Boys’ Basketball
Class AA
Lincoln Park 69, Brockway 22
Aliquippa 71, Tyrone 41
Quaker Valley 66, Bellwood-Antis 40
Girls’ Basketball
Class AAA
South Fayette 56, Ambridge 37
Class A
Quigley Catholic 59, McConnellsburg 39
Blairsville 48, Cornell 47
Mens’ College Basketball
Georgia Tech 63, Pitt 59
NHL Hockey
Calgary 4, Pittsburgh 2
What we will never be sure of is what Aliquippa coach Nick Lackovich said to his Quip players at the halftime of their opening-round matchup against Tyrone of District 6 in the PIAA AA Playoffs.
What we will always be sure of is that it worked.
A 22-4 third quarter, including a 20-0 run to open the half, helped Aliquippa to a comfortable win over the Tyrone Golden Eagles at Peters Township on Saturday. Anthony Politza led the Eagles with 14, while Chucky Humphries led the Quips with 23. Both men were selected as the CCBC Players of the Game.
Aliquippa advances to the second round where they will play Bishop Canevin. Tyrone finishes the 2015-16 with a record of 13-10.
Tom Hays has this scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.
Any doubts that were had about the Lincoln Park Leopards following their loss to Aliquippa in the WPIAL Championship were quashed Saturday afternoon on the hardwood of Gateway High School.
The Leopards dominated the Brockway Rovers by a score of 69-22. Nelly Cummings led Lincoln Park with 19, while Jarett Esposito and Hunter Miller each had 6 to lead Brockway. Esposito joins Lincoln Park’s Dermotti Welling (8) as CCBC Players of The Game.
Lincoln Park faces either Washington or Greenville in the second round of the PIAA Playoffs. Broackway ends its season with a record of 12-14.
Bob Barrickman has this recap for beavercountyradio.com.
It seemed that Ambridge was taking advantage of South Fayette’s post-championship frustrations for the first three quarters. But the Lady Lions took control late in the third quarter, and pushed the turbo button to win by double digits and end the valiant effort, as well as the season, of the Lady Bridgers.
South Fayette defeated Ambridge 56-37 in the first round of the Girls’ Class AAA PIAA Playoffs. The Lady Lions were led by Emily Anderson with 22 points, while the Lady Bridgers were led by Sydney Raybold with 19. Raybold joins South Fayette’s Sam Kosmacki as the CCBC Players of The Game today.
South Fayette will either play Mars or Mercyhurst Prep in the second round of the state playoffs. Ambridge’s season comes to an end at 21-6.
Bruce Frey has this scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.
(Beaver County, PA) The temperatures really heated up figuratively and literally as a milder than normal winter has gotten Beaver County Radio listeners thinking about racing. Along that line, The the airwaves got revved up like a big block chevy at red line speed as Beaver County’s first family of racing, the Bollands were special guests
on the “The Lead Lap” which aired from 10 to 11 A.M. on WBVP and WMBA. Show sponsor Don Bolland, from Bolland Machine company, along with his sons, local dirt race car “trip 7’s” driver Kevin Bolland and crew chief, Keith Bolland Joined hosts Frank Sparks and Jason Colangelo.
Listeners were treated to lively discussion about local racing, local track schedules and National racing events during the one hour special racing oriented broadcast.
Authorities in Beaver County say they have identified the body of a 25-year-old man who was found near a creek. Andrew Verba, of Zelienople, was found in a wooded area in Marion, county coroner David Gabauer said. Verba was found around 6 p.m. near Connoquenessing Creek in the area of Veka Drive. The cause and manner of death have not been determined.
Police are investigating the reported inappropriate conduct of a Central Valley Volleyball coach. No charges have been made, but school administrators notified Center Township police about the coach’s alleged inappropriate communications with a student athlete. The school district has not identified which coach is under investigation, but the coach was relieved of his position Wednesday afternoon.
New Sewickley Police are searching for a missing teenage girl. 15-year-old Jessica Coburn has been missing for over a month and is currently being considered a runaway. Coburn has ties to the Uniontown and Turtle Creek areas, but police have been unable to determine her location. She is 5’1′ tall with brown hair and brown eyes, has piercings in her ears and upper lip and has a tattoo of a miniature cupcake on her right thumb and a tattoo of birds extending from her right thumb to her wrist. Anyone with information on Coburn’s whereabouts cab call New Sewickley police at (724) 774-2473 or the Beaver County Emergency services at (724) 775-0881.
New Castle police say an 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection with the rapes of two teenagers that occurred in December. Authorities say Gary Brewton was arrested based on evidence located at the crime scene. Detectives say a masked man jumped the two girls, ages 17 and 18, as they were walking in the area of Logan Street and Boyles Avenue in New Castle on Dec. 17. The girls said at first they thought they were being robbed, telling police that the man threw them to the ground and demanded all of their money. They said at that point, he pulled out a huge knife and held it to the necks of the girls. Police say he then sexually assaulted both teenagers before fleeing the area. Brewton is facing numerous charges, including four counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and six counts of robbery.
Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier on Teleforum with Mike Romigh