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April 1, 2019

EC Varsity Softball Team Defeats Shenango; Improves to 2-1 on the Season

After a losing effort on Thursday against Ambridge, the Lady Wolverines got back to their winning ways on Saturday afternoon as they beat Shenango 14-2 on the Wildcats home turf.  The game was much closer than the final score as the Wolverines held a slim 3-2 lead until the fifth inning. Leadoff batter Ariana Garroway got the scoring started in the first inning.  She walked, moved to second on a wild pitch, stole third, and then scored on a dropped third strike as Anna Ferrucci was thrown out at first.  Shenango tied things up in the home half of the…

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….

May 16, 2018

Lady Wolverines Advance With Victory Over South Allegheny

The Ellwood City girls softball team advanced in the Class 3-A WPIAL Playoffs with a 4-1 first round victory over South Allegheny on Tuesday afternoon. Madi Krugh was the winning pitcher for the Wolverines. She went seven innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out two. The Wolverines jumped out to their lead in the third inning and added a run later by way of the long ball — Reagan Mittler connected with a solo shot in fourth inning as Ellwood City jumped to its early lead. Anna Ferrucci led the Wolverines with three hits in four at…

May 11, 2018

Wolverines Varsity Softball Leads In Fifth Inning For Victory Over Shenango

Wolverines defeated Shenango 10-5 on Thursday after taking the lead late in the game. The game was tied at four with Wolverines batting in the bottom of the fifth when Maria Ioanilli grounded out, scoring one run. Shenango got on the board in the first inning when Kaylyn Chapman doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run. Shenango knotted the game up at four in the top of the fourth inning. Allyson Rubin drew a walk, scoring one run. Wolverines notched four runs in the third inning. Wolverines’s big bats in the inning were led by…

May 9, 2018

Shutouts Galore: Riverside, Ellwood Varsity Baseball and EC Jr High Softball Impress

Sean Busby Shuts Out Mohawk Area, Wolverines Take The Win. Sean Busby didn’t allow a single run as Ellwood City Wolverines defeated Mohawk Area 3-0 on Tuesday. Busby allowed just one hit. The pitching was strong on both sides. Busby struck out nine, while Cummings sat down zero. Wolverines fired up the offense in the first inning, when Sammy DiCaprio singled on a 1-2 count, scoring one run. One bright spot for Mohawk was a single by Toscano in the fifth inning. Busby was credited with the victory for Wolverines. He lasted seven innings, allowing one hit and zero runs while striking out nine and walking one. Cummings took the loss for Mohawk. He…

May 2, 2018

Ellwood City Junior High Softball Team Runs Undefeated Streak to 7 Games

7 was the number of the day as the Lady Wolverines raised their record to 7-0 with a 7-0 victory over Laurel on the Spartan’s home turf. EC’s Angie Nardone and Laurel’s Grace Kissick were locked in a pitcher’s duel that saw the game scoreless until the top of the fourth with each team managing to get just 1 base runner. Kali Barnett got the scoring started as she walked to lead off the 4th after a terrific 10 pitch at bat. She promptly stole second and then advanced to third on a wild pitch. She scored as her and…

April 25, 2018

EC Junior High Softball Team Now 5-0 After 12-0 Victory Over Freedom

The Lady Wolverines pounded out 13 hits at Stiefel Park on Monday evening in a game halted after 5 innings by the Mercy Rule.   Aliya Garroway and Grace Balin led the offensive onslaught with 2 hits apiece. Garroway tripled and doubled while Balin tripled and singled. Jenna Vetica, Jaidyn Leviere, and Maddie Hicks each contributed doubles in the contest with Leviere’s being her first career hit at the junior high level. Kyla Servick, Kali Barnett, Angie Nardone, Mollie Street, Trinity Arlet, and Kaylani Leos all added singles. Katelyn Wehman scored twice as she was able to draw 3 walks…

April 16, 2018

PHOTOS: Four RBI Day for Mittler Leads Wolverines Rout Over Riverside

Four runs batted in from Reagan Mittler helped lead Wolverines past Riverside in a 20-5 rout on Saturday. Mittler drove in runs on a single in the first and a double in the second. The Wolverines (3-2 overall) fired up the offense in the first inning, when Anna Ferrucci singled scoring the game’s first run.  Ellwood City scored in every inning thereafter including a 9-run outburst in the second frame. Natalia Greco, Breonna Streit, Maria Ioanilli, Mittler, Makinley Magill, and Ariana Garroway all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the second inning. Madi Krugh toed the rubber for…

April 12, 2018

Sports Roundup: Avonworth Sweeps LHS/RHS, EC Softball Falls to Steel Valley

The undefeated Avonworth Antelopes scored in extra innings to bounce Ellwood City baseball team on Wednesday while the Avonworth softball team put up a scoring barrage in dismissing the Riverside softball team.  Despite two homeruns, the Ellwood City softball team fell to Steel Valley after a 3-run seventh inning proved a third and final lead change. Ellwood City Wolverines Drops Game to Avonworth After Late Score The Ellwood City Wolverines baseball team stayed in it until the end, but undefeated Avonworth pulled away late in a 7-5 victory on Wednesday. The game was tied at five with Avonworth batting in…

April 7, 2018

Mittler’s Walkoff Picture Perfect Ending In Wolverines’s Victory Over Avonworth

A walk-off single propelled Wolverines to a decisive, dramatic victory over Avonworth, 20-19 on Friday afternoon. Wolverines trailed 19-18 in the bottom of the seventh inning after rallying from a double digit deficit when Reagan Mittler singled on a 2-2 count, scoring two runs. There was plenty of action on the basepaths as Wolverines collected 13 hits and Avonworth had 11 in a wild game that featured four combined home runs, 24 walks by both teams, and ten combined errors in the contest. Avonworth got things moving in the first inning, when Sarah Helffrich doubled on a 1-1 count, scoring…