Tag: West Allegheny

5 things we learned in Week 2: In defensive stalemate, Central Catholic offense shows big-play potential

September 9, 2017

Central Catholic and North Allegheny traditionally win with defense, but will either have the offense to keep up with WPIAL favorite Pine-Richland The two Northern

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Palko’s gamble pays off as West Allegheny edges North Hills in overtime

During regulation of his team's Class 5A Allegheny Nine Conference game against North Hills, West Allegheny coach Bob Palko repeatedly came up empty on his

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West Allegheny too much for Fox Chapel

September 2, 2017

Heading into Friday's game, West Allegheny coach Bob Palko said his team was young, inexperienced and he wasn't sure how his players would perform. But

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CTK ’17 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten – Class 5-A

August 28, 2017

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each of the six classifications. With days to go before the 2017 WPIAL football regular season kicks off with Week One, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams…with the Top Ten in Class 5-A. WPIAL […]

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CTK ’17 – 5-A Allegheny Nine Conference Preview

August 21, 2017

Look on the sidelines in games involving Allegheny Conference teams and you might want to often say, “Hey, new guy.” The Allegheny Nine is full of new head coaches. Of the nine teams, four have new head coaches. One team, Woodland Hills, has changed head coaches twice since the end of last season. The new […]

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HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the linebackers

August 18, 2017

Layton Jordan's position is a multiple-choice test. The McKeesport senior is an outside linebacker on defense and a wingback for the Tigers' option offense. The

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HS football position by position breakdown: Scouting the tight ends

August 14, 2017

As spread offense became a trend, the tight end position quickly changed. A number of high school coaches no longer feature them strictly as a

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WPIAL football conference preview: Class 5A Allegheny 9

August 10, 2017

The favorite West Allegheny (13-1 overall, 8-0 Allegheny 9 in 2016) Though standout skill players Kenny White (Pine-Richland), a Division I-bound defensive back, and all-conference WR Brandon Lipford (Montour) transferred and six other first-team all-conference players graduated, the defending WPIAL Class 5A champion Indians have plenty of talent remaining. Back

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2017 Diamond Dolls Softball All-Stars

June 24, 2017

Morgan Ryan finished off a great career as a Hempfield pitcher this season. Bailey Parshall still has one year left as a pitcher at Belle Vernon, but already has had a great career. The two were so good this season - and in their careers - that the MSA Sports staff found it impossible to pick one over the other as Player of the Year. So there is a double take on Player of the Year this year. Ryan and Parshall have been selected co-Players of the Year and lead the MSA Diamond Dolls softball all-star team. The Diamond Dolls are the top 12 players in the WPIAL, regardless of position, and they are picked by the MSA staff. Here are thumbnail sketches of the players of the year and the rest of the Diamond Dolls team.

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2017 WPIAL SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS Results

June 2, 2017

It was a great year to be #1...seed that is. All six of you top-seeds qualified for the title games at Cal U and four of them, Hempfield, West Allegheny, Ellwood City and West Greene claimed district championships. In the case of three of those teams, the Spartans, Wolverines and Pioneers, it was a repeat golden performance (three-peat for Hempfield). The other two champions crowned were #2-seeds in the postseason tournament and you could have made an argument that both Belle Vernon and Frazier could have been top seeds. Here are ALL the results from the 2017 WPIAL Softball Playoffs. All results followed by (MSA) are games you can hear archived here on the MSA Sports Network.

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