Local Sports

Ellwood City baseball and softball teams each cruised to 10-run victories on Thursday. Ellwood City baseball defeated Shenango on the road 16-6 while the softball team took care of Quaker Valley 13-3 at home. For the Wolverines baseball team, an offensive onslaught produced 20 hits in the victory. Aaron Lake (3-4, 3 runs, 5 RBIs) led the charge with three extra base hits including a grand slam homerun in the fourth inning. Jacob Biskop (3-5, 3 runs) tripled and Jordan Keller (2-5, 3 RBIs) doubled while Will Nardond (3-4, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Gino Biondi (3-5, 1 run, 2…

Ellwood City scratched out a go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn a section victory over Mohawk Monday afternoon. A walk and two Warriors errors help the Wolverines regain the lead after Mohawk had rallied with three runs in the top half of the frame to tie the game. Ellwood City jumped out to the early lead in the second inning with a sacrifice fly by Gino Biondi and RBI groundout by Sam Landis put the Wolverines ahead 2-0. Starter Aaron Lake went five strong innings, striking out nine batters and allowing only one run and…

The Ellwood City and Riverside baseball teams each collected their 10th victories of the regular season on Tuesday. The Wolverines easily dispatched visiting Beaver Falls 15-0 in four innings at Sanders Field in Ewing Park while the Panthers knocked off Quaker Valley 4-1 at home.  Both teams will next play road games to round out their respective two-games series. For Ellwood City, a 10-run second inning propelled the offense. Sam Landis (2-2, 2 runs, 2 RBIs) singled, scoring two runs, Jacob Biskup grounded out, scoring one run, an error scored one run, Aaron Lake singled, scoring one run, Will Nardone…

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…