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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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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Soccer – 09/18/2012

September 18, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls soccer rankings for the week of September 17th. You can check out the new rankings every Tuesday through the regular season with daily updated girls soccer standings here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA:1)  PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (5-0-0) (Last Week #2)2)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (4-1-0) (Last Week #1)3)  SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (6-1-0) (Last Week #7)4)  FOX CHAPEL FOXES  (7-0-0) (Last Week #9)5)  BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (6-0-0) (Last Week #10)6)  NORWIN KNIGHTS  (5-0-1) (Last Week #5)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Girls Volleyball 09/16/2012

September 16, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL girls volleyball rankings for the just completed week of September 10th. You can check out the new rankings every Friday through the regular season with daily updated girls volleyball standings here on the MSA Sports Network.Section record in parenthesis. WPIAL CLASS AAA:1)  NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (3-0)2)  PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (3-0)3)  SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (2-1)4)  CANON-McMILLAN BIG MACS  (3-0) 5)  PLUM MUSTANGS  (4-0)6)  PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS (4-0)7)  PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (3-0)

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Big Game Hunting for Week One 2012

August 29, 2012

The hot, hot summer of 2012 is winding down and that is great for fans of high school football. If you’ve been keeping up to date with the MSA Sports Countdown to Kick-off articles, you should be in mid-season form and ready to roll for week one of the 2012 WPIAL football campaign, if you haven’t, shame on you. But hey we forgive you and everybody gets a clean slate heading into week one, it’s all about hope and a fresh start….and re-alignment, so re-align your priorities next season and make sure you follow the countdown series. Meanwhile re-alignment means the big games in week one are even bigger so jump right in as we go Big Game Hunting! Class AAAA Non-Conference:

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CTK 2012 – WPIAL AAA Parkway Conference Preview

August 16, 2012

In the 2011-12 off season, there was some talk that the Parkway Conference would be broken up, but when the dust settled, that was not the case. The conference was voted one of the top fifteen conferences in the nation by ESPN and here's why: The last three WPIAL Class AAA champions have come from the Parkway, West Allegheny in 2009, Central Valley in 2010 and Montour last season. Since 1990, thirteen WPIAL Champions have been crowned out of the Parkway. If anything the conference was made stronger by the addition of Chartiers Valley into the fold. Seven of the nine teams in the conference finished with winning records in the 2011 regular season, with three of the four qualifiers winning at least one playoff game.

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London Bound: Local Athletes on the USA Olympic Team – Christa Harmotto

July 16, 2012

Christa Harmotto, a 2005 graduate of Hopewell High School, was named to the final roster for the US Olympic Volleyball team that will compete in the London Olympics. She has been a part of the national team since she graduated from Penn State University in 2009 after a four year career where she was a  two time first team All-American selection, and three time All-American. At Penn State, she was part of four straight Big Ten titles, consecutive NCAA titles and an undefeated season in 2008. During her career at Hopewell, she was the 2004 Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year and was a two-time high school All-American.

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2012 MSA SPORTS FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – SHATORI KIMBROUGH-WALKER of HOPEWELL

June 29, 2012

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough says one of her goals at some point in the near future is to dunk a basketball.  Maybe even next season at Hopewell High School. But when it comes to the best female athlete in the WPIAL, Walker-Kimbrough is a slam-dunk winner – again. Walker-Kimbrough recently finished her junior year at Hopewell, and it was a year to remember. Walker-Kimbrough played three sports for Hopewell, but did more than just play them. She excelled in all three. More accurately, she dominated in the three.

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WPIAL Baseball and Softball Consolation Recaps

May 30, 2012

In the midst of all of the WPIAL baseball and softball championship games are five contests on Wednesday with the postseason future of ten district teams up for grabs. Three softball consolation games at California University of Pennsylvania and a pair of baseball consolation games at the Washington & Jefferson Sports Complex were broadcast on The Network with the five winners earning a berth in the PIAA state playoffs that begin next week. Here are the recaps from those games.Special thanks to Brandon Showers, Bob Gregg, Greg Kuntz, Mike Azadian and Josh Rowntree for their help on these recaps!

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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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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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