YATESVILLE, Pa. — The Patriots are riding high after a Week 8 victory over Hazleton Area. Not only is Pittston Area holding a 7-1 record after the win, the team locked down the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 championship.

"It feels amazing, you know, 5 and 5 my sophomore year, 2 and 9 last year, not the results we were hoping. The pieces of the puzzle were here, and I think we just put them into place this year," said senior Brian Hankey.

"Keeping our offense balance has been great and the defense has been playing really well. I think this past Friday night was the first time, we held the team only 200 yards, you know, start to finish, which is really great, you know, obviously you want to play your best football here at the end and we feel like we're doing that right now," said

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