Category: Sports

ROUND ONE SINGLE A PLAYOFFS THE ROCHESTER RAMS ADVANCE TO ROUND 2!!!

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.

FIRST ROUND TIGERS VERSE TIGERS AT MOON HIGH SCHOOL MCKEESPORT WINS 56-50

The Mckeesport Tigers went into Moon with a player that was looking to get his 1000 career point put on the scoreboard and that they were able to do it by playing very tough defense causing Moon to turn it over way to many times as the young Moon team who only started one senior got out in front of themselves against a more experienced starting senior squad for Mckeesport. It was a very good exciting game with moon getting out to a ten to five lead early, after a great live national anthem. The Mckeesport Tigers didn’t waste no time going to the hoop and pressing the ball up the court at a rapid pace which drew the Moon Tigers in to it which they were able to keep up but were turning the ball over a little to much ,which part of that was from a very good quick Mckeesport Tigers team. And  the half the score was Mckeesport 22 Moon 16 still anybody’s game. The third quarter the Mckeesport team started to pull away making the Moon team in front of their great crowd that assembled to cheer on their Tigers to make to turn the ball over to much. And to make it a little harder to keep up  Mckeesport Tigers got a  lift when their star player  Travarese Rowe got his 1000th career point in front of a big traveling crowd who made the trip to support their team. Not all was lost for  the Moon team who have almost their entire team coming back next year with some playoff experience and the future looks bright final score Mckeesport 56 Moon 50, the game was broadcast on here on Beaver County Radio by Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek  along with 95.7FM and 99.3FM and 1230 WBVP /1460 WMBA, tomorrow nights playoff game will be Rochester and Summit Academy at 6:30 pm.

Bryan Reynolds acknowledges he couldn’t force Pirates’ hand

FILE – Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Pittsburgh’s first workout for pitchers and catchers was Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, but for outfielders like Reynolds it’s not until Monday. Reynolds said nothing has really changed since he made his trade request prior to the winter meetings.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Bryan Reynolds requested a trade this offseason. He also had no real power to force one. So he’s back at spring training with Pittsburgh, preparing for another season with the Pirates. Pittsburgh’s first workout for pitchers and catchers was Wednesday, but for outfielders like Reynolds it’s not until Monday. So he’s in camp several days early. Still, Reynolds said nothing has really changed since he made his trade request before the winter meetings. He made it clear the request is related to his desire for a contract extension. He says it’s not because of any discontent with playing in Pittsburgh.

Local Teams Set To Begin Their WPIAL Basketball Playoff Journeys This Week

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
(Photo/BCR Archives)

A mountaintop so familiar, yet a pathway unlike those before.

The WPIAL Basketball Playoffs begin on February 16, with several local teams in the running for District 7 gold. The field includes 23 local teams, consisting of 11 boys’ teams and 12 girls’ teams. Of those 23, three of them are top seeds–the Lincoln Park boys (4A), the Aliquippa boys (2A) and the Blackhawk girls (4A).

The first game on Beaver County Radio will be a first-round matchup in Class 5A between #5 Moon and #12 McKeesport. Pregame on Beaver County Radio commences at 6:30 PM, and tip-off from Moon will be at 7:00 PM.

The full list of local teams in this year’s WPIAL Playoffs, with seeds attached, are listed below:

BOYS
5A
#5 Moon
4A
#1 Lincoln Park
#7 Quaker Valley
#9 Beaver
#13 Blackhawk
3A
#6 OLSH
#11 Beaver Falls
2A
#1 Aliquippa
#15 South Side
1A
#8 Rochester
#11 Western Beaver

GIRLS
5A
#10 Lincoln Park
4A
#1 Blackhawk
#4 Quaker Valley
#7 Beaver
#12 Hopewell
3A
#5 OLSH
#17 Beaver Falls
2A
#2 Freedom
#11 Aliquippa
#14 Rochester
1A
#8 Rochester
#11 Western Beaver

THE BEAVER BOBCATS HAD DISTANT VISITORS FROM MARS AND WIN A CLOSE ONE!!

Monday night madness in Beaver another close game right down to the buzzer this time it went the Bobcats way, as they held on to a get the win in their home gym scoring 61 to the Fighting Planets 58. Beaver started out a little out of sink pretty much letting Mars get most all the rebounds in the first half, and trailing the first half being behind 16 to 12 at the end of one and 30 23 at the half. Mars did have a height advantage and they were boxing the Bobcats out but that all changed in the third quarter. The Bobcats looked like a new team in the third and they got out a head of the Planets to make this game a back and fourth point for point affair. What ever the remedy it worked and the Bobcats hung on   down to the buzzer with a well deserved 61-58 victory. The game was broadcast here on 95.7 FM 99.3 FM 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA with Mike Azadian And Joe Sager with the call and player interviews and their insight into the up coming playoff games that will be broadcasted here starting Thursday night live from the Moon High School gym, and continuing with as many Boys and Girls High School playoff games.

Super Bowl magic: Mahomes, Chiefs beat Eagles 38-35

(AP Foto/Brynn Anderson)

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes was magical when the Kansas City Chiefs desperately needed him to pull off another Super Bowl comeback. Playing on an injured ankle, Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter and scrambled 26 yards on the go-ahead drive before Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to give the Chiefs a 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. The Chiefs won their second NFL title in four years and two-time NFL MVP Mahomes earned his second Super Bowl MVP award. Mahomes and Jalen Hurts excelled in the first Super Bowl matchup featuring two Black starting QBs. But Mahomes turned it up in the second half after reaggravating a sprained right ankle.

Beaver loses another heart breaker to a last second shot North Catholic 60 Beaver 59!

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.