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Aliquippa moves on after win against Waynesburg Central

Story by Keith Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published November 6, 2026 11:28 P.M.

(Aliquippa, Pa) It’s playoff time in western Pennsylvania and the Waynesburg Central Raiders Raiders traveled to Aliquippa to play the Quips.

Waynesburg won the toss and elected to receive and ran it out to the 35 yard line. After a series of short runs they go for it on 4th and two and Teagan Crouse takes it himself but is stopped short due to a big performance from the Quips down linemen.

Quips first play from scrimmage goes for 40 yards into the endzone. Again the Raiders try running the ball but can’t make any progress on the ground or in the air.

In the second quarter they did a trick play handing the ball off to the right tackle, then they ran a quick dive up the middle to get it first and goal but then dropped back to pass and Teagen Course gets blasted at the 17 and Avery Colman picks up the ball and goes for a touchdown.

The next set of downs for the Raiders Ky-mani Sumpter takes the ball around the left side for a touchdown.

Waynesburgs’ Cole Phillips intercepts the Quips. Anthony Ingram intercepts it right back for the Quips.

Jolle hands the ball off to Perry and big Mysaun Mills sends a would be tackler flying to clear the path into the endzone.

The next series Mylez Greene made another big stop and it was not much better for anything the Raiders tried as they were living in the Raiders backyard.

It was much of the same, Jeffery Hicks scored a couple and Waynesburghs Ky-mani Sumpter took the ball 95 yards to finish off his game on a high note.

Final score: Aliquippa 52 Waynesburg 14.

Scores From Across the Valley: WPIAL Play-offs Week 1 11/6/26

Friday, November 6, 2026:

 

               Pond-Lehocky Beaver County Radio Broadcast Game 

Waynesburg Central
Aliquippa

 14
52  1st
     
                                                WPIAL Class 5A       
Gateway
West Alleghany		 21
28 Final
     
                                              WPIAL Class 4A       
Char Valley
New Castle		 34
51 Final
Blackhawk
McKeesport		 16
48 Final
                                             WPIAL Class 3A       
Mount Pleasant
Hopewell		 7
62 Final
Beaver
North Catholic		 0
21  Final
Deer Lakes
Avonworth		 7
44 Final
                                                   WPIAL Class   2A                         
Char Houston
Western Beaver		 22
44 Final
Riverside
Ligonier Valley		 21
35 Final
Freedom
Steel Valley		 8
43 Final
Beaver Falls
McGuffey		 28
7 Final

Judge accepts ex-NFL star Antonio Brown’s guilty plea to reduced charge, sentences probation

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE- Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown appears in court at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Miami on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP, Pool, File)

MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL star Antonio Brown pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with a 2025 shooting outside a celebrity boxing match in Miami.

Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez sentenced Brown to three years of probation, during which time he will have to attend weekly counseling sessions and not possess a firearm, among other conditions.

Wearing a black leather jacket and white pants, he spoke sparingly and in a low voice during the brief proceedings in Miami state court. As he entered his guilty plea, the judge asked him to speak up.

Outside the courtroom, Brown thanked God and said he wanted to “get back to life” and his family.

He declined to answer other questions, but his lawyer, Mark Eiglarsh, said they were “extremely grateful” the case was behind them.

“My client was facing 30 years in prison with a 20-year minimum mandatory, and he was given an offer he just couldn’t refuse,” he said. “Probation was too good to turn down, and we’re both very excited about the outcome.”

The plea to the reduced charge allows the All-Pro wide receiver to not only avoid prison time but criminal conviction.

Brown had initially been charged with attempted murder after police say he grabbed a handgun from a security staffer at the event and fired two shots at a man he had been in a fistfight with earlier.

Brown, 38, maintained he was defending himself from an attack as others were trying to steal jewelry from him.

Florida’s Stand Your Ground law allows people who believe they face death or serious injury to use deadly force to defend themselves without a duty to retreat.

Brown spent 12 years in the NFL, most of it with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021 under quarterback Tom Brady.

The following season, though, Brown effectively ended his career when he inexplicably took off his jersey, shoulder pads and gloves and ran off the field during a game. The Buccaneers released him after the incident.

Brown has dealt with other legal problems in recent years.

He previously was accused of battery on a moving truck driver, faced several domestic violence charges, failure to pay child support and other incidents.

Brown was extradited in November 2025 from Dubai, where he has business interests, after an arrest warrant on the attempted murder charge was issued in June of the same year.

Steelers Announces Jon Kolb as 2026 Salute to Service Award Nominee

(File Photo of the Pittsburgh Steelers Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Steelers announced yesterday their team’s nominee for the 2026 Salute to Service Award, presented by USAA.

This annual award recognizes NFL players, coaches, staff and alumni who demonstrate a commitment that is exceptional to supporting U.S. veterans, service members and their families.

The Steelers selected legendary Steelers offensive lineman Jon Kolb as their nominee for this award.

Kolb is the founder of Adventures in Training with a Purpose (ATP), which is a non-profit organization that focuses on improving the lives of men and women who served in the military through purposeful training to empower and provide them the
freedom to both move and perform daily tasks on their own.

The clients of ATP are active-duty military, first responders and veterans, who all receive services free of charge.

Kolb is one of 32 nominees who were announced yesterday by the NFL and USAA, which is an official NFL Salute to Service partner.

Fans can show their support by voting at NFL.com/SaluteFanVote from now
through Monday, November 30th at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

One vote per day per nominee is permitted.

Fan voting will help determine the three finalists for this award, and these individuals will be announced in January of 2027.

The recipient of this award will be recognized at NFL Honors, which is the league’s annual primetime awards special, during the week of Super Bowl LXI which is in Los Angeles.

Interstate 79 Wexford Interchange Project Overnight Restrictions Begin Monday in Allegheny County

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that overnight restrictions on Interstate 79 in Marshall Township and Franklin Park Borough in Allegheny County will begin on Monday, November 9th, weather permitting.

The following restrictions are expected to occur for removal of overhead forms utilized for work on the new fly-over ramps, according to the schedule listed below courtesy of a release from PennDOT District 11:

  • Southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on the following dates:
    • Monday through Wednesday nights, November 9th-11th
  • I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic in both directions between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on the following date:
    • Thursday, November 12th
  • Northbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on the following dates:
    • Friday, November 13th
    • Monday through Wednesday nights, November 16th-18th

These restrictions could be lifted earlier if this work is completed sooner.

Ambridge Borough “flips the switch” on new rooftop solar system installed with help from PA Solar Center, RiverWise, and New Sun Rising

(File Photo of the Borough of Ambridge Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) State Representative Rob Matzie and other community leaders joined Ambridge Borough yesterday to flip the switch on their new rooftop solar system at the Ambridge Municipal Complex, which was facilitated through the Rural Innovation through Solar Empowerment (RISE) project in partnership between nonprofits RiverWise, The PA Solar Center, and New Sun Rising to accelerate solar adoption in communities throughout Beaver County.

The RISE Project started as a two-year initiative that was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energizing Rural Communities Prize.

EIS Solar installed the 130.9-kilowatt solar system for Ambridge, which was paid for in part by an Environmental Mitigation Community Fund grant.

Ambridge Borough was also able to leverage a federal renewable energy tax credit of 40 percent for the project.

The solar panels will offset approximately 100 percent of the combined annual energy consumption of Ambridge Borough facilities located at 600 11th Street and 533 Merchant Street.

EIS Solar estimates that the solar array will save taxpayers in Ambridge about $509,000 over the next 25 years.

UPDATE: Person taken into custody after barricading inside Darlington Township home

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Beaver County Emergency Services (BCES) previously reported that there was police activity involving someone barricaded in a home in the area of Route 51 and Taggart Road in Darlington Township today.

Authorities have taken the male individual into custody after he came out of the house peacefully and the incident has been cleared.

BCES is currently investigating the cause of this incident and why an Emergency Alert System update was disseminated to the public.

Edward Franklin Futato (1933-2026)

Edward Franklin Futato, 93, of Hilltop Retirement Community in Johnson City, New York, formerly of Patterson and North Sewickley Township, passed away peacefully on October 10th, 2026, at Elizabeth Church Manor in Binghamton, New York. He was born in New Brighton on May 24th, 1933, in New Brighton, the son of the late John Sr. and Anna (Kadlecz) Futato.

Edward graduated from the New Brighton High School. Shortly after graduation, he was drafted into the US Navy. He dedicated his career to the New Brighton Post Office, where his friendly demeanor and commitment to service made him a cherished postal worker. He was a member of the Blue Lodge in New Brighton and was a 32nd Degree Mason. He was a life-long member of the First Baptist Church in New Brighton. He was active in the Workers for Christ class and served as a deacon and as Chairman of the Board.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Gracann (Thomas) Yard of Endicott, New York, his grandson, Jonathan Yard (Sarah Jane Hammer), Manlius, New York, his great granddaughter, Reiss Elizabeth and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Parris Futato, whom he married on June 18th, 1960, his brothers & sisters: Barbara Kloos, John Jr., Grace Gossard, Alexander, Joseph, Steven, Rudolph, Margaret Wells, and James.

A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, November 14th, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church, 315 8th Street, New Brighton, which is where a funeral service will start at 11:30 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the First Baptist Church, 315 8th Street, New Brighton, PA 15066.

Professional arrangements have been entrusted to Corless-Kunselman Funeral Services, LLC, 3801 4th Avenue, Beaver Falls.