Category: Sports

Central Valley Stays Alive In WPIAL Playoff Race

The Central Valley Warriors keep their playoff hopes alive with a 59-39 victory over the Ambridge Bridgers on Beaver County Radio last night. The Warriors improve to 6-7 in Section 2-AAAA, while the Bridgers drop to 4-8 and have been eliminated from playoff contention.

Other results from last night:

5A
Moon 70, West Allegheny 46

4A
Beaver Falls 79, Hopewell 51
Quaker Valley 54, Blackhawk 49
New Castle 71, Beaver 53

3A
Lincoln Park 80, Ellwood City 62
Riverside 73, Mohawk 32
Chaleroi 74, South Side 62
Carlynton 67, Freedom 41

2A
OLSH 60, Sto-Rox 49
Sewickley Academy 74, Shenango 43

1A
Union 64, Rochester 51
Fort Cherry 83, Western Beaver 43
Cornell 73, Holy Family Academy 27
Vincentian Academy 85, Quigley Catholic 40

Girls (2A)
Aliquippa 46, Union 33

Flames Smolder Penguins’ Late Comeback

Despite goals by Chris Kunitz and Jake Guentzel in the 3rd Period, the Pittsburgh Penguins fell to the Calgary Flames in a shootout by a score of 3-2. Calgary goaltender Chad Johnson stopped all three Penguin shooters (Kessel, Crosby, Letang), while Kris Versteeg’s opening goal on Matt Murray held up. The Penguins pick up a point in the standings, but fall to third after Columbus’ victory last night. Pittsburgh returns to action Thursday when they visit Colorado.

Other results in the NHL last night:

Buffalo 5, San Jose 4 (OT)
Washington 5, Carolina 0
NY Rangers 4, Anaheim 1
Columbus 3, Detroit 2 (OT)
Tampa Bay 5, Los Angeles 0
Toronto 3, Dallas 1
St. Louis 6, Ottawa 0
Nashville 4, Vancouver 2
Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 2
Colorado 4, Montreal 0

Tonight’s games:

Chicago at Minnesota

Central Valley & Ambridge Battle For Playoff Hopes

Tonight on Beaver County Radio, Central Valley travels to Ambridge in a Section 2-AAAA matchup. The Warriors are tied for 5th Place at 5-7, while Ambridge is 4-8 and in 7th Place. Pre-game is at 7:05 with tip-off at 7:30 on WBVP & WMBA.

Here’s what the rest of the Boys’ schedule for tonight looks like:

5A
West Allegheny at Moon

4A
Beaver Falls at Hopewell
Quaker Valley at Blackhawk
Beaver at New Castle

3A
Lincoln Park at Ellwood City
Aliquippa at New Brighton
Mohawk at Riverside
Freedom at Carlynton
South Side at Charleroi

2A
OLSH at Sto-Rox
Shenango at Sewickley Academy

1A
Fort Cherry at Western Beaver
Vincentian Academy at Quigley Catholic
Rochester at Union
Holy Family Academy at Cornell

Penguins Look To Connect Four Against Calgary

The Penguins are looking for their fourth straight victory tonight at home against the Calgary Flames. The Pens are coming off of a 4-1 victory against St. Louis on Saturday, following wins against Nashville and Columbus. Game time is 7:00 tonight at the PPG Paints Arena.

Other games in NHL action tonight:

San Jose at Buffalo
Carolina at Washington
Anaheim at NY Rangers
Dallas at Toronto
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay
Columbus at Detroit
St. Louis at Ottawa
Vancouver at Nashville
Minnesota at Winnipeg
Montreal at Colorado

Girls’ Basketball Results 2/6/17

5A
West Allegheny 65, Lincoln Park 20
Montour 59, Moon 52

4A
Blackhawk 76, Central Valley 59
Ambridge 49, New Castle 41
Beaver 54, Quaker Valley 48

3A
Mohawk 51, Beaver Falls 23
Neshannock 46, Riverside 33
Brownsville 37, South Side 25
Laurel 59, Ellwood City 33

2A
OLSH 60, Fort Cherry 18
Burgettstown 44, Aliquippa 33
Chartiers-Houston 68, New Brighton 23

1A
Quigley Catholic 39, Rochester 33
Cornell 45, Sewickley Academy 34

Pirates to shift outfield!!

Over the weekend the Pittsburgh Pirates announced that they will be shuffling their starting outfield for the 2017 season.  Gregory Polanco will move from right field to left field, Sterling Marte will shift from left field to center field, and Andrew Mc Cutchen will shift from center field to right field.  I personally think this will be a great move for the Pirates. Sterling Marte has won two consecutive gold gloves in left field and has more than proven he is capable and deserving of being the Pirates center fielder. Cutch not only had a bad year batting his defense was less than adequate all season long. Polanco was more than average in left field when filling in for Marte last season.  We are less than two weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training and the position players soon to follow. The timing of the announcement was perfect and let everyone know before spring training exactly where they would be playing this year.  This coming Saturday on the Saturday Sports Slam we’ll be discussing this and taking calls on your opinion. Tune in from 8 to 10 AM.

Story by Frank Sparks, co-host of The Saturday Sports Slam

Scores Across The Valley 2/3/17

5A
Mars 70, Moon 63
Montour 73, West Allegheny 35

4A
Beaver Falls 65, Beaver 55
Blackhawk 52, Central Valley 49
New Castle 55, Ambridge 39
Quaker Valley 78, Hopewell 40

3A
Lincoln Park 55, Riverside 46
Aliquippa 58, Ellwood City 43
New Brighton 71, Mohawk 51
Seton-LaSalle 67, Freedom 55
Southmoreland 81, South Side 62

2A
Sewickley Academy 72, Northgate 25
OLSH 66, Neshannock 52

1A
Rochester 67, Western Beaver 37

Non-Section
Cornell 69, BCCS 43

Girls (3A)
Beaver Falls 49, Riverside 47

NHL
Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 (OT)

Beaver Falls 65, Beaver 55

In a battle for third place in Section 2-AAAA, the Beaver Falls Tigers pulled away late to defeat the Beaver Bobcats 65-55 on Beaver County Radio. The Tigers were led by Josh Creach who had 23 points; Darius Wise led the Bobcats with 33.

Beaver Falls is now 7-5 in the section (10-7 overall), while Beaver drops to 6-6 in the section (10-9). The Tigers and Bobcats are now third and fourth, respectively, in Section 2-AAAA.

Wise and Creach were selected as tonight’s CCBC Players of The Game.

Tom Hays has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.