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District College Football Preview for Saturday, October 13th

October 11, 2012

Week 7 of the College Football season continues with some good match ups this weekend. Conference play rolls on in the NEC, PSAC and PAC, along with the WVIAC and the NCAC.Here are previews of All the games, including 3 that can be heard right here on the Network:Slippery Rock(2-4) at Clarion(3-3)  1pm on WLER 97.7-FM and the MSA Sports Network Both teams are 1-2 in PSAC West divisional play. Slippery Rock leads the all-time series 47-23-3 and has won the last 6 meetings. SRU lost last week to IUP 33-18. The Rock has dropped 3 straight games.  RB Akeem Satterfield is 8th in the PSAC in rushing at 83 yards per game. Satterfield has scored just 4 touchdowns this season.  

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Big Game Hunting for Week Seven 2012

October 10, 2012

The “stretch-run” is here. The final third of the 2012 season starts this weekend and you can be sure MSA will provide the finest escort to you as you get set to embark on your own personal “Highway to Heinz”.  With the two largest classifications each taking a wild-card into the post season the super –knowledge that Don Rebel doles out each Friday night will save you tons of sleep. The games just keep getting bigger so let’s don’t waste any more time on the opening paragraph. Instead, let’s go Big Game Hunting. AAAA Northern Eight Conference

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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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District College Football Recap for Saturday, October 6th

October 7, 2012

The weather turned cold on the opening weekend of October and wind conditions affected several games thruout the area. Several teams pulled out big wins as Cal and Mercyhurst stay on top of the PSAC West.Unfortunately the focus was on Crestview, Kentucky as the W & J Presidents took the field after one of their team was killed on Thursday.Here are recaps of all the games, with three heard here on the Network:IUP 33 - Slippery Rock 16 On Homecoming Day at George P. Miller Stadium, the Crimson Hawks pounded out 388 yards rushing and led 27-9 at the half to cruise to the win and remain in the chase for a division title. IUP ground out 29 first downs and held the football for over 41 minutes in the win.

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District College Football Preview for Saturday, October 6th

October 4, 2012

We start this edition of College Preview with heavy hearts with word of the death of W & J running back Tim McNerney early Thursday morning. All of us at the MSA Sports Network send our thoughts and prayers to the McNerney family and the W & J community in their time of loss.Here are previews of all the games:Slippery Rock(2-3) at IUP(4-1)  2pm on WISR 680-AM and the MSA Sports Network The Rock is 1-1 in divisional play, the Crimson Hawks are also 1-1.

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Police Investigating Death of W & J Football Player Thursday

Police in Washington are investigating the death of a Washington & Jefferson College football player early Thursday morning.21-year Tim McNerney was taken to the Washington Hospital emergency room, where he was pronounced dead at 4:42 am. McNerney was found at the corner of College and Maiden Streets.Washington Police Chief Robert Lemonds said police are treating the death as suspicious, more information will be released after an autopsy was performed. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the death is being treated as a homicide.

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WPIAL Football Plays of the Week – Week Five

October 2, 2012

After a lackluster Week 4 that provided nothing but blowouts, Week 5 brought big matchups, great finishes and upsets galore. Here’s a look at the best three plays from Week 5. #1:  Washington Little Prexies 18 - Jeannette Jayhawks 15

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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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District College Football Recap for Saturday, September 29th

September 30, 2012

A busy week in district college football as the PSAC took a break from divisional games for crossover action, the PAC saw some wild finishes and Saint Francis and Duquesne met for the 99th time in the NEC.Here are recaps of all the games played Saturday:Kutztown 56 - Slippery Rock 49 SRU lost it's 2nd straight game, fumbling 5 times, which led to 28 Kutztown points and a victory for the Golden Bears at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium on Saturday night. QB Nigel Barksdale made his first career start and figured in on 5 Rock touchdowns in the loss. Kevin Morton returned to the Kutztown lineup and threw 4 touchdown passes, the Golden Bears led 42-21 at the half.

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WPIAL Week Five Friday Night HighLights

September 29, 2012

If you were to picture the WPIAL nine-week regular season, you would envision four weeks of climbing the mountain top, then four weeks of descending either into the district playoffs or into a deep dark crevasse of postseason emptiness.  That would mean Week Five is right at the summit of this high school football mountain. Thus here are the players who planted their teams flag of victory Friday with a steady dose of awesomeness.Tyler Roth & Troy Apke - Mount Lebanon

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