Several CCBC Players of The Game were featured guests at Coaches Corner recently. During every high school basketball game broadcast, a player from each team is selected and announced as a CCBC Player of the game. The players are then invited to attend and be interviewed on the popular Wednesday evening sports talk show which airs live from Robert’s Roadside Inn from 7-8 P.M.
After a morning practice in Cranberry, the Penguins head to Florida for two games. They play the Tampa Bay Lightning Friday night. Saturday night has them in Miami to play the Florida Panthers. The Pens and Panthers are on WBVP-WMBA with the pregame beginning 7pm.
Adam Woodbury had a career 15 rebounds to help No. 5 Iowa roll past Penn State 73-49 Wednesday night. It was Iowa’s 15 consecutive home win. The Nittany Lions are are now 11-12 overall and 2-8 in conference. The Duquesne women stretched their record to 20-2, 8-1 in the Atlantic 10 with an overtime 73-64 win over Massachusetts. The Lady Dukes were paced by April Robinson’s 20-points. Basketball action tonight has Central Conneticut State at Robert Morris.
The New York Jets have signed former Steelers running back, kick returner and sometimes wide receiver Dri Archer to a reserve/future contract . Archer was a third round draft pick by the Steelers out of Kent State in 2014. The Black and Gold released Archer last November
Former Blackhawk Cougar and North Carolina Tarhill Dante Calabria will be inducted into the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall Of Fame on April 23rd. Calabria, who is already in the Beaver County Sports Hall Of Fame, is one of 12 inductees in the Class 2016. Others include WPIAL Executive Director Tim O’Malley, former Steelers cornerback and four time Super Bowl winner J T Thomas, and longtime Pittsburgh Post Gazette High School Reporter Mike White. The banquet will be at the Sheraton Hotel Station Square.
Sidney Crosby registered his first natural hat trick in more than five years to lead the Penguins to their fourth straight win 6-5 over the Ottawa Senators. Crosby has reached the 20-goal mark on the strength of a goal in each of his last eight home games.The Penguins will in Florida for the weekend. They will be at Tampa Bay Friday Night. Saturday night they will play the Florida Panthers. The Pens and Panthers on WBVP-WMBA pregame show is 7pm.
They may have been on the losing end of their games, but two Beaver County High Schools players had outstanding games. Blackhawk beat Beaver 72-61 however, Beaver’s Dante Anzevino drained six threes. New Brighton’s Ronald Debo had five threes in a 89-69 loss to Summit Academy.
Researchers at Boston University say former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler had the brain disease CTE. Stabler died of Colon Cancer at the age of 69 in July. The New York Times reports that Stabler had high Stage 3 CTE. CTE has been found in the brains of dozens of former football players
Tennis star Roger Federer has had knee surgery. The 34-year-old listed the surgery on his web site. The statement didn’t say which knee was involved in the procedure. It was a success and was done Friday. That was the day after his lost to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open Semi Final.
Former U S Open Champion Jim Furyk will miss about three months on the tour. He will have surgery on a troublesome wrist. The wrist has not healed. It has sidelined Fuyrk since mid September.
