March 2012
Article | Posted 2012/03/30 - 4:27pm
The high school baseball season is young and maybe it still isn’t clear as to who are all the best teams are in each classification. But it is quite clear a team worth watching is in Class AAAA.
Mount Lebanon.
Through the first week of the season, Mount Lebanon just might be the biggest surprise. After all, the Blue Devils weren’t in the MSA Sports preseason top 10. They weren’t in the Post-Gazette top five, either.
But heading into Friday, Mount Lebanon had a 3-1 record and had knocked off some of the big boys, namely three teams in the MSA top 10. Mount Lebanon started...
Article | Posted 2012/03/29 - 10:50pm
Each week during the regular season, MSA Sports will rank the top ten softball teams in the WPIAL in all four classifications every Tuesday at www.MSAsports.net While the first pitch to the 2012 season was thrown this past Friday, section play began Thursday for some district teams. So for now, MSA Sports presents our 'Preseason' WPIAL softball rankings.Final 2011 record is in parenthesis.WPIAL CLASS AAAA:1) HEMPFIELD SPARTANS (17-1)2) SHALER TITANS (16-2)3) PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS (9-6)4...
Article | Posted 2012/03/28 - 6:19pm
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) ...
Article | Posted 2012/03/26 - 5:16pm
With the winter high school sports season now completely in the books, the spring high school and college sports season takes center stage as March turns to April this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have Semifinals and Championship Game action in the PIAA boys and girls state basketball playoffs along with the Semifinals and Championships on the PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs and the Pennsylvania Cup Hockey Finals, plus college baseball and women's lacrosse as well as the WPIAL Roundball Report and the PIHL Power Play...
Article | Posted 2012/03/25 - 10:48pm
For the Girls All-Netters team, CLICK HERE. When it comes to picking the player of the year in WPIAL basketball season, you have to be on guard – twice.
The MSA Sports staff has selected two guards as the co-Players of the Year. They are Highlands’ Micah Mason and Shaler’s Geno Thorpe.
Those two players also lead the MSA Sports All-Netters team for 2012. Here is a look at the players of the year and also the first and second team All-Netters.FIRST-TEAM ALL-NETTERS:
CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR
MICAH MASON, HIGHLANDS
6-1 - Guard – Senior
You could...
Article | Posted 2012/03/25 - 10:40pm
For the Boys All-Netters team, CLICK HERE.This might be a first. The MSA Sports All-Netters girls team represents every high school class this season.
The first team has a senior, two juniors, a sophomore and a freshman. That covers all high school classes.
The team is picked by the MSA Sports staff. Here is a look at the player of the year, and the first- and second-team All-Netters
ALL-NETTERS FIRST TEAM:
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
SHATORI WALKER-KIMBROUGH, HOPEWELL
5-11 – Guard-forward - Junior
Walker-Kimbrough has a cousin who is a professional boxer. Walker-...
Article | Posted 2012/03/25 - 5:31pm
It was a good day for the Flyers Cup representatives as Council Rock South and LaSalle College claimed Pennsylvania Cup championships, and Quaker Valley making the short trip home with gold in the Class A gameHere are recaps and scoring summaries of all three championships, heard right here on the MSA Sports Network: CLASS AAA PENNSYLVANIA CUP CHAMPIONSHIP: LaSalle College Explorers 6 - Bethel Park Blackhawks 2
LaSalle College has won four of the last five Flyers Cups and won back to back...
Article | Posted 2012/03/25 - 3:48pm
For the second straight year, both Montour in Class AAA and Lincoln Park in Class A, won four rounds of games in the state boys basketball playoffs to qualify for the state finals at Penn State University, and for the second straight year, the Spartans and Leopards return home with silver. A day later, Beaver Falls lost in heartbreak fashion in overtime to defending champion Imhotep Charter as the three WPIAL teams go 0-3 in not so Happy Valley this weekend. Here are ALL of the results from the 2012 PIAA Boys Basketball Playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived here...
Article | Posted 2012/03/25 - 3:43pm
Seton-LaSalle finished a storybook season with a perfect ending. The Rebels ran away with the gold by routing York Catholic in the PIAA Girls Class AA championship game at Penn State University, closing out an undefeated 30-0 season. The news was not so good for two other WPIAL girls teams as Oakland Catholic was shutdown in losing to Archbishop Carroll 56-37 in AAAA while North Catholic lost to Steelton-Highspire 66-59 in Class A. Here are ALL of the final scores from the 2012 WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard archived here on the MSA Sports...
Article | Posted 2012/03/25 - 3:31pm
Quaker Valley and West Allegheny were able to overcome all obstacles while playing with the bulls-eye of being the top dawg en route to PIHL high school hockey championships. For the Quakers, it was their third title and first since 2008 while the Indians celebrate their first ever Penguin Cup golden crown. Meanwhile 6th-seed Bethel Park is in 7th heaven after bucking the odds and winning their 7th PIHL championship with a third straight one goal victory. Here are ALL of the results from the 2012 PIHL Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs.All games with (MSA) after the score can be heard...
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