Tag: Freeport

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South Park scores 5 unanswered goals to top Freeport in WPIAL quarterfinals

October 28, 2023

What started out as a chance for Freeport to increase its lead turned into the spark South Park needed to catch fire.

Deer Lakes quarterback Derek Burk throws a 62-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Cochran against Freeport in the second quarter Friday, breaking the A-K Valley passing record.

Deer Lakes blanks Freeport to clinch playoff spot; Derek Burk sets A-K Valley passing record

October 27, 2023

All Deer Lakes needed to do to qualify for its fourth trip to the WPIAL playoffs was to defeat rival Freeport in the teams’ Allegheny 6 Conference (Class 3A) finale Friday.

Fox Chapel’s Pablo Linzoain (left) has 10 goals this season.

A-K Valley WPIAL soccer playoff capsules: Games for Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023

WPIAL soccer playoffs

Ken High’s Joe Giordano takes a breather after returning a kickoff 93 yards for the decisive score as the Red Raiders kept their hopes alive for a third straight WPIAL title with a 25-19 victory at Ambridge on Oct. 25, 1948.

Through the years: In 1948, Ken High won bruising battle with Ambridge

October 26, 2023

Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that have shaped local scholastic history.

Kiski Area’s Eliza Miller takes the early lead from Penn-Trafford’s Amelia Barilla and never looks back as she wins the WCCA Cross Country Championship on Oct. 11.

Kiski Area’s Miller, A-K Valley’s top runners ready for WPIAL cross country meet

October 25, 2023

Kiski Area senior Eliza Miller sounded an optimistic tone on the eve of her final WPIAL Class 3A cross country championship race.

Deer Lakes’ Wayne Love (16) hauls in a touchdown pass over Valley’s Derek Hassim on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, at Deer Lakes High School.

Freeport, Deer Lakes face off with WPIAL playoff berth in the balance

The regular season and the race for a WPIAL Class 3A playoff spot in the Allegheny 6 Conference is down to one head-to-head matchup for Deer Lakes and Freeport.