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February 25, 2019

Two Ellwood City Wrestlers Advance to PIAA State Championships

Two Ellwood City wrestlers have advanced to Hershey PIAA State AA Wrestling Championships.  Austin Walley collected a PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional runner up finish in the 182-pound weight class while fellow Wolverine Donavin Chambers placed 4th in his 132-pound weight class. Walley (33-3) earned an impressive come-from-behind victory over No. 2 Derek Yingling of West Branch in the semifinals to set-up a rematch with Mount Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer in the 182-pound championship.  Pitzer had defeated Walley one week early in the WPIAL Individual Wrestling Tournament. [READ MORE] Walley started strong in the title rematch but was countered by the Mount…

February 25, 2019

Ellwood City Area Library Activities For Week of February 25

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities.  Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. Activities taking place this week include TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 5:00 p.m. – “Food for Thought II Book Group,” the group will be discussing the book “The Cruel Prince” by Holly Black WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. It is designed to help reduce stresses of everyday life. All adults are welcome. 3:00 p.m. – “Creative Writing Workshop,” for students in seventh grade and up. The…

February 22, 2019

Ellwood City Bocce Rolling Into Early Season Success

The Ellwood City Bocce team is ‘rolling’ along with early season success. The team is currently 2-0, with victories against Grove City, the defending state champions, and Slippery Rock. Their latest victory, and win, had been against Slippery Rock on Thursday, February 14. The team went into a sudden death frame after both teams had been tied 3-3 when time ran out. It was in sudden death that Ellwood scored a point that gave them a 4-3 will which then gave them a 3 to 1 win overall on all games played that day. “It’s been a great season thus far,”…

February 21, 2019

Wolverines Fall To Carlynton In WPIAL Class 3A Playoffs

The Ellwood City girls basketball team made the most of their upset bid on Wednesday, but after battling all game against the higher seeded Cougars of Carlynton, the Wolverines finally fell 44-39 in their opening round match-up at North Hills. The teams were tied 18-18 at the half before Carlynton opened the second half with an 11-2 run. Ellwood came back with a 9-2 run to close the gap, but was unable to regain a lead after leading Carlynton for brief moments in the first half. Senior Natalia Greco led the Wolverines (13-10 overall) with 16 points, including eight in…

February 21, 2019

Three Ellwood Wrestlers Place At WPIAL Tournament, Advance To Regionals

Three Ellwood City wrestlers medaled at the WPIAL Individual Wrestling Tournament this past weekend and all will advance to the PIAA Class AA Southwest Regional tournament at the Ed Frey Arena, Kovalchick Convention & Athletic Complex at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday. Junior Austin Walley placed second at 182lbs while Donavin Chambers (3rd at 132lbs) and Jake Alberts (4th at 120lbs) also placed and advanced. “All three boys wrestled a strong tournament,” said head coach Craig Alberts. “Each of them are fired up to advance to the SWR.  These men have been working hard together for years…

February 20, 2019

Upcoming Relay For Life Events

The local Ellwood City Relay For Life has announced two exciting events happening later in March.  Committee meeting details are also made available to the public as the committee seeks to spread the word about the Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society right here in our home town. Relay For Life Event Leadership Meeting Please join us for our next meeting of Ellwood City Relay For Life on Tuesday, March 12th at 6:00 pm. We will be meeting at the Moose, 1400 Factory Avenue. Plans will continue for our 2019 Carnival For A Cure on Lawrence Avenue again, Saturday,…

February 18, 2019

Grand Paws Grand Seminar

Grand Paws Pet Salon & Boutique will be hosting an educational CBD Seminar February 21 at 7:00 p.m. at National Grind. This seminar will be about the benefits of CBD and Hemp oils and how and where to use them on both pets and their humans. Along with how and where, the seminar will go over safety with these treatments, the legality of them, as well as going over the full spectrum of CPD and Hemp products for both pet and person. There will also be a Q&A portion of the seminar. While they will go over these products, there…

February 18, 2019

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week of February 18

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities.  Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. Activities taking place this week include: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 The Ellwood City Area Public Library will be closed in observance of President’s Day. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, February 19. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 1:30 p.m. – “Afternoon Book Group for Adults,” they will be discussing the book “Walk Me Home” by Catherine Ryan Hyde. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 10:00 a.m. – “Coloring for Adults,” a weekly program that is free and open to the public. It is designed to…

February 14, 2019

Lady Wolverines Earn Playoff Berth, Set To Battle Carlynton Cougars

The Ellwood City girls basketball team has earned a playoff berth in the 2019 WPIAL Class 3-A Playoffs that begin next week. The Wolverines, winners of four consecutive games, will square off against the 4-seed Carlynton Cougars next Wednesday at 6:30pm at North Hills High School. For the Wolverines (6-8 Section 1 3A, 13-9 Overall), last week’s victory over Mohawk earned the team a playoff berth under first-year head coach Marc Heil. Seniors Natalia Greco and Isabella Roth lead a hungry group of players looking to have its hard work pay off. “Our team worked really hard this year and…

February 14, 2019

Real Estate Transfers For January 2019

Courtesy of the Register & Recorder section of the Lawrence County Government Center in New Castle, the following are real estate transfers from the Ellwood City and surrounding areas for January 2019: Ellwood City 1020 Woodside Avenue: Janet A. and James R. Norge Jr. to Michael A. Klink for $99,316. 21 Pittsburgh Circle: James D. Marks to Kelsey N. Kerr for $130,000. 410 Bridge Street: Mary Alice and Kathy Tillia to Clementine, Nathan, and Dominick Amadio and Lucy Mitchell for $50,000. 202 Orchard Avenue: Donald J. and Pamela J. Costa to Clinton E. Williams for $109,000. 140 Wampum Avenue: Gary…