Tag: Deer Lakes

WPIAL Week Four Friday Night HighLights

September 22, 2012

On a night lacking a lot of marque punch with only one game involving Top 10 teams going head-to-head, five teams rose from the deck to turn an 0-3 record to a 1-3 mark with their first taste of victory in 2012. We salute those five along with the other top performances from the Fourth Friday of the high school football season in District 7.Forrest Barnes - Seneca Valley

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Scholastic Notebook – 09/14/2012

September 14, 2012

When Demetrious Cox graduated from Jeannette in June and headed to Michigan State, the Jayhawks’ football team lost a big-time player. But Jeannette hasn’t lost the ability to make big plays. Take a look at the first two weeks of the season and what Jeannette has done in the big-play department is on the surreal side. Granted, the competition has been weak (Charleroi and Southmoreland), but Jeannette’s big-play ability has been magnificent. The Jayhawks are acting like a bunch of “big” shots. In two games, Jeannette (2-0) has scored 14 touchdowns (three passing, 10 running and one on a punt return), and the average length of those touchdowns is 36.7 yards. The Jayhawks have six scoring plays of 40 yards or more.

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CTK 2012 – WPIAL AA Allegheny Conference

August 23, 2012

Freeport and Shady Side Academy tied for the conference championship two of the past three seasons. This year could be more of the same. Many are pegging Freeport and Shady Side Academy as the teams to beat this year. Both teams are experienced and have some talented players. But Burrell and Ford City can’t be overlooked. The Allegheny Conference changed a little this season. Apollo-Ridge and West Shamokin both dropped out of the conference and moved down to the Class A Eastern Conference. That should help West Shamokin, which hasn’t won a game since the 2007 season.

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2012 MSA SPORTS DIAMOND DOLLS SOFTBALL ALL-STARS

June 15, 2012

Since the pitching rubber for girls softball was moved back a few feet last season, pitchers don’t dominate to the same extent in this sport. But pitchers still dominate this year’s MSA Sports Diamond Dolls all-star team. The team is made up of the top 10 players in the WPIAL, regardless of position. It is picked by the MSA Sports staff. This year’s all-star team is made up of eight pitchers. Two of the eight pitchers won WPIAL championships. Here is a look at this 2012 Diamond Dolls. MSA SPORTS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: KAITLYN KUTCHMAN Montour  P  Sr.

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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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Canon-Mac, Montour, Deer Lakes & Char-Houston Are Golden in WPIAL Softball

There was plenty of excitement in this softball postseason all the way down to the wire with half of the championships games being decided on a walk off hit in extra innings. One team successfully repeated as champion while another won their second title in three years. The other two that sit atop the district softball hill are celebrating first time ever WPIAL golden crowns. Here are ALL of the final scores from the 2012 WPIAL Softball Playoffs.All archived broadcasts (MSA after the score) from the softball postseason are exclusively here on the MSA Sports Network is sponsored in part by Carlow University.

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Deer Lakes Comes Back Late to Claim First WPIAL AA Softball Championship

May 31, 2012

In unlikely fashion, the Deer Lakers Lancers rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to tie the game and a run in the eighth to claim their first ever Class AA Softball championship with a 3-2 eight inning win over the Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions.Becca Babincak bunted to lead off the inning and stole second, after one out, Candace Scanga hit a grounder to first that Alie Perz could not handle, putting runners at first and third. Greensburg Central Catholic brought the outfield in with Siera Sarver at the plate, she drove a deep fly ball to right center over the head of the outfielders to score the game winning run.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoff Teams

May 14, 2012

Each Wednesday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network ranks the top ten boys volleyball teams in each classification. With the regular season now behind us and the postseason straight ahead, we extend our rankings by three in both AAA and AA to include all 13 teams that will begin to serve for gold in the 2012 WPIAL Boys Volleyball Playoffs which get underway later this week>Final section record in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA - 13 Team with Three First Round Byes:1)    NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (11-1)2)    SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (11-1)3)    NORWIN KNIGHTS  (12-0)

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Scholastic Notebook – 05/11/2012

May 11, 2012

The way the WPIAL baseball playoffs are set up, a team that makes it to a championship game could use its No. 1 pitcher in three of four contests. That is extremely good news for Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson pitcher Greg Schneider hasn’t just been unbeatable this season. It has been almost impossible to score on him. Schneider had one of the most dominating regular seasons of any pitcher in recent WPIAL history. Schneider, a Thomas Jefferson senior and a Pitt recruit, led Thomas Jefferson to the Class AAA Section 3 title. His statistics were remarkable.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Volleyball – 05/09/2012

May 9, 2012

For the final time in the 2012 regular season, MSA Sports ranks the top ten boys volleyball teams in the WPIAL in both classifications at www.MSAsports.net, including a NEW #1 team in Class AAA. 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)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (10-1) (Last Week #2)2)   NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (10-1) (Last Week #1)3)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (11-0) (Last Week #3)

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