By Nicholas Tolomeo
February 23, 2009
DocSports.com
In terms of teams that are hard to figure out, the Pittsburgh Penguins have been downright mystifying this season. The Penguins have two of the top scorers and young talents in the NHL, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, and are coming off a memorable run to the Stanley Cup Finals last season.
Now on to the negatives.....
By Nicholas Tolomeo
February 23, 2009
DocSports.com
If the current NBA standings don't tell you who is a contender this year and who is ready for the offseason to get here, then the dealings at the trade deadline sure have to. Some teams are content with their lineups, others are gearing up to make a playoff push while the rest are cashing their chips early and fighting for better odds in the NBA Draft Lottery.
One of my better pieces I must admit
WPIAL Semifinals
Final Four! x Four x Two
If that doesn't make any sense I can see why
The WPIAL playoffs have reached the Final Four, in all four classifications plus its basketball, so there are girls too
Start with the big girls and work our way down
Girls
Class AAAA
Who is left
No. 1 Mt. Lebanon
No. 3 Fox Chapel
No. 4 Oakland Catholic
No. 15 Gateway
The Lowdown
Mt. Lebanon is the top seed and the only undefeated WPIAL basketball team regardless of sex or class. Oakland Catholic is the tradition rich program in the WPIAL but going through its third different coach in four years. Fox Chapel has a bunch of rich white girls and a few tall ones, that probably has more to do with why they are still in it. And Gateway has a lot of black girls but one freshman phenom, Destiny Brown that already has a scholarship offer to play for the Rutgers nappy headed hoes.
Mt. Lebo continues on a run of incredible defense while Gateway is truly a cinderella having had to play a prelim game just to get here, then STUNNING No. 2 seed Butler and getting past No. 10 Peters Township.
A Mt. Lebo/Gateway showdown at the Palumbo Center would be loaded with storylines
Who Wins:
How can you bet against that Mt. Lebanon defense at a time like this
Class AAA
Who is left
No. 1 New Castle
No. 2 Indiana
No. 3 West Mifflin
No. 14 South Park
The lowdown
Devin went to New Castle, Indiana and West Mifflin are perennial powers and just try to guess which one of the teams does not belong. South Park also had to play a prelim game just to get to this spot. They have already won three playoff games, if this was the NFL they would have won a Super Bowl.
Who Wins
No. 3 West Mifflin, its near Kennywood
Class AA
Who is left
No. 1 Sto-Rox
No. 3 Seton-LaSalle
No. 9 South Fayette
No. 11 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
The Lowdown
Sto-Rox Dance Academy, Cheating-LaSalle, South Fayette has emerged as a basketball POWERHOUSE in both girls and boys and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart takes way too long to say, so everyone calls them OLSH.
The Winner
Sto-Rox and Kerry Connolly, this is my locksmith play of the decade
Class A
Who is left
No. 1 North Catholic
No. 2 Quigley Catholic
No. 3 Mount Alvernia
No. 4 Vincentian
The lowdown
What is this the men's final four last year? All the top teams make it and three are from the same conference (NC, MA and V). North Catholic is a dynasty but they were shocked in the second round last year. Mount Alvernia is the defending WPIAL champs and their coach is 300 years old. Quigley is a really, really small school and Vincentian is on McKnightmare road.
What is this the men's final four last year? All the top teams make it and three are from the same conference (NC, MA and V). North Catholic is a dynasty but they were shocked in the second round last year. Mount Alvernia is the defending WPIAL champs and their coach is 300 years old. Quigley is a really, really small school and Vincentian is on McKnightmare road.
Who wins
Cannot see anyone beating North Catholic but I can't take three number one seeds so I'll go with Mt. Alvernia to defend the title
Boys
Class AAAA
Who is left
No. 1 Peters Township
No. 3 Mt. Lebanon
No. 4 Seneca Valley
No. 7 North Hills
The lowdown
The most wideopen field in the history of Class AAAA. Peters Township is hardly a No. 1 seed, Mt. Lebo has a chance for boys and girls gold, Seneca Valley and North Hills are from the same section, and a section that NEVER does anything in the post-season.
Who Wins
No. 3 Mt. Lebanon, they keep the UCONN dream alive of two golds in one sport
Class AAA
Who is left
No. 1 Chartiers Valley
No. 3 Hampton
No. 5 Highlands
No. 7 Moon
The Lowdown
Chartiers Valley is the best team in the WPIAL this season based on what we have seen so far. Hampton has some trees. Highlands is a gutsy team from Naaytrona Heights I would not want to bet against and Moon went to the Class AAAA state title game last year but have dropped down to Class AAA since then.
Who wins
No. 7 Moon, the dogs are barking!
Class AA
No. 1 Jeannette
No. 3 North Catholic
No. 4 South Fayette
No. 11 Monessen
The lowdown
I WOULD PAY GOOD MONEY TO ATTEND BOTH SEMIS AND THE TITLE GAME IN THIS CLASS. Jeannette and the South Fayette student section nearly got into a melee last year and the Jeannette players and North Catholic players actually did get in a melee and at least one of those match ups is guaranteed. Monessen and Jeannette are loaded with black kids while South Fayette and North Catholic are almost entirely white.
Who wins
No. 3 North Catholic, the great white hope
Class A
No. 1 Sewickley Academy
No. 2 Serra Catholic
No. 3 Neshannock
No. 4 Clairton
The lowdown
Class A should just have a final four from now, just like the girls bracket, all the top teams advance. Sewickley and Serra are private schools, Clairton is in the hood and Neshannock is out in the sticks. Sewickley has a guard that is going to either Duke, Pitt or Davidson. Serra is the defending champs
Who Wins
No. 3 Neshannock, the team I know least about, eh what the heck
The Office
Season Two
Episode Nine
E-Mail Surveillance
| Jim Halpert: | And my roommate wants to meet everybody. I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm making Dwight up. He is very real. |
| Dwight Schrute: | Jim! You think this is a good idea? Hidden key in a rock? |
| Jim's Roommate: | You must be Dwight! |
| Bill: | He said he couldn't show it to me but he has a gun. |
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