This is part two of a three part series featuring area athletes in fall 2025 sports. [VIEW PART ONE]

The start of fall sports is upon us, so we took the opportunity catch up with the athletes of those teams to see what they are doing to prepare for the upcoming rivalries and to offer some perspective on the season ahead and their plans for the future.

Riverside Athletes

Tyler Richards

School you attend? Riverside

Sport? Football

Grade? 12th

How many years have you have participated? 7years

What do you feel is your biggest strength? Offensive line

What is your favorite part of it? Being able to compete every week

Who do you feel is your biggest rivalry this upcoming season? Ellwood City

What has been your favorite memory been over the years? Winning the playoff game against OLSH

What is one thing that you have learned through your participation in sports that will carry with you through your life? One thing I’ve learned is about being dedicated and not giving up

What are your future plans after graduation? After high school go to a 4 year college

Do you plan to continue to play sports after high school? I would like to continue to play football after high school.

Hunter Garcia

School you attend? Riverside

Sport? Football

Grade? 12th grade

How many years have you have participated? I played 13 years

What do you feel is your biggest strength? I feel like my biggest strength is my speed

What is your favorite part of it? My favorite part of it is juking kids

Who do you feel is your biggest rivalry this upcoming season? I feel like my biggest rivalry is Ellwood

What has been your favorite memory been over the years? My favorite memory is beating olsh in the playoff game

What is one thing that you have learned through your participation in sports that will carry with you through your life? One thing that I learned is discipline and I will always forever use that

What are your future plans after graduation? My future plans are going to the electrical union or steam fitters

Joe Chill

School you attend? Football

Sport? Football

Grade? Senior

How many years have you have participated? 5 years

What do you feel is your biggest strength? My biggest strength is my hands

What is your favorite part of it? My favorite part is the town being there on Friday nights to watch us play and doing it with all my friends

Who do you feel is your biggest rivalry this upcoming season? Ellwood City is our biggest rivalry

What has been your favorite memory been over the years? My favorite memory is the new Brighton game scoring 3 touchdowns last year

What is one thing that you have learned through your participation in sports that will carry with you through your life? I have learned leadership and discipline and those two are important to me

What are your future plans after graduation? I plan on attending either Robert Morris or Slippery Rock for business

Do you plan to continue to play sports after high school? I will not be playing sports after high school