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December 12, 2022

Hack Wilson Historical Marker Among 36 New State Historical Markers Approved

A Hack Wilson Historical Marker is among the subjects of 36 new Pennsylvania Historical Markers approved by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC). The PA state marker is to be placed on State Route 65, Woodside Avenue, by Lincoln High School baseball fields. The Ellwood City Area Historical Society was instrumental in promoting Hack Wilson’s accomplishments. Lewis Robert “Hack” Wilson (1900–1948), was born in Ellwood City and was one of baseball’s greatest power hitters in the 1920s and 1930s. He played for the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. He was elected to the National…

December 8, 2022

Ellwood City Winter Sports Tickets To Be Sold Online

Ellwood City Area School District will be slowly making the change to digital ticketing for all sports. The first round of ticketing for the Ellwood City Wolverines to be sold on-line will be for the 2022-23 Winter Sport Season. Tickets will be sold on-line at www.gofan.co or the Go Fan app. There will be no tickets sold at the school at this time. There will be a limited amount of Adult tickets, $5.00, and Adult season passes, $20.00, available to be purchased at the gate for each home game this season. Senior Citizen tickets will still be sold at the…

December 6, 2022

Three Games, Three Double-Doubles For Roth; Wolverines Start Season 3-0

Three games in, three double-doubles for Joseph Roth. The Ellwood City junior big man has led the young, upstart Wolverines to an early 3-0 regular season record after the Wolverines wrapped up the Laurel Tip-Off tournament by defeating the host Spartans 61-46 Monday night. Ellwood City will next host its regular season home opener on Friday against the Hopewell Vikings. The Wolverines tipped off their season Friday night with a 56-35 victory over Rochester at the Geneva College / Midland Tip-Off Classic. Elwood City raced out to an insurmountable 30-10 advantage in the second quarter on their way to easy…

December 1, 2022

Ellwood City Area School District Hall of Fame Announces Inaugural Class

The Ellwood City Area School District Hall of Fame Committee is unveiling a new Hall of Fame to celebrate the professional achievements and athletic accomplishments of Lincoln Jr/Sr High School alumni. The Hall of Fame Committee was established this year with the mission to honor and recognize those individuals and teams associated with Lincoln High School who have experienced significant accomplishments in their chosen sport and/or field. These individuals have brought distinction, honor and excellence to Lincoln Jr./Sr. High School and Ellwood City Area School District by their accomplishments on and off the field. Committee President, Tom Natale said, “There…

November 30, 2022

Rosenberger Signs With Barry University

Riverside Panther standout student-athlete Samantha Rosenberger has officially signed her letter of intent to play Division II softball with Barry University, in Miami, Florida. Rosenberger has received a full academic and athletic scholarship and is pictured signing her paperwork last Friday, November 18th at Riverside High School Rosenberger is a 1B/LHP senior captain for the Lady Panthers Varsity Softball team. She received the Offensive Award for Riverside softball last year as a junior and was named a player of the week with the Beaver County Times after the left hander tallied 12 strikeouts in a complete game loss. This past…

November 29, 2022

‘Meet The Wolverines’ Night On Thursday

In keeping with a recent annual tradition, the Ellwood City winter sports student-athletes will be a part of a ‘Meet The Wolverines’ night at Lincoln High School large gymnasium. The event is scheduled for Thursday, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with introductions of winter sport teams, and performances by cheerleaders and the Lincoln High School Marching band. Come out and support ALL of our winter sports teams including Boys and Girls JV/Varsity Basketball, Bocce, Band, Wrestling, Jr High/JV/Varsity Cheerleading, Boys 9th Grade Basketball, Boys 5th/6th /7th/8th Grade Basketball, Girls 3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th Grade Basketball, REC Wrestling, Varsity Swimming, and Hockey. Tickets are $3.00/adult…

November 7, 2022

LHS Standout Softball Player, Aliya Garroway Commits to Saint Francis University

Lincoln High School Senior Aliya Garroway verbally committed to Saint Francis University of the NEC last Thursday. She will sign her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, November 9th at Lincoln High School. SFU, located in Loretto Pa, is coached by Jessica O’Donnell. The team has won 5 consecutive NEC titles and participated in the NCAA tournament over that same span. The University is a tremendous academic institution and is also one of the top 50 Division 1 softball programs in the country. Garroway started her softball career at six years old with the Bellissimo’s Magic/EC Fastpitch Youth Development program….

October 29, 2022

PHOTOS: Panthers Shutout Wolverines

Four Panthers scored to propel Riverside to a 28-0 road victory over the Wolverines Friday night during the Ellwood City Senior Night. After a scoreless first frame, backers Robert Janis and Noah George collected touchdown runs in the second quarter to help the visiting Panthers to an early 14-0 lead. In the third quarter Riverside quarterback Samuel Hughes found Ayden Garcia on a 10-yard touchdown pass and Hughes capped off the scoring in the fourth quarter with a 10 yard touchdown scamper. Hughes finished the game with 228 yards passing (14-25, 1 TD) finding rhythm with received Brady Newman who…

October 28, 2022

Fluharty, Wissinger, Custer Qualify For PIAA Cross Country Championships

Three local athletes have qualified for the upcoming PIAA State Cross Country Championships. Riverside junior Lexi Fluharty finished runner-up Thursday afternoon in the WPIAL Class-A Cross Country Championships held at California University of Pennsylvania. Fluharty finished with a time 19:58.4. Joining Fluharty in qualifying for next week’s state championships is fellow junior Brooke Wissinger who finished with a 9th place time of 21:38.4. [VIEW FULL GIRLS RESULTS] For Ellwood City, Bradley Custer has qualified with an individual time of 18:31.8 in the boys WPIAL Class-A Championships. The two Riverside runners and Ellwood City runner will next complete in Hershey, PA…

October 27, 2022

Wilmington Hockey Earns First Victory Of Season, Defeats Central Valley 9-5

The Wilmington Hockey team defeated Central Valley 9-5 at Hess Ice Rink Monday evening, earning its first victory of the young season. On Monday, Andrew Cartwright (Union) and Noah King (Wilmington) each collected five points to lead Wilmington offensive charge. King got the only goal in the first period on an assist from Cartwright while the second period saw the Hounds get goals from Cartwright, assisted by Sean Carmichael (New Castle) and Davis Phanco (Wilmington), Nate Pitzer (New Castle) assisted by Tucker Ligo (Union), and Carmichael with two goals, one assisted by Alex Rodgers (New Castle) and the other assisted…