scored 3 first half goals and used a stifling defense to hold the 14th seeded Leopards at bay for their 20th consecutive win.

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Upper St. Clair, Hampton & Seton-LaSalle Win 2011 WPIAL Boys Soccer Crowns

November 1, 2011

The three district boys soccer champions from 2010 all entered Super Soccer Saturday with a chance to repeat here in 2011. Two teams, Hampton in AA and Seton-LaSalle in A were able to succeed in winning more gold on the pitch. However Peters Township in AAA fell short in losing to section rival Upper St.

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2011 WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS 10/31

October 31, 2011

The matchups have been set and the countdown begins for the ceremonial ribbon to be cut for the opening of the Highway to Heinz. The WPIAL Playoffs kick off with 32 opening round games coming up Friday, November 4th as we whittle 64 hopeful teams down to four golden champions.

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Scholastic Notebook – 10/28/2011

October 28, 2011

If you had to pick the most famous Beaver Falls football player ever, it would undoubtedly be Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. But Beaver Falls is becoming the place known for running backs.Running backs who run for 4,000 yards.

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2011 WPIAL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS – 10/26

October 26, 2011

The top two seeds in each of the three classifications have now passed two tests as they head to the Final Four. Defending champions Peters Township, Hampton and Seton-LaSalle are also still alive through two rounds.

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