Tag: West Allegheny

MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/17/2012

September 17, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Three 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  (3-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Four: at Pine-Richland on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (3-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Four: host Altoona on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (3-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Four: host Penn Hills on MSA)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (3-0) (Last Week #4)  (Week Four: at Fox Chapel)

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Scholastic Notebook – 09/14/2012

September 14, 2012

When Demetrious Cox graduated from Jeannette in June and headed to Michigan State, the Jayhawks’ football team lost a big-time player. But Jeannette hasn’t lost the ability to make big plays. Take a look at the first two weeks of the season and what Jeannette has done in the big-play department is on the surreal side. Granted, the competition has been weak (Charleroi and Southmoreland), but Jeannette’s big-play ability has been magnificent. The Jayhawks are acting like a bunch of “big” shots. In two games, Jeannette (2-0) has scored 14 touchdowns (three passing, 10 running and one on a punt return), and the average length of those touchdowns is 36.7 yards. The Jayhawks have six scoring plays of 40 yards or more.

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Boys Soccer – 09/12/2012

September 12, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL boys soccer rankings for the week of September 10th...including a NEW #1 in Class AA. You can check out the new rankings every Wednesday through the regular season with daily updated boys soccer standings here on the MSA Sports Network. WPIAL CLASS AAA:1)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (3-0-0) (Last Week #1)2)  SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (4-0-0) (Last Week #4)3)  PINE-RICHLAND RAMS  (4-0-0) (Last Week #5)4)  BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (5-0-0) (Last Week #6)5)  PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (4-1-0) (Last Week #2)6)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (5-1-0) (Last Week #3)

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MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football – 09/10/2012

September 10, 2012

Here are the MSA Sports Top Ten WPIAL football rankings following Week Two 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  (2-0) (Last Week #1)  (Week Three host #5 Seneca Valley on MSA)2)  GATEWAY GATORS  (2-0) (Last Week #2)  (Week Three: at #10 Kiski Area on MSA)3)  UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (2-0) (Last Week #3)  (Week Three: at #9 Peters Township on MSA)4)  PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (2-0) (Last Week #4)  (Week Three: host Canon-McMillan)

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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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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 AAA

August 27, 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 AAA.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAA PRESEASON WPIAL FOOTBALL TOP TEN:1.    CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS  (11-1) 2.    THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (7-4)3.    MONTOUR SPARTANS  (12-3)4.    FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (11-1)

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CTK 2012 – WPIAL AAA Parkway Conference Preview

August 16, 2012

In the 2011-12 off season, there was some talk that the Parkway Conference would be broken up, but when the dust settled, that was not the case. The conference was voted one of the top fifteen conferences in the nation by ESPN and here's why: The last three WPIAL Class AAA champions have come from the Parkway, West Allegheny in 2009, Central Valley in 2010 and Montour last season. Since 1990, thirteen WPIAL Champions have been crowned out of the Parkway. If anything the conference was made stronger by the addition of Chartiers Valley into the fold. Seven of the nine teams in the conference finished with winning records in the 2011 regular season, with three of the four qualifiers winning at least one playoff game.

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39th Annual Baldwin Invitational Track & Field Results

May 5, 2012

It’s the right arm that brings Bill Stanley notoriety. But at the Baldwin Invitational, it was footwork that helped bring Stanley into the spotlight. Stanley, a senior at South Park High School, had one of the most unforgettable performances ever in a field event at the 39th annual Baldwin Invitational Friday. The event is one of the largest meets in the eastern part of the country and attracted more than 2,000 competitors from all over Western Pennsylvania. Stanley was the talk of the meet after throwing the javelin 234 feet, 9 inches to set a Baldwin Invitational record and also enhance his reputation as one of the best javelin throwers in the country. But about the feet …

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