riverside tennis

September 13, 2022

SPORTS: The Streak Is Over!; RHS Tennis Defeats Wolverines; EC Volleyball Remains Unbeaten

The longest losing streak (27 games) in the WPIAL is officially over as the Wolverines cruised to their first victory in 4 years, defeating the Carlynton Cougars 46-6 on Friday night. The Cougars started the night off with electing to receive the ball after winning the coin toss, showing that they wanted to start on offense early. This back fired quickly as a fumble recovery by #20 Jackson Kerr at the 10:35 mark set up the Wolverines with great field position at the Cougars 35 yard line. The Wolverines quickly capitalized on the play, scoring on a 14 yard rushing…

March 23, 2021

Riverside Boys Tennis Defeats Ellwood City

The Riverside Boys Tennis team collected a 4-1 victory in tennis action Monday afternoon at Riverside High School. Ethan Hughes (6-3, 6-0) collected straight set victory in singles while Payne Hoover & Kaysen Conver (6-2, 6-3) and Avery Wolf & Liam Gallagher (6-3, 6-4) collected straight set victories to pace Riverside. Hunter Famsworth (6-3, 3-6, 6-2) also earned a singles victory for the host Panthers. Max Kuffer (6-3, 6-2) collected a straight set victory for the Wolverines lone point on the afternoon. This was the first match of the season for Ellwood City who has four returning players from last…

September 22, 2020

LOCAL SPORTS: EC Girls Tennis Defeats Riverside, Girls Volleyball Stays Unbeaten

The Ellwood City Girls Varsity tennis team came away with a 4-1 victory over rival Riverside on Monday. The visiting Wolverines used strong efforts by Maddy McCommons in singles play and Cassidy Navolio and Anna Williams in doubles to earn the victory. Maddy McCommons collected a straight set victory (6-0, 6-1) and Nichole Bartolomeo also collected a singles victory (6-2, 3-6, 6-1) for Ellwood City. Navolio & Williams (6-4, 7-5) secured their doubles victory along with Alex Johnston & Rylea Heitzenrater (6-2, 3-6, 6-1) for Ellwood City. Riverside’s Brooke Verrico defeated Molly McCommons in singles play (6-4, 3-6, 7-5) for…

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…