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December 11, 2018

Wolverine Boys Fall To Hopewell, EC & RHS Girls Victorious

Wolverine Boys Lose To Hopewell Ellwood City fell to Hopewell on Monday, 72-67, even with freshman Steve Antuono scoring 20 points. Jake McGovern scored a game-high 21 points, on seven 3-pointers, to help Hopewell secure the victory. Ellwood City and Hopewell were tied up at 36-36 at the half, but Hopewell gained the momentum during the third quarter, stretching out to a seven-point lead. Antuono led the charge for the Wolverine offense and helped stage a rally late with eight points during the fourth period. He also contributed four rebounds and one steal. Broc Boariu (16 points) and Rick Pitrelli…

November 21, 2018

Morella Among Four Named To All-Region XX Volleyball Squad

(Butler, PA) – Ellwood City graduate Madison Morella was among four players on a Butler County Community College volleyball team crowned in October as the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region XX champions are among nine selections to the All-Region XX squad. Setter Mackenzie Craig, of Karns City; middle hitter Emily Magusiak, of New Castle; and right-side hitter Makenzie McDowell, of Knoch, were named to a seven-member first team; and middle hitter Morella, was one of two players chosen as honorable mention. Craig in 2018 led the Pioneers and Region XX with 561 assists and 77 service aces. Magusiak…

November 16, 2018

Wrestling Meeting To Be Held Monday

There will be a wrestling meeting for all parents with students in grades 7-12 at Riverside and Ellwood City who are interested in wrestling.   The meeting on Monday, November 19 beginning at 6:00pm. The meeting will take place in the Ellwood City School District cafeteria.  All interested in wrestling are welcome to attend the public meeting. The Wolverines wrestling team, led by head coach Craig Alberts, had an impressive season in 2018, led by Donavin Chambers who received the Silver Medalist at the Southwest Wrestling Regional and qualified for states. The Wolverines sent three wrestlers, Austin Walley, Jake Alberts, and Chambers, to…

November 15, 2018

Ellwood City Senior Signs With Robert Morris

Lincoln High School Senior Ariana Garroway has decided to continue her softball career by signing with Robert Morris University. Leading up to this opportunity has been years of hard work in her varsity softball career. Within the past three years, Garroway had proven herself to her coach multiple times. After her sophomore season, Garroway had been given the title of The Times’ 2017 Softball Player of the Year after leading the Lady Wolverines to their second consecutive WPIAL Championship. “She’s so athletic. She has all kinds of potential. She’s only a sophomore, but she has a chance to be special….

November 14, 2018

Ellwood City Varsity Football Head Coach Contract Terminated

The Ellwood City Area School District has terminated the contract of varsity head coach Nick Hand. Hand stepped down prior to the 2018 season due to an illness. Rob Magnifico, who had been with the program for over 10 years, was named interim head coach for the 2018 season, the team’s first in the recently reclassified Class 2A. “The Ellwood City Area School District and Mr. Nick Hand have mutually and amicably decided that he would not return as varsity football coach for the 2019 season, due to reasons unrelated to his performance as a coach,” said school superintendent Joe…

November 8, 2018

Stiefel Hockey Fall Session Wrapup: Darkness, The Alchemists Take Titles

Two local roller hockey teams collected recent championships in the Stiefel Hockey Fall League.  The A League champions were Darkness, who had bested Rage 5-1 in the finale, while The Alchemists claimed a repeat championship in the B League. Darkness finished the fall season with a 7-1 regular season record and the team led the A League in goal differential. Jake Hopper led Darkness with 23 points (15 goals, 8 assists) during the fall session regular season. Team Rage was led by John Brown who led the fall session league in scoring in the regular season with 29 regular season…

November 3, 2018

Charleroi Shrugs Off Sluggish Start, Defense Helps Upend Riverside

Charleroi shrugged off a sluggish started and used defensive plays in the second half to turn momentum, avoid another upset, and come away with a 35-21 victory over Riverside Friday night at Myron Pottios Stadium. After trailing 14-0 in the first half and later in the third quarter, the #4 seed Cougars scored 21 unanswered points to upend the 13-seeded Panthers. Riverside quarterback Ben Hughes connected with Nathan Sciarro on a 13-yard touchdown pass and Panther running back Nic Ottaviani recovered Hughes’ fumble in the endzone to give the Riverside an early lead. Panthers’ LeMarcus Cleckley, who ran for a…

November 1, 2018

Date Released For 2018 Ellwood City Powderpuff Games

This years Ellwood City Powderpuff games will be played on Wednesday, November 14. The games will be played at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Between the 81 girls signed up to play, freshman will play against the sophomores, with the big game of the juniors playing the unbeaten senior team. The games are a big fundraiser for the cheerleaders. The money not only goes towards their banquet in February, but they will also be making a donation for Club Hope at Lincoln High School. Club Hope is a borough nonprofit that has been helping people that have been affected by cancer…

October 30, 2018

Panthers Set To Travel For WPIAL Playoff Opening Round Game

The Riverside Panthers will make an 80-mile journey and travel to Charleroi on Friday for their opening round game Friday night at 7:30pm in Carroll Township. The Panthers (6-3 overall) gathered a 13-seed in the Class-AA WPIAL Playoffs and will open with a defacto road game against Interstate Conference champion Charleroi (8-1 overall) on the Cougars home turf. Riverside is led by junior Ben Hughes (6-2, 200, Jr., QB) and senior LeMarcus Cleckley on offense. The Panthers have gone as far as the semifinals in two consecutive Class AA playoffs and will hope to make a run this year as…

October 28, 2018

PHOTOS: Riverside Panthers Knocked Off By A Late New Brighton Touchdown

New Brighton backer Ashton Fath scored with less than a minute in regulation to boost the Lions to a 22-16 road victory over the Panthers Friday night. Riverside held a 13-8 halftime lead on the strength of a Nathan Sciarro touchdown run and Ben Hughes 10-yard touchdown pass and led midway through the final quarter. Panther kicker Sciarro connected on a 30-plus yard field goal in the wet, soggy field conditions in the fourth quarter to give Riverside their last lead at 16-14. The Panthers possessed the ball with under four minutes to play but came up just short on…