Tag: Apollo-Ridge

Chicks Picks – Week Six – 2017

October 6, 2017

Welcome to Week 6 of the high school football season. As many of you are aware, the MSA Sports Network has now become the TribLive High School Sports Network.  Chick’s Picks was thrilled with this news, and was particularly excited when one of her counterparts, The Birdie, mentioned her on Twitter earlier this week. At […]

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Apollo-Ridge follows Freeport’s formula for early-season success

October 4, 2017

A team heavily reliant on underclassmen after losing its top playmakers to graduation takes the Allegheny Conference by storm, winning four of its first five

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The Birdie won’t back down from predictions in A-K Valley

The Birdie grew up in a rock and roll household and long admired the work of the classic artists from the 1960s onward: The Beatles,

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WPIAL Plays of the Week – Week Five 2017

The 2017 WPIAL football regular season is already more than halfway complete, and as always, the campaign has included a number of surprising teams and fantastic finishes. This past week was no exception, Many of the key matchups occurred in the 3A classification, in part because playoff spots are at a premium with 23 teams […]

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Guido: Playoff chases heating up for Alle-Kiski Valley football teams

October 3, 2017

With the high school football season in its second half, the playoff picture for Alle-Kiski schools is coming into focus. A number of schools have

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Alle-Kiski Valley high school football notebook: Muzzy Colosimo expects call from WPIAL

September 30, 2017

The repercussions for the game-ending brawl between Valley and Ellwood City on Friday night have yet to be fully realized, but that likely will change

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Seton LaSalle’s Deanes leads Rebels past Apollo-Ridge

September 29, 2017

Apollo-Ridge gave opposing defenses fits in recent years with playmakers like Tre Tipton and Duane Brown. On Friday, the Vikings experienced life on the other

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Chicks Pick – Week Five

September 28, 2017

Welcome to Week 5 of the high school football season.  This week brought several straight days of unseasonably warm temperatures.  Wondering where these temperatures were during the summer, Chick’s Picks did her best to keep cool.  A few days into the heatwave, however, was concerned that delirium was setting in.  So, she tried her best […]

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Apollo-Ridge knows what to expect from Deanes, Seton LaSalle

September 27, 2017

The WPIAL realignment brought on by a shift to six classifications last season placed unfamiliar teams in the same conference. For holdovers of the Allegheny

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The Birdie is feeling the heat in the A-K Valley

The Birdie heard a lot about the weather over the past week, record-setting temperatures and the like. He felt the heat, too, only in a

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