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April 4, 2017

Baseball, Softball, and Tennis Teams Prevail Against Opponents

Ellwood City Wolverines Grab Lead in Seventh Inning for Victory Over New Brighton Ellwood City Wolverines took the lead late in the game in a 4-2 victory over New Brighton on Monday. The game was tied at two with Ellwood City Wolverines batting in the top of the seventh when Anthony Roth singled off of Debo, driving in one run. Ellwood City Wolverines captured the lead in the first inning. Mitch Fraser’s sac fly scored one run for Ellwood City Wolverines. Ellwood City Wolverines knotted the game up at two in the top of the fifth inning. Ellwood City Wolverines…

April 3, 2017

Sedgwick Throws Shutout as Ellwood City Wolverines Defeats Beaver

Shane Sedgwick didn’t allow a single run as Ellwood City Wolverines defeated Beaver 2-0 on Saturday. Sedgwick allowed just four hits. Ellwood City Wolverines didn’t take the lead until later in the game. Anthony Roth grounded out, scoring one run. A single by Vinny Mastrangelo in the fourth inning was a positive for Beaver. Shane Sedgwick earned the win for Ellwood City Wolverines. He pitched seven innings, giving up zero runs, four hits, and striking out four. Mason Rose took the loss for Beaver. He tossed five innings, allowing two runs, three hits, and striking out two. Roth went 0-for-3…

March 31, 2017

Ellwood baseball, Riverside softball both fall behind early in Thursday defeats

Armstrong Captures Lead Early to Defeat Ellwood City Wolverines Ellwood City Wolverines fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 10-0 loss to Armstrong on Thursday. Armstrong scored on a single by Michael Lhote and a stolen base in the first inning. Armstrong captured the lead in the first inning. Michael Lhote drove in one when he singled in the first inning. Armstrong scored four runs in the third inning. The big inning for Armstrong came thanks to a single by Jacob Parisi, a single by Eli Hickman, and a single by Dawson Porter. A single by Noah Rinker…

March 30, 2017

Ellwood City Wolverines Drops Game to Blackhawk After Late Score

Ellwood City Wolverines stayed in it until the end, but Blackhawk pulled away late in a 12-1 victory on Wednesday. The game was tied at one with Blackhawk batting in the bottom of the fourth when Anthony Sebastian homered off of Tyler Good, driving in three runs. Ellwood City Wolverines took an early lead in the first inning. Tyler Good singled on a 3-2 count in the first inning, scoring one run. Blackhawk took the lead for good with four runs in the fourth inning. In the fourth Nick Cerani hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a run. Blackhawk…

March 27, 2017

Ellwood City Adult Basketball League Recap March 26

After weeks of rumors running rampant in the Ellwood City Adult Basketball League, Monstars Team Captain Sean Swisher claims arguably the hottest free agent on the market as  Allen “Walking Double Double” Deep laced ’em up for the first time in the league Sunday at the Family Center. Deep looks to help Monstars as they start jockeying for playoff positioning and it did not take long for his impact to be felt. Having flashbacks of IUP and YSU, Deep did not need primer or paint as there were no signs of rust. Pouring in 23 points on the evening, Deep looked grand in green. Cody “To The…

March 27, 2017

PHOTOS: Lady Wolverines Open Season with Convincing Win Over Union

The Lady Wolverines started the season off on the right foot with a 13-3 victory over the Union Scotties on Saturday. The game was halted after 5 innings due to the mercy rule. Anna Ferrucci led the 9 hit attack with 3 singles and 2 runs scored. Natalia Greco added two singles, 3 RBI’s and scored twice. Breonna Streit and Megan Siegfried contributed doubles. Streit scored once and added an RBI while Siegfried added 2 RBI’s. Ariana Garroway singled and scored three times and Brooklyn Magill rounded out the hit parade with a single. Reagan Mittler drove in 3 runs…

March 27, 2017

Wolverines Grab Lead in Seventh Inning for Victory Over Laurel

Ellwood City Wolverines took the lead late in the game in a 4-3 victory over Laurel on Friday. The game was tied at three with Ellwood City Wolverines batting in the top of the seventh when Mitch Fraser singled off of Will Shaffer, driving in the go-ahead run to finally overtake a Laurel team that took an early lead in the first inning. Noah Rinker earned the win for Ellwood City Wolverines. He pitched three and two-thirds innings, surrendering zero runs, zero hits, striking out three, and walking zero. Tyler Good recorded the last three outs to earn the save…

March 27, 2017

Ellwood City Track Teams Fall To Beaver

The Ellwood City boys and girls track teams were defeated by Beaver Area Friday afternoon.  For the girls, a strong showing in the 100m was put together by the trio of Avory Elchison, Mia DeCaria, and Alena Battaglia who swept the event for the Wolverines.  DeCaria also took first place in the high jump and long jump to spur the Wolverines. For the boys, William Lott placed first in both the 800m and 1600m events.  Also for Ellwood, Noah Borison placed first in the shotput and javelin while Joel Ables took first in the discus event to round out a…

March 24, 2017

Wolverines Boys Tennis Falls To Beaver Area

Ellwood City boys tennis team fell to Beaver Area Thursday in high school tennis action at the Ewing Park Tennis Court. For the Wolverines, Trey Houk was able to collect a singles victory in straight sets over Bobcat Ross Huchko while the doubles team of Keegan Reisinger and Alex Vardzel was able to collect a first set victory in doubles action before falling in three sets. The boys tennis team next travels to Ambridge for an upcoming match scheduled next week. SINGLES Home Team Set Scores Visitors Ellwood City 1 2 3 H V Beaver 1 Trey Houk 7 –…

March 20, 2017

PHOTOS: Ellwood City Adult Basketball League Recap for 3/19

In a highly anticipated showdown, Turncoats and BDI squared off Sunday night at the Family Center with Turncoats unbeaten record on the line.  It was more of the same from Turncoats with silky smooth shooting, ball movement and pancakes being served afterwards.  Helping lead the Turncoats to victory, CJ “Doesn’t Need Dave Chappelle for a Block Party’” Lewis had himself a game. It didn’t need to be Friday for Lewis to hit the freaky fade away and look good in doing so.  After the game, Turncoats Team Captain Pat O’Brizzle had the following to say regarding his henchmen’s efforts: “We looked…