riverside soccer

October 20, 2023

Lady Panthers Soccer Team Earns Playoff Berth, Set To Face Charleroi

The Riverside girls soccer team has qualified for the 2023 WPIAL Playoffs and will set their eyes on opening round opponent – Charleroi – in the Class-A bracket. The Panthers finished their regular season with a section record of 4-6, good for a #14 seed. “The most impressive thing about the season has been the ability to overcome adversity,” says head coach Jordan Curcio. “We have a small team that has battled through injury throughout the season.” Senior Emma Thellman missed more than half of the regular season games after recovering from a torn ACL from last November. Thellman was…

November 2, 2021

Riverside Boys Soccer Face Winchester Thurston In WPIAL Semifinals

The Riverside Boys Soccer team is set to face the 2-seed Winchester Thurston Bears Tuesday evening in the WPIAL Class A semifinals. The Panthers, who entered the playoffs as an 11-seed, have knocked off two higher seeds en route to their semifinals appearance. Riverside defeated Trinity Christian 2-1 last Tuesday in the opening round and then upset #3 Sewickley Academy 2-1 on Saturday to continue their playoff journey. On Saturday, Noah Zelch scored off a penalty kick and Evan Burry buried the game winning goal with a rocket from inside the box to lead the Panthers. Riverside will meet Winchester…

October 25, 2021

RHS Girls Soccer Collects Opening Round Victory, Await #1 Greensburg C.C.

The Riverside girls soccer team vanquished some past playoff exits on Saturday, collecting an opening round victory over Winchester Thurston to advance to WPIAL Class A quarterfinals. After four straight first round exits, the Lady Panthers scored a 8-4 victory and have advanced to play #1 Greensburg Central Catholic on Wednesday. With seven seniors on the roster, including six starters, the Panthers posted their best section record in team history this year with an 8-2 mark (10-7 overall). On Saturday, Riverside earned another victory. Sophomore Emma Thellman netted three goals while Megan Zelch also scored three times to lead the…

October 25, 2018

Panthers, Lady Wolverines Both Looking To Advance In WPIAL Playoffs Thursday

Two local high school teams will continue their championship quests in their respective WPIAL playoff games Thursday evening. The Riverside boys soccer team marched onto the second round of the Class 1A WPIAL Playoffs with a 2-0 victory Monday night over Carlynton. The Panthers (11-2-1 overall) are set to face off against Avonworth Thursday evening at Ambridge with a 6:30 game time. Avonworth defeated Mohawk 4-0 in their opening round contest. Alex Nour and Jesse Young, who both collected goals in the first round victory, will look again to lead the Panthers offense. A victory Thursday would place Riverside in…

October 19, 2018

Riverside Boys & Girls Varsity Soccer Teams Onto Playoffs

Riverside Panthers boys and girls soccer teams have both advanced to the WPIAL Playoffs that begin this weekend. The Riverside girls team are first to play on Saturday, October 20th in an opening round contest against defending WPIAL Champion Greensburg Central Catholic. The game will take place at 1:00pm at Hampton School District. The winner will advance to a second round match-up versus the OLSH/Beth Center winner. Greensburg Central Catholic defeated Shady Side Academy 1-0 in the Class-A girls soccer championship last November. [VIEW THE FULL CLASS-A GIRLS BRACKET] For the boys soccer squad, their opening round match will be…

September 13, 2018

Riverside Fall Sport Senior Q&A Part 1

With school starting back up and the fall sport season in full swing, the people at EllwoodCity.org decided to sit down and talk to some of the senior athletes at Riverside High School to talk about their fall sport and their future plans. Seniors shared their favorite part of the sport, along with the prep they went through prior to the start of the season. This is the first part of a two part series showing the senior athletes behind the Riverside High Schools fall sport season. Jackson Coyne: Cross Country How many years have you been running cross…