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September 12, 2019

Ellwood City School Board to Vote on Soccer Program Funding

The soccer debate continues within the Ellwood City School Board. During the board’s September 9 agenda meeting, board continued the back and forth discussion regarding whether or not funding should be provided to the boys and girls soccer club. Three players from the boys “club” were in attendance. One player Levi Smith spoke on behalf of the team. He assured the board that the team is dedicated to the season as well as growing the roster through recruiting efforts. He said moving forward the boys team should have no problem maintaining a roster as there are only two graduating seniors…

September 7, 2019

PHOTOS: Riverside Falls to Freedom; Wolverines Shut Out

Nathan Sciarro accounted for three scores Friday night for Riverside while Ben Hughes tossed three touchdown strikes, but the biggest score of the game – a late 2-point conversion – was thwarted by Freedom and the Bulldogs escaped with a 31-30 victory over the Panthers. Trailing with less than three minutes to play, Riverside quarterback Ben Hughes connected with Josh Bishop on a 48-yard touchdown strike to bring the host Panthers within a point.  A decision was made to go for the two-point conversion and lead, but the rush play was stopped. Hughes finished the game with 12 completions for…

September 4, 2019

Boariu Collects Hole-In-One At DelMar Golf Course

Broc Boariu, 19, of Ellwood City, hit a hole-in-one Sunday at Delmar Golf Course.  This particular hole-in-one was rare in so much it was collected on a Par 4 – the 325-yard, Hole 6 at the course. “I didn’t see it go in so I was looking for it for around 10-15 minutes,” said Boariu. “We checked the hole and it was there.” Boariu, who was playing in a foursome with Sam Barry Jr., Gino Bellissimo, and Chad Reed, hit driver from the tee box. “That was my first hole in one and the closest I’ve ever come was probably…

September 4, 2019

Ellwood Fall Sport Senior Q&A: Part 2

School is back in full swing and so are high school sports! Those sports wouldn’t be the same without a big dose of school spirit, and that’s where the Wolverine Cheerleaders shine. We caught up with the coaches of the cheerleaders, and she couldn’t be happier with this year’s squad. “Going into my 19th year of varsity cheer coach this group has kept me young for sure,” said Coach Karen Steilner. “They are a young and newer group and have really improved since camp at beginning of August. I am so proud of them and know that they will only…

September 3, 2019

Wolverines Find Success In Running Game But Not Enough Against The Eagles

The official start to the 2019 WPIAL football season began last night as 118 teams were in action Friday. For the Wolverines, they were competing in their second game of the season against the Serra Catholic Eagles from McKeesport, PA. Both teams were looking to improve on their Week Zero results as Serra Catholic slipped by Yough 9-0 while the Wolverines were coming off of a 48-0 loss to Beaver Falls. The first quarter involved 5 total drives between the teams with the biggest opportunity for points being for the Wolverines as they punted on their first possession. The Serra…

September 3, 2019

Ellwood Fall Sport Senior Q&A: Part 1

School is back in full swing and so are high school sports! Football and Volleyball are among the popular sports for students at Lincoln. We caught up with the coaches of those teams to see what they are doing to prepare for the upcoming rivalries “We are just trying to get a little bit better everyday,” said football coach Joseph Lamenza. For Volleyball Coach Jenna Ricciuti, this is a unique season. “This is a very special volleyball season for myself and the team,” she said. “This group of seniors were 7th graders when I first took the position of Head…

August 23, 2019

High School Football Season Passes Now On Sale

Football season passes for our two great, local high school football teams are now on sale! For Ellwood City, tickets are on sale in the main office at Lincoln High School. (six homes games) Adult $20.00, Student $5.00, Super Fan student passes are $10.00 this pass will get the student into all athletic events for this school year. Senior citizen passes are also available in the main office. For Riverside, all season tickets are sold at the gate the night of the first game. Season passes are $15 for the entire season (a discount of one game). Both high school…

August 22, 2019

Pie Festival, Panther Night Planned For This Evening

Both school districts will be featuring events this evening at their respective stadiums to help roll out the 2019-20 school year and be introduced to fall sports teams. The Annual Pie Festival hosted by the Lincoln Blue Band will be held on Thursday, August 22nd at Helling Stadium. The gates will open at 6:00 pm. and the show will begin at 7:00 p.m. Rain location is the LHS Gymnasium.  Tickets are $3.00 and drinks and ice cream will be sold. This is a special event to kick off the Blue Band’s fall entertainment. All Blue Band members and fall sport…

August 20, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Promising Senior Year Forthcoming For LHS-Alum

This year, Lincoln High graduate Nick Ioanilli will wrap up a stellar career at Colgate University where he won many awards both on and off the field. In 2018, Nick was chosen All-Patriot League Second Team, Defensive Player of the Week and was named to both the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and the Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll. Nick had three interceptions, returning one for a touchdown during the 2018 season. One of Nick’s best games was against Cornell where he had a career-high 11 tackles. Continued improvement is expected from Nick this season and he is expected to…

August 16, 2019

Board to Re-evaluate Soccer Program Funding in September

During  a special board meeting on Friday morning, Ellwood City School Board decided to allow the soccer program to use the Ewing Park School property for practice and to order nets to facilitate those practices, according to District Superintendent Joseph Mancini, who was reached for comment following the meeting. He said the games will continue to be held at Stiefel Park. He added that the board will re-evaluate the funding request at the September board meeting. Practices are being moved to Ewing Park to allow for more practice availability time in the hopes to attract additional players. This “special meeting”…