1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA’s Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo have the call from Ambridge High School of this 2019 WPIAL Class 4A Semifinals high school girls basketball playoff game as the Warriors battle the Cougars.
If you can’t tune into the broadcast on 1230 WBVP 1460 WMBA and want to hear the broadcast streaming live over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at 5:30 p.m. for for the pre-game. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:00 p.m……….
Eight tickets will be punched to the WPIAL Championships at Petersen Events Center tonight, and at least one Beaver County team will find themselves battling for gold this weekend. That will be unveiled in our first of two games tonight as Blackhawk & Central Valley play each other at Ambridge for a spot in the 4A Girls’ Championship at Ambridge. Coverage on Beaver County Radio begins at 5:30. Then in Game 2, the Aliquippa boys eye a return to “The Pete”, and they take on North Catholic for that bid tonight at North Allegheny. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00pm.
Local teams playing tonight are listed in bold.
GIRLS
ALL games 6:00pm
[4A] Central Valley vs. Blackhawk (at Ambridge) [WBVP/WMBA]
[4A] North Catholic vs. Elizabeth Forward (at North Allegheny)
[2A] OLSH vs. Bishop Canevin (at Peters Township)
[2A] Brentwood vs. Laurel (at Moon)
BOYS
ALL games 8:00pm
[3A] Aliquippa vs. North Catholic (at North Allegheny) [WBVP/WMBA]
[3A] Seton-LaSalle vs. Lincoln Park (at Moon)
[1A] Cornell vs. Nazareth Prep (at Ambridge)
[1A] Vincentian vs. Monessen (at Peters Township)
THE NEW BRIGHTON WARMING CENTER IS AMONG SEVERAL WARMING CENTERS IN BEAVER COUNTY THAT ARE OPEN TODAY DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS AND BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WE SPOKE WITH NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH MANAGER TOM ALBANESE ABOUT THE WARMING CENTER…
Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest effort to impose a fee on municipalities that rely solely on state troopers, instead of local police, is generating new conversations, if not an embrace. The Democrat is trying for a third time to impose a fee on a lengthening list of municipalities that are ditching their own police departments. The issue has long been a sore spot, but even more so lately as a growing portion of highway funds are getting diverted, possibly unconstitutionally, to the state police budget.
A MAJOR ARTERY IN ALIQUIPPA IS WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING, THE RESULT OF SOME HIGH WINDS THAT PERSIST INTO THEIR SECOND DAY. TOPPLED TREES AND FALLEN BRANCHES TOOK OUT POWER LINES ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE UPDATE…
Niki Campbell, a spokesperson for Duquesne Light said that there are currently 5,300 customers without power in Beaver County
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2019
TODAY – CLOUDY AND WINDY THIS MORNING. BECOMING
SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD
OCCASIONALLY GUST OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR.
HIGH – 32.
TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. LOW – 21.
TUESDAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY SOME
AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGH – 32.
Trump extends China tariff deadline, cites progress in talks
By PAUL WISEMAN AND CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on Chinese imports, citing “substantial progress” in weekend talks between the two countries.
Trump tweeted that there had been “productive talks” on some of the difficult issues dividing the U.S. and China, adding that “I will be delaying the U.S. increase in tariffs now scheduled for March 1.”
Trump said that if negotiations progress, he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Florida resort to finalize an agreement.
U.S. and Chinese negotiators met through the weekend as they seek to resolve a trade war that’s rattled financial markets.
Trump had warned he would escalate the tariffs he has imposed on $200 billion in Chinese imports, from 10 to 25 percent, if the two sides failed to reach a deal. The increase was scheduled to take effect at 12:01 a.m. EST on March 2.
The reprieve is likely to be greeted with relief by financial markets.
The world’s two biggest economies have been locked in a conflict over U.S. allegations that China steals technology and forces foreign companies to hand over trade secrets in an aggressive push to challenge American technological dominance.
The two counties have slapped import taxes on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other’s goods. The conflict has unnerved investors and clouded the outlook for the global economy, putting pressure on Trump and Xi to reach a deal.
“Trump clearly wants a deal and so do the Chinese, which certainly raises the probability that the two sides will come to some sort of negotiated agreement, even if it is a partial one, in the coming weeks,” said Cornell University economist Eswar Prasad, former head of the International Monetary Fund’s China division.
On Twitter, Trump said the two sides had made headway on issues including protection of trade secrets, forced technology transfer and U.S. agricultural sales to China. But the administration did not immediately provide details.
Business groups and lawmakers in Congress want to see a comprehensive deal that forces the Chinese to change their behavior and that can be enforced. The U.S. has accused China of failing to meet past commitments to reform its economic policies.
“Encouraging news from @POTUS that progress is being made in a trade deal with China. Hopefully this leads to an agreement that stops China’s theft of US intellectual property and avoids a full blown trade war,” tweeted Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania
But critics worry that the president has given up leverage. “They now have lost the advantage of a deadline,” said Philip Levy, a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a White House economist under President George W. Bush, adding that “I see the odds tilting” in China’s favor.
The Latest: Keselowski shakes off flu to win at Atlanta
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on the NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (all times local):
5:50 p.m.
Brad Keselowski has recovered from a stomach virus to win Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Team Penske started the day with a replacement driver on standby for Keselowski because the bug that hit him late Friday night kept him out of the car for a portion of final practice. Keselowski received intravenous fluids in the track’s infield medical center and vowed to complete all 500 miles.
The win is the first points victory for Ford’s new Mustang and came a week after the manufacturer was locked out of a podium finish at the Daytona 500.
Martin Truex Jr. finished second in a rebound from his disappointing debut with Joe Gibbs Racing. His three JGR teammates swept the podium in the Daytona 500 while Truex failed to ever contend in his Toyota.
Kurt Busch was third in a Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Kyle Larson led a race-high 142 laps but was taken out of contention by a speeding penalty. Ryan Blaney, Keselowski’s teammate, led 41 laps until a poor pit stop ruined his race.
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4:15 p.m.
Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson have waged an entertaining contest for the lead throughout the second stage of Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Harvick earned the stage victory. He passed Larson when Larson bobbled in the closing laps of the stage. The two had exchanged the lead earlier, with Larson capitalizing when Harvick hit a bump in the asphalt.
Martin Truex Jr. was third in the stage and followed by Ryan Blaney, Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano.
Logano has had trouble on pit road on every stop because his car has repeatedly been boxed into its stall by Alex Bowman. It has cost Logano several positions each time he’s had to make up on the track.
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3:15 p.m.
Kyle Larson has won the first stage of Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Larson was the first driver off pit road following a competition caution 35 laps into the race. Kevin Harvick was second in the stage and followed by pole-sitter Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr.
NASCAR debuted a new competition package at Atlanta that showed early promise when the cars ran close together. But the field was strung out and single-file at the end of the first stage.
The stage victory was the sixth for Larson on a 1.5-mile speedway.
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2:15 p.m.
Brad Keselowski has recovered from a stomach virus in time to start Sunday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Keselowski jogged from a golf cart into the pre-race driver meeting and predicted he’d go the full 500 miles.
Keselowski missed a portion of the final practice session with a stomach bug and was treated with intravenous fluids Saturday in the infield care center. Team Penske had Austin Cindric on standby in case Keselowski was too ill to drive his No. 2 Ford.
Keselowski’s symptoms first appeared after he surprised fans Friday night in the rainy infield at Atlanta.
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2 p.m.
Kyle Busch will make his 500th career Cup start when he races Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where he’s already notched one milestone this weekend.
Busch became the Truck Series all-time wins leader Saturday with his 52nd career victory. He starts from the back in Sunday’s main event because he crashed his Toyota in final practice.
Aric Almirola starts from the pole in the debut for NASCAR’s new competition package. The rules this season are designed to improve the on-track product by slowing the cars and creating more passing opportunities. NASCAR hopes the package creates parity among the teams and increases entertainment for fans.
Brad Keselowski has battled a stomach ailment at Atlanta but is expected to at least start the race. Austin Cindric is on standby as a Team Penske relief driver.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Claude Giroux scored 1:59 into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers scored three straight goals in the rain to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on a soggy Saturday night at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Flyers and Penguins took one of the NHL’s more heated rivalries outdoors and into prime time as part of the Stadium Series showcase. The rink that stretched from 30-yard line to 30-yard line needed a squeegee more than a Zamboni, but nearly 70,000 fans stuck around the home of the Eagles to watch the Flyers play the marquee game on their schedule.
The Flyers gave them a win to remember.
With rain pounding the ice in third period, the Flyers got going. James van Riemsdyk, playing in his record sixth outdoor game, made it 3-2 on a power-play goal with 3:04 left. Jake Voracek tied it at 3-all with 19.7 seconds left, sending what was left of the sellout crowd into a frenzy.
Giroux, the Flyers’ All-Star captain, made sure the game didn’t last much longer. He slipped the winner past Matt Murray, and the Flyers celebrated in the mist. Giroux said he felt “goosebumps” in a stadium where he’s a regular at Eagles games.
