Aliquippa
December 2023
2023 PIAA Class 4A Title Game Preview: Aliquippa
December 6, 2023 | Shane Lux
Aliquippa Quips PIAA District 7 – Class AAAA League: WPIAL 4A Section 1 Head Coach: Mike Warfield Overview: After winning it all in 2021 over Bishop McDevitt, the Quips fell to Crusaders in 2022 – a loss that has stayed with Aliquippa all season. “Like I just told the team (Following the Selinsgrove Game), 12 […]
Aliquippa Races Past Selinsgrove to State Final
December 2, 2023 | Shane Lux
Ebensburg – The Aliquippa Quips are heading to the state championship for the third straight season. The Quips winning WPIAL and state titles are nothing new, but head coach Mike Warfield reminded his team of the 41-18 loss they suffered to Bishop McDevitt in the state final last season. “It feels okay,” said Warfield. “Like […]
PIAA Class 4A Semi Final Preview: Aliquippa
November 30, 2023 | Ethan Erhard
Aliquippa v. Selinsgrove, Friday December 1st, 7PM @ Central Cambria High School How they got here: 4A Bracket HERE The Quips escaped the WPIAL with another Class 4A championship over the McKeesport Tigers. Aliquippa most of the season has been a second-half team but late season and in the playoffs, they have been a first-half […]
Hittin’ The Road With Travelin’ Matt (State Quarterfinals)
November 27, 2023 | Matt Herring
Each week Travelin’ Matt traverses Pennsylvania attending the hottest high school football games and best match ups in the Commonwealth. Follow his exploits each week as he documents his journey from Week Zero to the Pennsylvania State Football Finals! Friday, November 24 1A #2 Fort Cherry (13-0) vs. #4 South Side Beaver (13-0) 2A […]
WPIAL Finals Gallery
November 25, 2023 | Sykotyk
For more, and larger, photos from these games, click HERE. For photos from previous weeks and seasons, visit http://www.flickr.com/sykotyk/sets/
Aliquippa outlasts McKeesport, wins third straight 4A WPIAL title
November 25, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
Aliquippa would start the game with the ball and punt away as their first drive only lasted one minute and fifty-eight seconds. McKeesport’s first drive lasted six minutes and fifty-three, but ended in a missed field goal. The Quips on their second drive was another short one as they only ran four plays before punting […]
Aliquippa Handles Mars with a 47-24 Victory
November 17, 2023 | Ethan Erhard
The number one-seeded Aliquippa Quips took care of business over Mars this Friday night with a 47-24 final score. The Mars Fightin Planets received the opening kickoff and capped it off with a 65-yard drive, and a one-yard rushing touchdown from running back Evan Wright. Mara gets on the bored first with a 1 yard […]
WPIAL District 7 Second Round of Playoff Previews
November 9, 2023 | Joey Chirillo
The regular season has ended, however the postseason is just getting started. After the first round of playoffs, many teams made a statement and are calling for the championship. Here is your 2023 District 7 Semi-Finals Week Playoff Preview. Class 1A: South Side (1) – The Rams were one of two teams to not […]
Aliquippa Manages to Hold Off Central Valley 27-17
October 28, 2023 | Ryan Thielet
On Friday night, the Aliquippa and Central Valley game was an intense showdown. It kicked off with an Aliquippa Quips touchdown in the first quarter, setting the pace. In the second quarter, the Central Valley Warriors added a field goal to the scoreboard. Aliquippa responded with a remarkable play, completing a “scoop and score” touchdown, […]
Protime’s Pigskin Parlance – Milestones, Record Breakers & Game Shakers – Top Rusher Edition
October 25, 2023 | Phil Myers
Protime’s weekly column that will attempt to get readers up to date on current football facts, stats, and miscellaneous tidbits of information from across the entire state of Pennsylvania. My crack staff of one will peruse some, but not all newspapers and other sources for hopefully what will be up to date scoop on the […]
Aliquippa RB Tiqwahi Hayes commits to Penn State
September 25, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
On Monday night, Tiqwahi Hayes, the four-star junior running-back out of Aliquippa High School, committed to Penn State University. Hayes also had Division 1 offers from Pitt, Ohio State, Michigan, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Maryland, and Michigan State. This season Hayes has rushed for 588 yards on 92 carries and has nine touchdowns. In his career […]
Quips Hayes scores three times to drop Montour
September 16, 2023 | Brett Gombita
On Friday night, the Aliquippa Quips defeated the Montour Spartans 42-18. Aliquippa running back Tikey Hayes rushed for two touchdowns in the first quarter. After the game, Hayes said, “We knew it was going to be a rough game, but when we figured them out I feel like we did excellent.” TIKEY HAYES PUNCHES IT […]
Conversation with Coach – Mike Warfield, Aliquippa
September 11, 2023 | Phil Myers
Everyone in Pennsylvania knows Aliquippa is a sports town especially proficient in football. Aliquippa is the only high school in America that can boast about having three players in the NFL Hall of Fame (Mike Ditka, Ty Law, and Darrelle Revis). The Quips have won the state championship four times. They have made the WPIAL […]
Aliquippa rolls past North Catholic
September 9, 2023 | Paul Kercher
On Friday night the Aliquippa quips rolled past the North Catholic Trojans 33-7. The Quips played well on both sides of the ball in the first half holding the Trojans to no completions in the first half. In the second half the Trojans gave the quips a run for their money but were ultimately stopped […]
WPIAL Elite Eight: Preseason Rankings
August 22, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
AJ & PFN WPIAL Elite Eight: Preseason Rankings 1A: 1. Bishop Canevin 2. Union 3. Clairton 4. Fort Cherry 5. OLSH 6. Greensburg Central Catholic 7. Monessen 8. South Side 2A: 1. Steel Valley 2. Beaver Falls 3. Serra Catholic 4 . Keystone Oaks 5. Washington 6. Neshannock 7. McGuffey 8. Imani […]
2023 Conference Preview District 7, Class: 4A Section 1
August 19, 2023 | Ryan Thielet
For ALL District 7 team schedules click HERE
Aliquippa DB Brandon Banks commits to Yale
July 21, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
On Friday July 21st, future 2024 graduate, 3-star, multi-sport athlete Brandon Banks committed to the University of Yale.
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 12 – A Day at the Office)
June 16, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022. All of these game recaps are from my memory, my notes, and some research which included newspaper articles from the Courier-Express, the Trib-Review, and the Patriot […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to Know Aliquippa CB/WR Brandon Banks
June 7, 2023 | Daniel Reed
Brandon Banks Aliquippa Quips GPA: 4.2 Position(s): CB/WR Jersey Number: 9 Ht: 6’0 – Wt: 170lbs Other Sports: Basketball, Track 2x First Team All State DB Offer Sheet: (23 D1 offers)-Howard, Lehigh, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Akron, Ohio, Toledo, Bowling Green, Liberty, Coastal Carolina, Yale, Columbia, Duquesne, Dartmouth, Fordham, Miami(OH), Charlotte, Lafayette, New Hampshire, Buffalo, […]
2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Aliquippa LB/RB Cameron Lindsey
May 17, 2023 | Billy Splain
Cameron Lindsey Linebacker, Running Back, Tight End, Fullback Aliquippa Class Of 2024 Jersey #11 HT/WT 6’1 202 100 tackles, 3 forced fumbles, 2 receptions 2 touchdowns Other sports Basketball Special teams player of the year and Underclassmen of the year Twitter @Cx_lindsey OFFER SHEET: Penn St, Eastern Michigan, Cincinnati, UConn, Pitt, Maryland, Kent St, Syracuse, […]
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 6 – Both Teams Score Two Touchdowns)
May 5, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of Pennsylvania’s greatest games I’ve seen from the 1970s through 2022. I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s. From […]
The Greatest Games I Ever Saw (Part 2)
April 7, 2023 | Phil Myers
(Note: This is a multi-part series of weekly articles that will appear every Friday through June regarding all of greatest games I’ve seen in PA from the 1970s through 2022. I was just a young whipper-snapper in the 60s, joined the Marines in the 70s, and didn’t get to witness many games in the 80s. […]
Big 33 7th & 8th District announced
February 17, 2023 | Ethan Spozarski
The Big 33 has been announced for District 7 & 8 High School football and thirteen players were announced on that list. Quarterbacks: Armstrong’s Cadin Olsen. Olsen finished the season with number one total in 4A passing yards, 4A total touchdowns, second in 4A passing yards and third in PA yards and touchdowns. Olsen also […]
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