The Ellwood City Wolverines defeated the Beaver Bobcats 61-58 in Tuesday’s home conference game.
For most of the game, it didn’t seem Ellwood City would pull through. The Wolverines were left behind as the Bobcasts outscored them 29-19 in the first half. The teams scored an even 16-16 in the third quarter, so Beaver merely had to maintain its lead for the duration of the game.
However, the Wolverines counterattacked, closing the gap and pulling ahead 26-13. In the last few seconds, senior Dave DeLoia hit the final field goal, securing the win.
Ellwood’s Ricky Roth led the Wolverines with 19 points, followed by Nick Ioanilli with and Anthony Roth with 14. Beaver’s Darius Wise was the games highest scorer with 26 points.
The Wolverines had previously lost Monday’s away conference game against Ambridge 61-34.
The Ellwood City boys host Hopewell in a conference game tonight. The Wolverines are currently 6-5 overall and 1-4 in their conference.
Box Score
| Ellwood City | 13 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 61 |
| Beaver | 18 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 58 |
Ellwood City
Frederick Roth 7 4-4 19
Nick Ioanilli 7 0-2 15
Anthony Roth 4 5-7 14
D.J. Barrett 1 0-2 2
Nino Greco 1 1-3 3
Dave DeLoia 3 0-2 6
Brady Kosior 1 0-2 2
Totals: 24 10-20 61
Beaver
Tyler Wallace 1 0-0 2
Dante Angelino 3 1-2 9
Darius Wise 8 8-14 26
Josiah Sligh 7 0-0 17
Caleb Circelli 1 0-1 2
Bryce Ramer 0 0-2 0
Alexander Neeley 1 0-0 2
Totals: 21 9-19 58
3-point goals — Ellwood City 3 (R. Roth 1, Ioanilli 1, A. Roth 1), Beaver 7 (Sligh 3, Angelino 2, Wise 2).
JV score: Beaver 51, Ellwood City 37. High scorers: EC — Ethan Fotia 11.
Lady Wolverines Defeat Hopewell
The Ellwood City girls basketball team won an away conference game 56-44 against Hopewell on Monday.
After a close first quarter, the Lady Wolverines pulled ahead and consistently outscored Hopewell.
Karrington Ketterer paced the Wolverines with 21 points. Breonna Streit and Allie McKelvey were the second highest scorers with seven points each.
Ellwood City played Lincoln Park yesterday.
Box Score
Stats courtesy of MaxPreps and recorded by Jolene Krupa.
| Ellwood City | 11 | 15 | 12 | 18 | 56 |
| Hopewell | 12 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 44 |
| Points | FG-A | 3FG-A | FT-A | Off | Def | Ast | Stls | TO | Blk | |
| Isabella Roth (Fr) | 2 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Breonna Streit (So) | 7 | 7-2 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Paige Mason (Sr) | 2 | 1-2 | 1 | |||||||
| Karrington Ketterer (Sr) | 21 | 6-10 | 9-13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Allie McKelvey (Sr) | 7 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mia DeCaria (Fr) | 2 | 1-1 | ||||||||
| Emily Brown (Sr) | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Cortni Prine (Sr) | 4 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Natalie Greco (Fr) | 6 | 3-7 | 0-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Riverside Girls Triumphs Against Mohawk
The Lady Panthers defeated Mohawk 57-47 in Monday’s home conference game.
Riverside gained a 32-16 lead in the first half, which they would need. In third quarter, Mohawk shut Riverside down 11-3. In the final quarter, Riverside managed to stay ahead enough to maintain a sizable lead.
Mohawk aided considerably in this, as 24 of Riverside’s points were from free throws. Senior Katie Stang made 17 of 18 free throw attempts.
Stang dominated the court with 28 points total. Morgan Bailey was the second highest scorer with nine.
The Lady Panthers played Quaker Valley yesterday.
Box Score
Stats courtesy of MaxPreps and recorded by John Wolf.
| Mohawk | 7 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 47 |
| Riverside | 10 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 57 |
| Points | FG-A | 3FG-A | FT-A | Off | Def | Ast | Stls | TO | Blk | PF | |
| Jordan Annarumo (Sr) | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Sydney Wolf (So) | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bekah Bettencourt (Jr) | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lauren Bettencourt (Fr) | 1 | 1-2 | |||||||||
| Abbey Matiko (Sr) | 5 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Katie Stang (Sr) | 28 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 17-18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Natalie Bologna (Fr) | 4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Morgan Bailey (Sr) | 9 | 4-6 | 1-4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Laurel Proves to Have More Stamina in Overtime Against Riverside
The Riverside boys lost to Laurel in an away conference game on Jan. 5.
The game went into overtime, during which Laurel outscored the Panthers 10-4, winning the game 72-66.
Dylan Speicher was Riverside’s highest scorer with 17 points, followed by Austin and Jason Dambach, each with 12. Laurel’s Jacob Wilson was the game’s highest scorer with 28 points.
The Panthers travel to New Brighton on Tuesday, Jan. 12
| Laurel | 14 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 72 |
| Riverside | 13 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 66 |
Riverside
Ty Thellman 1 2-4 5
Dylan Speicher 7 2-3 17
Austin Dambach 5 2-4 12
Jesse Fornatero 0 0-0 0
Justin Baust 6 2-2 15
Jason Dambach 5 2-5 12
Mike Boswell 2 1-2 5
Totals: 26 11-20 66
Laurel
Jordan Dantico 1 4-6 6
Adam Enscoe 0 0-0 0
Tucker Skerbetz 0 0-0 0
Isici Layne 2 0-0 4
Scott Siddall 7 0-0 17
Jacob Wilson 8 9-9 28
Mason Mraz 6 5-6 17
Colton Brown 0 0-0 0
Zach Sickafuse 0 0-0 0
Totals: 24 18-21 72
3-point goals — Laurel 6 (Siddall 3, Wilson 3), Riverside 3 (Thellman 1, Speicher 1, Baust 1).
JV score: Laurel 38, Riverside 30. High scorers: L — Adam Enscoe 11, Nick Giles 10.
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