Tag: Kiski Area

Leechburg’s Jayden Floyd runs the ball against Riverview on Sept. 13.
Are some wins on the menu for A-K Valley teams in The Birdie’s Week 5 picks?
September 25, 2024
Last week: 8-3

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Players from Penn-Trafford and Kiski Area meet a midfield for the coin toss before their game Sept. 20, 2024, at Kiski Area.
Penn-Trafford runs past Kiski Area in Big East showdown
September 20, 2024
Both Penn-Trafford and Kiski Area came into the contest looking for their first win in 5A Big East Conference play.

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Freeport coach Don Earley collected his 100th coaching victory on Sept. 20, 1974 as the Yellowjackets won at Mars, 20-13. Earley would go on to win 100 more games before retiring in 1985.
Through the years: Freeport coach collected 100th win with thrilling victory over Mars in 1974
September 19, 2024
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Franklin Regional’s Heath Sliva breaks up a pass intended for Latrobe’s Andy Tatsch last Friday.
The Birdie out to build his brand with Westmoreland County Week 4 picks
September 18, 2024
Last week: 7-7 (50%)

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Greensburg Salem’s Maxim Topper intercepts a Ligonier Valley pass and returns it for a third-quarter touchdown Aug. 30, 2024, at Offutt Field.
Westmoreland County high school football matchups for 2024 Week 4
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for Westmoreland County in Week 4 of the 2024 season:

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Deer Lakes’ Dom Sciubba (left) beats Freeport’s Cole Troutman (right) to a loose ball on fourth down late in the fourth quarter last Friday.
The Birdie turns whining into an art form before making his Week 4 A-K Valley picks
Last week: 9-2

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Riverview’s Rio Stotts looks for a pass opening against Leechburg on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 at Veterans’ Memorial Field in Leechburg.
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2024 Week 4
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for the A-K Valley in Week 4 of the 2024 season:

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Burrell’s Makiah Buchak is a sophomore on the 2024 girls soccer team.
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Burrell’s Makiah Buchak, Kiski Area’s Max Mottura
September 14, 2024
Makiah Buchak

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Gateway prepares to run a play against the Kiski Area defense Friday.
Gateway overcomes injuries to defeat Kiski Area
September 13, 2024
Gateway came into the start of Big East Conference play a bit banged up. That trend continued as the Gators lost their returning starting quarterback late in the first quarter Friday.

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Woodland Hills’ Annabel Johnson (left) and Fox Chapel’s Ethan Vaughan finished first at the annual Kiski Invitational on Sept. 13, 2024, at Northmoreland Park.
Fox Chapel runner Ethan Vaughan repeats as champion at Kiski Area Invitational
With temperatures in the mid 70s, sunny skies, and a light breeze, runners from close to 40 teams from the Alle-Kiski Valley, Westmoreland County, throughout the WPIAL and City League, and from District 10 and District 6 descended on Northmoreland Park on Friday to test their mettle at the Gingerbread Man Running Company Kiski Area Invitational.

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