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Cameron High School

Ohio Valley Football 2022 August 4, 2023

CAMERON — An unbeaten regular season last year was overshadowed by an unexpected first-round exit in the playoffs for the Cameron Dragons. As he enters his fourth year at the helm, Cameron coach Tim Brown has his team concentrating on focus, communication and committing less penalties in order to make sure that heartbreaking end to the season doesn’t repeat itself. “We had a great season and one bad day,” Brown said. “We’re going to have a lot of focus on penalties. We can’t have 175 yards of penalties and we can’t jump offsides five times. We were offside three times ...

Steubenville High School

Ohio Valley Football 2022 August 4, 2023

STEUBENVILLE — Some coaches tend to run and hide from expectations. Reno Saccoccia, Big Red’s Hall of Fame football coach, isn’t one of them. With a boat load of talent back in the fold, expectations are running high for Saccoccia’s 2022 club, which opens its season Friday against Louisville, one of three new opponents on the schedule. “I love expectations,” said Saccoccia, who’s entering his 52nd season of coaching and 40th at the helm of the Big Red. “I’d rather people expect us to be a winner year in and year out than be a loser. “The one thing to remember is ...

John Marshall High School

Ohio Valley Football 2022 August 4, 2023

MOUNDSVILLE — The last time Mark Cisar stood on a sideline as a head football coach, he led the 2012 Union Local Jets onto the gridiron. Now, 10 years later, he is once again holding the reins as the head coach but this time at John Marshall after helping Justin Kropka last year as an assistant coach for the Monarchs. Cisar is also the head baseball coach for the JM baseball team, which he believes will help him pick up where he left off at Union Local. “It helps being the head baseball coach,” Cisar said. “I know what to expect dealing with the kids, media and things like ...

Wheeling Park High School

Ohio Valley Football 2022 August 4, 2023

WHEELING — This will be a season unlike any other for Wheeling Park football coach Chris Daugherty. Not only will he be leading his Patriots against a daunting schedule but he will also be entering his first year as the school’s athletic director. Nonetheless, it’s a challenge Daugherty is excited to take on. “Running the OVAC All-Star Game and helping put that on was a good taste of what I’ll have to deal with in the fall,” Daugherty said. “Even though I had no coaching responsibilities, it was nice to kind of oversee and help the OVAC as much as I could.” The ...

Wheeling Central Catholic High School

Ohio Valley Football 2022 August 4, 2023

WHEELING — There are few, if any, teams in the valley who lost more talent to graduation last year than Wheeling Central. The prospect of losing quarterback Michael Toepfer, running backs Cody Martos and Braxton Anderson, receiver Caleb Ratcliffe and defensive end Ayden Baker all in one class might make some coaches a little nervous, not 52-year veteran Mike Young, however. “It’s tough to replace someone of that level, but we’ve got great kids stepping up,” Young said. “I look at our seniors and our senior leadership…and we’ve got some kids out there that, as long as ...

The Linsly School

Ohio Valley Football 2022 August 4, 2023

WHEELING — It has become a ritual of the fall season – Linsly School tackling a meat-grinder of a football schedule. The 2022 Cadet grid card is once again packed with powerhouse foes, much like a year ago. Coach B.J. Depew’s charges acquitted themselves quite nicely last season, finishing at 5-5. However, Depew, now in his 17th season as head coach of his alma mater, was not pleased with how last season concluded. “Considering who we played last year the record is commendable. However, we lost our last three games which has bothered me all off-season. I felt the last two ...