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March 21, 2022

Riverside Claims PIAA State Relay Championships; Roth Sets State Record

Led by two relay state titles and a dominating individual performance by Joseph Roth, Riverside finished second overall in the Class-2A PIAA Swimming Championships at Bucknell University. On Friday, the Panther relay team collected a state title in the 200-yard freestyle relay.  The team, consisting of Ryan Turner, Sam Kline, and brothers Joseph and Alexander Roth, finished with a time of 1:25.86 with individual splits of 21.24 (J. Roth) 21.39 (Kline) 22.07 (Turner) 21.16 (A. Roth). The fearsome foursome collected its second state title on Saturday with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay.  The first place time of 3:09.95…

March 18, 2022

Wilmington Hockey Season Ends In PIHL Semifinals Loss

The Wilmington hockey team’s season came to an end with a 5-1 loss at the hands of top seeded Bishop Canevin in the PIHL Division 2 semi-finals at Robert Morris University Island Sports Center Thursday evening. Wilmington (#5 seed) earned the right to face the Crusaders in the semis with an upset win over 4-seeded a Carrick team last week [VIEW BOX SCORE]. Bishop Canevin got on the scoreboard first with a goal in the opening moments of the first period, but the Hounds responded with the tying tally on a goal by Andrew Cartwright (Union) assisted by Tyler Girman…

March 17, 2022

Riverside Archery Team Headed to Nationals in Kentucky

Riverside Archery is Right on Target. The team has been at Riverside for four years now and recently attended the state competition where the high school team placed 6th. The next stop is Nationals in Louisville, KY. We are all very proud of our archers and are very excited to compete in Kentucky in May,” said said Angela Conner, head coach. “In 4 years we have exceeded what we ever thought possible but the hard work and diligence of these archers have proven we are Riverside strong and can’t wait to see what our archers do at Nationals!” The High School…

March 16, 2022

Panthers Set to Compete At PIAA Swimming Championships

The 2022 PIAA Swimming Championships are slated to begin this week at Kinney Natatorium located on the campus of Bucknell University. For the Riverside Panthers, winners of WPIAL Gold in the 200 and 400-yard Freestyle relay events among others earlier this month, they will look to showcase its talent at the championships that begin with Class 2A prelims Friday. Head coach Bill Valli is very excited and optimistic about the chances of the athletes to reach Saturday’s finals. Both relay teams are seed first in their respective 200-yard and 400-yard freestyles. Each relay team will compete in the heat four…

March 15, 2022

PHOTO: EC Wolves Club Hosts New Football Coach Dan Bradley

The Ellwood City Wolves Club Den II hosted Dan Bradley, Ellwood City Wolverines Football Team coach, at their Wednesday March 9, 2022 meeting. Coach Bradley spoke on his previous achievements as coach at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) and Ambridge. Dan and his assistants are looking forward to working with his new team as well as gaining the support of the community for the team. From left: Bob Morabito, Wolves Club member, Coach Dan Bradley, Nick Mancini, Wolves Club member.

March 11, 2022

Wilmington Hockey Shuts Out Carrick, Advances to PIHL Semifinals

The Wilmington hockey team shutout Carrick 2-0 in a PIHL D2 quarterfinal playoff game at Ice Castle Arena in Castle Shannon. After a scoreless first period the Hounds got all the goals they would need in the second period with an unassisted goal by captain Drake Tomak (Ellwood) and a power play goal by Davis Phanco (Wilmington). The big story of the night was goaltender Dom Serafino (Wilmington) as the netminder stopped all 33 shots he faced including 16 in a 3rd period onslaught by the Cougars. The Greyhounds, who finished 11-5-1 on the regular season, will next play in…

March 10, 2022

ECASD Bocce Team to Compete in Regional Playoff

“Come on, Now” Who wouldn’t want to be on or support the Ellwood City Area School District’s Bocce Team? Since 2017, the team has been growing and succeeding. In fact, the team is headed to SRU today to compete for the regional playoff after taking 1st place and the gold medal in section playoffs. They defeated Shenango—last year’s gold medal team—12 to 3. Ellwood City had 2 teams in the playoff tournament.  Team 1 took 1st place and Team 2 took 4th place. “Both teams played great,” said Coach John DiBuono. “Team 2 almost upset Shenango losing 8-5 in the…

March 9, 2022

Ellwood City Native Receives CoSIDA University Achievement Award

Ellwood City native Doug Tammaro has received the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) University Division Achievement Award. Tammaro, the Arizona State Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations, has been recognized as the top Sports Information Director at the NCAA Division I level as a part of CoSIDA’s weeklong Special Awards announcement. The award is given annually to the associate or assistant director in the sports information field who have made outstanding contributions to the field of sports information. Some of the biggest names in the business have earned this outstanding achievement since 2014-15, with Tammaro’s name rightfully added…

March 7, 2022

Tickets On Sale For Ellwood City PIAA Opening Round Match-Up

Ellwood City boys basketball has earned a spot in the PIAA Basketball Championships and will be pitted against one of the top ranked Class-3A teams on Wednesday. The Wolverines (21-3) will travel for their opening round match-up and face the District 10 champion Franklin Knights (23-2) at 7:00 p.m. at Franklin High School. Tickets are on sale NOW at www.piaa.org Once you are on the PIAA website follow these instructions: Click Purchase Championship Tickets (in the right hand corner of the screen) Click Basketball Scroll down to bottom of screen and click Boys Basketball Click 3A Find the Franklin vs. Ellwood…

March 6, 2022

Riverside Swimming Collects WPIAL Relay Golds, Roth Sets WPIAL Record

The Riverside Boys Swimming team collected a WPIAL Gold in the 200 and 400-yard Freestyle relay events and set WPIAL records – both collectively and individually – along the way during the WPIAL Swimming Championships this past weekend at the University of Pittsburgh. The 200-yard Freestyle relay Gold was the program’s third consecutive crown. The team finished second overall in Class 2A with several strong individual performances. “Our main goal was to just focus on the things in our control,” said head coach Bill Valli. “I tell our kids to give championship effort and have fun doing it. The points…