The 2009 WPIAL Football Playoffs have reached the Final Four in each classification. While there is no gold to be won Friday evening, there are passes to each of the eight winners. Passes that will take them the rest of the way on the Highway to Heinz to the final destination...the big house on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. Check back later Friday evening for updated and final results. more...

Thomas Jefferson is trying to become only the second team in WPIAL history to win four football championships in a row. But simply getting to the title game will put the Jaguars in a class by themselves. more...

There is one more exit on the Highway to Heinz, and we come to it Friday here on the MSA Sports Network. Eight WPIAL Semifinals game to be broadcast here on the network starting with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the PA Once Call High School Football Scoreboard Show, plus a District 6 postseason contest and scoreboard show and men's college basketball featuring Point Park University all here on the MSA Sports Network. more...

Here are the latest 2009-2010 standings for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League through Thursday, November 19th. You can follow the PIHL high school hockey season with broadcasts, PIHL News and Notes every Monday and the PIHL Power Play Show on Wednesday nights at 8:00pm starting in December right here on the MSA Sports Network. more...

Welcome to Week 12 of the high school football season. When the Semifinal matchups were decided last weekend, Chick’s Picks already knew that her crystal ball would get a bit testy when it came time to make the predictions. After years of hard work and dedication--and, not to mention, torture and abuse--the crystal ball had certainly seen its better days. more...

In week twelve all the games are big, so the tough part for us here at “Big Game Hunting” was to find the biggest of the big. We like to think we have done just that, three fabulous rematches come at you this week in the four-pack and a game in AAA that certainly has a championship type of feel to it. Just one more exit until we reach Heinz field, “time to wake up, stretch out, get your shoes back on, eat those last few french fries and gather up your trash, you know dad hates it when you leave the car a mess, open the window and let some fresh air into the car and look over there, across the river, no it’s not grandma’s house it’s the big house with screaming yellow seats and we are almost there, c’mon one more time let’s go Big Game Hunting.” more...

The Hampton Talbots and Seton-LaSalle Rebels are headed to Hershey where they will each battle for state gold Saturday after one goal victories on Semifinals Tuesday in the 2009 PIAA Boys Soccer Playoffs. Hampton will head to the state soccer finals stage shooting for a first Class AA state title while 2008 PIAA Class A champ Seton-LaSalle returns with repeat on their mind. Here are all of the results from the first three rounds, plus the schedule for all three title matches on Saturday, November 21st. more...

Like they did in the WPIAL Class AA Championship, Springdale has once again ruined a golden dream for South Park, this time on Semifinals Tuesday in the 2009 PIAA Girls Soccer Playoffs. With the district nemesis Eagles out of the way, the Dynamos will try to win state gold for the first time in school history on Saturday in Hershey. Here are ALL of the finals from the first three rounds plus the schedule for the two championship matches slated for Saturday, November 21st. more...

Here are the new classification breakdowns for schools in the PIAA. The figures are enrollment figures for students currently in grades 9 through 11. more...

On Quarterfinals Friday, 32 teams spent the night trying to kick down the door...Knowing that on the other side was a trip to the Final Four...These are the plays that helped put four teams over the top...For at least one more week for these teams, the journey on the Highway to Heinz is non-stop. more...

While the Highway to Heinz and the WPIAL football postseason have reached Semifinals Friday, we are one week away from the First Round of the PIAA football playoffs. Here are the finals from last weekend plus the schedule for Friday and Saturday from the western side of the state with playoff action from District 5, District 6, District 8, District 9 and District 10. more...

We are halfway through our trip on the Highway to Heinz and the final destination of Heinz Field as the original field of 64 has been cut down to 16 teams still alive for the four WPIAL football championships. The Final Four in each classification will do battle on Semifinals Friday in the WPIAL and here on the MSA Sports Network. Here are all of the results from the First Round and Quarterfinals as all four defending champs and three of the four top-seeds are still alive, plus the sites and times for the Third Round coming up Friday, November 20th. more...

Six teams from the WPIAL went to Central York High School this weekend hoping for state gold in the 2009 PIAA Girls Volleyball Playoffs. Four of six teams were eliminated on Friday in Quarterfinals Pool-Play while the other two teams, Mount Lebanon in Class AAA and West Shamokin in Class A were knocked out in the Semifinals on Saturday morning. Bishop Shanahan, Merion Mercy and Northern Cambria ended up winning state titles. more...

The 2009 Highway to Heinz continues into the Final Four this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We will have all 8 WPIAL Semifinals high school football playoff games kicking off with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the PA One Call Scoreboard Show, plus District 6 high school football playoff action along with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, college football postseason play, men's and women's college basketball, PIHL high school hockey, This Week in the WPIAL and the debut of Griffins Sports Weekly all here at msasports.net more...

Quarterfinals Friday marked the halfway point on the Highway to Heinz. 16 winning teams moved on and kept their WPIAL title hopes alive while 16 teams fell just short of the Final Four. Here are recaps from most of the WPIAL Second Round playoff football games and the Pittsburgh City League. more...

While there were a couple of games that came down to the waning minutes of the fourth quarter, Quarterfinals Friday turned out to be one-sided affairs in a good deal of the 16 Second Round contests. Perhaps part of the reason was some outstanding performances at the midway point on the Highway to Heinz, including these ten (actually eleven) athletes who led the way for their teams to advance to the WPIAL Final Four next week. more...

Here are the latest WPIAL and Pittsburgh City League football standings through Week Eleven of the 2009 high school football season. Standings will be updated after Thursday, Friday and Saturday scholastic gridiron action each week here on the MSA Sports Network. more...

One area district moved on to Round Two of its postseason while the other brought out the bells and whistles for Friday night as a new district football champion was crowned. Here are ALL 17 final results from the high school football playoff games on Friday night including the WPIAL Quarterfinals and the Pittsburgh City League Championship Game. more...

You’ve heard countless stories of how football players make great turnarounds from one season to the next. But how about a great turnaround from the first half of the season to the second half? more...

Welcome to Week 11 of the high school football season. After a stressful night of WPIAL First Round action at MSA Sports World Headquarters Friday night, Chick’s Picks decided to spend a relaxing afternoon on the golf course Saturday. Much to her surprise, the unusually enjoyable November temperatures and clear skies brought Chick’s Quarterfinals predictions to her--right there on the golf course. more...

Some folks look at it as the Quarterfinals on the “Highway to Heinz”. We here at Big Game Hunting tend to think of it as rematch Friday as three games from out four-pack feature teams that have already battled it out in the regular season. The cream is beginning to rise to the top as we reach the second exit on the highway, if you feel you let one slip away in the regular season you can get away with that and many times get a second crack. Any slip-ups this weekend though and your season will come to a close. more...

The special chill in the air, the tension in the grandstands and the electricity on the gridiron are just a part of the reason...That there is something truly special about the high school football postseason...32 WPIAL First Round playoff games to help seperate the boys from the men...Which leads us perfectly to the top plays from Week Ten. more...

All three top-seeds earned four victories in the 2009 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs, climaxing with WPIAL championship winning victories Saturday at Chartiers Valley High School. In Class A, West Shamokin captured the schools first ever WPIAL title, while West Allegheny repeated as Class AA district champions and Mount Lebanon won Class AAA gold for the second time in three years and the schools third girls volleyball title. more...

Defense was the theme on Super Soccer Saturday as the 2009 WPIAL Boys Soccer Playoffs came to an end. Only five goals were scored in the three title matches, including a pair of 1-0 finals in the Class AA and Class AAA championships. In the end, Mars repeated as WPIAL Class AA champs while Greensburg Central Catholic captured their third district boys soccer title and first in five years while Mount Lebanon ended up on top of the Class AAA boys soccer world with a tenth WPIAL title and first since 2002. more...

Seneca Valley captured a second WPIAL girls soccer title in the past three years while Springdale finally knocked South Park off of its three year stay atop the WPIAL Class AA world. The Raiders and Dynamos each won district titles on Super Saturday Saturday at Elizabeth Forward High School by 2-1 margins. more...

One was crowned WPIAL Girls Singles Tennis Class AA champion back in September while the other had to settle for WPIAL Class AAA runner-up. Saturday afternoon, both are served for state gold and their furtunes from the district championships were reversed. WPIAL Class AAA runner-up Joelle Kissell of Latrobe won the PIAA Class AAA Girls Singles Tennis Championship Saturday afternoon in Hershey while WPIAL Class AA golden girl Tanya Timko of Chartiers-Houston fell in the PIAA Class AA title match as the Hershey Racquest Club. more...

While it was a relatively quiet day for the WPIAL girls at the 2009 PIAA Boys and Girls Cross-Country Championships at the Parkview Cross-Country Course in Hershey, District 7 boys have a silver Saturday. North Allegheny boys finished second in team AAA while the Quaker Valley boys team finished second in AA. The only WPIAL individual to medal was Rad Gunzenhauser of Mount Lebanon, who finished in second place in the boys AAA race. more...

The 2009 Highway to Heinz continues into Round Two this week here on the MSA Sports Network. We will have all 16 WPIAL Quarterfinals high school football playoff games kicking off with the MSA Sports Pregame Show and concluding with the PA One Call Scoreboard Show, plus District 6 high school football playoff action along with the D-6 Scoreboard Show, college football regular season and postseason play, the debut of men's and women's college basketball, the debut of PIHL high school hockey and This Week in the WPIAL all here at msasports.net more...

Call it a golden split. In a rematch of the WPIAL Girls Class AAA Doubles Championship in which Olivia Heim and Taylor Perz of Pine-Richland edged Julie Stroyne and Caroline Nixon of Peters Township, Stroyne and Nixon tasted sweet revenge Saturday afternoon in Chocolatetown. The Peters Duo beat the WPIAL champion duo from Pine-Richland Saturday afternoon at the Hershey Racquet Club to win the 2009 PIAA Class AAA Doubles Championship. Meanwhile, District 11 champions Tara Jain and Maggie Reilly of Moravian Academy won the PIAA Class AA Doubles title. more...

The Highway to Heinz opened up Friday night with half of the field of 64 advancing in the WPIAL football playoffs while 32 teams saw their dreams of a district title end as they exited off the first ramp. Here are recaps from most of those 32 games. more...

Five WPIAL soccer championship games played all at Elizabeth Forward High School. Last year, South Park and Mount Lebanon girls along with Peters Township, Mars and Seton-LaSalle boys all collected district gold at EF. Saturday only Mars and South Park are back looking for another WPIAL championship. Here are the championship recaps from Super Soccer Saturday. more...

64 teams playing 32 games. Boy that sounds like the First Round of the WPIAL football playoffs. The entire opening round is in the books as the District 7 playoff field has been halved. Here are ten players that played a key role in their team not taking that first exit and moving on down the Highway to Heinz. more...

With both North Allegheny in Class AAA and Beaver County Christian in Class A having lost in their respective classifications Semifinals, only West Allegheny in Class AA had a chance to repeat as WPIAL champions Saturday afternoon at Chartiers Valley High School. Here are the recaps to the capper of the 2009 WPIAL Girls Volleyball Playoffs. more...