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Riverside boys track won Warrior Invite, motored through Section 1-AA

Written by Cara De Carlo on .

At the April 13 Warrior Invitational (Central Valley), Riverside took the boys’ team title. In the win, Shane Fisher had two first place finishes for the Panthers: the javelin and pole vault. He also finished fifth in the triple jump and fourth in the 110 meter hurdles.

“On [April 16] we ran Shenango and Union and we won both those meets,” said Riverside boys’ coach Chuck Kotuby. “These are all section meets. [Wednesday] we ran Ellwood City and won 116-44. So we have one more section meet on Monday [April 22] against Neshannock.”

Riverside also hosted the Beaver County Championships this past weekend.

“We’re getting so good it’s almost scary,” said Kotuby. “It’s really on the backs of our seniors. We had Bobby Gould break the school rec in the 100 at 10.8,  also 22.7 in the 200. We’ve also got Shane Fisher on pole vault and javelin. Our thrower Austin Sheridan did two personal bests 145 feet 8 inches, and 146-2 in the discus.”

These three athletes are all on the current WPIAL Class AA boys’ Honor Roll.

Kotuby continued. “On the relay teams I have two junior twins - Aaron and Matt Tedy. They do everything from the 100 to the 800. Matt ran a good time in the 400 -- 52.1 [seconds].”

Kotuby summarized the only way you could about the Riverside boys’ track team:

“We’re becoming a very sold team in every event.”

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Riverside softball team still perfect in one way

Written by Nick Tolomeo on .

It took until April 15, the fifth game of the season, but Riverside finally allowed a run. Although Riverside saw its shutout streak end Monday at Mohawk, it still has no blemishes in the loss column.

After shutting out Laurel, Freedom, New Brighton and Beaver Area, Riverside finally gave up runs at Mohawk but still managed to win 9-5. The team got back to its defensive ways on Tuesday with a 2-0 shutout of New Brighton.

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Riverside softball team perfect through three games

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Riverside is perfect through three games because its senior pitcher Kirsten Wilson has been nearly perfect through three games.

Wilson shutdown Laurel and Freedom in games that were shortened when her team activated the ten-run mercy rule. Riverside shut out Laurel 11-0 and Freedom 14-0.

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Riverside track’s Gould reset Panthers’ 100-meter record in win over Beaver Falls

Written by Cara De Carlo on .

Wasting no time, the Riverside Panthers recorded a 116-26 win over Beaver Falls last Tuesday (April 2). The weather had been terrible, but the Section 1-AA schedule did not allow time for Riverside to make-up meets this week.

When asked for meet highlights, head coach Charles Kotuby replied, “Other the kids shivering?” Even as the track season’s most amenable day so far, the temperatures were in the mid 30’s as the afternoon wore on.

Senior Bobby Gould ran the 100-meter event last Tuesday for a time of 10.95 seconds – a new school record. Another senior, Shane Fisher, won three events in the meet: the 110-meter hurdles, the triple jump, and the pole vault.

“We also have a really strong group of juniors,” added Kotuby. “There are the twins, Matt and Aaron Tedy. Matt won the 400 and Aaron won the long jump.”

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Riverside is out to retain its baseball title

Written by John D'Abruzzo on .

John D'Abruzzo's feature on the Riverside baseball team:

 

2013 0404 Rside Kelosky"Some teams might immediately hang their head after losing in a WPIAL championship game; the Riverside baseball team did anything but that last year.

After losing a tough 9-7 decision in the WPIAL Class AA title game to backyard rival and section-foe Ellwood City, the Panthers thrived in the PIAA playoffs and ended up capturing the program's fourth state championship.

"We lost that [WPIAL title] game, but the kids learned from it," longtime Riverside coach Dan Oliastro said. "We made mistakes in that game, so the kids went on and corrected those mistakes and they didn't make any the rest of the year. We might have lost that game, but we benefited from it in the end.""

(Photo: Second baseman Devin Kelosky is one of many experienced seniors returning for Riverside this season. Matt Freed/Post-Gazette.)

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