Twin Valley Stays Undefeated and is Heading to the Class 4A State Championship as They Defeat Aliquippa 28-24 in a Dandy

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Phil Myers | November 29, 2025

Twin Valley is heading to the school’s first ever state football championship game but it wasn’t easy.  The Raiders took advantage of Aliquippa mistakes and the play of their own defense in the first half to give themselves an impressive 28-6 lead over the Quips at Mifflin County High School last night.  But then Aliquippa threw everything but the kitchen sink at them in the second half coming within 11 yards of winning at the end.  In fact, statistically, the Quips outgained the Raiders 331 yards to 103 yards.

Charles Dickens wrote the famous ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ back in the 1800s.  Twin Valley and Aliquippa wrote ‘A Tale of Two Halves’ for their football history books last night in a thrilling contest that had both school’s fans on the edge of their seats in the final six minutes.

The Raiders went up 7-0 thanks to an 83-yard drive to start the game, scoring on a Lucas Myers 37-yard scoot down the Raider sideline.  They garnered four first downs in that drive and only one the rest of the game.  That is how good the Quips’ defense played.  But Twin Valley was opportunistic to say the least in the opening half.  

Twin Valley in green.

After Aliquippa drove 68 yards to pull within one point, scoring on Joseph Work’s touchdown, the Raiders’ Drew Engle raced 80 yards with the kickoff all the way to the Quip 4-yard line.  Quarterback Maverik Foster called his number and scored from a yard out on fourth down to increase Twin Valley’s lead to 14-6.

An interception by Ryan Rementer and another by Keenan Munn led to Twin Valley’s other two first half scores.  Rementer’s return put the ball at the Aliquippa one where Lucas Myers scored his second TD.  Munn’s pick put the ball at the Quips’ 9-yard line where Myers scored his third touchdown on a 4th down play as time ran out in the half.  A negative 17-yard punt by Aliquippa led to a field goal attempt by the Raiders.  But the Quips blocked that or the halftime lead could have been 31-6.

Then, inspired by what Coach Mike Warfield said at halftime and playing valiantly, Aliquippa scored three times in the third quarter to close the gap to 28-24.  Marques Council tossed two TD passes and Akiva Woods carried the rock 39 yards to paydirt.  But Aliquippa could not convert any point after attempts and really, that was the difference in the game.  In the meantime, the Quip defense held Twin Valley’s potent offense to a mere eight yards in the last two stanzas of the game. 

Aliquippa defense in white.

In Quippa’s first possession of the 4th quarter, Qalil Goode was tackled for a 12-yard loss after a bad snap on a 3rd and two, which forced Aliquippa to punt.  The second time the Quips got the ball in the fourth quarter there was 6:19 remaining in the game and they drove and they milked the clock.

Council converted a 4th and eleven at their own 29 to open the drive by hitting Goode for 25 yards.  A 19-yard throw to Woods was followed by a 27-yard pass to Woods after an 11-yard sack.  That put the ball at the Twin Valley eleven with a couple minutes left.  A holding penalty on Aliquippa moved the ball back to the 17 after a 3-yard gain on the same play.  But the Raiders stepped up big time by permitting zero yards on two plays, sacking the quarterback for minus 7, and forcing a throw to the endzone that was knocked down preserving the victory.

Twin Valley improves to 14-0 and will play Southern Lehigh for the 4A state championship next Thursday.  Southern Lehigh was also a 28-24 winner as they defeated Cardinal O’Hara.  Aliquippa ends their 2025 campaign with a 10-4 record.

Aliquippa   6-0-18-0 – 24

Twin Valley   14-14-0-0 – 28

First quarter

TV-Lucas Myers 38 run (Nate Shaffer kick), 8:56

A-JJ Work 1 run (kick blocked), 2:41

TV-Maverik Foster 1 run (Shaffer kick), :41

Second quarter

TV-Myers 1 run (Shaffer kick), 7:29

TV-Myers 1 run (Shaffer kick), :00

Third quarter

A-Qa’Lil Goode 48 pass from Marques Council (run failed), 9:18

A-Antonio Reddic 19 pass from Council (pass failed), 4:06

A-Akiva Woods 39 run (kick failed), :36

Fourth quarter

No Scoring

Team statistics                       A                 TV

First downs:                        16                5         

Rush-yards:                         34-101         32-109

Passing:                               230              (minus-6)

Comp-Att-Int:                     15-19-2       3-8-0

Fumbles-lost:                      1-0           0-0

Punts-Avg.:                         2-1               4-29.5 

Penalties-yards:                  7-60             3-30                

Individual statistics

RUSHING: Aliquippa, Akiva Woods 7-61, JJ Work 16-60, Cleaster Longmire 2-6, Cam Cannon 1-2, Marques Council 7-(minus-15), Qa’Lil Goode 1-(minus-13); Twin Valley, Drew Engle 20-65, Lucas Myers 10-40, Maverik Foster 2-4.

PASSING: Aliquippa, Council 15-19-2—230; Twin Valley, Foster 3-8-0—(minus-6).

RECEIVING: Aliquippa, Goode 4-100, Woods 3-54, Josh Lay 3-35, Antonio Reddic 4-34, Cannon 1-7; Twin Valley, Jayce Oliver 2-0, Ben Grundy 1-(minus-6).

Box score courtesy of Eric Epler of PennLive Sports

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