The Rochester Rams  defeat a very sound Summit Academy Knights team in the first round of the single A playoff game at their home gym in front of a happy Rochester crowd. The first quarter wasn’t looking terrific as the Rams had some reason for concern with their player of the game Duke Mullins was sat down with 2 fouls and they were trailing 14 11 after one. Things remained  the same in the second quarter down to the last two minutes when the Rams had a 9 point swing that started with a missed layup from Summit and a quick toss to the other end for a bucket then a steal and a three point shot from the rams and they got four more points after that to make the second quarter the onslaught that the Rams needed. At the half the Rams who were trailing most of all the second quarter went into their locker room with a 6 point lead. Rochester remained in charge of the game through the third quarter and were ahead 46 to 37. The fourth quarter the Rams had the Knights charging all around playing with a lot of intensity, but the Rams kept the game under control to close the game out with a 57-52 effort that takes them to the next round . The game was broadcast here on 95.7 99.3 and 1230 WBVP/ 1460 WMBA and world wide on Beaver County Radio by Bruce Frey on the call and Joe Sager on color.

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The Beaver Bobcats Traveled up to North Catholic Cranberry twp. to face a really tough but a smaller team, and that kept the Bobcats  hanging  around even after getting peppered by three point shots, Because they were winning the rebounds dominating the glass and at the end second quarter the score  Trojans ahead 35 to Bobcats 31 In the third quarter the Bobcats kept getting close the Trojans would come right back with a three pointer. Sawyer Butler was showing some three point skill in the third quarter hitting  three treys keeping the score within 6 points, and with with  1:40 to go in the third Adan Townsend hit a big basket to keep the game in reach.  In the fourth quarter the Beaver Bobcats turned the game around playing tough defense and creating 5 North Catholic turnovers and they had the Trojans calling for time outs, and that worked out well for the Bobcats to take a  break in the final minutes, but what was hurting the Bobcats in the first quarter was what the  last basket of the game was yes another three pointer with 12.1 seconds on the clock. Beaver had one more chance and put up a 10 foot shot that just didn’t fall, great game and great call here on 99.3 FM 95.7FM and 1230 WBVP/1460 WMBA by Mike Azadian and Joe Sager.

The big 6 foot five center for the the Wolverines who sat the last game out against the Tigers was back in the line up and scored the first of his 35 points to to give Ellwood   City 2 -0 lead that turned out to be the lead they needed because the never trailed the entire game against a team that beat them not all that long ago.  This was a tale of to Teams with Ellwood City’s star player out the last time the two teams met, this game it was Beaver Falls with their best player out Isaiah Aeschbacher with a hand injury and Joe Roth in the game for Ellwood City. Ellwood City and Beaver Falls both seemed to have great game plans with the Tigers playing many off the bench even at the start of the game and Ellwood  kept it from turning into a track meet controlling  the speed of the game. At the end of the first quarter it was 10-3 with the Wolverines in the lead. A low scoring game to start and at the end second quarter the score was 25 14 with Ellwood on top seemed to have the game in their hands. At the end of three the score was 44-29 with the home team in control but showing some signs of that they were slowing down and Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek started talking about was Ellwood getting tired and could the Tigers get back in this game. The forth Quarter was the deciding point in this contest with the Tigers getting back in it The Wolverines making some costly turnovers and it was anybody’s game with three minutes left. With 2:25 left the Tigers had got the score to 50-44 and having the momentum on their side But the Wolverines wouldn’t  let this one get away and got the Victory In front of the best crowd that mike Azadian has seen this year for the home team final score 57-51 the game was broadcast here on 99.3 FM 95.7 FM and 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA by Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek.