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CCBC Players of the Game!! Friday September 20, 2019

Friday, September 20, 2019:

WBVP and 99.3 FM

Montour- Luke Persinger
Blackhawk– Marques Watson-Trent
WMBA

Beaver Falls- Albert Harper
Aliquippa- Vernon Redd

Aliquippa shuts out Beaver Falls 40-0

Listen to the Postgame here:

(Aliquippa,Pa)  It was a very one sided game tonight on WMBA as Aliquippa scored touchdown after touchdown in every quarter. Aliquippa started out slow in the first the first half scoring a touchdown in each quarter. The Quips picked up the pace in the third quarter scoring 20 more points leaving Beaver Falls struggling to get control. The Quips built a lead of 34-0 by the end of the  the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Aliquippa put ball into the end zone one last time, leaving Beaver Falls in the dust and ending the game 40-0.

 

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Check out the photos below “Thru the Eyes of Sly Washington” ……..

Scoring Updates!!! Montour vs. Blackhawk on WBVP and 99.3 FM. Friday September 20, 2019 at 7pm.

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Scoring Updates!!! Beaver Falls vs. Aliquippa on WMBA Friday September 20, 2019 at 7pm.

 

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Link to listen to Montour vs. Blackhawk at 6:30 p.m. Friday September 20, 2019 on WBVP, 99.3 FM and the Trib-Live Sports Network!!

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1230 WBVP and 99.3 FM’s Bob Barrickman and Jim Fredricks have the call from Blackhawk High School of this WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference high school football game as the Cougars battle the Spartans.

If you can’t listen on the air click the Trib-Live Logo below at the time of broadcast to listen to the game on line…….

 

Link to listen to Beaver Falls vs. Aliquippa at 6:30 p.m. Friday September 20, 2019 on WMBA and the Trib-Live Sports Network!!

 

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1460 WMBA’s Tom Hays and Jason Colangelo have the call from The Pit at Aliquippa High School of this WPIAL Class 3A Tri-County West Conference high school football game as the defending champion Quips battle the Tigers.
If you can’t listen on the air click the Trib-Live Logo below at the time of broadcast to listen to the game on line…….

 

 

 

 

Police: Pirates’ Vázquez attempted to have sex with minor

Police: Pirates’ Vázquez attempted to have sex with minor
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vázquez was being held Wednesday in a Pennsylvania jail on multiple felony charges after allegedly telling investigators he attempted to have sex with an underage girl during a meeting at her house in 2017.
Vázquez is charged with statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of indecent assault of a person under 16 years old.
The charges are related to Vázquez’s alleged encounters with a girl starting in 2017, when she was 13. Vázquez was expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Westmoreland County, though it was uncertain whether he would attend the hearing in person or do it via video from the Allegheny County Jail. Vázquez has been in the jail since surrendering to authorities Tuesday on a felony warrant issued in Florida stemming from illicit electronic communication with the same girl.
Vázquez began talking to the girl on social media in 2017 before driving to her house in Westmoreland County, outside Pittsburgh, a state police trooper wrote in court papers.
In an interview with troopers last month, she said she got in Vázquez’s car, he removed her pants and tried to have sex with her, the trooper wrote. On Tuesday, troopers interviewed Vázquez at his residence and wrote that he admitted to driving to the girl’s house and trying to have sex with her. Troopers also said Vázquez admitted receiving explicit photos of the girl by cellphone and texting her explicit messages as recently as July.
Pennsylvania authorities began investigating the 28-year-old Vázquez in August after being contacted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The victim’s mother contacted Florida officials after learning of an alleged sexual relationship between Vázquez and a teenage girl living in Lee County, Florida.
The arrest warrant from Florida accuses Vázquez of one count of computer pornography/solicitation of a child and one count of providing obscene material to minors. Pennsylvania officials do not plan to pursue extradition until their investigation is completed.
Vázquez was denied bond during a hearing Tuesday on the Florida charges, with the judge saying the Venezuelan-born Vázquez was a flight risk.
Major League Baseball placed Vázquez on administrative leave under its agreement with the players’ association on handling domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Administrative leave is not considered discipline. Vázquez goes on the restricted list and continues to receive his $4 million salary but is ineligible to play.
Workers removed a banner depicting Vázquez from outside PNC Park before the Pirates lost to the Mariners on Tuesday night. Team president Frank Coonelly, general manager Neal Huntington and manager Clint Hurdle addressed the players in a pregame meeting and there was a somber mood in the clubhouse afterward. By the time the game ended, Vázquez’s locker had been cleaned out and given to another player.
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Associated Press writer Marc Levy in Harrisburg contributed to this report.
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Steelers begins post-Ben life by trading for DB Fitzpatrick

Steelers begins post-Ben life by trading for DB Fitzpatrick
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have no plans to bail on the season with Ben Roethlisberger out until 2020 with an elbow injury.
“Our level of expectations in terms of our performance will not change,” coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday.
A day removed from announcing Roethlisberger’s aching right elbow will require surgery that will sideline him for the rest of the year, the Steelers (0-2) began the process of moving on by upgrading their uneven defense and bringing in some depth behind new starting quarterback Mason Rudolph.
Pittsburgh sent three draft picks — a first-rounder and a fifth-rounder in 2020 and a sixth-rounder in 2021 — to Miami for defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick and a 2020 fourth-round pick. The Steelers also signed former Denver backup Paxton Lynch to the practice squad behind Rudolph and second-stringer Delvin Hodges.
Fitzpatrick, the 11th overall selection in the 2018 draft, had grown frustrated with his role for the rebuilding Dolphins. Miami began shopping him after a Week 1 loss to Baltimore and found a willing partner in the Steelers, who will be without starting safety Sean Davis for at least the next two months after Davis sustained a shoulder injury against Seattle last Sunday. The team placed Davis on injured reserve, though Tomlin said there’s a chance Davis could return later in the season.
Tomlin admitted the coaching staff became enamored with Fitzpatrick in the lead-up to the 2018 draft, but knew any chance at getting Fitzpatrick was a “pipe dream” with the Steelers drafting 28th. Miami took Fitzpatrick 17 spots higher, with Pittsburgh taking safety Terrell Edmunds later in the opening round. Now Edmunds and Fitzpatrick will line up alongside each other on Sunday in San Francisco.
Though Fitzpatrick played a variety of positions in Miami, including cornerback, slot cornerback and linebacker in some substitution packages, he will begin his tenure in Pittsburgh at safety.
“He’s a multi-talented player, and at some point we’re going to utilize those talents as an asset to us,” Tomlin said “But we’re going to get him started on a stable ground this week in terms of his contribution. And that means playing one position.”
Fitzpatrick had two interceptions in his rookie year for Miami and collected six tackles and a forced fumble last weekend against New England. He goes from a team that might be the worst in the NFL to a club that began the season expecting to be in the playoff mix. That status is uncertain with Roethlisberger out and the offense now in the hands of the 24-year-old Rudolph.
A third-round pick in 2018 who beat out Josh Dobbs during training camp to be the primary backup behind Roethlisberger, Rudolph played well during a half of work against Seattle, completing 12 of 19 passes for 112 yards with two touchdowns and an interception that came off a tipped pass. Tomlin doesn’t expect the offense to change with Rudolph taking over.
“From a team perspective, we’ve got a great deal of confidence in Mason (Rudolph). It’s the natural process that is team sport,” Tomlin said. “One man goes down; the next man steps up.”
Hodges, who was with the Steelers during training camp before being cut and signed to the practice squad, will be the No. 2 behind Rudolph in San Francisco. Pittsburgh approached Lynch — who went 1-3 as a starter for Denver in 2016 and 2017 — in part because he’s practice squad eligible, giving them time to evaluate him and bring him up to speed.
Tomlin declined to get into specifics of the nature of Roethlisberger’s injury. Roethlisberger will have surgery in the “upcoming days” and there remains no timetable for how long the 16-year veteran will be out. Roethlisberger announced Monday night he plans to return for 2020.
“He fully intends to come back from this injury and everything we’ve heard, we’re comfortable that that is a strong possibility,” Tomlin said.
NOTES: FB Rosie Nix (knee) will miss his second straight game on Sunday. … CB Joe Haden (shoulder), RB James Conner (knee), LB Vince Williams (hamstring) and LB Anthony Chickillo (foot) will be monitored during the week and could play against the 49ers.
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Pirates’ Vázquez arrested on porn, solicitation charges

Pirates’ Vázquez arrested on porn, solicitation charges
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star closer Felipe Vázquez was arrested Tuesday on felony charges of pornography and soliciting a child and was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball.
Vázquez was taken into custody by Pennsylvania State Police on one count of computer pornography/solicitation of a child and one count of providing obscene material to minors. His arraignment was scheduled for later Tuesday.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it began investigating the 28-year-old Vázquez in August after learning of an alleged sexual relationship between Vázquez and a teenage girl living in Lee County, Florida. Vázquez, who lives in Saint Cloud, Florida, and the victim began the relationship when the girl was 13, authorities said.
The girl, now 15, allegedly received a text message from Vázquez in July in which he was performing a sex act. Vázquez also texted the girl to ask if she wanted to meet for a sexual encounter following the end of the baseball season, according to police.
Authorities arrested Vázquez and took him to the Allegheny County jail after executing a search warrant Tuesday morning at his Pittsburgh apartment. Police said they seized electronic devices that will be used in the investigation. Vázquez will be extradited to Florida.
Vázquez, a two-time All-Star pitcher from Venezuela, is 5-1 with a 1.65 ERA and 28 saves for the Pirates this season. Pittsburgh is scheduled to play at home against Seattle on Tuesday night.
“We take this matter, and these charges in particular, extremely seriously,” Pirates president Frank Coonelly said in a statement.
The MLB commissioner’s office placed Vázquez on administrative leave as part of its policy regarding domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
Administrative leave is not considered discipline. Vázquez goes on the restricted list and continues to receive his salary but is ineligible to play.
The arrest is the latest setback in a turbulent season for the franchise. Vázquez and reliever Kyle Crick were both suspended a game last week after getting into a physical altercation in San Francisco. Crick injured the index finger of his right (pitching) hand during the altercation and underwent season-ending surgery. Crick maintained Vázquez threw the first punch, with general manager Neal Huntington condemning both players for their actions.
Vazquez signed a four-year, $22-million contract with Pittsburgh before the 2018 season, with the team holding club options for 2022 and 2023.
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AP Baseball Writer Ron Blum in New York contributed to this report.
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