Friday night football fills the fall with excitement and heartbreak, making memories as high school teams battle for dominance. After two months of action there’s been a WPIAL record-breaking game, a team’s revenge after a bitter loss last year and tender moments between family and friends.
Footballs line the field before the start of the Beaver Falls-Aliquippa game at Geneva College in Beaver Falls on Friday, September 2, 2016.Keystone Oaks marching band members from left Oliver Brooke, 13, Kyle Goss, 13, Gabby Veason, 14, and Luke Taylor, 13, warm up outside the Dormont Memorial Stadium in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Keystone Oaks band and color guard members wait to go on the field before Keystone Oaks plays Beaver Area in a non-conference game in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Members of the Keystone Oaks marching band tune their drums before taking the field to perform the national anthem at the non-conference game between Keystone Oaks and Beaver Area in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Members of the Keystone Oaks varsity cheerleading team cheer as middles school athletes are introduced before Keystone Oaks takes on Beaver Area in a non-conference game at home in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Boys toss footballs before the start of the Keystone Oaks- Beaver Area non-conference game in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Leo Ceriani, 3, talks with his father, firefighter Chris Ceriani, before the start of the Beaver Falls-Aliquippa game in Beaver Falls on Friday, September 2, 2016. Leo wanted to join his father on the field as Chris, other firefighters with the Beaver Falls Fire Dept., and Beaver Falls cheerleaders held an American flag during the National anthem. After Chris told Leo he would have to remain quiet and still, Leo decided to stay on the sidelines.Beaver Falls Fire Dept. and the Beaver Falls Cheerleading team unfurl an American Flag on the field as the Beaver Falls Marching Band plays the National Anthem as the Tigers take on Aliquippa in Beaver Falls on Friday, September 2, 2016.Belle Vernon players finish their pre-game routine before facing off with Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016. One year prior Belle Vernon defeated Thomas Jefferson at home, the first time Thomas Jefferson had lost at home since 2005.Vienna Bertram, 14, the leopard mascot for Belle Vernon, spins Sydney Baciak, 14, at the request of a videographer before Belle Vernon takes on Thomas Jefferson on Friday, October 14, 2016.Thomas Jefferson players huddle together before they take on Belle Vernon as a harvest moon rises over the field in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016. The last time Thomas Jefferson played Belle Vernon, Belle Vernon broke the team’s 57-game winning streak.Belle Vernon quarterback Mike Fine pumps up the team before they go onto the field to play Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016.Belle Vernon assistant coach Frank Nangle gives a pep talk to senior running back Nick Hall, #24, before the team takes on Thomas Jefferson in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016.Thomas Jefferson head coach Matt Humbert shouts instructions at players during their 55-0 victory over Belle Vernon at home in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016.On a warm summer evening mist blows at South Fayette players including Thayer Phillips as the team takes on Central Valley at South Fayette High School Friday, August 26, 2016.Members of the Beaver Dam, Beaver Area High School’s student section, cheer as their team scores against Keystone Oaks in a non-conference game in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016. For much of the game Beaver Area and Keystone Oaks traded touchdowns.Wide receiver Nick Hrivnak, #11, and quarterback Alex Smith, #12, of Keystone Oaks sit on the bench after the team lose possession of the ball to Beaver Area in their 77-49 loss in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Beaver Area celebrates their 77-49 victory over Keystone Oaks in the historic high-scoring non-conference game in Dormont on Friday, September 23, 2016.Thomas Jefferson players including from left Luke Petruzzi, Quinton Hill and Zane Zandier gather in a post-game huddle after their blowout defeat of Belle Vernon 55-0 at home in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016.Sydney Flinn, 17, talks with her boyfriend of one-year and ten months, Luke Petruzzi, #43, after Thomas Jefferson defeated Belle Vernon 55-0 at home in Jefferson Hills on Friday, October 14, 2016.
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