Tag: Chartiers Valley

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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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/03/2012

April 3, 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  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  (3-1) (Last Week #2)2)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (1-0) (Last Week #3) 3)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (2-2) (Last Week #1)4)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (5-0) (Last Week #5)5)   FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (5-0) (Last Week #8)6)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (5-1) (Last Week #10)

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PIHL Notebook: 2012 MSA Sports All-Icers Team

April 2, 2012

Welcome to the final 2011-12 edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. We conclude our season of coverage as we always do with the unveiling of the “All Icers Team” as voted on by the MSA staff.2011-12 MSA SPORTS NETWORK “ALL ICERS” – FIRST TEAM

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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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PIAA Basketball Semifinals Wednesday Recaps

March 22, 2012

The 2012 WPIAL Class A girls champs and the lone district team remaining in Class AAA were eliminated on Wednesday, two WPIAL teams got their ticket punched to Happy Valley. Beaver Falls boys and North Catholic girls will join Montour, Lincoln Park, Oakland Catholic and Seton-LaSalle at Penn State University this weekend participating in the state championship games. Here are recaps from the games involving D-7 teams on Semifinals Wednesday in the PIAA Basketball Playoffs.Thanks to Bob Barrickman, Ryan Lucas and Jason Lucia for their help with these recaps.PIAA BOYS CLASS AA SEMIFINALS: Beaver Falls Tigers 55 - Quaker Valley Quakers 45

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PIHL Penguins Cup Semifinals Tuesday Recaps

March 21, 2012

The PIHL Penguins Cup Semifinals continued Tuesday night with Class AA taking center stage. Both Erie Cathedral Prep and West Allegheny fell behind early before coming back to win at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Complex. Here are recaps from both games.Erie Cathedral Prep Ramblers 6 - Chartiers Valley Colts 4 By Josh RowntreeThey say the 15th Anniversary the "crystal" anniversary.But on Saturday, the Erie Cathedral Prep hockey team will be looking for gold as they will play for their third Penguins Cup Championship, with the last coming 15 years ago.Jimmy Bufalino and Mitch Cambell each netted hat tricks and #4 Prep knocked off #2 Chartiers Valley 6-4 in a wild semifinal matchup at the RMU Island Sports Center.

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PIHL High School Hockey Notebook – 03/19/2012

March 19, 2012

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. This week, we have another special playoff edition in store, this time continuing the annual tradition with our complete Penguins Cup Semifinal preview capsules on all 12 teams vying for the right to compete on Consol Energy Center ice this Saturday.PIHL PENGUINS CUP CLASS A Semifinals:#1 Quaker Valley Quakers (18-1-1) vs. #4 Kittanning Wildcats (14-5-1) at Island Sports Center on Neville Island on Monday, March 19th at 6:00pm on msasports.net

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PIHL High School Hockey Notebook – 03/12/2012

March 12, 2012

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. This week, we have a special edition on tap as we preview all opening round matchups in the 2012 Penguins Cup Playoffs. Plus, see what Quaker Valley head coach Kevin Quinn had to say about Class A’s number one seed on last week’s show in “They Said It.”PIHL CLASS AAA:FIRST ROUND BYES1. Penn-Trafford (19-2-1) 2. Canon-McMillan (19-3-0) 3. North Allegheny (16-5-1) 4. Mount Lebanon (15-6-1)FIRST ROUND GAMES

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MSA Sports Top Seven – PIHL High School Hockey Playoff Rankings

March 7, 2012

Each Wednesday during the regular season, MSA Sports ranked the top seven teams in all four classifications/divisions in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League. With the regular season winding down and the PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs starting next week, in our final rankings of the season, we rank all 12 AAA, and all 10 AA and A playoff teams as the chase for the cup is set to begin on MSA Sports. Don't miss “The PIHL Power Play Show” every Wednesday at 8:00pm and the "PIHL High School Hockey Notebook" every Monday during the season only here on the MSA Sports Network.PIHL CLASS AAA - 12 TEAMS:

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PIHL High School Hockey Notebook – 03/05/2012

March 5, 2012

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. Check out which teams are hot right now in “Melting the Ice” and track recent game action in “Scoreboard Watch.” Plus, we preview upcoming MSA broadcasts and quote guests from the show in “They Said It.”PIHL CLASS AAA:MELTING THE ICEBethel Park’s winning streak has reached 10 games, with the unbeaten streak at 11 … Defending state champion Upper St. Clair has gotten hot at the right time, winning two in a row to get above the .500 mark … Penn-Trafford has won two straight and has earned a point in its last five outings.SCOREBOARD WATCH

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