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December 7, 2015

Ellwood Wolverine Wrestlers Warm Up for Season at Hampton Team Duels

The Ellwood City Wolverine wrestlers had a fine individual showing at the Hampton Team Duels with 25 match wins. The competition, held at Hampton High School on Saturday, Dec. 5, pitched five teams against each other in a tournament series and inaugurates the varsity wrestling season. The teams competing were Ellwood City, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Mount Lebanon, Mount Pleasant and Riverview Although the Wolverines only won as a team against Riverview, Coach Craig Alberts was pleased with the individual results. “It was one of our best showings at this tournament,” Alberts said. “We usually struggle as a team here because…

December 7, 2015

Riverside Sports Schedule Week of Dec. 7 through 12

The Riverside High School Sports Schedule for this week is as follows: Monday, Dec. 7 6 PM Girls Junior Varsity Basketball Cancelled- Aliquippa High School Away 7: PM Girls Varsity Basketball Eden Christian Academy – Pittsburgh Home 7:30 PM Girls Varsity Basketball Cancelled- Aliquippa High School Away Tuesday, Dec. 8 3:30 PM Boys Freshman Basketball Neshannock High School Home 3:30 PM Boys Middle School Basketball Eden Christian Academy – Pittsburgh Away 6 PM Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Perry Traditional Academy Home 6 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Pine Richland High School Away 6 PM Coed Varsity Swimming Pine-Richland High School Away…

December 4, 2015

Ellwood City Tip Off Classic

The basketball season officially kicks off today with the Tip Off tournament classic. The Ellwood City Wolverines will host five other teams today and tomorrow in the Lincoln High School Big Gym. Friday, Dec. 4: 3:30 — Avonworth v Beaver Falls girls 5 — Union v Beaver Falls boys 6:30 — Ellwood City v Riverside Girls 8 — Ellwood City v Riverview boys Saturday, Dec. 5 12:30 — Riverview v Union boys 2 — Riverside v Avonworth girls 3:30 — Beaver Falls v Ellwood City girls 5 — Beaver Falls v Ellwood City boys

December 2, 2015

Ellwood Basketball Season Passes Now Available

Season passes for this year’s Varsity Boys’ Basketball are on sale now in the high school office. The cost of the passes are $10 for students and $20 for adults. These passes are good for all home games, excluding the tip off tournament Dec. 4 and 5. If you are a student who bought a Super Fan shirt in the fall and still have it, you will not need to purchase a season pass.

November 30, 2015

Unusually Warm Thanksgiving Increases Gobbler’s Gallop Turnout

There’s nothing like a good early morning run to work up a turkey appetite. For twenty years, the Gobbler’s Gallop, held at Riverside schools, has made people earn their turkey with a vigorous and usually cold race. This year, winter has been a little late and a higher than average number of runners signed up, taking advantage of the warm and sunny day. A total of 364 runners competed, 251 in the 5k and 113 in the 10k. Lincoln High School junior Billy Lott was the champion of the day, winning the 10k and placing second in the 5k. Lott…

November 6, 2015

Parent Meeting for Ellwood Winter Sports

Attention all parents of winter sports athletes: There will be a mandatory parent meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 in the Lincoln High School Cafeteria at 7:30 PM. If your child plans to participate in any winter sport, a parent or guardian must be present.

November 2, 2015

Ellwood City’s Billy Lott Headed for States

Billy Lott will take his second trip to the PIAA cross country state championships at Hershey Park. The Ellwood City junior finished 17th overall in the WPIAL championship on Thursday with a time of 17:50. Lott, who also qualified for states his sophomore year, missed part of the season, including the Tri-County Invitation, due to a back injury and subsequently had less time to prepare for the WPIALs. Lott will be one of 20 Class AA WPIAL runners to participate in the PIAA championship at Hershey this Saturday, November 7. The times for Ellwood and Riverside athletes are below, courtesy…

November 2, 2015

Beaver Thrashes Wolverines in Last Season Game

The Ellwood City Wolverines lost their opportunity to close the regular season with a winning record. The Beaver Bobcats thrashed the Wolverines 48-17 in Friday’s away game. Senior Nick Ioanilli had two runs in the second and third quarters and senior Justin Baney kicked a 23 yard field goal in the first quarter. The Wolverines were unable to score sufficiently to outweigh the Bobcat’s offense. Beaver’s Darius Wise ran for four touchdowns totaling over 200 yards, including a 93 yard run in the second quarter. In addition, Brad Barker and Chase Marmone threw touchdown passes to Wise for 65 and…

October 26, 2015

Photos: Ellwood Dominates Laurel on Senior Night

Despite a shaky start to the season, the Ellwood City Wolverines are on the path to a winning season. The Wolverines collected their fourth win on Senior Night against Laurel with a final score of 50-13. Twelve seniors: Carlo Agostinelli, Tyler Ballard, Justin Baney, DJ Barrett, Devin Cortez, James Cunningham, David Deloia, Adam Foreman, Logan Gibbons, Nick Ioanilli, Keanu Jefferson, and River Kelly, were honored at halftime. The Wolverines powered through the first half, with runs by Ioanilli, Barrett, and Kelly. This, along with a safety by Kelly and two extra points by Justin Baney, brought the halftime score to…

October 26, 2015

Riverside Sports Schedule for Week of Oct 26

This week’s Riverside sports schedule is as follows: Monday, October 26 No events scheduled Tuesday, October 27 No events scheduled Wednesday, October 28 No events scheduled Thursday, October 29 1:00 PM Coed Varsity Cross Country WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS @ COOPERS LAKE Away Friday, October 30 ACT 80 DAY (School) 7:00 PM Boys Varsity Football Vincentian Academy at J.C. Stone Field in North Park Away Saturday, October 31 No events scheduled