Category: Sports

Geneva Drops Six Straight On The Court

The Geneva men lost their sixth straight game Wednesday night on Beaver County Radio, losing to rival Westminster by a score of 72-64. The loss drops the Golden Tornadoes to 9-15 overall and 6-11 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, forcing a potential must-win situation against Waynesburg in Saturday night’s season finale.

Jimmy Leichliter came off the bench to lead Geneva with 19 points, while starting forward Ethan Moose scored 18 in the loss. The Titans were led by Jarret Vrabel with 20, followed by Austin Armwood with 17. Westminster improves to 15-9 overall (11-6 in the PAC).

Crosby Looks For Milestone Against Jets

Sidney Crosby attempts to earn point #1,000 as the Pittsburgh Penguins host the Winnipeg Jets at the PPG Paints Arena Thursday night. The Penguins captain looks to become the 86th player in NHL history to reach the thousand-point mark in his 757th career game. Pre-game on Beaver County Radio is set for 6:30 tonight.

Other games in NHL action tonight:

NY Rangers at NY Islanders
Ottawa at New Jersey
Colorado at Buffalo
Dallas at Minnesota
Vancouver at St. Louis
Philadelphia at Edmonton
Arizona at Los Angeles

Last night’s results:

Columbus 5
Toronto 2

St. Louis 2
Detroit 0

Calgary 3
Philadelphia 1

Florida 6
San Jose 5 [OT]

WPIAL First-Round Matchups & Byes Announced

Beaver County has several representatives in the WPIAL Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball playoffs, and Tuesday night they learned of their first assignments heading into the postseason. Games with times and locations, as well as teams sitting out the first round, are listed below.

Boys

5A
#2 Moon BYE

4A
#1 New Castle
#2 Quaker Valley
#3 Beaver Falls
#4 Central Valley
ALL BYES

3A (All games on Saturday 2/18)
#1 Lincoln Park
#16 Steel Valley
@ North Allegheny
12:00pm

#2 Washington
#15 Ellwood City
@ Peters Township
3:00pm

#7 Aliquippa
#10 Charleroi
@Baldwin
2:30pm

#6 Riverside
#11 Burgettstown
@ North Allegheny
3:00pm

2A
#3 Sewickley Academy BYE

#5 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
#12 Frazier
@ Charleroi
Friday, February 17th
8:00pm

1A (All games on Friday 2/17)
#7 Rochester Rams
#10 St. Joseph Spartans
@ Fox Chapel
8:00pm

#6 Cornell Raiders
#11 Geibel Catholic Gators
@ Gateway
8:00pm

Girls

4A (All games on Saturday 2/18)
#2 Blackhawk Cougars
#3 Ambridge Bridgers
BOTH BYES

#5 Beaver
#12 Deer Lakes
@ North Hills
3:00pm

#8 Central Valley
#9 Mount Pleasant Vikings
@ Peters Township
1:30pm

3A (All games on Wednesday 2/22)
#8 Riverside
#9 Brownsville
@ Peters Township
8:00pm

#5 Carlynton
#12 South Side Beaver
@ North Hills
6:30pm

#7 Avonworth
#10 Beaver Falls
@ CW North Catholic
6:30pm

2A
#4 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers BYE

1A (All games Saturday 2/18)
#2 Cornell Raiders
#3 Quigley Catholic Spartans
BOTH BYES

#8 Jefferson-Morgan
#9 Sewickley Academy
@ North Allegheny High School
1:30pm

#5 Rochester
#12 Eden Christian
@ Sewickley Academy
1:00pm

 

Warming Up & Waiting: WPIAL Pairings Meeting Tonight

Tonight the WPIAL will pair up the qualifying teams for the first round of the playoffs this week, and you can find out who goes where by tuning in tonight at 7:00pm on Beaver County Radio.

Last night several local teams finished the regular season in Non-Section play, and here’s the results from those games:

Boys
North Allegheny 66, Blackhawk 50
Central Valley 59, Bethel Park 46
New Castle 52, Moon 48
Chartiers-Houston 68, Hopewell 47
Riverside 58, Union 50
Rochester 91, Freedom 77
OLSH 64, South Allegheny 41

Girls
Blackhawk 64, Hempfield 39
Riverside 64, Union 18
Rochester 53, Freedom 42
Mohawk 42, Central Valley 40
Quaker Valley 51, Aliquippa 41
Carlynton 57, Moon 46

Penguins Look To Break Second-Place Tie

The Penguins are now in a three-way tie for second place in the Metropolitan Division with the Rangers and Blue Jackets, and look to break ahead of that tie tonight at home against Vancouver. Evgeni Malkin is a game-time decision, and Bryan Rust is out with a lower-body injury. Game time is at 7:00 PM.

Other games in NHL action tonight:

Colorado at New Jersey
NY Islanders at Toronto
Buffalo at Ottawa
Dallas at Winnipeg
Anaheim at Minnesota
Arizona at Edmonton

Last night’s scores:

NY Rangers 3, Columbus 2
Arizona 5, Calgary 0

Scores Across The Valley 2/10/17

5A
Moon 68, Montour 57
Chartiers Valley 70, West Allegheny 36

4A
Blackhawk 70, Beaver 49
New Castle 56, Beaver Falls 52
Central Valley 75, Hopewell 47

3A
Burgettstown 59, South Side 36

2A
Sewickley Academy 88, OLSH 82

1A
Rochester 91, Quigley Catholic 75
Vincentian 79, Cornell 49
Union 71, Western Beaver 55

Non-Section
Lincoln Park 93, Pittsburgh Central Catholic 72
New Brighton 69, Brentwood 47
Freedom 75, Mohawk 54
Riverside 65, Eden Christian 45

Blackhawk 70, Beaver 49

Blackhawk and Beaver went into their regular season finale with hopes to reach the playoffs.

After the game, neither team will go.

Central Valley’s victory over Hopewell eliminated Blackhawk, and the Cougars’ 70-49 victory over the Bobcats eliminated Beaver on Beaver County Radio. The Blackhawk victory gives the two teams identical 6-8 records in Section 2-AAAA, tied for 5th and out of playoff contention. Central Valley earns the 4th and final playoff spot in the section at 7-7.

The Bobcats’ Darius Wise and the Cougars’ Trent Michael earned honors as CCBC Players Of The Game.

Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Girls’ Basketball Results 2/9/17

5A
West Allegheny 53, Fox Chapel 52

4A
Beaver 57, Blackhawk 54
Ambridge 64, Quaker Valley 46
Central Valley 54, Hopewell 34

3A
Beaver Falls 59, Ellwood City 35
Riverside 65, Freedom 49

2A
OLSH 52, Shenango 31
New Brighton 42, Aliquippa 41

1A
Saint Joesph 74, Quigley Catholic 63
Cornell 67, Jefferson-Morgan 17
Rochester 57, Eden Christian 23

Boys
Quaker Valley 78, Ambridge 71
BCCS 63, Quigley Catholic 52