Local Sports

Ellwood City student-athletes Kaden Docchio (Football, Track & Field, Wrestling) and Caitlin Kreitzer (Basketball, Football, Soccer, Softball, Track & Field, Volleyball) are among the 158 candidates from 92 schools nominated for the 2025 WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award. Twenty winners (10 male, 10 female) are set to be announced on Wednesday, April 16 WPIAL member schools are permitted to nominate one male and one female student-athlete for the James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award. Candidates are evaluated by the WPIAL Scholarship Committee in the categories of athletics, academics, and school and community service, and the 20 winners are each awarded a scholarship…

In a clean sweep on Monday, the Ellwood City softball and tennis teams each collected victories over the Beaver Falls Tigers while the Wolverines baseball squad knocked off Quaker Valley. The Lady Wolverines softball team easily dispatched the visiting Tigers 12-1 at Stiefel Park in five innings. Amber McQuistion struck out 10 Tigers and did not allow an earned run across five innings for her victory. The starter allowed only four hits and one walk. Rylee Prestopine and Crystal Folino each collected two hits and two RBIs offensively for Ellwood City. Prestopine collected a triple while Folino and Alexis Beck…

Zach Hare struck out 14 batters Friday afternoon over six shut out innings as Riverside defeated Mohawk 8-0 at Jack Critchfield Park at Slippery Rock University. Hare limited the Warriors to only two hits and two walks in his stellar pitching performance. Hare also posted two RBIs offensively to lead the Panthers attack. After two scoreless innings, Riverside struck for six runs in the bottom half of the third inning to chase Warriors starter B Crawford. The Panthers added two more runs in the six inning. M Santillo swatted a double and collected two hits for Riverside. The Panthers drew…

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…