The Ellwood City girls basketball team played two conference games this week, losing a close away game to Beaver 42-35 on Monday, Jan. 25 and defeating Hopewell 51-30 at a home game yesterday.
In Monday’s game, the Lady Wolverines trailed Beaver 38-24 by the third quarter. However, a fierce counterattack in the final quarter gave Ellwood 11-4, closing the gap but not enough to even the score.
For Ellwood, Breonna Streit and Karrington Ketterer led the offense with 11 points each. Nine of Streit’s points came from three-point shots. In a social media post, assistant coach Dena Noble congratulated Streit, Ketterer and Emily Brown for excellent games.
Yesterday, the Lady Wolverines hosted Hopewell and won with a decisive first half, scoring 38-11. Although Hopewell’s offense was more competitive in the second half, the solid lead proved more than sufficient.
Allie McKelvey was the high scorer with 19 points, including nine free throws. Breonna Streit also broke two-digits with 14 points. Following the game, Noble praised McKelvey and Streit via social media.
The Ellwood City Lady Wolverines are now 7-12 overall and 4-8 in their class AAA conference. They play Lincoln Park in an away non-conference game on Monday.
Box Score
Stats courtesy of MaxPreps and recorded by Jolene Krupa.
| Ellwood City | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 |
| Beaver | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 42 |
| Points | FG-A | 3FG-A | FT-A | Off | Def | Ast | Stls | TO | Blk | |
| Breonna Streit (So) | 11 | 3-8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Karrington Ketterer (Sr) | 11 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Natalie Greco (Fr) | 4 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Allie McKelvey (Sr) | 5 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Emily Brown (Sr) | 4 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Box Score
Stats courtesy of MaxPreps and recorded by Jolene Krupa.
| Ellwood City | 7 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 30 |
| Hopewell | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 51 |
| Points | FG-A | 3FG-A | FT-A | Off | Def | Ast | Stls | TO | Blk | |
| Isabella Roth (Fr) | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Breonna Streit (So) | 14 | 5-10 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Paige Mason (Sr) | 1 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Karrington Ketterer (Sr) | 2 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Natalie Greco (Fr) | 5 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Allie McKelvey (Sr) | 19 | 5-10 | 9-10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Mia DeCaria (Fr) | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1 | |||||||
| Emily Brown (Sr) | 4 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Cortni Prine (Sr) | 2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 |
Riverside Girls Lose to Mohawk
The Riverside Lady Panthers lost to Mohawk 58-53 in an away game yesterday.
Riverside is in competition with Neshannock for section championship. Although the girls suffered an upset last week in a game against Beaver Falls, the team rebounded quickly to defeat Neshannock. Mohawk holds the third spot in the section.
Riverside hosts Central Valley on Tuesday. They are currently 16-3 overall and 8-3 in their conference.
Wolverines Lose to Blackhawk
The Ellwood City Wolverines lost to Blackhawk 66-56 in a home conference game on Tuesday.
Ellwood’s Anthony Roth was the high scorer with 27 points.
| Ellwood City | 9 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 56 |
| Blackhawk | 12 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 66 |
Ellwood City (56)
Rick Roth 3 0-1 7
Nick Ioanilli 6 0-2 13
Anthony Roth 9 7-9 27
D.J. Barrett 1 1-2 4
Nino Greco 0 0-0 0
Dave DeLoia 0 3-4 3
Brady Kosior 0 0-0 0
Ethan Fotia 1 0-0 2
Totals: 20 11-18 56
Blackhawk (66)
Chance Siaus 3 4-7 10
Collin Latsko 5 1-2 16
A.J. Long 4 5-6 14
Braden Vaughan 1 2-4 4
Noah Damazo 4 3-5 11
Dawson Merry 5 1-6 11
Totals: 22 16-30 66
3-point goals — Blackhawk 6 (Latsko 5, Long 1), Ellwood City 5 (R. Roth 1, Ioanilli, A. Roth 2, Barrett 1).
JV score: Blackhawk 29, Ellwood City 24. High scorer: EC — Andrew O’Brien 9.
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