Category: High School Basketball

Friday December 15, 2023 Boys High School Basketball

Riverside – 52

Beaver Falls – 56

Aliquippa Breezes past Beaver Falls 56 – 29

The  Aliquippa Quips ran a full court press from the start of the game to get control of the game early and did not let up as they stunned the Beaver Falls Tigers in the first quarter with a 16 to 4 lead making it a tuff row to ho for the tigers. Aliquippa started a all under classmen line up with no seniors on the floor in  their starting line up. Listen to the post game show below.

Post Game:

 

Champions Honored During Special “Coaches Corner” Show.

Story and photos by Mark Peterson. Published 5:38 A.M. December 16, 2021.

Feature photo: Central Valley High School football players Landon Alexander, Sean Fitzsimmons and Jackson Tonya talk with show hosts Bob Barrickman and Bruce Frey live on Beaver County Radio during an on site broadcast of “Coaches Corner” at Robert’s Roadside inn on Wednesday Night.

(Bridgewater, PA) It was a celebration two premier high school football programs Wednesday evening at the Sports  Patio at Robert’s Roadside Inn. Beaver County Radio hosted its weekly “Coaches Corner” radio show on site in the large venue to showcase the special occasion, and also to  accommodate the space needed to have most of the Aliquippa and Central Valley football teams and coaches in attendance partaking in the event. The main stars of the evening were the head coaches of both teams.  Head Coach, Mark Lyons, from Central Valley basked in the figurative and literal spotlights, as the program was also streamed with live video online, and thus two bright overhead lights were set up at Robert’s Roadside Inn to aid with lighting for the cameras. Also no stranger to spending time “under the lights”,  particularly on Friday nights,   was  Aliquippa Assistant Coach, Vashawn Patrick, who filled in for Head Coach, Mike Warfield, who was unable to attend.

Aliquippa Assistant Football Coach Vashawn Patrick.

Patrick spoke about his teams great perseverance and desire to win this past season, particularly in the state championship victory over Bishop McDevitt, when The Quips overcame an early 14 point deficit. Patrick also spoke glowingly of his players’ resilience when he recounted a hard fought overtime victory in the playoffs when Aliquippa had to go to overtime to defeat McKeesport.

When it was Mark Lyons’ turn to answer questions tossed out by show hosts Bob Barrickman and Bruce Frey from WBVP, WMBA and 99.3 F.M., he emphasized that Central Valley’s current 27 game winning streak isn’t just 27 Friday game nights, it’s 27 weeks on Monday film sessions, 27 weeks of weight lifting and other training, 27 weeks of practice and preparation and many other activities than go into getting reading ready to play each game.

Central Valley Head Football Coach, Mark Lyons (center), joins Bob Barrickman (right) and Vashawn Patrick (left) from Aliquippa. Making a cameo appearance in the background is Robert Skerlec from Robert’s Roadside Inn.

Over 100 guests in attendance enjoyed the special edition of the weekly sports talk show, that aired from 7 to around 8:30 P.M. and included free food provided by Pizza Joes in Beaver, My Hero’s Sub Shop in Rochester and Robert’s Roadside Inn.

Among many outstanding players  from both teams who were in attendance and on the air  Wednesday night were Central Valley standouts Sean Fitzsimmons and Landon Alexander. Fitzsimmons had just announced and committed to accepting a scholarship to play football at the University of Pittsburgh and Alexander accepted an offer to play at The University of Albany within the past week as well.

Landon Alexander from Central Valley talks about his recent success on the football field while team mates and fans look on from the background.
Central Valley star and Pitt recruit, Sean Fitzsimmons, holds court during “Coaches Corner.”

Here are some other photos from last night’s special championship edition of “Coaches Corner” live  broadcast at Robert’s Roadside Inn:

 

 

 

A Special Champions Edition of the Coaches Corner on Beaver County Radio Tonight

(Photo by Mark Peterson)
Story by Frank Sparks, News/Program Director
Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 12:04 PM
(Bridgewater, Pa.) Beaver County Radio along with Robert’s Roadside  Inn in Bridgewater will host a special two hour “Champions” Edition” of “The Coaches Corner” Live from Robert’s tonight, December 15, 2021, starting at 7PM.

The show will celebrate the Central Valley Warriors and Aliquippa Quips PIAA State Titles that were won last week in Hershey.

Bob Barrickman and the Beaver County Radio Sports team will talk with Quips Coach Mike Warfield, Central Valley’s Coach Mark Lyons, along with numerous player interviews from both teams.

The show will be live from 7-9 PM on Beaver County Radio 99.3 FM , 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, beavercountyradio.com and Facebook Live. 

You can click the link Facebook Image below to watch the show on our Facebook Page  starting  at  7PM.
If you can’t tune into the celebration you can click the link below to listen on-line via beavercountyradio.com:

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Scoring Updates Wyomissing Vs. Central Valley @ Noon 12-11-21

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Quips PIAA 4A State Champs!!!

The Aliquippa Quips defeated the Bishop McDevitt Crusaders tonight 34-27 to claim the 4A State Championship. The Crusaders came out the gate running scoring on the second play of their drive with a 56 yard touchdown pass , making it 7-0 in the first 55 seconds of the game. Moments later the Crusaders recovered the ball on kick off in the Quips territory. A few plays later the Crusaders punched it in on a 16 yard touchdown run, missing the extra point, making it 13-0 in the first 2 minutes of the game. The Quips then woke up and scored on 42 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. And then the very next drive the Quips get an interception and return it 27 yards for the touchdown and take a 14-13 lead to end the first quarter. During the second quarter Bishop McDevitt came up big with another 50 plus yard touchdown pass, giving them the lead once again. But, that lead did not last long as Aliquippa marched 70 yards down the field and capped off the drive with a 3 yard touchdown run. The Quips missed the extra point and the score was tied 20-20 going into the half. Neither team scored in the third quarter, but the fourth quarter had a lot of action. The quarter started with the Quips capping an 80 yard drive with a 1 yard touchdown run, giving Aliquippa a 27-20 lead early in the fourth quarter. After getting the ball back after a punt the Quips scored another touchdown from 8 yards out. The Crusaders then scored with less than 3 minutes in the game. But, they were unable to stop the Quips from getting the first down that sealed the game. With that first down the Quips were able to run out the clock and they became PIAA 4A State Champions.