Tuesday - June 22: WKMXlive announcer, Mayor Joe Surace, told us yesterday that the internet broadcasting station has been invited to do the 31st Annual Penn-Ohio Borderline Football Classic. The game is scheduled to be played this coming Friday evening at West Branch High School.
The brain child of WKMX owner/operator Terry Brown, the internet broadcasting team has been bringing games live to listeners all over the world with their broadcasts of Wellsville High School football & basketball games. It started a few years ago and has been growing in popularity ever since. They also film the games and post it later on the Sports Section of Sparky Miller's WHS Alumni web site. All this is made possible with donations to fund the all volunteer crew's efforts to bring a touch of home to Wellsville natives no matter where they might be located. All that is needed is an internet connection.
The annual classic is a show case of some of the premier high school players in the region from both sides of the Penn-Ohio border. Wellsville will be represented by Nick Broughton and Bubba Dowling. A third WHS standout was invited but had to decline.
Pennsylvania teams hold a 21-9 edge in the thirty year history of the Classic but have failed to take home a victory from their last two meetings at West Branch. The last time the game was at that location was in 2008. The Ohio team will be led by Head Coach Jeff Sharkey.
Shown here, from the left is announcers Roger Miller, Surace and WKMX's Terry Brown. Surace & Miller were testing out their equipment in the studio and will be joined in the broadcast booth with fellow announcer Bud Ceneviva. Dave Miller will be the film man and James "Sparky" Miller will be at the controls.
The game is set to begin at 7:30 in the Clinton Heacock Stadium at West Branch near Beloit. Tickets are $6 a head. WKMX will be on the air at 7 P.M. with player introductions.
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