Tag: Washington

District College Football Preview for Saturday, September 8th

September 6, 2012

Week two of the district college football slate comes your way with several PSAC crossover battles featuring East vs. West. The NEC starts conference play and a couple of PAC teams meet nationally ranked foes on the road.Here are previews of All the games, three can be heard right here on the Network:Slippery Rock(1-0) at Shippensburg(1-0)  1pm on WISR 680 AM and the MSA Sports Network The Red Raiders offense was one of the best in the PSAC last season, while the Rock defense was one of the best in the nation, which one will win the battle in 2012 at Grove Stadium.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/04/2012

September 4, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week One 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  (1-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Two host Fox Chapel on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (1-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Two: at Connellsville on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (1-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Two: at Canon-McMillan)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (1-0) (Last Week #6)  (Week Two: host #6 North Hills on MSA)

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District College Football Recap for Saturday, September 2nd

September 2, 2012

With storms throughout the Western Pennsylvania area, the district College Football season kicked off with a bang with several great games. Here are the recaps of those games:Washington & Jefferson 23 - Methodist 6 On a 95 degree day in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the Presidents survived the heat, humidity and an outage that left the stadium without power for the entire second half for the victory to open the season.

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week One 2012

September 1, 2012

It's a new season so an introduction may be needed. every Saturday during the high school football season, we look back at some of the top performances from the previous night...thus the HighLights aspect of this column. Just having the lights back on Friday nights is a highlight for many, but these players (when hydrated) were shining bright in the first primetime contest of the 2012 campaign.Mack Leftwich - North Allegheny

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Chicks Picks – Week One – 2012

August 30, 2012

Welcome to Week 1 of the high school football season. The offseason passed by rather quickly for Chick’s Picks.  Shortly after last season’s championship games, she began training to run her first 5K.  This, after rehabbing from ankle surgery, Chick’s Picks thought would be a lofty goal to set for herself.That chilly March morning arrived, and accomplish that goal she did.  It certainly was not pretty, but nonetheless, Chick’s Picks crossed the finish line.  Now nearing her fifth 5K this weekend, she approaches each race with the same mentality—crossing the finish line is the most important part.

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CTK 2012 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Class AA

August 28, 2012

Each and every Monday during the regular season starting on Labor Day (9/3), the MSA Sports Network will rank the top ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2012 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class AA.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AA PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1.    ALIQUIPPA QUIPS  (14-1)2.    JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS  (12-1)3.    SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS  (7-4)4.    BEAVER BOBCATS  (7-3)

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CTK 2012 – WPIAL AA Interstate Conference Preview

August 21, 2012

Jeannette and Greensburg Central Catholic have been the dominant teams in the Interstate Conference over the past decade. Nine times in the past 10 years one of the teams has either won or tied for the conference title. But this could be the year that some new blood flows to the top of the conference. Jeannette is still expected to be strong, but Greensburg Central Catholic might drop a little. Coach Muzzy Colosimo stepped down as coach shortly before the start of preseason practices. Washington and Mount Pleasant could make some noise this year and challenge for the conference title. As for the make-up of the conference, there are only two changes. East Allegheny moved out, and Washington moved in.

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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/13/2012

August 13, 2012

As we continue our Countdown to Kickoff 2012 schedule, youth baseball continues along side pro baseball in a crowded spotlight this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We continue our coverage of the 2012 PONY League World Series from Washington, PA along with Eastern League baseball featuring the Altoona Curve and Frontier League baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.net  Monday, August 13th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPONY League World Series: Game 9 - Chinese Taipei vs New Bedford, Massachusetts at 5:30pm on WJPA-AM 1450

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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 08/07/2012

August 7, 2012

As we continue our Countdown to Kickoff 2012 schedule, youth baseball joins pro baseball on a crowded center stage this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We begin our coverage of the 2012 PONY League World Series from Washington, PA along with Eastern League baseball featuring the Altoona Curve and Frontier League baseball featuring the Washington Wild Things, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, August 6th:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Bowie Baysox vs Altoona Curve at 7:00pm on MSAsports.net Tuesday, August 7th:

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This Week on the MSA Sports Network – 07/23/2012

July 23, 2012

The pro baseball diamonds own the week long center stage in the final days of July this week on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of Class AA Eastern League baseball with the Altoona Curve hitting at Reading for three, then back home for a long four game weekend series against New Hampshire along with Frontier League play featuring the Washington Wild Things at CONSOL Energy Park for series against London and Florence before hitting the road against Lake Erie, plus all of the news from the auto racing world with Rappin on Racin is here at MSAsports.netMonday, July 23rd:TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.netPro Baseball: Class AA Eastern League - Altoona Curve vs Reading Phillies at 7:05pm on MSAsports.net

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