Tag: Apollo-Ridge
Week 1’s don’t-miss matchups in the A-K Valley
August 29, 2018
Class 5A Big East Plum (1-0, 0-0) at Franklin Regional (0-0, 0-0) 7 p.m. Friday at Franklin Regional HS Stadium, Murrysville Last week: Plum 32,The Birdie appreciates the underdogs in the A-K Valley
Last week: 4-2 Season: 4-2 The Birdie heard plenty of chirping late Friday night from the Leechburg zip code after the Blue Devils beat Apollo-RidgeAlle-Kiski high school lookahead: Week of Aug. 27-Sept. 1
August 26, 2018
MondayFreeport has won at least a share of the Section 1-AA championship for three consecutive seasons, and the Yellowjackets are on a six-year run ofLeechburg defeats rival Apollo-Ridge for 1st time since 2003, ends 10-game skid
August 25, 2018
Leechburg's Bret Kardos couldn't contain his smile. andquot;This wasn't supposed to happen,andquot; he said through his grin. The postgame sentiments from the senior linebacker/fullback were
A-K Valley high school notebook: 9 A-K Valley teams to play Week Zero game
August 23, 2018
Friday marks the third iteration of Week Zero since the PIAA began allowing football teams to start playing an optional nonconference game instead of a
A-K Valley football preview capsules for Week Zero
August 22, 2018
Nonconference Highlands at Plum 7 p.m. Friday at Mustangs Stadium, Plum Last year: Highlands finished 5-4, 4-4 in the Northwest Nine (4A); Plum was 3-7,The Birdie tries to wrap his beak around Week Zero matchups in A-K Valley
Three years in, The Birdie still can't wrap his mind around the concept of Week Zero. andquot;Course, I've been called small-minded before,andquot; he said. andquot;A
A-K Valley football players to watch for Week Zero
Seth Cohen Highlands, sr., QB/S The 6-foot-2, 195-pound signal caller begins his second full season as a starter. Cohen hopes Friday's opener with Plum is
Apollo-Ridge girls soccer looks to take next step
August 18, 2018
Build it and they will come, and they will win. The Apollo-Ridge girls' soccer team that started out four years ago as a group withAfter considering holdout, The Birdie is back prognosticating A-K Valley games
After flying back north this summer from his undisclosed offseason home, The Birdie heard all about the contract dispute between the Pittsburgh Steelers and a
