 |
 Richard
(Rick) Mancini was seated as the 36th judge in the 200 year history
of the Beaver County Court of Common Pleas in January 2004. Then in April
2007 he became the second judge inducted into the Beaver County
Sports Hall of Fame (the first being
George “Tookie” James).
Academically, Rick was a three year class president at Beaver Falls
High School, graduated from Louisville University in 1976, then
attended Ohio Northern University School of Law, where he was
elected president of the Student Bar Association. On the playing
field, he was a two sport star at Beaver Falls: in baseball he
helped his Legion Tommies team reach the state semifinals in 1971,
and in football he was a two year two way starter, earning All
Conference and All WPIAL honors and setting a school record for
interceptions (7) in his senior year. Rick also played basketball at
the YMCA and led the league in scoring as his teams won two
championships. Louisville offered him a scholarship, and Rick became
a four year player for the Cardinals, starting as a receiver his
senior year. In the winter, he would referee in a Louisville Adult
League, and he also worked as a softball umpire, assistant
basketball coach, and wrestling referee in the Cleveland area. Rick
then returned to Beaver Falls, where he was an assistant coach with
the football team from 1982 to 1988 (including the 1984 WPIAL
championship team), then became head coach in 1989. His team was MAC
co-champions in 1991, and Rick was named 1993 Parkway Conference
Coach of the Year as he guided the Fighting Tigers to their 500th
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