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The Ellwood City Wolverines baseball team was victorious against West Allegheny 8-3 on Friday at Sanders Field to extend their early season unbeaten mark to 3-0. The Wolverines opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with three runs thanks in part to two doubles, including a two-run double by Will Nardone. Teagan Tomei hit a solo home run to right field in the top of the fourth for the West Allegheny but Ellwood City responded with three more runs in the bottom half of the fourth inning. Aaron Lake earned the win for Ellwood City Wolverines. The hurler…

Ellwood City boys and girls basketball teams each qualified for the PIAA State Championships, but each will face a district champion in the PIAA 3A opening round this weekend. For the girls, the Lady Wolverines are the fourth-place team out of District 7 (WPIAL) and will face Karns City at Moniteau High School on Friday, March 7th at 7:00 p.m. Naomi Venesky scored 20 points of her game-high 25 points in the first half as Karns City completed its three-peat with a 50-32 win over Cranberry Area in its District 9 Class 3A championship game. The Ellwood City girls basketball…

Aaron Lake posted a double-double Monday evening to lead Ellwood City to a 60-57 victory over Southmoreland in WPIAL Consolation action. The victory advances the Wolverines (15-10 Overall) to the WPIAL Class 3A Fifth-Place game against Shady Side Academy on Wednesday. After suffering a 77-34 setback against #2 South Allegheny in the quarterfinals on Friday, the Wolverines rebounded for the road victory Monday. Lake scored 10 points in each of the halves en route to his 20-point effort. Lake added 10 rebounds and four steals. Maykel Cuevas collected four 3-pointers – one in each quarter – and 16 points for…

The Wolverines used the deep ball to rally from a 10-point halftime deficit Tuesday night and defeated South Park 55-51 in WPIAL 3A Boys Basketball opening round action. After trailing 34-24 at halftime, Ellwood City ripped off four 3-pointers and 20 points in the 3rd quarter. Chuckie Schweinsberg nailed three of his four 3-pointers in the quarter. Schweinsberg finished with a team-high 16 points (5-10 shooting, four 3-pointers, and two rebounds) as Ellwood City finished with ten 3-pointers as a team in the victory. Maykel Cuevas scored all eight of the Wolverines second quarter points and knocked home three 3-pointers…