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An emotionally charged Riverside team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the 93-year history of its Tri-Boro rivalry with Old Forge as the Vikings took a 30-14 win from the Blue Devils in front of over 3,000 fans in the District 2 Class 1A semis at Old Forge Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
As the Old Forge soccer program develops, so does its players.
Garlic wasn’t the only smell that was in the air in the Pizza Capital on Tuesday night.
Old Forge capped its first undefeated regular-season in 22 years and won its second straight Lackawanna Football Conference Division III title in a 36-22 win over Susquehanna on Senior Parents Night at Old Forge Veterans Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
Old Forge won its fourth consecutive Lackawanna Football Conference Division III title this past week when the Blue Devils defeated Mid Valley 28-12 in its final game of the season Monday night in Throop.
On the heels of its first perfect regular-season in 22 years, the Old Forge football team will open the District 2 Class 1A playoffs with a familiar foe.
Old Forge all-purpose back Malkolm Blackshear made the return trip to where his playing days began a memorable one as the Blue Devils stomped Mid Valley, 28-6, on Devils’ Night, Friday, at Spartan Stadium in Throop.
Playing without its top two tailbacks to start the game, the Old Forge football machine just kept on rolling along Friday night as the Blue Devils dismantled winless Lackawanna Trail, 53-6, at Lions Pride Stadium in Tunnel Hill.
It was a matchup they were set up to avoid – and wanted to avoid.
The Old Forge soccer team didn’t want to have to play Mt. View. Heck, they wanted to avoid the defending District 2 Class 1A champ at all costs. And who could blame them.
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