Tag: Clairton

Chicks Picks – Week Seven – 2012

October 11, 2012

Welcome to Week 7 of the high school football season. Chick’s Picks, in her travels this week, noticed several signs for an annual UFO Conference scheduled to take place in the area.  After further research, Chick’s Picks learned that the conference is a showcase where investigators gather to share research into the unknown. 

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/08/2012

October 8, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Six 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  (6-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Seven: host #7 Pittsburgh Central Catholic on MSA)2)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (6-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Seven: at #10 Bethel Park on MSA)3)  GATEWAY GATORS  (5-1) (Last Week #2)  (Week Seven: host #1 North Allegheny on MSA)4)  NORTH HILLS INDIANS  (5-1) (Last Week #4)  (Week Seven: host #5 Seneca Valley on MSA)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 10/01/2012

October 1, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Five 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  (5-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Six: at #2 Gateway on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (5-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Six: host #1 North Allegheny on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (5-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Six: at Butler on MSA)4)  NORTH HILLS INDIANS  (4-1) (Last Week #6)  (Week Six: host Fox Chapel on MSA)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/24/2012

September 24, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Four 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  (4-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Five: host Butler on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (4-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Five: at #10 Hempfield on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (4-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Five: host Baldwin)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (4-0) (Last Week #4)  (Week Five: host #7 Seneca Valley Thursday on MSA)

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Scholastic Notebook – 09/21/2012

September 21, 2012

After seeing Clairton clobber Monessen, 52-7, on Thursday night, it makes you wonder if this is the same Clairton team that struggled to beat Chartiers-Houston, 22-20, on the opening night of the season? It most certainly is not the same team – at least defensively. Clairton was without 10 players the first three weeks of the season. The players missed time because of grades or attendance issues from last school year, and the players returned to the team for the Monessen game. Only two of the players who missed the first three weeks were starters. But still, the return of the group of players changed Clairton.

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Chicks Picks – Week Four – 2012

September 20, 2012

Welcome to Week 4 of the high school football season.  After hearing of the West Shamokin win over Riverview Friday night that ended a WPIAL record 45-game losing streak, Chick’s Picks knew this was cause for celebration.  She contacted her people in Rural Valley, PA, offering to throw a party for the victorious Wolves in honor of their win.  The plans were in place, so Chick’s Picks hopped in her car and headed north to kick off the festivities.

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Big Game Hunting for Week Four 2012

September 19, 2012

Rolling through the 2012 season in a hurry as week four comes upon us here in southwestern Pennsylvania, leaves and the weather starting to change. Not much change though at the top of the MSA Sports top ten rankings. The defending champs in each classification all sit atop their thrones with unbeaten records as we approach the midway point. But 2012 is not just a case of the rich getting richer by any stretch. Avella is 3-0 for the first time since 1976 and West Shamokin snapped the longest losing streak in WPIAL history with their 25-6 win over Riverview last Friday. Some change can be good. All this change can make it tough on the “Big Game Hunting” guy, but hey, he’s a gamer.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/17/2012

September 17, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Three 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  (3-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Four: at Pine-Richland on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (3-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Four: host Altoona on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (3-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Four: host Penn Hills on MSA)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (3-0) (Last Week #4)  (Week Four: at Fox Chapel)

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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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Scholastic Notebook – 09/07/2012

September 7, 2012

Sophomores had big games. Players who were their team’s No. 1 running back for the first time did some good things. A receiver turned running back also had a big game. The first weekend of the high school football season was a virtual coming-out party for some. Players introduced themselves to WPIAL football – and they were loud introductions. The leading rusher on the first weekend of the season was North Catholic’s P.J. Fulmore, a 10th-grader who had 265 yards. The second-leading rusher was Fort Cherry’s Koltan Kobrys, who played receiver last year. He ran for 250 yards.

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