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PIAA Softball Semifinals Recap from Tuesday

After Monday turned into a washout for all eight remaining high school softball teams, Tuesday saw the wait was worth it for three of the four WPIAL squads in the state Semifinals. 2013 WPIAL champions Canon-McMillan, Riverside and Neshannock all were victorious Tuesday and will move on to play for state gold on Friday. However Tuesday was the end of the line for Class AAA Ambridge. Here are recaps from all the Western Semifinals softball games from Tuesday afternoon.

A special thanks to Bob Gregg, Todd Brown and Don Rebel for their help on these recaps.

PIAA Baseball Semifinals Recap from Tuesday

Monday saw WPIAL AA champion Beaver clinch a spot in the PIAA state finals. However the news was not as good on Tuesday for District 7 as North Allegheny in Quad-A, Keystone Oaks in Triple-A and California in Single-A all saw their state title dreams and their 2013 season comes to an end with heartbreaking losses. Here are recaps from all the Western Semifinals baseball games from Tuesday afternoon.

Thanks to Lee Mohn and Don Rebel for their help on these recaps.

2013 PIAA BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

District 7 had one team clinch a trip Happy Valley on Monday and had three more teams with state gold dreams ending in the Final Four 24 hours later. Semifinals Tuesday turned into Black Tuesday for the WPIAL as all three teams, North Allegheny in Class AAAA, Keystone Oaks in Class AAA and California in Class A had their state title bubble pop with losses in Round Three. Here are ALL the final scores through the Semifinals, plus the four championships games on Friday at Penn State University in the 2013 PIAA Baseball Playoffs with the Class AA contest right here on MSA Sports.

2013 PIAA CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:

North Penn Knights 6 - Lower Dauphin Falcons 5

2013 PIAA SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS

The 24-hour push back from Monday to Tuesday due to rain did not dampen the spirits of three WPIAL softball teams. 2013 WPIAL champions Canon-McMillan in Class AAAA, Riverside in Class AA and Neshannock in Class A were Round Three winners and are now headed to Happy Valley to play for a state softball crown. Fellow District 7 mate Ambridge lost in their bid to make it to State College. Here are ALL the final scores through the Semifinals, plus a look at all four championship games set for Friday at Penn State University in the 2013 PIAA Softball Playoffs with the Class AAAA, Class AA and Class A softball state title games ALL here on the MSA Sports Network .

2013 PIAA CLASS AAAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:

PIAA Baseball Semifinals Recap from Monday

Rain late Sunday and early Monday coupled with a shaky forecast forced the PIAA to postpone 15 of it's 16 baseball and softball Semifinals contests. The lone exception was played at high noon Monday at Pullman Park where a rematch of the WPIAL Class AA championship game from two weeks ago was played. The result in Butler was similar to the result in Washington. Here is a recap of the lone state playoff game from Monday.

Thanks to Mike Azadian for his help on this recap.

PIAA CLASS AA SEMIFINALS:  Beaver Bobcats 7 - Quaker Valley Quakers 0

WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game Recaps

The stars were out Sunday afternoon in Robinson Township. The WPIAL Baseball Coaches Association held their annual baseball all-star games with the top stars from each of the four classifications on display in a pair of contests. Here are recaps from both the Class AA vs. Class A game and the Class AAAA vs. Class AAA contest as heard here on the MSA Sports Network.

CLASS AAA  10 – CLASS AAAA  9:

This Week on the MSA Sports Network

The state baseball and softball playoffs wind down, putting an end to the 2012-2013 high school sports season this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have coverage of the Semifinals and Championship Finals of both the PIAA Baseball and Softball state playoffs, plus away and home Frontier League pro baseball action for the Washington Wild Things and plenty of news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.net

Monday, June 10th:

TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.net

PIAA High School Baseball Playoffs: Class AA Semifinals - Quaker Valley vs Beaver at 12:00pm on MSAsports.net

Tuesday, June 11th:

North Allegheny Wins 5th PIAA Boys Volleyball Class AAA Championship

A pair of dominant WPIAL boys volleyball programs played in the state finals on Saturday with different results. North Allegheny is going to party like its 1999 after beating Pennsbury in four games to capture the schools fifth state boys volleyball championship. The Tigers victory matches their state crowns in 1979, 1987, 1991 and 1999. Meanwhile, Ambridge had to settle for state silver after losing to Northeastern York in four games in the Class AA championship at Penn State University. The Bridgers were trying to win their second boys volleyball title and first since 2009. Here are ALL of the final results from both the Class AAA and Class AA 2013 PIAA Boys Volleyball Playoffs.

LaSalle College Boys and Harriton Girls Win 2013 PIAA Lacrosse State Titles

LaSalle College defeated the three-time defending boys lacrosse state champion Conestoga Pioneers for their second state title. The Explorers, who won the inaugural boys state championship in 2009, were led on Saturday by Matt Rambo's four goals, three of which came in a three minute span in the first quarter. Meanwhile in the girls state lacrosse final, Harriton won their first state crown by defeating the two-time champion Radnor Raiders with a thrilling come from behind overtime victory. Senior Caleigh Foust scored five goals for the Rams, including the overtime championship clinching winner. Here are ALL of the final results from the 2013 PIAA Boys and Girls Lacrosse Playoffs.

2013 PIAA BOYS LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:

This Week on the MSA Sports Network

The district baseball and softball playoffs are in the books, so now the attentions swings to the state playoffs as we kick into June this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We have expanded coverage of the First Round of the PIAA Baseball and Softball state playoffs with more action later in the week in the Quarterfinals along with PIAA Boys Volleyball Semifinals match action, plus more Frontier League pro baseball with the Washington Wild Things and plenty of news from the world of auto racing with Rappin on Racin ALL here ONLY at MSAsports.net

Monday, June 3rd:

TALK SHOW - Rappin on Racin at 6:00pm on MSAsports.net

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