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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…

March 1, 2022

Riverside Swim Team Defends Section Title, Eyes WPIAL Championships

For a fourth consecutive year, the Riverside High School Swim Team has earned section championship bragging rights. The boys finished a perfect 8-0 in their Class-AA section with their latest victory against the Beaver Bobcats on February 17th The co-op swimming team consisting of Ellwood City and Riverside athletes will next look towards defending various titles at the WPIAL Championships later this week, Thursday, March 3rd and Friday, March 4th at Trees Pool on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The boys 200m freestyle relay and 400m freestyle relay are currently ranked first in the WPIAL according to coach…

February 28, 2022

Tomak, Wilmington Hockey Upset Bishop Canevin In Overtime

An overtime game-winning goal by Ellwood City’s Drake Tomak propelled the Wilmington hockey team to 2-1 upset victory over Bishop Canevin Thursday night. The loss was only Bishop Canevin’s second of the year which were both at the hands of the Greyhounds. The Crusaders got on the scoreboard first with the only goal in the first period, but Wilmington evened the score in the 2nd period on a power play goal by Andrew Cartwright (Union) with assists going to Noah Monstwil (Mohawk) and Davis Phanco (Wilmington). After a scoreless 3rd period the two teams went to overtime.  In the sudden death extra…

February 22, 2022

Wolverines Connect On 14 3-Pointers, Cruise To 72-42 Opening Round Victory

Ellwood City came out firing from deep Monday night as they easily ousted visiting Summit Academy 72-42 in the opening round of the WPIAL Class-3A Playoffs Monday night. The Wolverines finished with 14 3-pointers in the contest, including five in a 23-point first quarter outburst. Ellwood City led by a dozen after the first quarter and never looked back. The sound victory was aided by great passing (25 assists), shooting (aforementioned 14 3-pointers), and balanced scoring (four players  with 10+ points). Senior Alexander Roth connected on five first half triples en route to a team-high 23 points (7 3-pointers, seven…

February 21, 2022

Wolverines Open Up Playoffs Against Summit Academy

Ellwood City opens up its WPIAL title defense Monday night against Summit Academy at Lincoln High School at 7:00 p.m. in the opening round of the 2022 WPIAL Class 3A Playoffs. Head coach Steve Antuono is preparing his #1 seeded team for its first round opponent. “The seeding was expected after our body of work, however Summit Academy is very athletic,” said Antuono. “Their record doesn’t indicate how good they are and what type of athleticism and size we are up against. It will NOT be an easy task.” Summit Academy finished its regular season 7-8 overall (4-6 in Section…

February 21, 2022

Gallenz Earns Three Victories, Allen Earns 7th Place In WPIAL Wresting Championships

Ellwood City wrestlers Ben Gallenz and Derek Allen each earned three victories in the WPIAL AA Wrestling Championships over the weekend at Canon-McMillan High School. Allen earned a 7th place finish while Gallenz was defeated in the third consolation round of his weight class. Fellow wrestler, and senior, Donovan Stiffler earned two victories in his weight classes. Gallenz earned an opening round victory over Zander Nuttal (Derry), by fall 4-0 at 2:55 but was defeated in the Championship round of 16 by Davis Stepp (Beth Center) 12-2 at 2:48. The junior wrestler earned two victories in the consolation bracket, first…

February 18, 2022

Riverside Archery Team Hosting State Qualifying Tournament This Weekend

Riverside Archery’s first at home tournament is this weekend in the high school gym. The state qualifying archery tournament begins Saturday, with eight flights on the hour from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Individual awards for Top 5 girls and Top 5 boys in each division: Middle School and High School. The top two team awards for each division: Middle School and High School. The tournament will have normal flight arrangements with two archers per shooting lane shooting at the same time. [VIEW FULL FLIGHT SCHEDULE] $3.00 Admission fee for adults – Students, Coaches, and Riverside parents are free. According…

February 16, 2022

Wolverines Earn Top Seed, Playoff Tickets Now On Sale

The “Path To The Pete” starts Monday for the Ellwood City boys basketball team as the WPIAL Class-3A Playoffs are set to begin. The Wolverines earned a #1 seed after its 20-2 regular season. The team went undefeated in section play. Playoff tickets will be available this week in the Lincoln High School Student tickets are $5.00 and are available on Wednesday 2/16 and Thursday 2/17 in the high school office.  Adult tickets are $7.00 and will be available in the big gym hallway from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 17th only.  Tickets can also be purchased…

February 14, 2022

ECASD Board of Directors Hires Track Coaches

The Ellwood City Area School District’s Board of Directors hired Alan Marsh and Nathan Brown to serve as co-head varsity track coaches during its February 10 meeting. Historically, the track team had one head coach and four assistant coaches. Because of the hiring of co-head coaches, the team will have only three assistants this year, according to ECASD Superintendent Dr. Wesley Shipley. Volleyball The board also voted to classify Middle School Volleyball as a sport and an eighth grade coach and seventh grade coach fall under the guise of the Head Volleyball Coach and under the pay matrix with all…