Category: Saturday Sports Slam

Blackhawk Girls, Lincoln Park Boys Advance In PIAA Playoffs

The Lincoln Park Boys and Blackhawk Girls advanced to the second round of the PIAA playoffs at Fox Chapel HS on Beaver County Radio Friday Night.

The Lady Cougars advanced with a 53-32 victory over the Freeport Lady Yellowjackets in the 4A Girls’ bracket. Freeport went on an 11-0 run to begin the second half, but the Cougars responded to finish off the Yellowjackets for the second time this postseason.

Blackhawk will now play Villa Maria in the second round. Mady Aulbach (Blackhawk) and Kim Mixon (Freeport) were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.

Meanwhile Lincoln Park overcame an early battle to wear out Juniata and win going away by a score of 70-39. Nelly Cummings shot a 3-pointer early in the 4th to surpass Brandon Fuss-Cheatham as the leading scorer in Beaver County history.

The Leopards’ Tom Melanja and the Indians’ Ben Lauver were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.

Keselowski wins in Atlanta

Brad Keselowski overcame a loose wheel issue and held off Kyle Larson late for the victory in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the second race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Keselowski passed Larson with seven laps to go and held off the hard-charging  Larson for the win. The win is Keselowski’s first at Atlanta and the 22nd of his career. The Team Penske driver led 21 laps on the day.
The dominance of Harvick was the story for much of the day as he led 292 of the first 311 laps of the 325-lap race. He won both stages and earned two playoff bonus points.

Keselowski has now clinched his spot in this years chase , NASCAR’s version of the play-offs later this year. The victory also gave Keselowski five bonus points in the chase.

“Coach U.” Joins Saturday Sports Slam.

Zach Ulrich and Joe Ursida

(Beaver County. PA) The discussion was lively on Saturday March 4, 2017 as New Brighton Athletic Director, Joe Ursida, or “Coach U.” as he is affectionately known, offered his thoughts on a wide range of subjects as a special guest on the weekly Saturday Sports Slam talk show.  Ursida discussed the the pros and cons of the W.P.I.A.L. re-alignment to six classifications, the struggle to recruit new referees and umpires for high school sports, and offered his thoughts on the upcoming Pirates season, among other things.

Also joining the show on Saturday was WBVP-WMBA staffer and Penn State Beaver Senior, Zach Ulrich.

The Saturday Sports Slam is hosted by Greg Benedetti and Frank Sparks and can be heard from 8 A.M. to 10 A.M. every Saturday on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA.

 

Steelers sign Antonio Brown to new 5 year contract

The Steelers have locked up wide receiver Antonio Brown through the 2021 season.
The team announced Monday a new five-year deal with Brown.
the new deal will reportedly  pay Brown $72.2 million, making him the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL.
Brown earned his fifth Pro Bowl selection following the 2016 season and was a first-team  All-Pro  for the third consecutive year.
He finished the year  second in the NFL in receptions (106), tied for second in touchdown catches (12) and fifth in receiving yards (1,284).

Jim Shaner from Beaver County Conservation District to Be on Teleforum Tuesday

Tune in Tuesday February 28, 2017 to Teleforum from 9 A.M. to 12 noon. At 11:00 A.M.  Jim Shaner, Executive Director of the Beaver County Conservation District will be on with guest host Frank Sparks. Jim will be discussing the up coming Maple Sugaring Program on March 11,2017 at The Bradys Run Park, Maple Camp (behind the Lodge). It is an instructional program to learn how maple trees are tapped and the process of turning sugar water into maple syrup. The program is Free and starts at 11am. If you would like more information you can call the Conservation District at 724-378-1701.

We will also be taking your calls during Jim’s appearance at 724-843-1888 and 724-774-1888.

Teleforum get a “Spark” this week.

(Beaver County, PA)  They say variety is the spice of life.  If that’s true, then WBVP and WMBA listeners will love what they’ve been hearing on the weekday morning talk show, “Teleforum”.  This week, Frank Sparks, co host of “The Saturday Morning Sports Slam”, will sit behind the mic this week.

Frank Sparks

Among other topics, later today listeners can tune in for interviews with Tom Albanese,  New Brighton councilman and Mario Leone,  Monaca Borough Manager beginning at 9:10 A.M.

At 10:30, Stacey Ivol and Ed McLaughlin from the Beaver Heritage Museum will talk about the great things that they have going on.

Call 724-774-188 or 724-843-1888 to join in the conversation.