Tag: Butler

Butler’s Nesbitt & Sewickley Academy’s Kaye Win WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Championships

April 20, 2012

Last year, Will Nesbitt of Butler beat Vivek Nimgaonkar of Shady Side Academy in a hard fought three-set match in the WPIAL Semifinals before moving on to win the district title. History repeated itself Friday at North Allegheny as Nesbitt beat Nimgaonkar again to claim a second straight WPIAL Class AAA Boys Singles Tennis Championship. Meanwhile in Class AA, Sewickley Academy teammates clashed in the title match where Colin Kaye swept past Grayson Geller in straight sets giving the Panthers junior district gold. Here are all of the results from the 2012 WPIAL Boys Singles Tennis Playoffs.The championship and consolation matches can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports Network.2012 WPIAL CLASS AAA BOYS SINGLES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP:

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball – 04/18/2012

April 18, 2012

Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications every Wednesday at www.MSAsports.net  Log on every day for updated standings and match broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netSection record in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA TOP TEN:1)   NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (6-0) (Last Week #1)2)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (5-1) (Last Week #2)3)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (6-0) (Last Week #3)4)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (5-0) (Last Week #5)5)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (4-2) (Last Week #4)6)   LATROBE WILDCATS  (5-1) (Last Week #6)7)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (4-1) (Last Week #7)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 04/16/2012

April 16, 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, including a NEW #1 team in Class AA. Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (7-1) (Last Week #1)2)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (7-0) (Last Week #2)3)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (8-1) (Last Week #4)4)   SHALER TITANS  (7-2) (Last Week #6)5)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (7-2) (Last Week #7)6)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (7-2) (Last Week #5)7)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (6-2) (Last Week #3)

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Scholastic Notebook – 04/14/2012

April 14, 2012

Tis’ the season for basketball all-star games. The top senior players – boys and girls -  in the WPIAL and City League will be playing in two all-star events the next two Saturdays. The Roundball Classic will be played next Saturday at Geneva College’s Metheny Fieldhouse. This has become the top all-star games in the area. The event includes two boys games and two girls games. The girls games are at 2 and 4, and the boys games at 6 and 8. A few of the top players in the girls games are Oakland Catholic’s Bobbi Baker, Mount Lebanon’s Kelly Johnson and Fort Cherry’s Beka Bellhy, Bethel Park’s Justine Carroll and North Allegheny’s Alexis Aiken. The boys games feature, among others, Highlands’ Micah Mason, Beaver Falls’ Sheldon Jeter, Butler’s Nate Snodgrass, Plum’s Nolan Cressler and Lincoln Park’s Devontae Watson.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball – 04/11/2012

April 11, 2012

Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications every Wednesday at www.MSAsports.net  Log on every day for updated standings and match broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netSection record in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA TOP TEN:1)   NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (4-0) (Last Week #1)2)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (4-0) (Last Week #2)3)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (4-0)  (Last Week #3)4)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (3-1) (Last Week #4)5)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (5-0) (Last Week #5)6)   LATROBE WILDCATS  (3-1) (Last Week #7)

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

April 9, 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  Log on every day for updated standings and game broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Baseball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netWPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (5-1) (Last Week #1)2)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (5-0) (Last Week #3)3)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (6-0) (Last Week #5)4)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (5-1) (Last Week #2)5)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (6-1) (Last Week #9)6)   SHALER TITANS  (4-2) (Last Week #4)7)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (4-2) (Last Week Unranked)8)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (4-2) (Last Week #7)

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Scholastic Notebook – 04/08/2012

April 8, 2012

It is most certainly one of the oddest sports combinations you will see in the WPIAL. You’ll be scratching your head trying to figure out how many times you have seen a championships golfer who also is one of the best shot putters and discus throwers in the district. As odd as it sounds, Katerina Luttner is living out the combination at Fox Chapel High School. She won the WPIAL girls golf championship in 2010 and was the runner-up in 2011. She also has been a medalist at the PIAA level and has a golf scholarship to the University of Mississippi. But in the spring, she throws the discus and shot put for Fox Chapel. This spring, Luttner is the No. 1 discus thrower in the entire WPIAL with a mark of 111 feet, 8 inches. She also has the fourth-best shot put at 34-10.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – Boys Volleyball – 04/05/2012

April 5, 2012

Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications every Wednesday at www.MSAsports.net  Log on every day for updated standings and match broadcasts on your exclusive home for the 2012 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs, the MSA Sports Network at MSAsports.netSection record in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA TOP TEN:1)   NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (3-0) 2)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (2-0) 3)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (2-0)4)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (3-1)5)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (4-0)6)   FOX CHAPEL FOXES  (1-1)7)   LATROBE WILDCATS  (1-1)8)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (2-1)

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2012 MSA SPORTS BOYS ALL-NETTERS

March 25, 2012

For the Girls All-Netters team, CLICK HERE. When it comes to picking the player of the year in WPIAL basketball season, you have to be on guard – twice. The MSA Sports staff has selected two guards as the co-Players of the Year. They are Highlands’ Micah Mason and Shaler’s Geno Thorpe. Those two players also lead the MSA Sports All-Netters team for 2012. Here is a look at the players of the year and also the first and second team All-Netters.

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Scholastic Notebook – 02/24/2012

February 24, 2012

This next statement seems awfully strange: Either Beaver or Trinity will be in the WPIAL Class AAA boys basketball Semifinals. As strange as that sounds, it is true. Beaver and Trinity play in a Quarterfinals game Friday night, and one of them will move on to next Tuesday’s Semifinals. History says how Beaver and Trinity playing in a Semifinals game is unheard of. Trinity has never been to a Semifinals game before, and the Hillers won a grand total of six playoff games in school history. Two of those were this year. The others came last year, one in 2010 and two in 1984. Beaver, meanwhile, has made it to the Semifinals only once in school history. That was in 1987. The Bobcats have only six playoff wins in school history – two this year, two in 1987, one in 1982 and one in 1977.

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