Category: Sports

Central Valley Hockey Wins First Playoff Game

Despite two early goals within a minute, the Central Valley Warriors came back to earn their first PIHL playoff victory with a 5-4 victory over Elizabeth Forward Tuesday night at the Beaver County Ice Arena.

Captain Cameron Drake had a hat trick within the first 40 minutes of play, and freshman Anthony Santilli scored the eventual game-winner in the 3rd to seal the victory. The Warriors (13-7-1) now move to the semifinals to play #2 Carrick (17-4-0) next Tuesday at the Alpha Ice Complex in Pittsburgh; game time is 9:00 pm.

Keselowski wins in Atlanta

Brad Keselowski overcame a loose wheel issue and held off Kyle Larson late for the victory in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the second race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Keselowski passed Larson with seven laps to go and held off the hard-charging  Larson for the win. The win is Keselowski’s first at Atlanta and the 22nd of his career. The Team Penske driver led 21 laps on the day.
The dominance of Harvick was the story for much of the day as he led 292 of the first 311 laps of the 325-lap race. He won both stages and earned two playoff bonus points.

Keselowski has now clinched his spot in this years chase , NASCAR’s version of the play-offs later this year. The victory also gave Keselowski five bonus points in the chase.

“Coach U.” Joins Saturday Sports Slam.

Zach Ulrich and Joe Ursida

(Beaver County. PA) The discussion was lively on Saturday March 4, 2017 as New Brighton Athletic Director, Joe Ursida, or “Coach U.” as he is affectionately known, offered his thoughts on a wide range of subjects as a special guest on the weekly Saturday Sports Slam talk show.  Ursida discussed the the pros and cons of the W.P.I.A.L. re-alignment to six classifications, the struggle to recruit new referees and umpires for high school sports, and offered his thoughts on the upcoming Pirates season, among other things.

Also joining the show on Saturday was WBVP-WMBA staffer and Penn State Beaver Senior, Zach Ulrich.

The Saturday Sports Slam is hosted by Greg Benedetti and Frank Sparks and can be heard from 8 A.M. to 10 A.M. every Saturday on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA.

 

5A Boys’ WPIAL Final: Moon 69, Hampton 62

The Moon Tigers earn the inaugaural 5A Boys’ Championship in WPIAL Basketball, winning 69-62 over section foe Hampton at the Petersen Events Center on Beaver County Radio.

Moon’s win was the fourth WPIAL title for the school district in boys’ basketball, and its first since 2006.

The Tigers will now try to double their gold in the PIAA Playoffs, and their journey begins against Franklin Regional. The Talbots will have a re-match with Mars in their PIAA first-round match.

Antonio Ionadi (Hampton) and Jarrod Simmons (Moon) were selected as the CCBC Players Of The Game.

Bruce Frey has the scoring recap for beavercountyradio.com.

 

Post-game interviews with Jason Colangelo and Bruce Frey below:

Moon Coach Adam Kauffman

Moon Leading Scorer Jarrod Simmons

4A Girls’ WPIAL Final: CW North Catholic 65, Blackhawk 36

The Trojanettes of Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic added to their historic resume with another WPIAL Championship, defeating the Lady Cougars of Blackhawk 65-36 in the 4A Title Game on Beaver County Radio.

The #1 seeded Trojanettes earn their 17th WPIAL title in school history, while #2 Blackhawk earns silver medals for the second time in the finals; their first loss was in 2001.

CW North Catholic will now play Keystone Oaks in the first round of the PIAA Playoffs, while Blackhawk will play Freeport.

CWNC’s Sam Breen (34 points) and the Lady Cougars’ MacKenzie Amalia (9 points) were selected as the CCBC Players of The Game.

Bob Barrickman has the recap for beavercountyradio.com.

Penguins Add Defensmen, Lose To Chicago

The Pittsburgh Penguins were active at the trade deadline, adding Frank Corrado and Mark Streit to the defensive depth while dealing Eric Fehr and Steve Oleksy to Toronto.

Unfortunately the Penguins were not active in the win column, dropping their second consecutive game in as many nights, losing to Chicago 4-1. Scott Wilson scored the lone Pittsburgh goal, while Richard Panik scored the game winner and Patrick Kane added a hat trick for the Blackhawks.

The Penguins stay tied for second place in the Metropolitan with Columbus, and return to action Friday night against Tampa Bay at home. Tampa Bay defeated Carolina in the only other NHL game last night, winning 4-3 in overtime.

Tonight’s NHL games:

Minnesota at Columbus
New Jersey at Washington
NY Rangers at Boston
Arizona at Buffalo
Florida at Philadelphia
Nashville at Montreal
Colorado at Ottawa
NY Islanders at Dallas
Vancouver at San Jose
Toronto at Los Angeles

Lincoln Park Seeks 2nd WPIAL Championship Tonight

The Lincoln Park Leopards will play for the 3A Boys’ championship against Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic tonight at the Petersen Events Center on the Pitt campus, at 9:00 on Beaver County Radio.

The Leopards are seeking their third WPIAL Championship in school history (2012 & 2014), and 11th overall championship for the Midland area. The Trojans are looking for back-to-back titles (winning in 1A last season), and their fourth WPIAL title since 2009.

Pre-game is at 8:30 on WBVP & WMBA.

Boys’ 4A Semifinals On Beaver County Radio Tonight

The top four teams in Section 2 of 4A have reached the WPIAL Semifinals, and the winners will be revealed tonight on Beaver County Radio.

#2 Quaker Valley and #3 Beaver Falls split their regular season series, with the road team winning each game; the Quakers winning 78-58 on January 6, and the Tigers winning on January 31 by a score of 77-66. Beaver Falls is looking for their fifth trip to the WPIAL finals in six years, while Quaker Valley is seeking their first title game appearance since their 1997 victory over New Brighton. Game time is at 6:15 from Moon Area HS, with pre-game at 5:45 on 1230 WBVP.

Meanwhile #1 New Castle swept the season series against #4 Central Valley, winning 63-49 on December 20, and 63-39 on January 20. The Warriors are seeking their second WPIAL title game in school history (2014), while the Red Hurricane is seeking their fourth trip in six years and first since 2014. Game time is 6:15 from Ambridge HS, with pre-game at 5:45 on 1460 WMBA.

The winners of these two games will play in the 4A championship on Saturday at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh at 1:00pm.