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April 19, 2025

Riverside Falls To Bethel Park 2-1 On Walk-Off Single

A walk-off single left the Riverside Panthers on the wrong end of a 2-1 extra inning defeat to Bethel Park Thursday afternoon. The game was tied at one in the bottom of the eleventh when Stanhoff singled, scoring one run. The pitching performance was outstanding for Riverside as three Panther pitchers struck out 22 batters. The game was scoreless after seven innings and well into extra frames before Riverside opened the scoring in the eleventh powered by a Hunter Garvin solo home run to right field. In the bottom of the eleventh inning, Bethel Park responded as Hofbauer singled and…

April 19, 2025

McQuiston, Prestopine Lead Lady Wolverines Victory Over Hopewell; EC Baseball Knocks Off Laurel

Amber McQuistion was dominant in the circle as the hurler rang up 12 strikeouts in Ellwood City’s 6-0 victory over Hopewell on Thursday. McQuistion gave up three hits and zero runs over seven innings while walking two. The Wolverines scored four runs in a pivotal fifth inning on the way to victory as Rylee Prestopine smacked a three-run double that stretched the Wolverine lead to 5-0. Ellwood City was first to get on the board in the first when an error scored one run. Alexis Beck and Lena Lucarelli were a force together in the lineup, as they each collected…

April 16, 2025

Docchio, Kreitzer Among Candidates For 2025 WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award

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…

April 15, 2025

Ellwood City Softball/Tennis Sweeps Beaver Falls; Baseball Beats QV

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…

April 12, 2025

Hare Strikes Out 14, Panthers Shut Out Warriors; Wolverines Sweep Sto-Rox

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…

April 8, 2025

Ten Wolverines Collect Hits, Ellwood City Routs Sto-Rox

Ten Ellwood City Wolverines collected hits Monday afternoon, and 14 different players reached based as Ellwood City routed visiting Sto-Rox 23-1 at Sanders Field in Ewing Park. Jordan Keller smashed two homeruns, both in an 11-run Ellwood City fourth inning that induced the mercy rule. Ellwood City scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second inning and five in the third before erupting in the fourth inning. In the third inning, Jacob Biskup hit a solo home run to left field, Will Nardone singled, scoring two runs, and Gino Biondi singled, scoring two runs. The Wolverines scored…

April 8, 2025

Covert, BC3 Men’s Golf Eye Regional Title, Chance To Battle For National Crown

No athletics program at Butler County Community College has earned more automatic berths to a national championship tournament than men’s golf, whose teams have advanced to the spring-season pinnacle six times and as recently as 2023. The Pioneers who won a conference title with a 43-stroke victory in the fall return this spring and could become the seventh to reach the four-day competition in June, Pioneers coach Bill Miller said. “It potentially could be as strong as any team we have had,” Miller said. “But they still have to perform and score and do well.” 2024 Lincoln High School graduate…

April 5, 2025

Hare, Panthers Defeat Wolverines at SRU To Even Season Series

After a series of weather induced rescheduled affairs, the Riverside Panthers and Ellwood City Wolverines found themselves at Jack Critchfield Park on the grounds of Slippery Rock University Friday evening for a WPIAL section tilt. The Panthers came away with a 9-5 victory behind Zach Hare to even the season series with the Wolverines. Ellwood City shutout Riverside earlier in the week. On Friday, Zach Hare slugged two homeruns at the plate and tossed five innings on the rubber to lead the Panthers. Hare led off the scoring for the visiting Panthers as he homered to left field in the…

April 2, 2025

Lake, Wolverines Shutout Panthers

Aaron Lake struck out 10 batters in a complete game gem to lead the Ellwood City Wolverines past Riverside 4-0 on Tuesday at Beaver Falls High School. Lake surrendered just three hits and three walks in his performance that handed the Panthers their first loss of the season. Ellwood City was the first to get on the board in the top of first inning when Will Nardone singled, scoring one run. The Wolverines added to their early lead in the top of the third inning after Cameron Mills walked, and Sam Landis singled to center field, each scoring one run….

March 28, 2025

SPORTS ROUND-UP: Zach Hare Leads RHS Baseball, Tennis Defeats LHS

Zack Hare was dominant on the bump Thursday afternoon and at the plate Thursday in Riverside’s 4-1 victory over West Allegheny running the Panthers early season unbeaten record to 4-0. Hare rang up 11 strikeouts and surrendered only three hits, one walk, and one run over six and two-thirds innings. The righty also went 4-4 at the plate with an RBI. Hare also opened up the offensive scoring for Riverside with an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning. Riverside added one run in the third after scored on a wild pitch. Hunter Garvin and Hare were tough…