Category: Sports

High School Football Schedule 10/20/17

These are the local high school football games set for Friday, October 20, 2017. All games start at 7:00 except for games in italics which begin at 7:30.

Big Seven Conference (1A)
Union at Rochester (WBVP pregame at 7:00)
OLSH at Shenango
Cornell at Sto-Rox

Midwestern Conference (2A)
CW North Catholic at South Side
Freedom at Neshannock
New Brighton at Laurel

Beaver Valley Conference (3A)
Central Valley at Aliquippa (WMBA pregame at 6:30)
Beaver Falls at Hopewell

Northwest Nine Conference (4A)
Montour at Blackhawk
Ambridge at Knoch

Allegheny Nine Conference (5A)
Woodland Hills at West Allegheny
Baldwin at Moon

Non-Conference
Riverside at Ellwood City
Quaker Valley at Seton-LaSalle
New Castle at Ringgold
Mount Pleasant at Beaver

Ron Sciarro Emphasizes Selflessness, Forward Thinking On Coaches Corner

The Riverside Panthers are 5-2 overall and 5-1 in the Midwestern Athletic Conference this season, clinching a spot in the WPIAL Playoffs in Class 2A.

Coach Ron Sciarro talked about his team last night on Coaches Corner from Robert’s Roadside Inn on Beaver County Radio. One of the traits that Riverside has used to its advantage, says Sciarro, is the selflessness of the offense:

 

Despite its record, the Panthers are coming off a loss to Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic this past Friday. Coach Sciarro says that there were some bad feelings, but the team must look forward to the next game:

 

Coaches Corner can be heard every night on WBVP/WMBA at 7:00pm.

Sports Schedule: October 19, 2017

MLB
Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:05 PM
(Dodgers lead NLCS, 3-1)

NFL
Kansas City at Oakland, 8:25 PM

NBA
Chicago at Toronto, 7:30 PM
New York at Oklahoma City, 8:00 PM
LA Clippers at LA Lakers, 10:30 PM

NHL
NY Islanders at NY Rangers, 7:00 PM
Nashville at Philadelphia, 7:00 PM
Vancouver at Boston, 7:00 PM
Tampa Bay at Columbus, 7:00 PM
New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 PM
Edmonton at Chicago, 8:30 PM
Carolina at Calgary, 9:00 PM
St. Louis at Colorado, 9:00 PM
Dallas at Arizona, 10:00 PM

Sports Scoreboard: October 18, 2017

Beaver County Radio

MLB

ALCS

New York 5, Houston 0

(New York leads 3-2)

NLCS

Chicago 3, Los Angeles 2

(Los Angeles leads 3-1)

NHL
St. Louis 5, Chicago 2

Toronto 6, Detroit 3

Los Angeles 5, Montreal 1

NBA
Milwaukee 108, Boston 100

Washington 120, Philadelphia 115

Indiana 140, Brooklyn 131

Orlando 116, Miami 109

Detroit 102, Charlotte 90

Atlanta 117, Dallas 111

Memphis 103, New Orleans 91

San Antonio 107, Minnesota 99

Portland 124, Phoenix 76

Utah 106, Denver 96

Houston 105, Sacramento 100

Mike Sullivan Wants The Penguins To “Play The Right Way”

The Penguins were victorious at Madison Square Garden last night against the New York Rangers, winning by a score of 5-4 in overtime. Sidney Crosby tied the game up in the final minute, and Evgeni Malkin won it in the opening minute of the extra frame.

Despite the victory, the Penguins gave up many chances to New York in the final 20 minutes, including the Michael Grabner goal that gave the Rangers a 4-3 advantage. Coach Mike Sullivan said after the game that the team needs to have confidence in their ability to score and “play the game the right way”. Click the player below to hear more from Coach Sullivan about last night’s game:

(Audio courtesy of The Pittsburgh Penguins Radio Network)

The Penguins are now 4-2-1 on the year, and return to action Friday night at Florida.

Pens 5 – Rangers 4 Final/OT

The Pens beat the New York Rangers   5 to 4 in Overtime Tuesday night. Geno Malkin scored less than a minute into the overtime period to give the Pens the extra point and the victory.  Phil Kessel assisted on Malkin’s goal. Malkin finished the night with a goal and two assists to lead the way for the Pens. Kessel had a goal and  two assists. Other Pens scorers were Crosby with a goal and an assist,  Haglin, and Hornqvist. The Pens are now in first place in the Metropolitan division with a record of 7-4-2 and they have 9 points. The Rangers who have had a tough start to the season fall to 1-5-1 and only have 3 points on the young season. The Pens are back in Action on Friday, October 20, 2017. They will travel to Florida to play the Panthers who are 2-3-0 on the season.

Liberty out as coach of Freedom Bulldogs!!

It has been reported on multiple high school football outlets on Twitter as well as  from Mike Bires of The Beaver County Times as  that Tom Liberty head coach of the Freedom Bulldogs has resigned and Russ Barley named interim coach. Stay tuned to Beaver County Radio for further details as this story develops and tune into the Coach Corner with Bob Barrickman Wednesday night, October 18, 2017 at 7p.m. for additional updates.

Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti is working on the story and was told by the Freedom School District Athletic Director and High School Principal that it is a personnel matter and that he would have to speak with the superintendent who is out of town until next Monday. Greg was able to attain a statement  from the Superintendents office that which stated that Tom Liberty has resigned as Head Coach of the Bulldogs and Russ Barley will be the interim coach for the remainder of the season and other than that they have no further comment.

Penquins Preview against the Rangers October 17, 2017

The Back to Back Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penquins take the show to the road and Madison Square Garden tonight in a Metropolitan Division Match up against the New York Rangers. The Pens come into the game fresh off a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints arena on Saturday night.  The Rangers season hasn’t started out like they thought as they come into tonight’s game in last place in the Metropolitan Division with a 1-5-0 record and have only 2 points on the season.  The Pens meanwhile are 6-3-1 with 7 points in the division and are currently in second place in the division one point behind the Devils  and Blue Jackets.

Coach Sullivan says that the Rangers are much better than their record and are a dangerous team. Click the play button to hear the coaches comments:

The action gets under way with the Pens Pre-game starting at 6:30 p.m. tonight and the puck drops just after 7:00 p.m. on 1230/WBVP and 1460/WMBA  your home for Pens Hockey in Beaver County .