WMBA-AM 1460’s Tom Hays and Bruce Frey have the call from Ambridge High School of this WPIAL Class 4-A Northwest Nine Conference high school football game as the Bridgers battle the Red Hurricane. The Broadcast starts at 6:30 on WMBA. Click the link below to tune in :
WBVP-AM 1230’s Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo have the call from Rochester High School of this WPIAL Class 1-A Big 7 Conference high school football game as the Rams battle the Vikings. Click on the link below to listen on line via the MSA Sports website.
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(Bridgewater, PA) Hopewell Vikings head football coach Mark Washington, along with a few of his players, were the featured guests on the air, and live in person at Coaches Corner on Wednesday September 13, 2017, on the Sports Patio and Winter Lodge at Robert’s Roadside Inn in Bridgewater.
As usual, Bob Barrickman, Bruce Frey and Tom Hays hosted the program, which airs every Wednesday night from 7 to 8 P.M. live on WBVP and WMBA. Attendees and guests were treated to free pizza courtesy of Pizza Joe’s in Beaver, and free wings from Robert’s Roadside Inn.
Coach Washington talked about how his team has responded well after losing the first game to Freedom, and then going on to win the next two. The Vikings have a long road trip this week as they travel to Yough High School in Herminie, PA, for their next game on Friday, September 15, 2017. Kickoff is at 7 P.M. Results and upcoming schedule of games for Hopewell can be viewed here.
(Photo taken by Frank Sparks)
The Pittsburgh Pirates will open the 2018 Major League Baseball season in Detroit on Thursday March 29 against the Tigers. The game is scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. EDT. They will then have Friday March 30 off and return to play the Tigers in Game 2 Saturday March 31 and Game 3 on Sunday April 1. Both Saturday and Sunday games are scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. EDT.
The Pirates will then return home for the home opener on Monday April 2 against the Minnesota Twins. The home opener is scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. and is the beginning of a six game home stand that includes two games against the Twins and Four against the Cincinnati Reds.
The Bucs will then hit the road again headed to Chicago for the Cubs home opener on Monday April 9. The game is scheduled to start at 2:20 p.m. EDT and is the start of a 3 game series against the before the Pirates move on to Miami and Play the Marlins in a three game series.
The Pirates will finish out the month of April with Series on the road against the Phillies and the Nationals and they will have home series with Colorado, Detriot, and St. Louis. You can see the whole Pirates 2018 season schedule by going to the Pittsburgh Pirates Website.
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Freedom 28, New Brighton 7
Aliquippa 30, Beaver 10
Upper St. Clair 41, Moon 10
West Allegheny 29, North Hills 28 (OT)
Mars 32, Blackhawk 0
South Fayette 47, Ambridge 7
Ellwood City 16, Hopewell 14
Riverside 35, Laurel 0
Rochester 28, Summit Academy 18
Western Beaver 35, Cornell 16
Apollo-Ridge 27, Beaver Falls 19
Central Valley 42, Elizabeth Forward 26
Serra Catholic 42, South Side Beaver 21
Quaker Valley 43, Neshannock 6
New Castle 48, Highlands 47 (2OT)
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Aliquippa remains undefeated after 3 weeks of play, defeating Beaver by a score of 30-10 on 1460 WMBA. The Bobcats took an early 7-0 lead in the 2nd quarter, but the Quips scored 30 unanswered to improve to 3-0. Beaver drops to 2-1 on the 2017 season.
Tariq Jones (Aliquippa) and Noah Yates (Beaver) were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.
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It was tight at the beginning, but Freedom pulled away from New Brighton in the second half and earned their second victory of the season by a score of 28-7. The Bulldogs (2-1) held on to a 7-0 lead at the end of the first half, but the Lions struggled all night to get on the scoreboard and now fall to 0-3 on the year.
Jake Francona (New Brighton) and Kyle Borgman (Freedom) were named the CCBC Players of The Game.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that they have agreed to a new four year contract with Manager Clint Hurdle. Hurdles contract was suppose to expire at the end of the season. Hurdle will now be the Pirates Manager thru the 2021 season . The Pirates made the announcement during Mondays game against the Cubs . In seven seasons as the Pirates Manager Hurdle has guided the Pirates to a 574-534 record and 3 wild card appearances losing two of the three . Tune into A.M. Beaver County with Matt Drzik from 6:30 a.m to 9:00 a.m. for more information on the Bucs skippers new deal.
While batting late in the game with the Reds Saturday night Josh Harrison was hit by a pitch in his left hand. While Harrison did continue the rest of the inning he did not come out to play defense and was taken in for x-rays. The results came back that he has a fracture of the 5th metacarpal on his left hand. Harrison was placed on the 10 day disabled list Sunday morning and the Pirates recalled right hand pitcher Chris Bostick from Triple A Indy to replace Harrison on the roster.
The Pirates went on to beat the Reds 5-0 Saturday night taking Game 2 of the series. The Reds and the Pirates wrap up the series Sunday Afternoon at 1:35 at PNC Park.
Beaver defeated Freedom 42-0 last night in Beaver.
Beaver County Community College Players of the Game:
Tyler Wallace (Beaver); Jason Norman (Freedom).