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Beaver Area football's Jaivin Peel ruled ineligible for PIAA postseason
After months of hearings and appeals, one of the Beaver Valley’s top quarterbacks finally had his playoff fate decided by the PIAA on Thursday, Oct. 29, with the association ruling Beaver Area senior quarterback Jaivin Peel ineligible for the 2026 postseason, Beaver Area athletic director Kevin Krzeczowski told the Times. Peel has had an impressive return to WPIAL competition. In nine games with the Bobcats, leads the Beaver Valley in completions (121) while ranking second in completion percentage (59.6), yards (1,533) and touchdowns (13). Along with his work through the air, Peel has solidified himself as a dual-threat quarterback, rushing for 611 yards and eight scores. Required Reading: Updated projections of the 2026 WPIAL high school football playoff field Required Reading: Beaver Valley Week 10 high school football power rankings Crunching the Numbers: Who are the Beaver Valley high school football stat leaders through Week 9? The decision comes following an offseason filled with hearing for the senior gunslinger. In July, the WPIAL granted Peel partial eligibility , allowing him to compete in the regular season but deeming him ineligible for postseason competition. Peel appealed the postseason eligibility with the WPIAL, but it was not approved. Prior to his time
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Adena rallies past Westfall to win program's 40th district crown
WAVERLY — Before the start of the fifth set in a Division V district championship match on Saturday, Oct. 31, Adena coach Laura Smith pulled senior libero Kimmy Dalton aside and delivered a message. “I talked to Kimmy and told her that she had to be a leader out there,” Smith said. “I told her that the other girls were looking at her.” Dalton, who has earned Scioto Valley Conference and Division V District 14 Player of the Year honors this fall, took Smith’s words to heart. She spearheaded a stingy defensive effort while rallying her teammates in the decisive fifth set, pacing her Warriors (15-10) to a thrilling 15-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-17, 15-12 victory over Westfall. The victory marked the program’s 40th district championship. “We’ve been able to get the kids to work hard and believe in what we’re doing,” Smith said. “It’s important to be skilled, but you also have to be a team. You have to learn to love each other. You don’t have to like each other. But you do have to love each other. I think we work hard on getting kids closer, so that they’ll want to work for each other. That’s been a