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September 3, 2025

SPORTS ROUND-UP: Riverside Volleyball Over Wolverines, EC Golf Sweeps, EC Tennis Falls To Lincoln Park

The Riverside Panthers girls volleyball team knocked off rival Ellwood City 3-0 Tuesday afternoon at Riverside. The Panthers swept the match with 25-16, 25-20, and 25-13 set victories. Ellwood City falls to 0-3 on the season with its next match on the road versus Neshannock on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ELLWOOD CITY GOLF SWEEPS The Ellwood City girls and boys golf teams each collected victories Tuesday afternoon. The boys golf team used a sub-40 round by Jordan Keller to defeat Shenango 200-230 at Delmar Golf Course.  Keller fired a match-low round of 36 for the Wolverines while Jaxon Rozanski pitched…

September 3, 2025

Riverside Fall Sports Q&A 2025: Part 1

This is part one of a three part series featuring area athletes in fall 2025 sports. [VIEW PART 2] The start of fall sports is upon us, so we took the opportunity catch up with the athletes of those teams to see what they are doing to prepare for the upcoming rivalries and to offer some perspective on the season ahead and their plans for the future. Riverside Athletes Joci Cummings School you attend? Riverside High School Sport? Varsity Volleyball Grade? Senior How many years have you have participated? This will be my 6th year playing What do you feel is…

August 31, 2025

Riverside Defeats Northgate 36-30

Mason Holler rushed for two third quarter touchdowns as Riverside rallied and held off Northgate 36-30 Friday night. Trailing 12-10 at halftime, the visiting Panthers used a 5-yard and 10-yard touchdown run by Holler to ease ahead 22-18 entering the final frame. Less than a minute into the 4th quarter, quarterback Aidan Gaydosz found Hunter Garcia on a 92-yard scoring play to stretch the Panther advantage to a 10-point advantage that proved to be insurmountable for the host Flames. Gaydosz added a second touchdown toss later in the quarter, finding Joey Anderson on a 24-yard strike for Riverside to put…

August 30, 2025

Wolverines Defense Stymies Shenango, EC Defeats Wildcats 21-0

The Ellwood City defense put up a resounding effort Friday night on the road Friday night, shutting out the Shenango Wildcats 21-0. The Wolverines defense held the Wildcats to 47 yards of total offense and forced two turnovers in the victory. Offensively, Tyler Smiley tossed two first half touchdowns, first a 2-yard toss to Anthony Barberio in the first quarter and then finding DaiLonn Currie on a 8-yard scoring strike in the second quarter. Ellwood City led 14-0 at halftime. Richard Cureton rounded out the scoring for the Wolverines as he punched in a 1-yard touchdown plunge early in the…

August 27, 2025

Barry Earns 200th Career Victory; EC Boys Golf Beats OLSH, Girls Upend Sewickley Academy

Ellwood City golf head coach Sam Barry earned his 200th career coaching victory Tuesday afternoon as the Ellwood City boys golf team defeated Our Lady of  Sacred Heart (OLSH) 194-207 at Moon Golf Course. Nate Kennedy shot a team-low round of 36 to lead the Wolverines. Jordan Keller and Jaxon Rozanski each posted rounds of 37 while Adam Jeffcoat (41) and Gino Biondi (43) rounded out the scoring for Ellwood City. Jonah Schollaert shot a low round of 34 for OLSH in defeat. Barry saw his team improve to 8-1 on the regular season. The head coach is in his…

August 23, 2025

Ellwood City, Riverside Each Fall In Season Openers

Ellwood City and Riverside each fell in their respective season openers Friday night. The Wolverines fell 43-14 to Laurel at Helling Stadium. Spartan running back Kolton Carlson collected three 2nd quarter touchdowns as Laurel exploded for 22 points to break a 7-7 tie. Carlson finished with 115 running as the Spartans posted 238 on the ground in the victory. Tyler Smiley rushed for two touchdowns and new placekicker Aiden Huth knocked home a pair of extra points for the Wolverines. Smiley finished with 41 yards rushing and 7-22 passing but Ellwood City fell victim to four turnovers in defeat. Ellwood…

August 19, 2025

Tickets On Sale For Ellwood City Home Opener Versus Laurel

Ellwood City will open its regular season next Friday versus the Laurel Spartans. Tickets for the August 22nd home football game versus Laurel can be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/PA6449. Physical tickets are no longer sold in the high school office, but may be purchased at the gate at the stadium. Adult All Sports passes and Student Superfan passes can also be purchased online using the same link. Senior citizen passes can still be picked up at the main office of Lincoln High School during the school day. Last season, Ellwood City wrapped up a historic season of firsts – first…

August 15, 2025

Ellwood City Girls Softball Team to Seek Neighboring School District Fields for Home Games

The Ellwood City Area School District’s Board of Directors voted to allow the girls softball team to use neighboring school districts’ fields for home games during the August 14th Regular Meeting. The girls previously played at Stiefel Park on a field owned by the borough, but they will not return to Stiefel in their upcoming season. The board expressed safety concerns and a deterioration of the field as the reasoning for seeking play at neighboring districts’ fields. Board members also stated that they no longer wish to invest money into any improvements to the field at Stiefel Park. “I’m not…

August 12, 2025

Five Wolverine Golfers Shoot Sub-40, EC Routs Union 185-271

All five counting scores for the Ellwood City Wolverines golf team were sub-40 on Monday as the team cruised to a 185-271 match victory at home over Union Area. Jordan Keller led the charge with a 3-under round of 33 while Gino Biondi posted a score of 37. Nate Kennedy and Cam Keller each finished with rounds of 38 and Jaxon Rozanski rounded out the scoring with a round of 39 for Ellwood City. Landon Eckert led Union Area with a team-low round of 40. Ellwood City improves to 2-0 on the young season and will travel to Shenango on…

August 12, 2025

Tyler Good Captures 65th Annual Delmar Golf Course Club Championship

It was a “GOOD” day at Delmar Golf Course on Sunday. Tyler Good captured the 65th Annual Delmar Golf Course Club Championship yesterday with a brilliant 2 under par 70 to hold off Michael Pope by 2 shots. Good, a former EC golf standout, started the day a shot back of defending champion Jordan Keller, who opened with a 2 under par 70. Good used birdies on 14, 15 and 16 to pull away from the field and outlast 2024 runner up Michael Pope. Pope’s final round 4 under par 68 was the low score of the weekend. Ellwood City…