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May 8, 2023

PHOTOS: Tri-County Track & Field Championships

On Saturday, April 29th, athletes from the Riverside and Ellwood City boys and girls track and field teams competed in the 2023 Tri-County Track and Field Championships held at Shenango High School. The Ellwood City boys team placed second and the Riverside girls team placed fourth in their respective team standings.  The Riverside boys placed fifth while the Ellwood City girls placed sixth. Shenango High School teams swept both boys and girls, finishing first in each.  A total of seven local schools competed. VIEW FULL RESULTS photos courtesy: Something For Your Wall

May 8, 2023

ON DECK: Riverside Faces Mohawk For 2-Game Series After Gavin’s Walk-Off Beats Lancers On Friday

Riverside enters its final week of regular season play off a thrilling walk-off victory on Friday courtesy of a Mitch Garvin walk off double. Riverside (15-0 Overall, 10-0 Section 1-3A)  look to wrap up its undefeated regular season with a home-and-home two game series against Mohawk beginning Monday. The Panthers will travel to Mohawk Monday afternoon for a pivotal 4:30 p.m. section contest against the Warriors.  Mohawk only has two losses in section play, including a walk-off loss to Shenango last week, but can play spoiler to the Panthers playoff aspirations.  Both Riverside and Mohawk have clinched playoff berths from…

May 4, 2023

Riverside Puts A 10-Spot On The Board In A Fifth Inning Rally To Defeat Neshannock

With their undefeated regular season on the line, Riverside used a 10-run outburst in the fifth inning to stage its rally and knock off Neshannock 12-4 Wednesday. Trailing 4-1 entering the fifth frame, the visiting Panthers used RBIs by Darren McDade, Sean Hayes, Burry, Ashton Schlosser, Bo Fornataro, and Mitch Garvin to propel ahead. After a sluggish start, the Riverside offense collected 14 hits on the day. Schlosser (3-4, two 2Bs), Fox (2-4, 1 run), Burry(2-5, 2 RBIs), McDade (2-4, 2 RBIs, 1 BB), Fornataro (2-4, 1 3B, 2 runs, 2 RBIs), and Garvin (2-2, 3 runs, 1 2B) all…

May 2, 2023

Riverside Girls Set To Begin WPIAL Class 2A Track & Field Championships Journey

[UPDATED: 5/2/23, 10:08 a.m. – The first round of the WPIAL TEAM Playoffs is postponed until Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 3:30PM.] The Riverside Girls Track & Field Team has qualified for the 2023 WPIAL Class 2A Track & Field Championships that will begin Tuesday. “This team is very unique in it’s ability to be adaptable and flexible,” says coach Deb Evans. “It is a very young team and a deep team. They have worked extremely hard collectively and they certainly work with the team concept.” The Lady Panthers begin in a four team pod – Winchester Thurston, Greensburg C.C.,…

April 28, 2023

Fluharty, Sturgeon Earn 1st Place Finishes At MAC Track & Field Championships

Riverside’s Lexi Fluharty and Ellwood City’s Delaney Sturgeon each took home a 1st place finish in their respective event at the MAC Championships on Wednesday at Shenango High School. Fluharty, a junior, turned in a personal record time of 11:38.39 in the Girls 3200m Run to capture 1st place, shattering a 25-year-old school record in the process. Fluharty also finished 4th place in the 1600m Run with a time of 5:23.46. Fluharty swept the two distance running events at the Beaver County Track & Field Championships earlier this month. Fellow junior runner Brooke Wissinger took 4th place in the 3200m…

April 27, 2023

Four-nataro! Four More Hits By Fornataro Helps Riverside Sweep Quaker Valley

After collecting four hits on Tuesday, Riverside Panther Bo Fornataro put together another four hit performance Wednesday to help pave the way to victory for the Panthers in their 12-4 victory over Quaker Valley wrapping up the sweep of a home-and-home series. Fornataro singled in the first, doubled in the second, singled in the sixth, and doubled in the seventh. The 6’2″ junior outfielder knocked in three runs and scored three times. In the first inning, Riverside Baseball Varsity got their offense started when Fornataro singled on a 2-0 count, scoring one run. The Panthers moved ahead 5-0 before Quaker…

April 27, 2023

PHOTOS: Nardone, EC Baseball Shutout Central Valley; Softball Defeats Tigers

Ellwood City sophomore Will Nardone pitched six scoreless innings Wednesday afternoon as the Wolverines easily dismantled the visiting Central Valley Warriors 10-0 at Sanders Field. Nardone allowed only three singles on the afternoon. He stuck out five batters while issuing only three walks. Offensively, senior Chase Wilson reached base four times (3-3, 2 RBIs, 1 BB) and scored three runs for the Wolverines. Joining Wilson with multiple hits were Jordan Keller (2-4, 2 runs) and Ryan Widmaier (2-2, 2 runs, 1 BB). Ellwood CIty scored four runs in the second inning to chase Central Valley starting pitcher D Nalli. The…

April 26, 2023

Riverside Baseball Routs Quaker Valley; RHS Softball Defeats Shenango; EC Softball Falls To Mohawk

Bo Fornataro shined at the plate Tuesday, collected four hits and five RBIs in the Panthers 11-1 rout of Quaker Valley. Fornataro singled in the first, doubled in the second, singled in the fourth, and singled in the fifth. After Quaker Valley got on the board in the first inning with a solo homer it was all Riverside as the host Panthers put up five runs in the second inning on their way to the mercy rule victory. Evan Burry smacked a homer in the fourth inning as Riverside poured on four more runs. Riverside tallied 14 hits on the…

April 25, 2023

74th Little League Season Opens Tuesday

The Ellwood City Amateur Baseball Federation will open its 74th season on Tuesday. The Moose hosts Shenango at Freidhoff Field at 6:00 p.m. in the Lawrence County Little League opener. The Ellwood City Little League, which started in 1950, was the first Little League program in Lawrence, Beaver, Butler and Mercer Counties. Ellwood City has three teams competing in the 2023 campaign: The Moose, the Lions and the Wolves in the 16-team league. Ellwood City, Neshannock and Laurel each have three entries apiece. Shenango and Union have two teams and Mohawk, New Castle and Wilmington have one entry apiece. The…

April 24, 2023

EC Baseball, Softball Each Rebound With Victories

Both Ellwood City baseball and softball teams each rebounded from recent losses last week with victories over the weekend. The Lady Wolverines lost a heartbreaking 2-1 extra innings affair to its rival Riverside on Thursday, but rebounded to hand section foe Hopewell its first section loss on Friday. Ellwood City avenged an earlier section loss Friday as they beat Hopewell 6-0 at Stiefel Park.  With just four games left, the title is very much up for grabs as Hopewell leads with a record of 5-1 followed by Ellwood City and Central Valley tied for second with 4-2 section slates.  Mohawk…