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Overtime Blues

Sheffield’s boys basketball team opened its season with a heartbreaking loss to Port Allegany in the opening game of the Sheffield Tip-Off Tournament. The Wolverines again found themselves hosting a tournament Wednesday, this time the Sheffield Holiday Tournament. Different tournament, ...

Tourney time

The holiday week continues with some basketball, as many of our local teams are in action in the coming days. In Sheffield, the Wolverines will host the Sheffield Sports Boosters Christmas Tournament, looking to get in the win column before the calendar turns to 2018. They will play Union ...

Home away from home

ERIE – The Youngsville and Sheffield girls basketball teams got a chance to experience playing on a much larger stage than they’re typically used to when the cross-county rivals squared off Saturday. An offensive outburst in the second quarter helped the Eagles to a 58-33 win over the Wolverines at Erie Insurance Arena. “We finally came to life,” Youngsville coach Andy Sveda. “We started moving the ball and getting open shots.” While the offense was getting going, the defense was busy working on limiting Wolverine center Lexi Lyon. Freshman Andrea Sveda was tasked with ...

Knights top Cochranton for first win of season

Eisenhower closed out the most grueling part of its schedule with its most complete game to date this season. The result was a much-needed 50-44 win over visiting Cochranton Friday. “It’s good to get that win off our back,” Eisenhower coach Ryan Williams said. “We’ve got the ...

Lady Dragons drop Region 6 road contest at Harbor Creek

HARBOR CREEK – A grueling schedule continued for the Warren Lady Dragons on Friday, and they just ran out of steam on the road at Harbor Creek. Warren trailed just 23-22 early in the third quarter, but Harbor Creek rattled off 31 of the game’s final 33 points en route to a 54-24 Region 6 win. “We just ran out of gas,” said Warren coach Lisa LaVan. Margo Loutzenhiser scored 15 points for Warren, while Ali Benim had a game-high 20 for Harbor Creek (4-1 overall, 1-0 Region 6). Rachel Wilson also had seven rebounds for Warren (1-5, 0-2). The Lady Dragons will now get a ...

Tidioute girls drop tough battle with Forest

Nakiesha Krouse scored 24 point, but the Tidioute Lady Bulldogs dropped a hard-fought battle with Forest Area on Tuesday, 55-1. “The girls played a tremendous first and four quarter tonight,” said TCCS coach Christy Valentine. “I’m very pleased with how much the girls have improved after playing Forest only two weeks ago and losing by more than 30. It will be exciting to see them play again in January. In addition to Krouse’s 24 points, while Sonny Henderson had seven points and eight rebounds and Shelby Protor eight rebounds, three assists and three steals. Jasmine ...