Tag: Kiski Area
A-K Valley football teams leaning on their lines this season
August 17, 2025
Nick Anderson felt confident at the start of last season.
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.
Kiski Area’s Shirley brothers work toward playoff berth in final season as teammates
August 15, 2025
Throughout their lives, as brothers often do, Aven and Teegan Shirley have found different avenues to be competitive with each other.
Longtime WPIAL head coach Sam Albert happy to help as assistant at Pine-Richland
August 14, 2025
When Sam Albert stepped down at Kiski Area shortly after the 2024 season and ended a three-decade run as a head coach at stops that included Valley, Butler, Freeport and Highlands, he said he had plans to serve as an assistant somewhere.
A-K Valley football notebook: Longtime broadcasters change teams for 2025 season
After 25 years of calling Highlands sporting events, Mike and Mike have taken their talents across the Allegheny River.
Westmoreland high school notebook: Latrobe football team has ‘big’ surprise for opponents
August 12, 2025
There’s been a big addition to the Latrobe football team. Emphasis on “big.”
Westmoreland County’s newest football coaches tackle 1st day of official workouts
August 11, 2025
Dustin Shoaf made sure his team didn’t leave hungry on the final day of football heat acclimatization workouts.
Under new coach, Kiski Area determined to ‘get ready, be ready, stay ready’
August 7, 2025
When new Kiski Area coach Colyn Haugh sat down and looked at the team’s film from last year, he saw a team with lot of talent but lacking on details.
A-K Valley legend Joe Stone, who helped Kiski Area, Pitt to championships, dies at age 70
August 4, 2025
When it comes to telling the story of the 1976 Pitt Panthers national championship football team, the tales usually begin and end with the kid from Hopewell Township, Tony Dorsett.
