Author: Beaver County Radio

CCBC Players Of The Game: December 1, 2018

Saturday, November 17, 2018:

3A PIAA Semifinal

Aliquippa- MJ Devonshire
Sharon- C.J. Parchman

 

Aliquippa Defeats Sharon 41-7, Will Play At Hershey

For the first time since 2015, the Aliquippa Quips will be headed to the State Championships at Hersheypark Stadium. They’ll be playing for the 3A Title after their 41-7 semifinal victory over the Sharon Tigers at Slippery Rock University.

The Quip defense shut down Sharon after an opening-drive touchdown by the Tigers, and MJ Devonshire had four touchdowns for Aliquippa to earn CCBC Player of The Game honors (along with Sharon’s C.J. Parchman).

Aliquippa is now 13-1 and will play District 3 Champion Middletown at noon next Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. Sharon’s season ends at 10-4.

Wet Weather couldn’t dampen the spirit at Christmas on Merchant Street in Ambridge

(Ambridge, Pa) It was a beautiful early December day to start the morning and the celebration was just as beautiful for the 2018 Christmas on Merchant Street in Ambridge. The day was started with a parade down Merchant Street and then a holiday celebration in PJ Caul Park. Frank Sparks and Ed Hermick did a broadcast from 12-2 pm. They interviewed Bill Roehm from the Ambridge  Regional Chamber of Commerce. Bill talked about the events of the day and that the businesses along Merchant would continue to celebrate with cookies for everyone until 3 pm. The wet weather arrived around 1:30 and while it made the crowd sparse it did’t dampen the spirit of the vendors or the people who came out to celebrate. Check out all of the pictures below ……

Pgh. Company may play major role in NASA’s return to the Moon

In a new step forward, NASA announced Thursday that nine companies in the United States are eligible to bid on $2.6 billion worth of contracts over the next 10 years to deliver services to the moon.

The companies include a Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic Technology which was founded in 2008 by Carnegie Mellon University professor Red Whitaker, and is developing robots to operate on the moon and other planets.

Earlier this year, NASA awarded Astrobotic a $10 million grant to create a precision landing system for their spacecraft, Peregrine.

“Potentially, this spacecraft could be the first thing to show that we can produce water fuel from the moon and potentially turn the moon into a refueling station for spacecraft to go deeper and deeper into space,” said John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic.