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Dylan Speicher connected on a school record 8 3-pointers Wednesday night to propel the Panthers to a 76-61 victory over Summit Academy. Speicher finished with 32 points on 12 made field goals on the evening and broke a school shooting record in the process.  The 5’10” senior guard received recognition on social media by former Panther Mike Shoaf who was one of three former Panthers who made seven 3-pointers in a game. @DylanSpeicher congrats – I set that record 18 yrs ago. Glad for you. Keep shooting, & always assure yourself next one’s always going in! — Mike Shoaf (@shoaf13)…

Highlights Impressive showing by our new comers from Jr. High Austin Walley and Jake Alberts who had a very strong showing  in their first varsity matches. Austin went 4-1 for the day and Jake went 5-0 for the day. After taking a year off,  HWT Vincent Decaria did not disappoint with a record of 4-1 for the day.  Tyler Alberts also went 5-0 for the day and joined the milestone 100 wins club. The team was 2-3.  Individually we won 24 out of 35 matches. I am very pleased with all of our boys individual performances.  Every single one of…

Tyler Alberts, a senior at Lincoln High School and team captain of their wrestling team, has been wrestling for a total of 12 years and plans on wrestling for at least the next four after he signed his letter of intent today to attend Wheeling Jesuit University. The university offered Alberts a scholarship for wrestling and education. Alberts said that after visiting six separate universities, he knew Jesuit was the right one. “I really like the coach, the team, and over all the entire campus. It’s close to home and I know I can get a good education there,” Alberts…

The winter sports athletes at Ellwood and Riverside are looking forward to their upcoming season and have undoubtedly endured aggressive practices in hopes that the hard work will pay off in the end. “We’ve been conditioning, working hard, and getting comfortable doing what we do in order to brace ourselves for the competition,” Jordan Recce, a senior basketball player at Ellwood stated. After interviewing several seniors from Ellwood’s winter sports teams, just about every one of them was in agreement that their ultimate goal is to make it to the playoffs. To view the full interviews, click below: Meet the…

We interviewed the seniors of Lincoln High School’s wrestling team and women’s basketball about their upcoming season:     Wrestling: Tyler Alberts Parents: Craig and Heather Alberts Years wrestling: 12 Q. What are you most looking forward to in the upcoming season? A. Placing in states. Q. What have you and the team been doing to prepare for the season? A. Conditioning and practicing. Q. Any tough opponents you know of? A. South Side. Q. What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned from playing basketball? A. Never give up. Q. What will you miss about basketball after graduation? A. The…

As the winter sport teams ready for their upcoming matches, we took the time to interview the seniors of Lincoln High School’s men’s basketball team before the start of the season: Tyler Good Parents: Michelle Biondi and Shawn Anglim Years playing basketball: 10 Q. What are you most looking forward to in the upcoming season? A. Beating Riverside twice in one season. Q. What have you and the team been doing to prepare for the season? A. A lot of conditioning. Q. How do you hope to improve this year? A. Make the playoffs. Q. Any tough opponents you know of?…

Adult Season Tickets, for Ellwood City Boys Varsity Basketball, will be on sale in the High School office. The cost is $20, and the tickets are good for all regular season home games (excludes Tip-Off Classic 12/9-12/10). Adult Season Tickets for Girls Varsity Basketball will be available at the gate of each home game, and the cost is also $20. All tickets at the door will be $5 for adults, $2 for students, and $1 for senior citizens. All games except those posted otherwise will begin with JV at 6:00pm followed by Varsity at 7:30pm.   Boys Varsity Schedule (Home in…

Taylor Petrak, a senior swimmer at Lincoln High School, signed her letter of intent today at the high school in the presence of her parents, Patti and Jay Petrak, after she was offered an athletic scholarship by Ohio State University. The intent stated Petrak will be swimming for Ohio State University over the next four years while she attends college there. Taylor visited several colleges before choosing Ohio State, and she said she’s completely confident and excited with her decision to sign with them. “The other colleges were amazing and they had a lot to offer as well, but speaking…

Lincoln HS Big Gym, Tuesday and Wednesday November 8th and 9th, from 6:30-8:00. Featuring EC Varsity Head Coach and Wrestlers.

Student tickets for Friday night’s home WPIAL football playoff game against Avonworth will be on sale in the Riverside High School athletic office from 7:15am to 1:00pm only. Tickets will not be on sale during lunches. Tickets will be on sale in the middle school office during lunch times. Pre-sale student tickets are $5.00 if bought in advance. Please be aware that there will be NO student tickets sold at the gate before the home game.  All tickets bought at the gate are $7.00. Riverside (7-2 Overall) hosts Avonworth (5-4 Overall) who recovered from a slow 2-4 start to its…