Aliquippa was about to give McKeesport a glimmer of hope.

Leading by two with 2:20 left, the Quips had a 4th-and-9 from the Tigers’ 24-yard line, and McKeesport was champing at the bit for one last chance to pull out its first championship in 20 years.

But this is Aliquippa.

Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it destiny. Call it anything you want.

In the end, breaking the hearts of its opponents is just what Aliquippa does.

Senior quarterback Marques Council danced around in the pocket and, just as he was about to get hit, lobbed up a prayer of a pass into the end zone in the middle of three McKeesport defenders. Yet somehow, through all that mess, senior wide receiver Qa’lil Goode outleaped the entire Tigers secondary, pulled it in and toe-tapped inbounds at the back of the end zone fo

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