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Beaver 38, Quaker Valley 14

The Beaver Bobcats proved they still had gas left in the tank after their shocking win over Aliquippa last week.

The Bobcats defeated section foes Quaker Valley tonight by a score of 38-14 on WMBA. Beaver remains undefeated overall (3-0) and in the conference (2-0). Quaker Valley is 0-1 in the Beaver Valley Conference and 2-1 overall.

Beaver’s Darius Wise and Quaker Valley’s Rickey Guss were named the CCBC Players of the game.

Tom Hays has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Neshannock 49, New Brighton 0

New Brighton’s first home game of the year took place tonight at Oak Hill Field. After tonight, a vacation far away might be in store.

The Neshannock Lancers scored early and often in a 49-0 rout of the Lions on WBVP tonight, forcing a mercy rule at the beginning of the second half. The loss drops the Lions to 0-3 in the MAC and 0-3 overall, while the Lancers improve to 2-0 in the conference and 3-1 overall.

Despite the loss, the performance of Deshawn Clark earned him CCBC Player of the Game honors for New Brighton. Frank Antuono won the honors for Neshannock.

Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Elderly Woman Hit By Car In Beaver Falls

An elderly woman was life-flighted to a local hospital after being hit by a car in Beaver Falls late this morning.  Chief Chichy tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that the woman was pushing a shopping cart when a car making a turn hit her at the corner of 15th Street and 7th Avenue, causing her head injuries. The woman’s identity and condition have not been released. The driver of the vehicle cooperated with authorities and will not likely be charged in the incident. Police say it was an accident.

Three Brothers Killed In Lawrence County House Fire

Three mentally disabled brothers died in a Lawrence County house fire that appears to have been fueled by some kind of flammable liquid in several spots. That’s why state police and the Lawrence County coroner are treating the deaths of Daniel, Robert and Richard Fombell as homicides. But they haven’t ruled out that one or more of the brothers may have caused the Thursday morning blaze in Shenango Township. Firefighters were called to that same house this morning for another fire.

Body Found In Beaver River Ruled Suicide

Officials say a body pulled from the Beaver River on Tuesday night was an apparent suicide. According to the Beaver County Coroner’s office, a 63-year-old Bridgewater man died as a result of drowning. The death has been ruled a suicide.

Zelienople Man Headed To Trial For Drunken Hit-and-Run

A Zelienople man is heading to trial for an alleged drunken hit-and-run. Benjamin Logan is accused of rear-ending a truck on Route 19 in July and then driving off at speeds of more than 100 miles-an-hour. He hit another vehicle in a construction zone before he was stopped by police. Logan was held for court on Thursday.

Shazier Practices

The Steelers open their home season  Sunday afternoon against the Cincinnati Bengals. For the most part the Steelers are healthy. LB Ryan Shazier left Monday nights game against Washington. He hurt his right knee  in the fourth quarter.  He did not practice Wednesday.  He did practice yesterday.  He told reporters  yesterday he expects to play Sunday.   Steelers-Bengals Sunday with pregame at 11am on WBVP-WMBA.   Kickoff is at one.

Pirates vs Reds

After splitting a series with the Phillies, the Pirates are in Cincinnati tonight to begin a four game series in three days  against the Reds. Tonight’s starters are   Ryan Vogelsong for the Pirates and Robert Stephenson for the Reds.  Because of high school football, the next broadcast will be Saturday.  The second game of the day and night double header starts at 6:10pm.