Category: College Football

2018 Geneva Homecoming Pre-game broadcast on WBVP and WMBA

Homecoming 2018 for the Geneva College Golden Tornado’s started out as a beautiful afternoon on an early October Saturday. Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks and Ed Hermick hosted a pre-game tailgate broadcast from the North Gate of Reeve’s Stadium on the Campus of Geneva College. Frank started out by interviewing Dr. Calvin Troup who is President of Geneva College. The rest of the afternoon involved interviews with staff and faculty of Geneva College as they gave their predictions about today’s football game.

During the broadcast Frank interviewed many dignitaries from Geneva College. They talked about topics such as student life, admissions, degrees, and of course athletics.

Check out the pictures below of all of the fun……

If you would like  more information on Geneva College click on the Logo below to be directed to their website ……

Final: Bethany 26 Geneva 20 on WBVP and WMBA!!

In a game heard on WBVP and WMBA Bob Barrickamn and Tom Hayes had the call from Revees Field in Geneva on Homecoming afternoon. A game in which Behany jumoed out to an early 6-0 lead, eventually grabbing a 16-7 lead. Geneva answered right before half making it a 16-14 game at the half. Bethany answered in the third quarter with 10 unanswered points making it a 26-14 ballgame. Geneva wouldn’t go down easy scoring making it 26-20 where it would go final with Bethany taking a win 26-20 at Reeves field.

 

Listen to Bob Barrickman’s recap of the game:

Check out the pictures of game action below….

 

Golden Tornadoes Storm Into Coaches Corner.

(Bridgewater, PA) It was a collegiate football edition of “Coaches Corner” on Wednesday Night as Geneva College head football coach, Geno DeMarco, along with several of his assistant coaches, were the special guests on the weekly live broadcast at Robert’s Roadside Inn  on WBVP and WMBA.  In addition to being broadcast on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA, the show was streamed live on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page.  Here is an archived video of the broadcast:

The sports patio at Robert’s Roadside Inn continues to be the home  for some great sports talk live on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA, along with free pizza from Pizza Joe’s in Beaver and wings from Robert’s Roadside Inn.

Coaches Corner is hosted  by Bob Barrickman, Tom Hays and Bruce Frey and airs every Wednesday from 7 to 8 P.M. on WBVP and WMBA.

Geneva 27 Thiel 14 Final on WBVP and WMBA!!!!

On a game heard on WBVP and WMBA it was a game that Geneva jumped out to a 7-0 lead early, but Thiel answered on the next possession and made it 7-7. It was all Geneva after that making it a 27-7 game in the fourth quarter and out playing Thiel in the second half. Thiel wouldn’t go down easy however. Scoring a late touchdown, but coming up just short. Geneva wins 27-14.

Pitt 24 Georgia Tech 19 Final on WBVP and WMBA!!

 

On a game heard on WBVP and WMBA, Pitt jumped out to an early 21-0 lead over the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech.  Pitt had the lead 21-0 at the half, but the Yellow Jacket’s wouldn’t give up, scoring out of the half to make it 21-6. Pitt answered with a field goal to make it 24-6. Georgia tech added two more scored and made it 24-19 where they tried the onside kick and failed. Final score ended with a 24-19 victory fr the Panthers as they get to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the ACC (Atlantic Coastal Conference). Pitt takes on North Carolina next Saturday at 12:20 ET.

Boston College tops Pitt 81-58!! Panthers still winless in ACC!!!

Boston College tops Pitt 81-58.

By ALAN SAUNDERS, Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Coming into Tuesday’s game at Pittsburgh, Boston College had gone nearly three years without a victory on the road against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe.
The last time the Eagles won a road conference game was March 3, 2015, at Virginia Tech. Starting with the Eagles’ 0-18 season in conference play in 2015-16, they lost 23 straight games against ACC opponents before finding another team down on its luck in the Panthers.
Boston College upended Pitt, 81-58, to end one streak and perpetuate another, as the Panthers lost their 14th straight game in conference play.
“We’re not that team anymore,” Boston College head coach Jim Christian said after the victory. “We’ve been close. We had Virginia to one. We were down 18 at Louisville and cut it to two. We’ve showed signs, but that last step has got to be taken by these guys, together.”
Despite Pitt’s struggles and the lopsided final score, it wasn’t an easy victory for the Eagles (16-10, 6-7 in ACC). Pitt opened up a big lead midway through the first half. The Panthers were ahead by 15 at one point and had Eagles’ star Jerome Robinson off his game and in foul trouble with three early personals.
With Robinson struggling and the hapless Panthers out to a big lead, it would have been easy for the Eagles to accept another defeat, but they instead doubled down on their leading scorer, moving him to the middle of Pitt’s 2-3 zone and working the offense from there.
It worked, as Boston College went on a long run late in the first half that nearly erased the Pitt advantage by halftime. From the 6:42 mark in, the Eagles went on a 16-4 run to close to within two. Early second half, it was more of the same, as the Eagles started with a 9-0 run to take a lead they never relinquished.
“Catching it in the high post, I knew I had the five man on me a lot,” Robinson said. “Once I got a couple easy jump shots in the middle, I got to be able to take it to the paint.”
Robinson led the way with 27 points. Jordan Chatman added 17 points, helped by 5-of-12 shooting from 3-point range.
Freshman guard Parker Stewart had 16 points to lead the Panthers (8-19, 0-14 in ACC).
BIG PICTURE
Boston College: Robinson, the Eagles’ leading scorer, had just two points at the half, but was a big part of the Eagles’ second-half run. After shooting 1 of 6 from the floor before the break, he went 10 of 12 the rest of the way. The ACC’s leading scorer in conference play, Robinson has scored 20 points or more in three straight games and five of his last six.
Pitt: The Panthers entered the game 314th in Division I by averaging just eight offensive rebounds per game. They record just two against the Eagles, while conceding 18, which allowed the Eagles to attempt 66 field goals compared to the Panthers’ 48. Of the two, one was a team rebound after Boston College deflected the ball out of bounds and the other was a long rebound collected by guard Jared Wilson-Frame.
“At some point, our frontcourt guys should be getting an offensive rebound,” Pitt head coach Kevin Stallings said. “You shouldn’t play 20 or 30 minutes and not get an offensive rebound, but I’m just going to say that’s on me. I’ve got to do more in practice to get them there.”
UP NEXT
Boston College: Returns home to host Notre Dame on Saturday. The Eagles are 0-9 against Notre Dame since the Fighting Irish joined the ACC in 2013.
Pitt: Will visit Florida State on Sunday. The Panthers beat the Seminoles in 2017, one of four ACC wins over two seasons for Pitt under Stallings.

Pitt loses 11th Straight Game- Longest skid in school history!!

By AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Luke Maye scored 26 points to help No. 19 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 96-65 on Saturday night, ending its first three-game losing streak in four years.
The Tar Heels (17-7, 6-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) found themselves in a close game late in the first half with a team that had yet to win a league game, but they blew it open with a big run spanning halftime.
Graduate transfer Cameron Johnson scored eight points against his former team in UNC’s 14-3 half-ending flurry, which grew to 25-5 when Joel Berry II hit his fourth 3-pointer for a 56-37 lead with 16:48 left.
Freshman Marcus Carr scored 22 points for the Panthers (8-16, 0-11), who hit eight first-half 3s to hang around but made 2 of 16 after halftime as the Tar Heels’ lead ballooned.
That sent Pitt to its 11th straight loss, the longest skid in program history.
BIG PICTURE
Pittsburgh: Things just keep getting worse for the Panthers. They entered Chapel Hill ranked last in the league in major categories such as scoring offense, shooting percentage, rebounding margin and turnover margin. Now they’ve lost 15 straight regular-season ACC games and are approaching a year since their last win.
UNC: The Tar Heels were facing the possibility of their first four-game losing streak since February 2010, the only one of the Roy Williams era. And the past week in particular had been bumpy: There was an overtime home loss to North Carolina State last weekend, a loss at No. 20 Clemson on Tuesday and the suspension of freshman guard Jalek Felton from the university for unspecified reasons. This win — a relatively easy get-right cruise in front of a friendly home crowd — might have helped drain a bit of the tension that had built during the skid.
UP NEXT
Pittsburgh: The Panthers visit No. 20 Clemson on Thursday.
UNC: The Tar Heels host No. 4 Duke on Thursday night in the latest renewal of the fierce rivalry.
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