High School Boys Basketball – Friday January 6, 2017
Quaker Valley – 78
Beaver Falls – 58
vs. 
1230 WBVP, 99.3 FM, and beavercountyradio.com’s Bruce Frey and Eddy Crow have the call from Freedom High School of this 2022 WPIAL Class A Semifinals high school football playoff game as the Rams battle the Scotties.
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(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
(Photo: BCR Archives)
Before it “all comes down to this”, five Beaver County teams will have make one final push in order to battle for WPIAL gold next week at Acrisure Stadium. Rochester, South Side Beaver, Beaver Falls, Aliquippa, and Central Valley are all just 48 minutes away from a trip to Pittsburgh, a date with destiny–and for a couple teams, a rematch to the stars.
A rematch will be in order tonight for the Rochester Rams (7-4), as they play Big Seven foe Union (9-3) in the Class 1A Semifinals tonight on 99.3 FM, 1230 WBVP and the Trib Live High School Sports Network. The last time these teams met, the Scotties broke a scoreless tie in the final minute to down the Rams on Homecoming night. Now the #14 Rams look for revenge coming off of a 30-14 quarterfinal victory against #6 Fort Cherry, while the #10 Scotties look for the season series sweep coming off of a 30-28 upset of #2 Laurel. Bruce Frey and Eddy Crow will have the call from Bulldog Stadium in Freedom tonight, with pregame at 6:30 and kickoff set for 7:00 PM.
On 95.7 FM, 1460 WMBA and Trib Live tonight, there will also be a rematch…albeit one calendar year in the making. #1 seed Aliquippa (10-0) looks to return to the championship game as they battle #5 McKeesport (11-1) in the Class 4A semifinals. This is the second consecutive year that these two teams have met in the semis, with the Quips outlasting the Tigers in last year’s contest by a score of 27-21 in double overtime. In this year’s playoffs, the Quips enter tonight’s contest following a 41-7 walloping of #9 Montour, while McKeesport last week knocked off #4 Armstrong by a tally of 41-21. Mike Azadian and John Perrotto have the call from Canon-McMillan for tonight’s contest, with pregame at 6:30 and kickoff set for 7:00 PM.
Here’s all eight contests for tonight’s WPIAL semifinals, the winners move on to the championships at Acrisure Stadium (formerly Heinz Field) next Friday. All games tonight are at 7:00 PM:
Class 1A
#14 Rochester vs. #10 Union (at Freedom) (99.3 FM/WBVP)
#5 South Side Beaver vs. #1 Bishop Canevin (at Peters Township)
Class 2A
#3 Sto-Rox vs. #2 Beaver Falls (at Ambridge)
#4 Neshannock vs. #1 Steel Valley (at Montour)
Class 3A
#4 Freeport vs. #1 Belle Vernon (at Gateway)
#6 Shady Side Academy vs. #2 Avonworth (at Fox Chapel)
Class 4A
#5 McKeesport vs. #1 Aliquippa (at Canon-McMillan) (95.7 FM/WMBA)
#3 Thomas Jefferson vs. #2 Central Valley (at North Allegheny)
After all the games are over, make sure to tune in to the Trib Live HSSN Scoreboard show up until 11:00 PM on Beaver County Radio.
Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang (58) is congratulated by Evgeni Malkin (71) after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sidney Crosby had two goals and two assists for a season-high four points and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Minnesota Wild 6-4 on Thursday night. Ryan Poehling, Kris Letang, Brock McGinn and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins and Tristan Jarry stopped 19 shots. Pittsburgh is 3-1-1 after losing seven straight. Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice and Brandon Duhaime and Matt Dumba added goals for the Wild. Filip Gustavsson, filling in for the injured Marc-Andre Fleury, made 26 saves.
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jason Zucker (16) can’t get his stick on the puck in front of Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray (30) with Maple Leafs’ Rasmus Sandin (38) defending during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — John Tavares scored his 400th goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs raced by the Penguins 5-2. Tavares became the 107th player in NHL history to reach 400 goals when he beat Casey DeSmith in the first period. Michael Bunting scored twice for the Maple Leafs, who won for the fifth time in seven games. Matt Murray stopped 34 shots in his first game against Pittsburgh, who he won a pair of Stanley Cups with earlier in his career. Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell scored for the Penguins.
After a power outage at Reeves Field, this matchup almost didn’t happen Friday night. The game was moved to Blackhawk High School, and the Tigers didn’t miss a beat. The game got started around 8:30 and Beaver Falls was strong from the start. Big plays and a stiff defense helped the Tigers lock this one up early. The score at the half was 38-0, with the mercy clock already running. After a quick second half, the Tigers came out victorious with a final score BF 52 LV 0.
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After tonight, the “final four” will be set in Class 1A, 2A, 3A, and 4A. In order to be part of that, local teams will either have to knock off the rust from the bye week or carry their momentum from last week to land themselves in the WPIAL semifinals.
Tonight on Beaver County Radio, #2 seed Beaver Falls (9-1) comes off their bye week in the Class 2A playoffs to host #7 Ligonier Valley (8-3) at Reeves Field in the WPIAL Quarterfinals. The Tigers’ last game was a 42-8 win over Western Beaver at Reeves Field, a match that would have taken place again tonight if not for the result of the Rams’ last game–a victory over the #10 Golden Beavers by a tally of 27-20 at Greensburg-Salem. Coverage on 95.7 FM, 99.3 FM, 1230 WBVP & 1460 WMBA along with the Trib Live High School Sports Network begins with pre-game at 6:30 and kickoff from Reeves Field at 7:00 PM.
Here’s a full list of tonight’s WPIAL Quarterfinal Matchups. All games are at 7:00 PM.
Class 1A
#9 Clairton at #1 Bishop Canevin
#10 Union vs. #2 Laurel (at Shenango)
#14 Rochester vs. #6 Fort Cherry (at South Fayette)
#5 South Side Beaver vs. #4 Mapletown (at Waynesburg Central)
Class 2A
#7 Ligonier Valley at #2 Beaver Falls (95.7 FM/WMBA/99.3 FM/WBVP)
#8 McGuffey at #1 Steel Valley
#12 Washington at #4 Neshannock
#6 Keystone Oaks at #3 Sto-Rox
Class 3A
#9 East Allegheny at #1 Belle Vernon
#7 Beaver at #2 Avonworth
#6 Shady Side Academy at #3 Elizabeth Forward
#5 West Mifflin at #4 Freeport
Class 4A
#8 Montour vs. #1 Aliquippa (at Freedom)
#7 Laurel Highlands at #2 Central Valley
#11 Greater Latrobe at #3 Thomas Jefferson
#5 McKeesport at #4 Armstrong
After all the games are over, make sure to tune in to the Trib Live HSSN Scoreboard show up until 11:00 PM on Beaver County Radio.
Members of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrate a goal by Jeff Petry (26) in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Washington Capitals, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 to end their seven-game losing streak. Pittsburgh finished the game down two defensemen because of injuries. Forward Jeff Carter even skated a shift out of position in the third period when another defenseman left the ice. The Penguins scored two soft goals on Darcy Kuemper to win for the first time since Oct. 22. The skid was the organization’s longest since losing 10 in a row in 2006 during Sidney Crosby’s rookie season. The Capitals lost for the sixth time in eight games.
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The Deer Lakes Lancers met the Beaver Bobcats at Pat Tarquinio field for the first round of WPIAL playoffs Friday night. It would be hard to say the Bobcats had a rough start even after a disastrous play resulted in a fumble. Lucky for Beaver, they recovered the ball and took the next play to the end zone. The Bobcats defense managed to hold the Lancers back and Deer Lakes were only able to score 3 points on a field goal in the first half. The halftime score was Beaver 14 Deer Lakes 3. The second half became a battle of defense with both teams achieving a strong hold on eachother. Beaver managed 3 more points while Deer Lakes didn’t get any for the rest of the contest. The Bobcats move on to round two with a final score Beaver 17 Deer Lakes 3.
