Beaver Falls High School
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Beaver Falls High School, located in Beaver Falls
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Beaver Falls is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,987 at the 2010 census. It is located 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, and on the Beaver River, six miles from its confluence with the Ohio River...

, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, United States
United States
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, is the high school for the Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Big Beaver Falls Area School District
The Big Beaver Falls Area School District covers the City of Beaver Falls, the Boroughs of Big Beaver, Eastvale, Homewood, Koppel and New Galilee and White Township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania...

. It supports grades 9-12 and has approximately 700 students enrolled.http://www.tigerweb.k12.pa.us/bfhs/index.htm

The school's mascot is the Tiger.

The Tigers' main athletic rivals are the New Brighton Lions, who they play each season in football for the Little Brown Jug, the trophy winner takes it home to the their high school, and the Aliquippa quips which are played every season as well.

Beaver Falls High School athletics:

Men's Football

Men's Golf

Men's Cross Country

Men's Basketball - PIAA state champions in 1970, 1994, 2005 [28]

Men's Baseball

Men's Swimming and Diving

Men's and Women's Track and Field

Men's and Women's Bowling-(started in 2007)

Women's Volleyball

Women's Tennis

Women's Cross Country

Women's Basketball

Women's Softball

Women's Swimming and Diving

Notable alumni

Joe Namath
Joe Namath
Joseph William "Joe" Namath , nicknamed "Broadway Joe" or "Joe Willie", is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–1964, and professional football in the...

 - NFL
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...

 quarterback from 1965-1977.
Blake Hedges - Beaver Falls "Bleeding Beaver" mascot 2005-2009. Also known as Blake "The Bleeding Beaver" Hedges.

Richard Yonlisky Beaver County Deputy Sheriff, Sergeant K-9 Unit [Beaver County Times Online] Ellwood City Leadger][Deputy Sheriff's Assoc of PA]

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