Tag: Waynesburg

London Bound: Local Athletes on the US Olympic Team – Coleman Scott

July 24, 2012

Former three-time PIAA state champion and Waynesburg high school graduate Coleman Scott has made the US Olympic Wrestling team as a freestyle wrestler. Scott, an NCAA Champion in 2008, was the final man to make the Olympic squad after defeating top ranked Shawn Bunch and Reece Humphrey in a wrestle off. Scott has been a member of the US National team since 2009. He was a four time All American at Oklahoma State and one of two Western Pennsylvanians to make the 2012 Olympic team. The other is North Allegheny graduate Jake Herbert.

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Scholastic Notebook – 06/22/2012

June 22, 2012

Joe Dunn was known as one of the good guys among WPIAL basketball coaches. But that fraternity is now minus one good guy. Dunn resigned as Trinity High School’s boys coach last week. He wouldn’t rule out returning to coaching someday, but for now, he wants to spend more time with his family. Dunn and his wife have two daughters and a son. Dunn has been coaching for 26 years and had other successful coaching stints at Mount Pleasant and Seton-LaSalle. Dunn became pretty good at taking down programs and turning them into more than respectable. He did it at Mount Pleasant and he did it at Trinity, where he was coach since 2001.

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2012 PIAA Track & Field – Day Two Recap

May 27, 2012

At every invitational and championship meet this spring, South Park’s Bill Stanley has set a meet record in the javelin. But Stanley did a lot more than set a meet record today. Stanley is now a national record holder. Stanley, a senior, won the Class AAA javelin title at Shippensburg University and set a national record with a throw of 246 feet, 9 inches. Stanley’s throw, which came on his first of the competition, beat the old record of 244-2, set in 2010 by Sam Crouser of Gresham, Ore. The national record is recognized by the National Federation of High School Associations. NFHS national records can only be set at state championship meets or NFHS-sanctioned meets.

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2012 PIAA State Track & Field – Day One Recap

May 25, 2012

The first day of the PIAA track and field championships is complete, and only one WPIAL athlete stepped up to the very top of the winners stand. Waynesburg’s Marissa Kalsey won the Class AA pole vault championship at Shippensburg University Friday. She was the only WPIAL athlete to win a gold medal on the first day of the two-day meet. The first day includes finals in only half of the field events. Running events have only preliminary heats. The rest of the field event finals and all running event finals will be tomorrow.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 05/01/2012

May 1, 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, i

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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 Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 04/16/2012

April 16, 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 a NEW #1 team in Class AA. 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)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (7-1) (Last Week #1)2)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (7-0) (Last Week #2)3)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (8-1) (Last Week #4)4)   SHALER TITANS  (7-2) (Last Week #6)5)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (7-2) (Last Week #7)6)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (7-2) (Last Week #5)7)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (6-2) (Last Week #3)

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

April 9, 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  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)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (5-1) (Last Week #1)2)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (5-0) (Last Week #3)3)   BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (6-0) (Last Week #5)4)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (5-1) (Last Week #2)5)   UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (6-1) (Last Week #9)6)   SHALER TITANS  (4-2) (Last Week #4)7)   HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (4-2) (Last Week Unranked)8)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (4-2) (Last Week #7)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Baseball – 03/28/2012

March 28, 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  While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play doesn't start for most district teams until next week. So for now, MSA Sports presents our 'Preseason' WPIAL baseball rankings.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1)   SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (18-4)2)   BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (14-6)3)   NORWIN KNIGHTS  (17-1)4)   SHALER TITANS  (12-8)5)   PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (13-6)6)   PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (20-3)

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WPIAL Boys and Girls Basketball Realignment for 2013 and 2014

February 22, 2012

The WPIAL Board of Control Tuesday approved the new basketball alignments for both the boys and girls for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 high school winter sports seasons. Here is the new section break down in each classification for both the boys and the girls.WPIAL schools moving up in class for the next two seasons are New Castle boys, Hampton boys, Trinity boys, Freeport boys, Ellwood City boys, Steel Valley boys, Elderton boys, Bentworth boys, Laurel Highlands girls, Chartiers Valley girls, Southmoreland girls, Brownsville girls, Waynesburg girls, Keystone Oaks girls, Quaker Valley girls, Riverview girls, Chartiers-Houston girls and Fort Cherry girls.

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