Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball
Riverside – 52
Beaver Falls – 56
Tonight’s schedule features non-section action as local teams continue the opening trials of the seasons.
GIRLS
7:30pm
Beaver Falls at Hopewell
New Brighton at Riverside
South Fayette at Ambridge
Quigley Catholic at Freedom
West Allegheny at Pine-Richland
Quaker Valley at Moon
Winchester-Thrurston at Cornell
BOYS
6:30pm
Shaler at Central Valley
7:30pm
Hopewell at OLSH
Blackhawk at Aliquippa
Butler at Ambridge
It was a Cinderella story throughout the regular season.
But neither Walt Disney nor Rodgers & Hammerstein used a knockout punch in their interpretations. Quaker Valley did.
The Quakers earned their first football PIAA Championship with an emphatic 41-24 victory over the Middletown Blue Raiders at Hersheypark Stadium. A trio of touchdowns scored 3:21 apart in the 2nd quarter put the Quakers ahead for good, and Jerry Veshio wins a state title in his lone comeback season with Quaker Valley.
Bob Barrickman, Bruce Frey, and Tom Hays have the scoring recap for Beaver County Radio:
Ethan Moore (Quaker Valley) and Tre’ Leach (Middletown) were selected as the final CCBC Players of the Game of the season.
Both teams finish the season at 14-1.
The 70th season of high school football concludes with a celebration edition of Coaches Corner on Wednesday night.
For the first time since the PIAA Finals at the Giant Center in Hershey back in late March, high school hoops will be returning to the hardwood in Beaver County and across the WPIAL. Tonight’s games are within Tip-Off Tournaments; games below indicate neutral sites unless the tournament’s home team is playing. Union at New Brighton girls’ basketball is the only game tonight that is NOT in a tournament.
BOYS
3:00pm
Blackhawk vs. Knoch (at Armstrong)
5:00pm
Sewickley Academy vs. West Allegheny (at Baldwin)
5:15pm
Rochester vs. Western Beaver (at South Side Beaver)
Hopewell vs. Cornell (at Carlynton)
6:00pm
OLSH vs. Seton-LaSalle (at Keystone Oaks)
New Brighton vs. Eden Christian (at Mohawk)
Shenango vs. Beaver (at Neshannock)
Sto-Rox vs. Quaker Valley (at Moon)
Ellwood City vs. Commodore Perry (at Sharpsville)
Kiski Area vs. Ambridge (at Shaler)
6:30pm
Beaver Falls vs. Hickory (at Geneva College)
Reynolds vs. Riverside (at Laurel)
Westinghouse vs. Central Valley (at New Castle)
7:30pm
Freedom at Mohawk
7:45pm
Vincentian Academy at Moon
8:00pm
Quigley Catholic at Springdale
Penn Hills vs. Lincoln Park (at Geneva College)
Union at New Castle
8:45pm
Oak Glen (WV) at South Side Beaver
GIRLS
3:30pm
Laurel vs. OLSH (at Carlynton)
Hopewell vs. California (at South Side Beaver)
4:00pm
Fox Chapel vs. Blackhawk (at North Hills)
5:00pm
Riverside vs. Shenango (at New Castle)
West Allegheny vs. Mohawk (at Peters Township)
Seton-LaSalle vs. Cornell (at Ambridge)
5:30pm
Sewickley Academy at Aquinas Academy
6:00pm
Ringgold vs. Central Valley (at Montour)
Beaver vs. Thomas Jefferson (at Bethel Park)
Beth-Center vs. Rochester (at Freedom)
6:30pm
Shaler at Ambridge
Union at New Brighton
Ellwood City at Springdale
7:00pm
Aliquippa at South Side Beaver
Quaker Valley at Carlynton
7:30pm
Moon at Trinity
8:00pm
Eden Christian at Freedom
Neshannock vs. Quigley Catholic (at Ambridge)
Beaver Falls vs. Steel Valley (at Brentwood)
On Coaches Corner on Wednesday night, Quaker Valley head coach Jerry Veshio said that his team was well-rested for their first PIAA playoff game in school history.
Two nights later, the Quakers proved Veshio’s words to be true.
A strong second half of offense gave Quaker Valley a trip to Hershey with a 43-23 victory over the Sharon Tigers. Ricky Guss (Quaker Valley) and Ziyon Strickland (Sharon) were named the CCBC Players of The Game.
Bob Barrickman has the scoring recap:
The Quakers (13-1) will now play either Conwell-Egan or Middletown in the PIAA Final on Saturday, December 9th at 12:00pm.
1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA’s Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays have the call from Martorelli Stadium in West View of this 2017 PIAA Class 3-A Semifinals high school football state playoff game as the WPIAL champion Quakers battle the District 10 champion Tigers. If you are unable to tune in to the on air broadcast you can listen on line by clicking on the TRIB Live Sports Network banner below at 6:30 p.m. tonight …………
The Quaker Valley Quakers are making their first appearance in the PIAA football playoffs on Friday night, as they play Sharon (District 10) at Martorelli Stadium in the State West Final.
But before they make their way to the game, they made a stop in Bridgewater for Coaches Corner, which was heard live on Beaver County Radio on Wednesday night. Coach Jerry Veshio was the guest of honor.
Veshio said that the team has been resting in more ways than one since their victory against Aliquippa on November 18…
…and he then spoke about Sharon’s offense and what’ll be key for his Quakers’ defense.
Coverage for the Quaker Valley/Sharon game will begin at 6:30, and kickoff from North Hills will be at 7:00.
The weather made the turf at Heinz Field sloppy.
The play on the field made the the turf at Heinz Field look like a showroom floor.
There were more penalties and turnovers than points, as an early 2nd-quarter safety provided the meager difference in Quaker Valley’s first ever WPIAL Championship victory in football; a 2-0 victory over the Aliquippa Quips.
Bob Barrickman has the recap from Heinz Field:
Quaker Valley, despite four turnovers, improves to 12-1 and will play either Sharon or Forest Hills in the PIAA 3A Semfinal on December 1 or 2. Aliquippa loses in the WPIAL title game for the 2nd consecutive year.
M.J. Devonshire (Aliquippa) and Ryan Jackovic (Quaker Valley) were selected as the CCBC Players of the Game.
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Tonight’s playoff game between steel valley and riverside was a nail bitter almost the whole game. Neither team was able to put up any points in the first quarter at all. During the second riverside was able to finally get a touchdown with the extra point. The third quarter of this game was completely on the defense. Neither team was able to get even a first down the entire quarter. Steel Valley was able to tie the game up late into the fourth. In the closing moments of the fourth riverside attempted to get off a field goal but unfortunately it was no good. In overtime riverside was able to get a field goal on they’re first drive making it Riverside 10 Steel Valley 7. Very shortly after that Steel Valley was able to complete a touchdown on they’re drive and ending the game with a final of Steel Valley 13 Riverside 10.
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WBVP/ WMBA/ Trib live
Steel Valley 13 vs River Side 10 Final
Washington 19 vs CWNC 14 Final
Jeannette 18 vs Clairton 7 Final
Imani Christian 30 vs California 24 Final
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1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA’s Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays have the call from Martorelli Stadium in West View of this 2017 WPIAL Class 2-A Semifinals high school football playoff game as the Riverside Panthers battle the defending champion Steel Valley Ironmen. Zach Ulrich will also have the Freedom United Federal Credit Union side line reports throughout the game. If you can’t tune into our Broadcast you can listen to it on the Trib-Live sports network by clicking the logo below at 7pm……….