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Ridgway's Michael Copello (left) won the 107-pound weight class at Saturday's Juniata Valley Invitational. 172-pound Benji Truchan (center) placed third, and 114-pound Eli Potts (right) finished as the runner-up.

Seniors Eric Gustafson, Alec DeVallance, Aaron Sorg, Jack Benninger, and Erik Panebianco and the Elkers improved to 12-6 with a 58-15 win over Venango Catholic on Friday.

The Lady Elkers improved to 11-8, with a 53-35 win in Johnsonburg over the Ramettes (6-13).

Ridgway won its second straight and improved to 10-8 with a 39-30 win in Kane on Wednesday. Johnsonburg (6-13) lost to DuBois Central Catholic 48-35. The Lady Elkers travel to the Paper City on Friday.

The Elkers beat Kane 55-45 in Riday on Wednesday to improve to 11-6. The win was the third straight and halted a three-game Wolves (8-11) win streak. 

Johnsonburg 114-pound Brady Porter recorded a second period pin in the final match of the night to give the Rams a 37-36 victory in Bradford on Tuesday.

Jenna Kasmierski scored 30 points and the Lady Elkers played tenacious defense in their 51-26 win over visiting Clarion-Limestone Tuesday night.

Aaron Myers scored seven of his game-high 17 points in overtime of Johnsonburg's 54-45 win at Cameron County on Monday. 

The Lady Elkers were beaten 53-42 at home by DuBois Central Catholic and the Ramettes fell at Elk County Catholic, 58-20.

The Crusaders defeated the Rams in Johnsonburg, 43-27 and the Elkers won at DuBois Central Catholic 39-28

Seniors l-r, Kaden Dennis, Rayce Milliard, Aiden Zimmerman, and Ty Lewis were honored before their match with Punxsutawney on Thursday. Also appearing are assistant Eric Iorfido (far left), head coach Mike Votano, and assistant Casey Zimmerman.

Ram senior cheerleaders Kendal Mehalko (left) and Autumn Sorg were honored along with their wrestling classmates before Thursday's match with Punxsutawney.

The 9-6 Elkers were 27-22 OT winners at home over St. Marys on Tuesday. The Lady Elkers (8-7) lost 42-11 at St. Marys. The Paper City boys improved to 8-7 with a 47-25 home win over Sheffield.

The Ramettes improved to 6-11 with a 53-25 home win over Cameron County. The Lady Elkers, who play at St. Marys on Tuesday, moved to 8-6 with a 39-26 victory at Smethport.

The Crusaders were 39-23 winners over the Elkers Friday. The victory was the 10th straight for 14-1 ECC. The loss was the third-straight for Riday.

Johnsonburg evened its mark to 7-7 with a 42-40 OT win over St. Marys (8-5) Friday night in the Paper City.

Ramette seniors l-r, Emma Myers, Annasophia Stauffer, and Ella Lindberg with head coach Adam Pfingstler were recognized before their game with Brockway on Wednesday. The visiting Lady Rovers won the game, 34-31.

Johnsonburg won three of the four matches wrestled on their way to a 34-6 win over the Elkers on Wednesday.

DuBois Central Catholic beat the Elkers 39-38 in Ridgway. In DuBois the Lady Cardinals defeated the Lady Elkers 57-40. The Johnsonburg Rams were 49-33 winners at Brockway.

Jenna Kasmierski scored a game-high 22 points in the Lady Elkers 50-28 win over visiting Johnsonburg on Saturday.

JOHNSONBURG - The Rams stopped a two-game slide and halted Ridgway's four-game win streak with a 49-30 victory on Friday.

Johnsonburg fell, 40-11 in Kane Tuesday to drop to 5-8.

Ridgway bounced back from last week’s home loss to DuBois with a 45-31 win at Brockway on Tuesday. The 6-4 Lady Elkers host Johnsonburg on Saturday. 

The Elkers beat visiting Brockway on Tuesday, 57-15, to earn a fourth-straight win to improve to 8-3.

JOHNSONBURG - The 11-1 Lions halted the Rams two-game win streak with a 61-36 victory on Monday. The loss dropped the Paper City boys to 4-6. 

Eric Gustafson and the Elkers improved to 6-3 with a 60-30 home win over Coudersport on Friday.

The Lady Beavers were 44-27 winners in Ridgway on Thursday. The victory upped DuBois to 7-3. The 5-4 Ridgway girls return to action on Tuesday at Brockway.

Ridgway improved to 5-3 with a 50-35 win in Kane on Wednesday. The win snapped a two-game losing streak. The Elkers return to action on Friday when they host Coudersport.

JOHNSONBURG – The Ramettes opened 2023 by snapping a four-game losing streak with a 37-34 win over visiting Austin (4-3) on Wednesday night.

The Elk County Catholic Crusaders defeated the St. Marys Area Flying Dutchmen by a score of 50-38 in the boys' championship game of the Elk County Holiday Tournament on Friday at St. Marys Area High School.  

The Lady Elkers defeated Johnsonburg 46-29 in Friday's consolation game at the Elk County Holiday Tournament.

The Rams were 51-46 in the consolation game at Friday's Elk County Holiday Tournament.

Aaron Myers, 0, drains one of his three triples against ECC Thursday night in the opening round of the 2022 Elk County Holiday Tournament. Johnsonburg lost to the Crusaders 50-43 and will play in the boys consolation game against Ridgway on Friday afternoon at 4:30 pm.

Aaron Sorg, 4, skies for an almost dunk, but had to settle for a layup Thursday night in action against St. Marys. The Ridgway Elkers lost to the Dutchmen 47-33 in the opening round of the Elk County Holiday Tournament. Ridgway and Johnsonburg will play the consolation game at 4:30 p.m. Frid…

Johnsonburg's Cadence Brechtl buries a three pointer early in the Ramettes 60-16 loss to St. Marys at the Elk County Holiday Tournament. The Paper City girls play Ridgway in Friday's consolation game (3 p.m.).

Ridgway's Gabby Amacher scores on a tough layup Thursday afternoon during action in the 2022 Elk County Holiday Tournament. Amacher finished with 8 points, but the Lady Elkers lost to the Elk County Catholic Crusaders 35-30. They'll play Johnsonburg in the consolation game on Friday.

On Friday, the Paper City girls snapped a two-game skid with a 40-20 home win over the Lady Hubbers and the Rams got their first victory of the year, 54-43 at Smethport. In Coudersport the Lady Falcons beat Ridgway 28-25.

The 2-1 Ridgway girls travel north to Coudersport tonight to face the 3-1 Lady Falcons.

The Ramettes and Rams look to rebound from tough losses to Elk County Catholic this week with games against Smethport tonight.

Ridgway won its home opener over Cameron County (0-2), 34-28 on Wednesday to improve to 3-1. The Johnsonburg girls (3-3) lost their second straight, falling to ECC (3-1) 50-16.

Freshmen Elkers, l-r, Josh Amacher, Frank Miller, and TJ Gardner and the team held their annual food drive on Wednesday for their game with Camerion County. Those donating food items were admitted to the game for free. The Elkers won 34-28.