32-Game Section Win Streak Snapped By New Castle, 2-0
May7, 2008

Katelyn Yoho, Sara Falotico, Becca Blyth, Ciera damon, Lindsey Scialdone, and Mary Maine were all honored as part of senior night before the Wolverines section finale last night a Stiefel park. The girls, who are already section champs were riding a undefeated season and a 32-game section win streak, which would all come to an end as New Castle would jump out to a 2-0 led on some Ellwood City errors and that's all they needed to seal the victory.

Yoho pitched three shut out innings as she headed into the fourth all tied up at 0-0, the New Castle leadoff batter in the fourth reached on a single, followed by the next batter reaching on a error, and the next girl walking to load the bases. With the bags loaded the leadoff batter would eventually score on  a Wolverine error, and next girl would steal home on a dropped ball for the second Hurricane run, which would turn out to be the winning run.

The Wolverines never stopped fighting, but every ball seemed to be hit directly at the New Castle players and the Wolverines left a lot of girls on in scoring positions. "We played a very good game, but there was nothing we could do. I mean, we hit the ball, but it went straight to them. We'll get them next time. We'll get them in playoffs." - Sara Falotico. Yoho took a tough-loss as she throw a complete game recording 13 strike-outs with only 1 walk. Kaycee Bradosky went 3-for-3 leading the Wolverines in their losing efforts. The Lincoln High School girls finished the regular season at 16-1 overall and 14-1 in Section 1-AAA. Next for the girls is the WPIAL Playoffs.....(view senior night photo's)

With 1 Game Remaining For All Teams - Let Take A Look At The Standings
May 6, 2008

Riverside Dedicates For a Fallen Teammate, and Blows-Out Wolverines 15-4
April 30, 2008

Every player in a white and green pin-striped uniform took the field Tuesday afternoon with the number 7 or the letter S painted on their face, as they where dedicating this game to Shane Rusnock, a teammate who was injured in a automobile accident Monday. With "S"  fueling Riverside, the Panthers blanked the Wolverines 1-2-3 in the first and then unleashed a powerful offence that put the Wolverines in a deep hole, fast. Riverside sent 12 men to the plate in the first to face Ellwood City's ace Ross McDevitt, and the Panthers pounced all over the Wolverines forcing 5 errors and opening up a 8-0 lead. The Wolverines would slowly chip away at the Panthers lead inning by inning, as Stephen Johns homered in the second but it was not enough to knock the Panthers off their scoring train. 4 Panthers smashed long-balls during their 15-4 outing against Ellwood City. Nico Baldelli kicked-off the home-run-derby with a three-run rocket shot in the first which was followed with two-run blast off the bat of Nick Wisor. Riverside kept the heat on in the third when starting pitcher Justin McCanna went down-town with a man aboard, and was followed up by a Coulton Bunney blast over the right-field fence to extend the Panthers lead to 12-2. McCanna was at it again in the fourth as he ripped a double into the right-center gap clearing the bases and enforcing the mercy rule on the Wolverines. The Panthers (11-3, 8-1 in Section 5-AA) next travel to Notrona Heights for a non-section match-up today at 4. Ellwood City (3-12, 2-6 in Section 5-AA) nest host Shenango today at 4.

Three Runs-On One Swing
April 28, 2008

The Ellwood City Varsity softball team hosted West Allegheny Saturday afternoon in a non-section match up. The Wolverines sent senior second baseman Becca Blyth, to the plate in the bottom of the first with two outs and two on, and with one swing Becca would seal the deal for the Wolverines. Blyth's three-run jack brought around Ciera Damon after she walked, and Katelyn Yoho who singled into left field, giving Ellwood City a 3-0 led and the victory. After jumping out to the three run lead, Yoho took control of the game from the mound pitching a three hit shut-out, while recording 12 strikeouts with only one walk. "They're another AAA team from another section that gave us some good competition. From here on in, every game gets us ready for playoffs. There's a lot of things we have to work on and improve. We play Sto-Rox on Monday, they're a great team and we're just going to treat every game as a playoff game from here on in." said Gary Rozanski, EC softball coach. The Girls (14-0, 12-0 in Section 1-AAA) next travel to Sto-Rox for a non-section game at 4 p.m. Monday evening....(View Photo's)

Section 1-AAA CHAMPIONS!!
April 25, 2008

The Ellwood City Wolverines clinched the Section 1-AAA title Thursday evening, by not only beating the Hopewell Vikings 6-0 but shutting them out in the process. It was back to the Katelyn Yoho show Thursday at Stiefel Park, as she hurled a complete 7 inning game recording 7 strike-outs and allowing only two hits. Not only was Yoho getting it done on the mound she sparked the Wolverine offence, as she provided the first three Ellwood City runs with a two run single in the opening frame and a follow up solo home-run in the third. Ellwood City's leadoff hitter Sara Falotico, recorded to hits for the blue and white, while teammate Ciera Damon hit a two-run homer in the sixth sealing the deal for the Wolverines. The Section 1-AAA Champs (13-0, 12-0) next host West Allegheny Saturday at noon.

10-Hits-10-Runs, For the Ellwood City Girls
April 23, 2008

The Ellwood City softball team improved their record to (12-0, 11-0 in Section 1-AAA) as Katelyn Yoho throws another three-hit shut-out against Ambridge Tuesday evening. Yoho pitched a complete game with 5 innings of work recording 6 strike-outs an no walks. The Wolverines wasted no time putting up 4 runs in the first and 6 more in the other 4 innings of play, cruising to a 10-0 victory over Ambridge. The girls next hosts Hopewell Thursday at 4 p.m.

Riverside Softball Follows EC Lead, Wins In Last At-Bats
April 22, 2008

Not even two days have passed since Ellwood City's last inning heroics and Riverside has pulled off some last minute heroics of its own.  Panther Chelsea Evans drove in her second run of the game, a game-winning RBI single, to lift Riverside to a 2-1 victory over Seneca Valley Monday afternoon.  Seneca Valley tied the game at one in the top half of the seventh with the aid of three Panther fielding miscues, but the tie game was short lived.  A lead off walk and station-to-station softball put Panther Charly Fox on third for Evans who drove her home for the walk off victory.  Riverside junior Kari Falk struck out six batters in seven inning to gain the victory.  Riverside softball (10-1, 7-0 Section 5-AA) hosts Alliquippa Tuesday at 4:00pm.

Riverside Baseball Holds onto Victory
April 22, 2008

Sometimes looking forward to a 10-run mercy rule can be a bad thing.  The Riverside Panthers held 10-1 lead at one point in Monday afternoon baseball tilt against the Beaver Falls Tigers, easily able to cut the game short by mercy rule by tacking on more run in its half of the fifth inning.  Fortunately for the Tigers the Panthers didn't score their eleventh run to force the mercy and almost unfortunately for the Panthers, the Tigers stormed back to make it a 10-9 nail bitter, but could get no closer as Riverside held onto victory.  Panther Shane Rusnock led the way for Riverside going 2-for-4 at the dish while Nick Wisor picked up the victory.  Riverside baseball (8-3, 6-1 Section 5-AA) travels to Summit Academy on Wednesday.