Tag: West Allegheny

WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Five 2013

October 1, 2013

Another exciting week of 2013 WPIAL football is in the books. And while it was not as historic as last week, it was a week full of terrific defensive performances, late heroics… and one really meaningful punt. Some big showdowns are on the horizon in Week Six. But for now, let’s take a look at the top plays from Week Five.#1 Gateway 22, Hempfield 16

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights for Week Five

September 28, 2013

It was a clean sweep for the month of September weather wise as for the fourth straight Friday and the fifth overall, the weather was outstanding for high school football around Western Pennsylvania. The weather wasn't the only thing shining bright as we hit the midway point if the regular season as these players  (and teams) were marvelous in victorious outputs in preparation of October football.Luigi Lista-Brinza - Pittsburgh Central Catholic

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MSA Sports Big Game Hunting – Week Five

September 25, 2013

When you settle in and listen to the halftime show featuring Don Rebel and Professor White this Friday, we will have reached the exact halfway point of the 2013 WPIAL football season. It’s true, it goes by faster than a Pittsburgh Steelers offensive possession. We are beginning to see a pretty clear picture of who will be in the post season and this week we will get a chance to sort out who will become the favorites to make deep runs in said post season.

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Hometown Girls Volleyball Match Recap: WEST ALLEGHENY 3 – Montour 0

September 18, 2013

At West Allegheny High School in Hometown Volleyball action the West Allegheny Indians win a hard fought game with section rival the Montour Spartans by a 3-0 match score. They improve their record to 2-2 overall and in  section 5 AAA are in 4th place.Game scores were 25-22, 25-21, and 25-10.

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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights for Week Three

September 14, 2013

Crazy...kooky...strange...horror. Those are all word that are usually associated with Friday the 13th. With a chill in the air, those words came to life on the football fields around Southwestern Pennsylvania with some strange results and some serious injuries. This jam-packed thriller of a night though also had plenty of heroes who swept in, kicked the 'villains' in the teeth and then rode of into the sunset without inside as they came up large in Week 3 of the WPIAL football season.Joey DeFloria - Hempfield

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Scholastic Notebook – 09/13/2013

September 13, 2013

There is undoubtedly more passing in high school football these days. But after two weeks, could this be the year of runners in WPIAL football?While WPIAL football again has some impressive passers, the running statistics have been big through the first two weeks. Take a look:*It’s considered a nice night when a team has two 100-yard rushers in a game. It is extremely unusual when a team has two 200-yard rushers. But there have been two teams (Penn Hills and Steel Valley) that have had two 200-yard rushers in a game – and they did it on the same night (last Friday).*Penn Hills’ Billy Kisner has rushed for 200 yards in two consecutive games – and he’s a QUARTERBACK.

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MSA Sports Big Game Hunting – Week Three

September 11, 2013

According to the weather folks; this Friday night will feel like fall, as we get set for week three. Let’s you and I have a little top-ten party for this week’s version of the football four-pack. As always with the recent re-alignment there is no shortage of big games in each of the classifications. But, week three presents a little extra, not just big, conference games but also, big games featuring both participants as ranking in the MSA Sports Top Ten as complied by the MSA team.

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MSA Sports Big Game Hunting – Week One

August 28, 2013

It is funny isn’t it? How every year near then end of summer the smell of freshly cut grass just starts to smell like football? Doesn’t smell like that in the springtime. I wonder how that works. I am glad it works that way, and I am delighted that it is time to crank up the Big Game Hunting for another WPIAL football season! The first of 16 Big Game Huntings is always determined by the four defending WPIAL champions. So let’s kick it off for the 2013 year it’s time to take a look at four big games for opening weekend!Class AAAA - Non-Conference:

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CTK 2013 – MSA Sports Preseason Top Ten: WPIAL Triple-A

August 27, 2013

Each and every Monday during the regular season, the MSA Sports Network will rank the Top Ten football teams in each classification. With days to go before the 2013 WPIAL football season kicks off, we present our Preseason Top Ten teams. This article, we present the Top Ten in Class AAA.Final 2012 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1.   WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS  (12-2)2.   THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (11-1)3.   CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS  (9-3)4.   WEST MIFFLIN TITANS  (11-2)5.   MARS FIGHTING PLANETS  (9-2)

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CTK 2013 – WPIAL Triple-A Parkway Conference Preview

August 15, 2013

While repeats have been the story in the WPIAL in the last few years with Clairton winning five consecutive Class A titles, two straight Class AA titles for Aliquippa and three straight titles for North Allegheny in Quad A, there have been no repeat champion in Class AAA.However, a team from the Parkway Conference has claimed the last four AAA trophies, with West Allegheny as the defending champion. In fact, five of the nine coaches in the conference has won a WPIAL championship, those coaches have combined for 13 gold medals for their teams since 1991.

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