Tag: Greensburg C.C.

CTK ’17 – New WPIAL Football Coaches

August 17, 2017

New Faces – New Places – New Hopes – New Dreams. There are six more coaching changes this off-season then before the 2016 campaign. There are a lot of rookie head coaches getting their first crack, some coaches who are just changing hats and addresses and one who has gone back to the future. Whatever […]

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Area’s new football coaches set to take on first season

August 14, 2017

The Viking Jacks are back. The pre-practice, pregame ritual that began at Mt. Pleasant under venerable coach Bill Elder in the late 1970s might not

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2017 Diamond Studs Baseball All-Stars

June 24, 2017

Latrobe was the only team from the WPIAL to win a state championship in baseball this season - and Latrobe is the only team with two players on this year's MSA Diamond Studs all-star team. The Diamond Studs consists of the top 12 players in the entire WPIAL, regardless of position. It is picked by the MSA staff. The team has some players who made big impacts as two-way players - pitchers/position players. The team also includes five players who have committed to Division I colleges, including two who chose Virginia Tech. Seton Hill, a Division II school, has two recruits on the Diamond Studs team. Four of the players on this year's all-star team are juniors and the rest are seniors.

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Central Catholic’s Peilert chooses Boston University

May 15, 2017

Sewickley's John Peilert expects a smooth transition to the Boston University men's rowing team. Peilert, a Central Catholic senior, recently committed to the Terriers for

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Scholastic Notebook – 02/03/2017

February 3, 2017

The spirit of 66 ended for one WPIAL girls team. But one boys team is close to getting into the same spirit. The subject is section winning streaks. The Quigley Catholic girls had what was the longest section winning streak in the WPIAL at 66, but it ended Thursday night after a 56-48 loss to Cornell. Turn to WPIAL boys basketball and look at Lincoln Park. The Leopards have a 64-game section winning streak. Lincoln Park has two section games remaining, and if the Leopards win both, they will finish the regular season with a 66-game streak. Lincoln Park plays Riverside and Ellwood City in its final two section games.

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MSA Sports Top 25 WPIAL Stories of 2016 – #20 through #16

December 30, 2016

It has become a tradition like no other...at least during the holiday season here at the MSA Sports Network. As we close out 2016 and another great high school sports year, we look back at some of the top stories from around the WPIAL in calendar year 2016. We continue our countdown with #20 through #16. #20 - FROM NUMBER ONE TO DONE

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2016 PIAA Girls Volleyball State Playoff Results

November 20, 2016

For the third year in a row, a WPIAL has captured gold in the PIAA Class 1-A girls volleyball playoffs and for the second time in three years, that team is Greensburg Central Catholic. The Centurions were dominant Saturday at Richland High School in Johnstown as they swept past Marian Catholic in three games for the schools second state championship. Here are ALL the final results from the 2016 PIAA Girls Volleyball Playoffs. 2016 PIAA CLASS 4-A GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Garnet Valley Jaguars 3 - Parkland Trojans 2 (25-19, 27-29, 19-25, 25-20, 15-8) PIAA CLASS 4-A Semifinals:

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2016 WPIAL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS Results

November 6, 2016

Three defending champions had a chance to win more district gold heading into the finals, but only Freeport was able to follow through with another championship in the first postseason with four classifications. Here are ALL the final results from the 2016 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs. All of the below results that have (MSA0 after are matches you can hear archived at MSAsports.net. All four championship matches can also be viewed on video archive from Baldwin High School. 2016 WPIAL CLASS 4-A GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Seneca Valley Raiders 3 - Baldwin Highlanders 0  (MSA) (27-25, 25-22, 25-21) WPIAL CLASS 4-A Consolation:

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Greensburg C.C. Dethrones Bishop Canevin in 1-A Girls Volleyball

November 5, 2016

The Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions claimed their third WPIAL Championship in five years with a commanding 25-14, 25-10 and 25-8 victory over the defending champion Bishop Canevin Crusaders in the Class 1-A Girls Volleyball Championship at Baldwin High School. Greensburg Central Catholic won the title in 2012 and 2014 and fell to the Crusaders in the semifinals last year. The Centurions used their senior leaders to grab the gold medal. 6-2 middle hitter Mikayla Bisignani and 5-8 right side hitter Taylor Obusek, both dominated the match from the service line to lead GCC to the gold.

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Three District Golfers Win PIAA State Titles

October 25, 2016

Three WPIAL golfers captured PIAA state championships Tuesday at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. 2014 WPIAL champion Chris Tanabe of Quaker Valley won the Boys PIAA Class 2-A championship with a one stroke victory over 2016 WPIAL winner Skyler Fox of Riverside. Mia Kness of Peters Township won the Girls PIAA Class 3-A crown with a two stroke victory while Olivia Zambruno of Greensburg Central Catholic also won by two stroke to earn Girls PIAA Class 2-A gold. BOYS PIAA CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP Final Results Kevin Scherr, Nazareth  69-75--144 Campbell Wolf, Cumb. Valley 73-76--149 Brady Pevarnik, Latrobe 73-77--150 J.T. Spina, Pope John Paul II 73-77--150

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