2012 PIAA Class AA Champions
When they say history repeats itself, they are not kidding. The Riverside Panthers boy’s baseball team won the schools fourth State Title in the 2012 PIAA Class AA Baseball Playoffs defending their 2011 title. This is the second time in only eight years that the Panthers have won back-to-back State Title’s as the Panthers also won the PIAA Class AA titles in 2005 and 2006.
Just like last year, Riverside found themselves trailing early, this time 3-0, before scoring five runs to win the State Title. According to Ellwood City.org, Riverside has more PIAA titles than any other WPIAL school.
Congratulations go out to the Riverside players, coaches, and entire school for their fourth title in eight years. If you have any pictures of the team you would like to share, please email me at info@ellwoodcitymemories.com
4 state titles in 8 years must be some kind of record. And they didn’t even win the WPIAL, Ellwood City did. Baseball seems to be in high gear around EC. Even the old Wampum basketball teams didn’t do that good. Not living in EC for over 50 years, I am not familar with the boundaries for someone to attend Riverside, but I think that includes Frisco. My question is this, do the boys from Riverside get to play in the EC summer leagues at Ewing Park, or do they have their own summer leagues?