Tag: Belle Vernon

Scholastic Notebook – 06/01/2012

June 1, 2012

After Blackhawk’s Brendan McKay pitched a shutout in the WPIAL Class AAA championship Thursday, Blackhawk coach Bob Amalia said there is no stage too big for McKay. But as sophomores go, McKay has the entire stage to himself. The way McKay has pitched this season brings about a question. Has there ever been a sophomore pitcher in the WPIAL who has enjoyed this much success in one of the largest classifications? McKay, a sophomore left-hander, has been tremendous for a pitcher in any year, let alone one in his sophomore season. His statistics go beyond impressive.

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Cougars Win Catfight, Beat Leopards in WPIAL AAA Baseball Thriller

May 31, 2012

Coach Bob Amalia's nerves have got to be frazzled as the Blackhawk Cougars won their first WPIAL baseball championship since 2004 with a 1-0 victory over the Belle Vernon Leopards at Consol Energy Field on Thursday night. The Cougars have won three straight 1-0 games on their run to the title, defeating Char Valley in the quarterfinals and Thomas Jefferson in nine innings in the semis.

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WPIAL Baseball and Softball Consolation Recaps

May 30, 2012

In the midst of all of the WPIAL baseball and softball championship games are five contests on Wednesday with the postseason future of ten district teams up for grabs. Three softball consolation games at California University of Pennsylvania and a pair of baseball consolation games at the Washington & Jefferson Sports Complex were broadcast on The Network with the five winners earning a berth in the PIAA state playoffs that begin next week. Here are the recaps from those games.Special thanks to Brandon Showers, Bob Gregg, Greg Kuntz, Mike Azadian and Josh Rowntree for their help on these recaps!

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2012 WPIAL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEWS

May 28, 2012

The baseball season begins to wind down in Western Pennsylvania as four champions will be crowned over the next two days. Stay with the MSA Sports Network for complete pre-game, game and post-game coverage from Consol Energy Park from the first pitch until the final gold medal has been handed out.Here are previews of all four title game:

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Scholastic Notebook – 05/25/2012

May 25, 2012

Seven of the eight teams in the WPIAL baseball finals are quite familiar with this championship stuff. They all have won at least one title in the past nine seasons. As championship traditions go, the eighth team in the finals is like the odd man out. Belle Vernon has never won a WPIAL championship, and  the WPIAL has been staging championships since 1914. Belle Vernon will try to win its first title when it plays Blackhawk in the Class AAA championship Tuesday night at Consol Energy Field in Washington.

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2012 WPIAL BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

May 23, 2012

After a long Monday of baseball with seven finalists spots secured with some outstanding diamond action, with a suspended game thrown in for the fun of it. Now the Final Four is officially in the books after that suspended Class AAAA game was finished and the finals are set in the 2012 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs. Here are ALL of the final scores from Semifinals Monday and Tuesday, plus the four championship game matchups set for CONSOL Energy Field in Washington next week.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:#9 Mount Lebanon Blue Devils (14-8) vs Seneca Valley Raiders (17-4) AT CONSOL Energy Park in Washington on Wednesday, May 30th at 8:00pm on MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA Semifinals:

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 05/01/2012

May 1, 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  Here are this weeks rankings, i

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/24/2012

April 24, 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, including another NEW #1 team 

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/17/2012

April 17, 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, including NEW #1 teams again this week in Class AAAA and Class AAA. Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts, including the Hometown Softball Program here on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Softball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   SHALER TITANS  (8-2) (Last Week #5)2)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (8-1) (Last Week Unranked)3)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (6-3) (Last Week #4)4)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (8-3) (Last Week #1)5)   CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS  (7-2) (Last Week Unranked)6)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (8-2) (Last Week #9)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/10/2012

April 10, 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, including NEW #1 teams this week in Class AAAA, Class AAA and Class AA. Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts, including the Hometown Softball Program here on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Softball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (6-2) (Last Week #2)2)   FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (6-0) (Last Week #5)3)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (7-1) (Last Week #6)4)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (3-3) (Last Week #3)5)   SHALER TITANS  (5-2) (Last Week #1)

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