Tag: Central Valley

Big Game Hunting – The Football Fourpack for Week 12

November 13, 2013

Week 12 of the WPIAL 2013 football season arrives this Friday, and as a great man once said, “It’s déjà vu all over again”. We have the exact same final four teams alive in the smallest classification, a rematch of the championship game in AA, three of the final four from last year’s AAA tournament and a rematch in one of the AAAA semis from a year ago as well. Truthfully I could almost copy and paste last year’s Big Game Hunting for the semis right onto this page, but I only copy from the best, and since Don Rebel has not written anything yet regarding the 2013 semis. This will be a fresh edition of Big Game Hunting.

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2013 WPIAL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS RESULTS

November 3, 2013

One top-seed went on to win a title while another was stunned in the championship finals. There were no repeat winners from 2012 while two of the three winners in the end captured the golden soccer crown for the first time in school history. Those were some of the fast facts as Seneca Valley in Triple-A, Central Valley in Double-A and Shady Side Academy in Single-A  were the winners of the 2013 WPIAL Girls Soccer Playoffs.All matches with (MSA) after the result can be heard archived ONLY here on the MSA Sports Network.2013 WPIAL CLASS AAA CHAMPIONSHIP:Seneca Valley Raiders 1 - Peters Township Indians 0  (MSA)WPIAL CLASS AAA Consolation:

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West Allegheny Boys & Central Valley Girls Win WPIAL Class AA Soccer Titles

November 2, 2013

Coming into Super Soccer Saturday, West Allegheny was the top seed in the Boys Class AA playoff field while Central Valley was the only undefeated and untied team remaining in the WPIAL. At then end of the day, both were wearing the golden crown in the sport of soccer for the first time in their schools history. Here are the recaps from both Class AA district championship soccer matches.AA Girls:  Central Valley Warriors 2 - Hopewell Vikings 1

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights for Week Ten

To the victors go the spoils. Or in the case of the WPIAL football playoffs...to the victors goes a spot on Quarterfinals Friday. Round One is on the books on this years ride on the Highway to Heinz as 32 teams prevailed and live to fight another day for the gold at the end of the rainbow which splashes down at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh in three weeks. Sometimes the first postseason win is a walk in park or a fight to the bitter end. Whether is one one extreme or the other, or somewhere in the middle, here are the players that got their primetime jaunt off on the right foot in the First Round of the district playoffs.Luigi Lista-Brinza, Riley Redman and J.J. Cosentino - Pittsburgh Central Catholic

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Scholastic Notebook – 11/01/2013

November 1, 2013

Moon’s running game went from Colaianni to Cole, and now everything is cool with the Tigers on the ground.Moon is in the WPIAL football playoffs this season for the first time since 2006, and one of the main reasons for the turnaround is Cole Blake, a senior running back who is the fifth-leading rusher in the WPIAL heading into the playoffs.Blake has made a name for himself, rushing for 1,457 yards. He set a school record with 342 yards in one game. But Blake’s story is interesting in that he only got a chance to be the featured back this year because of an injury. Suffice to say, Blake has run with that chance.

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USC’s Grant Engel & Cent Valley’s Macky Fouse Win PIAA State Golf Championships

October 23, 2013

After finishing in fourth place in the WPIAL golf championships three weeks ago, Grant Engel rose to the occasion on the bigger stage of the state championships as the Upper St. Clair senior captured the PIAA Class AAA Individual Golf Championship at the two day event at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Meanwhile, WPIAL Girls Class AA champion Macky Fouse, a senior from Central Valley doubled her pleasure with a state title to add to her district gold by shooting a two day total of 152.Engel shot a 73 to follow up on a 74 on Monday for a 147 and a two stroke victory over Andrew Willner of Conestoga. Engle's Uper St. Clair teammate Thomas Steve shot a 154 to tie Fox Chapel's Patrick Sheerer as the next closest WPIAL golfers as they finished in 10th place.

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Scholastic Notebook – 10/11/2013

October 11, 2013

The Beaver football team changed its offense this year, going to a spread offense with much more passing.You could say the new offense has been a Rowse-ing success.Alex Rowse is Beaver’s quarterback and is doing things unheard of by Beaver quarterbacks. After six weeks of the season, Rowse leads the entire WPIAL in passing yardage with 1,581 yards. To put that in perspective, consider that last year’s quarterbacks – Rowse and Austin Ross - had less than 1,000 yards passing combined.

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Penn-Trafford & Central Valley Capture WPIAL Girls Team Golf Gold

October 10, 2013

The song remains the same when it comes to the girls team golf landscape in District 7. For the second year in a row and the second time in school history, Penn-Trafford captured the WPIAL Class AAA with a four stroke victory over runner-up North Allegheny and the rest of the seven team field. Meanwhile, Central Valley continued its dominance in Class AA with a second straight crown earned with a convincing 82-stroke victory over runner-up Sewickley Academy and the other two finalists. Here are ALL of the results from the 2013 WPIAL Girls Team Golf Championships held Thursday at the Cedarbrook Golf Club in Belle Vernon.WPIAL CLASS AAA GIRLS TEAM GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP:AT Cedarbrook Golf Club in Belle Vernon:

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MSA Sports Big Game Hunting – Week Six

October 2, 2013

Week six just like that and while everyone in town is thinking about baseball we need to focus on the stretch run as it is just around the corner for the WPIAL football season. It is time to start jockeying for position, wins for your team and for teams your team has already beaten become bigger and bigger now as you hope to convince the playoff seeding committee of your team’s worthiness. Take care of your business and it will matter not what others think or believe about your team. That is the best thing about high school football, we play it out, win and your ranking has no bearing whatsoever on your chance at the crown.

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Five 2013

October 1, 2013

Another exciting week of 2013 WPIAL football is in the books. And while it was not as historic as last week, it was a week full of terrific defensive performances, late heroics… and one really meaningful punt. Some big showdowns are on the horizon in Week Six. But for now, let’s take a look at the top plays from Week Five.#1 Gateway 22, Hempfield 16

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