Tag: Bishop Canevin

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/11/2012

September 11, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 10th. You can check out the new rankings every Tuesday through the regular season with daily updated girls soccer standings here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA:1)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (2-0-0) (Last Week #1)2)  PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (3-0-0) (Last Week #2)3)  NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (4-0-0) (Last Week #4)4)  PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (3-1-0) (Last Week #3)5)  NORWIN KNIGHTS  (3-0-0) (Last Week #7)6)  HAMPTON TALBOTS  (2-0-0) (Last Week Unranked)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/10/2012

September 10, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Two 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  (2-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Three host #5 Seneca Valley on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (2-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Three: at #10 Kiski Area on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (2-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Three: at #9 Peters Township on MSA)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (2-0) (Last Week #4)  (Week Three: host Canon-McMillan)

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WPIAL Week Two Saturday’s Scholastic Starz

September 9, 2012

There were not a whole lot of stars shining on the second Saturday of the WPIAL football season. No, it had nothing to do with the rainy afternoon or overcast evening. There were only three games played in District 7 on Saturday. Here are the performances that made those three contests seem very special.Patrick O'Malley - Steel Valley

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/04/2012

September 4, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week One 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  (1-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Two host Fox Chapel on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (1-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Two: at Connellsville on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (1-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Two: at Canon-McMillan)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (1-0) (Last Week #6)  (Week Two: host #6 North Hills on MSA)

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Scholastic Notebook – 08/31/2012

August 31, 2012

The storylines are many as the WPIAL football season kicks off tonight. But is there a storyline with more irony than the Springdale at West Shamokin game? There is the new guy taking over for one of the winningest coaches in WPIAL history, and his first game is against a team with a historical losing streak. Dave Leasure will be in his first game as Springdale’s head coach. He takes over for Chuck Wagner, who retired last season after 47 years as a high school head coach in the WPIAL (Oakmont, Riverview, Fox Chapel and Springdale high schools). Wagner retired with a record of 270-202-11, and the 270 wins are fourth on the all-time list.

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CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Class A

August 29, 2012

Each and every Monday during the regular season starting on Labor Day (9/3), the MSA Sports Network will rank the top ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2012 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class A.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS A PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1.    CLAIRTON BEARS  (16-0)2.    STO-ROX VIKINGS  (12-1)3.    ROCHESTER RAMS  (10-2)4.    BRENTWOOD SPARTANS  (9-2)

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CTK 2012 – WPIAL A Black Hills Conference Preview

August 23, 2012

The Black Hills Conference already was pretty good. But after the WPIAL’s realignment of conferences for this season, the Hills are alive even more. A few changes to the Black Hills made it a 10-team conference – and also made it stronger. One of the conference’s new members is Bishop Canevin, a team that is always more than competitive. Coach Bob Jacoby’s team was 11-1 last year and made the WPIAL semifinals. Monessen, which always has some talented players, moved into the Black Hills from the Tri-County South. California and Imani Christian also are new additions to the league. California comes from the Tri-County South while this is Imani’s first year in the WPIAL.

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WPIAL Hires, Resignations and Commitments

July 18, 2012

Even though the school doors are locked and the student-athletes are preparing for a new school year, there has been plenty of news in the first couple weeks of July with athletic directors and coaches on the move as well as players making D-I verbal agreements.Butschle Steps Down at Sto-RoxThe 2011 WPIAL Class A runner-up is looking for a new coach just one month before training camp officially opens up. Ron Butschle's second stint as head coach at Sto-Rox has ended when he resigned due to personal reasons.Butschle, who led the Vikings to an undefeated regular season last fall and a berth in the district title game, hopes to coach again some day, but a family situation has forced him to step away at least for the 2012 season.

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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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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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