WHEELING — It’s a new year with new faces for Wheeling Park, who are hoping to make another run into the playoffs with the next generation of Patriots stepping into starting roles. Park went 7-3 last season, bowing out to Jefferson in the playoffs 21-14. “We had our highs and lows ...
WHEELING — Youth was served at Wheeling Central last season. Hall of Fame Coach Mike Young had never guided a team so steeped in inexperience during his illustrious five-decade career as he did last year with the Maroon Knights. The 2023 Central grid squad featured a roster of 46 ...
WHEELING — The 2022 grid season was one of the most impressive in Linsly School history. The Cadets went 9-1, winning the OVAC championship against a most demanding schedule, defeating the likes of powerhouses Steubenville, Dover, Morgantown and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney to name just a ...
MOUNDSVILLE — The John Marshall Monarchs are approaching the 2024 season with expectations to improve upon last season, where they finished 1-9, but also clear-eyed about the challenges they will have to work to overcome for that to happen. Last year, it was the offensive line which was a ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Steubenville Big Red football team has been in the state final four in each of the last two seasons. As they begin a quest for a third straight regional title and another journey toward December football, a lot has changed. Steubenville moved back to Division III ...
SHADYSIDE — Coming off a pair of 3-8 seasons, in which coach Mike Kernik’s Tigers did manage to keep their 19-year playoff run alive, Shadyside must replace its entire offensive backfield and a pair of big-play wide receivers entering the 2024 campaign. “We finished 3-8 both of the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — It was a “terrific year” for the St. Clairsville Red Devils in 2023, said longtime head coach Brett McLean, and one that St. C. did not take for granted. “I was really excited for our seniors last year. They had a terrific year– went 9-3 overall, won a Buckeye 8 ...
MARTINS FERRY – While the numbers might be slightly down from a season ago, the talent level certainly isn’t at Martins Ferry. The Purple Riders return 20 letterwinners from a team that went 5-5 in the regular season before dropping a Division VI, Region 23 playoff encounter to East ...
WELLSBURG — The Brooke High School football team will take the field with a new head coach for the first time in a decade after Mac McLean stepped down in March following 10 solid seasons in Wellsburg. His replacement? Casey Goff, who has spent the past seven seasons as a Division III ...
When one of the OHSAA’s smallest football-playing schools graduates 11 off a squad which earned a Division-VII playoff berth, is waving a white flag in order the following season? Not at Beallsville High, where head coach and West Liberty U. product Rusty Bondy begins his fourth season at ...
TORONTO — A new era of Toronto football is here as Jaret Aubiel makes his way into the big chair. Aubiel, who served as an assistant coach for the Red Knights last season, has taken over the reins of the program from Josh Franke, who left to become the head coach at Westerville ...
Beginning his 22nd season roaming the sidelines at his alma mater, River High head coach Mike Flannery can be described as an offensive guru with a thick playbook among the most complex in the OVAC. A former record-setting quarterback at West Liberty U., Flannery has directed the Pilots to ...
Head coach Jonathan “Fin” Calder feels his 2024 Monroe Central High team needs to turn it up a notch when it comes to physicality as 18 lettermen return to the Woodsfield-based program. “We’ve welcomed back a strong group, including 13 seniors, most of whom have played at the ...
STEUBENVILLE — Last season was a memorable one for Catholic Central and veteran head coach Eric Meek. The Crusaders won their first nine games, their best start in years, and made the playoffs for the second-straight year under Meek, who was named the East District Co-Coach of the Year. ...
PINE GROVE – With 10 starters back on both sides of the football, Valley is looking for big things this season. “We’ve had back-to-back winning seasons and are looking to make a push in the playoffs this season,” Valley head coach Logan Miller said. Included in that group are a ...
NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen football team is looking to bounce back this season. Oak Glen dealt with some injuries last season as the team ended the season with a record of 1-9. “Our quarterback got hurt in the second game of the season,” Oak Glen head coach Doug Taylor said. ...
WINTERSVILLE - There is optimism flowing at the Creek. Andrew Connor begins year 22 at the helm of the Indian Creek football program feeling good about his squad’s chances for the upcoming campaign. “We welcome back a veteran group,” the affable mentor said. “Our senior and junior ...
WEIRTON — Heading into the 2024 season, the Madonna High School football program finds itself in the familiar position of having to adapt to a new head coach. John McCune, a 2008 graduate of Madonna and former player for the Blue Dons, stepped up to become the program’s fifth head ...
