Tag: Elizabeth Forward

CTK 2012 – WPIAL AAA Big Nine Conference Preview

August 17, 2012

The Keystone Conference and its futility in the postseason made the conference an easy object of many jokes over the past decade. But you can’t knock the Keystone Conference this year. Why? Because it’s gone. With the new WPIAL alignment, there are only three conferences in Class AAA now instead of four. The teams that were in the Keystone Conference were absorbed into the Big Nine and Greater Allegheny conferences. The Big Nine loses Chartiers Valley, South Park and McGuffey. Chartiers Valley moved to the Parkway Conference while South Park and McGuffey dropped to Class AA.

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WPIAL Hires, Resignations and Commitments

July 18, 2012

Even though the school doors are locked and the student-athletes are preparing for a new school year, there has been plenty of news in the first couple weeks of July with athletic directors and coaches on the move as well as players making D-I verbal agreements.Butschle Steps Down at Sto-RoxThe 2011 WPIAL Class A runner-up is looking for a new coach just one month before training camp officially opens up. Ron Butschle's second stint as head coach at Sto-Rox has ended when he resigned due to personal reasons.Butschle, who led the Vikings to an undefeated regular season last fall and a berth in the district title game, hopes to coach again some day, but a family situation has forced him to step away at least for the 2012 season.

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Montour Blanks EF For 2nd WPIAL AAA Softball Crown in 3 Years

June 1, 2012

At the University of California of PA in the WPIAL girls AAA Softball Championships, the Montour Spartans defeat the Elizabeth Forward Warriors by a score of 7-0 to claim their second title in the last three years.They put on a hitting display and kept the foot on the gas making sure the Warriors could not come back late in the game.The scoring started for the Spartans in the 3rd inning as the number nine hitter, Junior Alyssa McMurtrie led off with a line drive home run to CF to make it 1-0. One out later Megan Vacco started a string of three straight singles, the other two by Kaitlyn Kutchman, and Alllison Hryadil and they led 2-0.The score grew to 4-0 Spartans in the 5th as Tori Roman and Stephanie Seibert singled then Olivia Dixon reached on an error.

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Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Elizabeth Forward – 04/27/2012

April 27, 2012

Elizabeth Forward (11-4, 6-2) has struggled at times this season with leaving runners stranded on base. Through four innings on Friday it appeared that trend would continue.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/24/2012

April 24, 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, including another NEW #1 team 

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 04/23/2012

April 23, 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 NEW #1 teams in Class AAAA and Class AAA. 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)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (10-0) (Last Week #2)2)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (11-1) (Last Week #3)3)   SHALER TITANS  (10-2) (Last Week #4)4)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (9-2) (Last Week #1)5)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (10-2) (Last Week #5)6)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (10-2) (Last Week #6)

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MSA Sports Hometown Softball Program Salute – ELIZABETH FORWARD WARRIORS

April 21, 2012

Belle Vernon and Thomas Jefferson are in good shape for a playoff spot in the WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 and are in the hunt for a section championship. But at the midway point, both teams are looking up in the standings at the Elizabeth Forward Warriors. Not bad for a program that missed out on the postseason the last two years. But EF does have a successful recent history. The Warriors played in the 2007 WPIAL Class AAA championship game where they lost to Belle Vernon 3-1. In 2008, the Warriors advanced to the district Semifinals before falling to eventual champion Ellwood City. Elizabeth Forward coach Harry Rutherford's young team hopes to make history as they head into the second half of this season having won two in a row and five of their last seven games.SENIORS:

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/17/2012

April 17, 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, including NEW #1 teams again this week in Class AAAA and Class AAA. 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  (8-2) (Last Week #5)2)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (8-1) (Last Week Unranked)3)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (6-3) (Last Week #4)4)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (8-3) (Last Week #1)5)   CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS  (7-2) (Last Week Unranked)6)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (8-2) (Last Week #9)

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Hometown Softball Program Game Recap – Elizabeth Forward – 04/13/2012

April 13, 2012

Sometimes the team that gets the better pitching and hitting fails to win. That was the case Thursday evening, as Elizabeth Forward fell to West Mifflin 4-1 in the third section game of the season for each squad.Three errors and eight stranded base-runners doomed the Warriors, who got a fantastic effort from starting pitcher Portia McBride.McBride, who was a backup hurler to start the season but has pitched every inning this season due to injuries, struck out a career-high 15 West Mifflin batters. Her defense did her no favors though, has they would commit those three errors, with one costing the Warriors a run.After 3 scoreless innings, EF would strike first on an RBI base hit by Megan Sorton off Titans pitcher Paige Flore  that would score Kelsey Havel in the bottom of the 4th.However that would be the last run that the Warriors would bring across the plate.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Softball – 04/10/2012

April 10, 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, including NEW #1 teams this week in Class AAAA, Class AAA and Class AA. 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)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (6-2) (Last Week #2)2)   FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (6-0) (Last Week #5)3)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (7-1) (Last Week #6)4)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (3-3) (Last Week #3)5)   SHALER TITANS  (5-2) (Last Week #1)

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