Tag: Freeport

Chicks Picks – Week Eight – 2017
October 19, 2017
Welcome to Week 8 of the high school football season. Late Wednesday night, Chick’s Picks was sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying some TV.  Suddenly, out of the blue, a Twitter war broke out among local prognosticators.  Although Chick’s Picks had done nothing but mind her own business, one of her rivals called her out – […]

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Springdale's Josh Harmon scores against Riverview when Riverview hosted Springdale in Oakmont, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. Coach Wagner coached at both Springdale and Riverview during his career.
A-K Valley football notebook: Eastern Conference opponents rank high
Not many teams play multiple opponents ranked in the top 10 of the state during the regular season. Unless, of course, you reside in Class

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Big Game Hunting – Week Eight
The penultimate weekend of the regular season is here and there is still so much to decide. There were some big upsets last week and some things got sorted out. Just two playoff spots remain in 6-A entering week eight and a single spot remains unclaimed in 5-A. Meanwhile in the smaller classifications things are […]

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Hometown Volleyball Recap – Freeport Yellow Jackets
The Freeport Yellowjackets improve to 17-1 overall with a 3-0 match win over the Central Valley Warriors. Freeport has clinched another section title as they are 11-0 in section 5 2A. They are embarking on defending their 2A WPIAL titles from 2015 and 2016. The Yellowjackets made things look easy in game one as they […]

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Freeport's Autumn Kriebel battles Deer Lakes' Maura Rupprecht for the ball during their game Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in West Deer.
Freeport earns No. 2 seed, bye for WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
October 18, 2017
Freeport maybe didn't need a first-round bye in the WPIAL girls soccer playoffs as much as it did last year, but the Yellowjackets certainly won't

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Norwin's Sam Wexell laughs while chatting with teammates before a girls' soccer scrimmage Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 at Norwin High School.
Breaking down the 2017 WPIAL girls soccer playoffs
Class 4A Favorite: Norwin, despite drawing the No. 4 seed, has won back-to-back WPIAL championships and has more than enough talent to three-peat. The Knights

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Penn-Trafford's Austin Kreutzberger (7) against Penn Hills' Jesse Ternent (14) during a preseason scrimmage on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, at Penn-Trafford.
Breaking down the 2017 WPIAL boys soccer playoffs
CLASS 4A Favorite: Peters Township is the only unbeaten team in Class 4A and for good reason; the Indians are loaded with talent. They have

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Springdale's Charlie Sprague
A-K Valley players to watch for Week 8
Matt Charlton Freeport, sr., OL/DL The veteran will be key on both sides of the ball in a matchup with Keystone Oaks that will decide

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Derry's Colton Nemcheck carries the ball for a touchdown Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 during WPIAL football at Mt. Pleasant High School.
High school football notebook: WPIAL playoff field filling up
With two weeks left in the regular season, the WPIAL playoff field is already more than 70 percent set. In all, 46 of the 64

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Freeport's Jacob Sarver beats Seton LaSalle's Nick Vari (15) Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 at Thomas Jefferson High School.
Freeport, Keystone Oaks playing for playoff berth in Allegheny Conference
Freeport's John Gaillot reiterates the philosophy each week that every Allegheny Conference game is a playoff game. He did the same Tuesday as his Yellowjackets

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