Tag: Keystone Oaks

Swarming defense helps Freeport beat Keystone Oaks, clinch playoff spot

October 20, 2017

Freeport knows the pitfalls of youth. The Yellowjackets now are learning the benefits of experience. A season after a four-game losing streak wiped away its

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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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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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High school football notebook: WPIAL playoff field filling up

October 18, 2017

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, 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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WPIAL Friday Night HighLights – Week Seven – 2017

October 14, 2017

Friday of Week Seven not only marked the start of the ‘TribLive Stretch Run’ and the final three weeks of the regular season, it was also Friday the 13th. (ooooooohhh, aaaaaaaahhh) But on a night littered with showdonw games in each classification, there was nothing scary about these top performances as broken mirrors, walking under […]

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Apollo-Ridge gets KO’d from playoffs by Keystone Oaks

October 13, 2017

Last season, Keystone Oaks knocked Apollo-Ridge out of the postseason with its win over the Vikings. Going into Friday night's game against the Golden Eagles,

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What to watch in Week 7 of high school football: Top-ranked teams could face challenges

October 12, 2017

Aliquippa, Steel Valley and Thomas Jefferson, three top-ranked teams in the WPIAL, could face a challenge this week. Emphasis on andquot;could.andquot; Combined, that trio has

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Week 7’s don’t-miss high school football in the A-K Valley

October 11, 2017

Class 5A Allegheny Nine Baldwin (1-5, 0-5) at Fox Chapel (3-4, 3-3) 7 p.m. Friday Last week: Baldwin shut out Connellsville, 49-0. Fox Chapel topped

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Keystone Oaks holds off Burrell rally for Allegheny Conference win

October 6, 2017

Defending Allegheny Conference champion Keystone Oaks remained in the WPIAL playoff race with a crucial 20-13 victory at Burrell. But the Golden Eagles had to

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