Tag: Freeport

A-K Valley high school football players to watch for 2025 Week Zero

August 20, 2025

Players to watch

Kiski Area lineman Wilson Spencer (right) works out during the first day of practice Aug. 11 at Kiski Area.

A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2025 Week Zero

Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Week Zero in the A-K Valley:

Deer Lakes running back Ryan Love (front) leads the charge in a pursuit drill during practice Aug. 6.

Straight talk from The Birdie as he makes his Week Zero picks in the A-K Valley

If you count the City League, independents and Kiski School, Trib HSSN produced 128 high school football team preview stories to get ready for this season.

Deer Lakes’ Claire Cacurak (left) was all-WPIAL as a junior last season.

A-K valley girls high school soccer preview: Deer Lakes ‘shooting for higher ground’

The Deer Lakes girls soccer team made a number of long trips for section matches last season and faced a few unfamiliar foes.

Kiski Area lineman Nick Anderson works out during first day of practice Aug. 11, 2025.

A-K Valley football teams leaning on their lines this season

August 17, 2025

Nick Anderson felt confident at the start of last season.

Plum’s Tyler Baleno, left, and Landen Ekiert, right, run defensive reps during practice Aug. 4 at Plum High School.

The Birdie offers up some preseason pigskin poetry for A-K Valley teams

Moments after The Birdie turned in his preseason prediction column, his phone rang. (Crazy Train ringtone. RIP, Ozzy.) It was the boss.

Burrell coach Dom Girardi looks on as players run sprints during practice on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at Burrell High School.

A-K Valley football notebook: Longtime broadcasters change teams for 2025 season

August 14, 2025

After 25 years of calling Highlands sporting events, Mike and Mike have taken their talents across the Allegheny River.

Drew Ross works in practice Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2025 at Freeport Area Athletic Stadium.

2-way playmaker Drew Ross leading the charge for confident Freeport

August 13, 2025

Drew Ross is comfortable sitting in the pocket, surveying the field and delivering a strike to any one of several receiving targets in Freeport’s passing game.