City of Beaver Falls Neighborhood Watch Meeting
Monday, September 30, 2019 7:00 PM
Second Baptist Church, 2322 Tenth Ave.
“The Best City Christmas Events Ever: Everything You Need to Know”
Paula Durish, Beaver Falls City Clerk
Come for refreshments and door prizes!
The New Brighton Historical Society will hold an Underground Railroad Guided Walking Tour of the eight “safe-houses” in town on Saturday, September 28, 2019
On the two-mile walk, one will learn about New Brighton’s role as the Hub of the Underground Railroad in Beaver County. The secrets of these homes and the dangers their owners faced giving refuge to runaway slaves will be told. Very few of these homes, called “stations” still exist in the country today.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Registration is at 1520 3rd Ave. (Beside J&J Spratt Funeral Home)
The Tours run approximately every 20 minutes from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM
FREE Admission-Donations appreciated.
Immaculate: Franco Harris’ TD catch voted greatest NFL play
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer
Immaculate indeed.
Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris’ scoop of a deflected pass and subsequent run for the winning touchdown in a 1972 playoff victory against Oakland — forever known as the “Immaculate Reception” — has been voted the greatest play in NFL history.
A nationwide panel of 68 media members chose the Immaculate Reception as the top play with 3,270 points and 39 first-place votes. Second in the balloting was Dwight Clark’s TD catch from Joe Montana that lifted San Francisco past Dallas to win the 1981 NFC championship.
Harris’ spectacular play not only lifted the Steelers to their first-ever playoff victory, it was the catalyst for the Steel Curtain dynasty that would win four Super Bowls from the 1974 through the 1979 seasons.
“That play really represents our teams of the ’70s,” Harris said.
With 22 seconds remaining in the first-round matchup, and the ball at the Steelers 40-yard line, quarterback Terry Bradshaw scrambled under heavy pressure on fourth down. He heaved the ball downfield toward running back Frenchy Fuqua, and Raiders safety Jack “The Assassin” Tatum arrived at the same time. The ball ricocheted wildly toward Harris near the left sideline. Before it hit the turf, he bent deeply and grabbed it before heading to the end zone.
Game officials weren’t sure who deflected the pass; had it gone off Fuqua, rules of the day would make it an incompletion. Referee Fred Swearingen, after consulting with NFL supervisor of officials Art McNally, ruled a touchdown. Pittsburgh kicked the extra point for a 13-7 lead with 5 seconds remaining and won a playoff game for the first time in franchise history.
“There are moments in life where you know what you’re doing,” Harris said. “Me and Frenchy, we had no idea what we were doing.”
Neither did Steelers owner Art Rooney. Known as “Chief,” Rooney had abandoned his seat and took the elevator to the locker room to be with his team after another postseason defeat. Chief didn’t see the greatest play in franchise (and league) history pulled off.
His son, Dan, who would take over administration of the team — and created the Rooney Rule for diversity in NFL job interviews — stayed upstairs and witnessed the drama as Swearingen and McNally spoke on the phone. After Swearingen raised both arms to signal touchdown, and the Raiders could do nothing with the ensuing kickoff, Rooney at last felt relief.
“After that, I loafed around the press box. After a while, I went out and down to the dressing room. Everybody was on Cloud 9, cheering each other, all excited,” he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2012. “It may have been the most exciting game I had seen up until that time.”
Clearly, the voting panel found the Immaculate Reception as a runaway for best play as part of the NFL’s celebration of its 100th season. Montana to Clark, known as “The Catch,” received 3,099 points but only four first-place selections. The runner-up in first-place votes was David Tyree’s “Helmet Catch” for the Giants as they rallied to beat the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl.
Harris’ catch eventually led to a rules change, too, with offensive players consecutively touching a pass being permitted. That eased officiating decisions on deflected balls, of course.
But it didn’t ease the angst felt by Tatum or his coach, John Madden — like Harris and Bradshaw, a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
“Here was my point,” Madden told the CBS affiliate in San Francisco in 2012. “They didn’t call it a touchdown. And they were standing in the end zone, the officials, and discussing the play. … They talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, and still haven’t said it’s a touchdown. … This goes on 15 minutes.
“If you knew it was a touchdown, you should have called it. If you didn’t call it, you didn’t know it was a touchdown. If you didn’t know it was a touchdown, how did you decide that it was? That’s all.”
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Allen’s 1-yd TD lifts Duquesne to a 35-31 win over Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Mark Allen capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a 1-yard dive to lift Duquesne past Dayton, 35-31 in a nonconference contest Saturday afternoon.
The Dukes (2-1) won their fourth straight over the Flyers and split back-to-back games in Ohio, falling to Youngstown State, 34-14 last week. They continue their three-game road trip next week at New Hampshire.
The game was the home opener for Dayton (2-1).
The teams were tied, 21-21 at intermission and Dayton took the lead on a 97-yard kick-off return by Jake Chisholm to open the second half. Less than three minutes later Daniel Parr got Duquesne even once more with a 3-yard run for a touchdown.
Sam Webster put the Flyers back in front with a 32-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. The Dukes regained the lead on Allen’s TD plunge and Dayton’s 11-play answering drive stalled at the Duquesne 31 with 1:49 left and the Flyers turned the ball over on downs.
Parr completed 18 of 22 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third. Allen finished with 30 carries for 168 yards and two 1-yard touchdowns.
Jack Cook was 19 of 27 for Dayton and threw three touchdown passes and one interception.
Robert Morris earns its first win, holds off VMI 31-21
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Caleb Lewis threw for 214 yards and a touchdown and Terence Stephens Jr. ran for two touchdowns as Robert Morris snapped its three-game losing streak to start the season by easing past VMI, 31-21 on Saturday afternoon.
The win snapped the Keydets two-game win streak.
Stephens scored from the 6 with 1:26 left in the first half to give the Colonials a 21-8 lead at the half and his 2-yard burst made it 28-14 going into the fourth quarter.
Alex Ramsey scored on a 2-yard run to pull VMI within a touchdown, 28-21 seconds into the fourth quarter, but the Keydets turned the ball over on downs at the Robert Morris 33 and fumbled away their final possession at their own 9.
The Colonials (1-3) had 368 yards of total offense in the game. Alijah Jackson ran for 125 yards and a touchdown for his second straight 100-yard rushing day and the fifth of his career.
Ramsey finished with 24 carries for 153 yards and a touchdown to lead VMI (2-1).
Trick play helps Pitt upset No. 15 UCF 35-34
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Mark Whipple installed the play he dubbed “Pitt Special” during the second week of training camp.
Whipple had his first-stringers run it once against the starting defense and it worked. So he made sure the Panthers practiced it during Thursday walkthroughs and tucked it in his back pocket just in case.
Just in case arrived late Saturday afternoon with Pitt trailing 15th-ranked UCF by six and a minute to go. Facing fourth-and-2 at the UCF 3, an official came over and told Whipple the Panthers could still get a first down if they got to the 1.
“Nah, we’re going to score,” Whipple said.
In way that could prove to be the turning point in Pitt’s season. UCF’s, too.
Running back A.J. Davis took a direct snap from center, ran to his left and flipped the ball to Aaron Mathews, who was heading right. Matthews, a former high school quarterback, thought he might have to make a run at the pylon. When two UCF defenders closed in, Mathews pulled up and found quarterback Kenny Pickett in the end zone, giving the Panthers a euphoric 35-34 victory.
“Kenny claims he has the best hands on the team,” Mathews said with a smile. “He’s one for one.”
One very big one.
On a day Pickett threw for 224 yards and a score and added 61 on the ground despite exiting for a couple of series late in the third quarter after bruising his right (throwing) shoulder, his heady decision to find a spot in the UCF zone defense and wait for the ball ended UCF’s 25-game regular-season winning streak.
UCF had won 27 of its last 28 overall, including the Knights’ American Athletic Conference championship game victories the last two years along with their Fiesta Bowl loss to LSU last year.
The play borrowed heavily from the “Philly Special” run by the Philadelphia Eagles in their Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots two seasons ago. The Panthers put their own spin on it. While Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was wide open in the end zone, Pickett’s job was more complicated. He faked a block and then turned into a tight end while waiting for Mathews to find him.
“We were all pumped up about (the call),” Pickett said. “I know Aaron was. I have a touchdown catch before him. He was a little (ticked) off about that. We switched roles for a play.”
KNIGHTS STOPPED
UCF (3-1), which hadn’t lost since a non-bowl game or conference championship game since falling to South Florida in November 2016, had one last-gasp drive but went nowhere. The Panthers sacked true freshman quarterback Gabriel Dillon twice to deal the Knights’ shot of earning a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl as the nation’s top Group of Five team a serious blow.
“I just think that we did some things – coaches and players – that you can’t do on the road if you want to beat a good football team,” UCF coach Josh Heupel said. “This one is going to hurt for a while, but we’ll get back on Monday and get back after it.”
Dillon passed for 338 yards and two touchdowns but also threw his first two interceptions of the season. Gabriel Davis hauled in 10 passe for 151 yards and two scores, but the Knights’ high-tempo offense didn’t run as efficiently as it had during three blowouts to start the year.
UCF finished with 423 yards, 180 under its season average. Dillon was sacked six times in all and the Knights were unable to finish off Pitt despite a 31-point outburst spanning the second and third quarters that turned a 21-point deficit into a 10-point lead.
“Give credit to Pitt,” Heupel said. “They played a good game and found a way to be plus-one on the scoreboard. I’m proud of the way our kids competed and played.”
Trailing by three touchdowns for the first time since a blowout loss to Michigan in 2016, UCF responded emphatically, with a little help from the Panthers.
Davis fumbled deep in Panther territory with 5:41 left in the first half. Adrian Killins scored four plays later and UCF was off and running. Gabriel found Gabe Davis for two third-quarter touchdowns sandwiched around an 87-yard punt return for a score by Otis Anderson, who broke several tackles while racing down the left sideline to the end zone.
Yet Pitt rallied. The Panthers were coming off an emotional seven-point loss to rival Penn State last week, a defeat in which head coach Pat Narduzzi took significant heat for opting to kick a field goal deep in Penn State territory in the final minutes instead of trying to go for a game-tying score.
Backup quarterback Nick Patti threw his first touchdown while Pickett tested out his injured shoulder and when the defense forced UCF to settle for a field goal with 4:36 left to keep the game within reach, Pickett guided Pitt 79 yards in 12 plays, the last three coming on a reception that UCF didn’t see coming.
“You guys always want me to go for it on fourth down,” Narduzzi said. “We may never punt again … That’s a big-time victory.”
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Expect UCF to fall behind No. 20 Boise State in the polls and lose the inside track on being the Group of Five representative in a New Year’s Six bowl.
THE TAKEAWAY
UCF: Gabriel should have a stranglehold on the starting job even with Darriel Mack Jr. on the way back from an ankle injury suffered in July. Notre Dame transfer Brandon Wimbush figures to be out of the picture completely. He played just one snap, getting tackled for a loss in the first quarter.
Pitt: The Panthers face an uphill climb in the ACC’s Coastal Division after opening the season with a loss to No. 21 Virginia, but Pitt could be a handful once conference play starts in earnest next month. The secondary plays with swagger and Pickett is becoming more comfortable by the week in Whipple’s system.
UP NEXT
UCF: Hosts UConn in its American Athletic Conference opener next Saturday night.
Pitt: Finishes up nonconference play by hosting Football Championship Subdivision opponent Delaware next Saturday.
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(Center Township, PA) It isn’t just business as usual at Abbey Carpet And Floors in Center Township. For two big days, Monday, September 23rd and Tuesday September 24th, save up to 25% on your next purchase from Abbey Carpet and Floors, Beaver Valley’s premier flooring and decor retailer. Installation is also Available.
Abbey Carpet and Floors only has sales of this magnitude twice a year, so don’t miss it! Sale hours on Monday and Tuesday are 9 to 7 P.M. Everything from Mediterranean 
style tile to popular stain master carpet to Abbey Carpet And Floors’ huge selection of carpet remnants are all sale priced for the two remaining days of the September Sale.
Call 724-375-1925. Showroom location: 105 Pleasant Drive, Aliquippa, PA 15001.
Geneva snapped a nine game losing streak, defeating Thiel 45-10 at Reeves Field Saturday night. The Golden Tornadoes scored 20 points in the final quarter to decisively pull away from Thiel.
Defending PIAA champions and undefeated halfway through the season. Couldn’t get any better, right?
Not so fast, says Mike Warfield.
The Aliquippa head coach joined Greg Benedetti and Matt Drzik on the September 20 edition of the Saturday Sports Slam, mere hours after his Quips improved to 5-0 with a 40-0 rout of the Beaver Falls Tigers at Carl A. Aschman Stadium in a game heard on WMBA.
Cpach Warfield talked about his team’s philosophy of treating every opponent as if they are undefeated, and he lauded his players and coaches for their resilience and defensive prowess. But he also said that certain aspects of the team need improving, such as with controlling emotions and finishing certain plays the right way.
To listen to Coach Warfield’s full comments, click on the player below:
(Aliquippa,Pa) On a beautiful late summer night the stage was set for the Aliquppa Quips to host the Beaver Falls Tigers in this key WPIAL 3A Tri-County West Conference game. Unfortunately for the Tigers it was a very one sided game tonight on WMBA as Tom Hays and Jason Colangelo called the action for Beaver County Radio. Aliquippa scored touchdowns after in every quarter while the defense pithed a shutout. Aliquippa started out slow in the first half scoring a touchdown in each quarter. The Quips picked up the pace in the third quarter scoring 20 more points leaving Beaver Falls struggling to get control. The Quips built a lead of 34-0 by the end of the the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Aliquippa put ball into the end zone one last time on their way to a 40-0 victory.
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Check out all of the photos of the game “Thru the Eyes of Sly Washington” below…
