WHEELING — Athletic success and Wheeling Park are synonymous. Park — the consolidation of Wheeling, Triadelphia and Warwood high schools — has been a major player on the local and state stage since its inception in 1976. But the zenith of all that Patriot success may have come to ...
BELLAIRE — Both John Magistro and Jose Davis have been spending a lot of time recently looking at YouTube. Specifically, the former Bellaire head coach and all-state quarterback have been cuing up the videos of the Big Reds’ memorable 1995 season, which culminated with the school’s ...
STEUBENVILLE — The 1984 Big Red football team didn’t just raise the bar for the school’s storied athletic program. Instead, as Hall of Fame coach Reno Saccoccia pointed out recently, it is the bar. Thirty-five seasons ago, Big Red made valley history-becoming the first area Ohio ...
CHARLESTON — It doesn’t rise to the level of the Hatfields vs. McCoys. But, in Tyler County sports, the 1983 football season would rank up there for backyard rivalry. That’s the season the two country schools —Tyler County and Sistersville — played a second season game in the Super ...
MOUNDSVILLE — When Wheeling Central won the 2010 West Virginia Class A state football championship with a 28-14 victory against Wahama on a chilly early December evening at Wheeling Island Stadium, it marked the Maroon Knights’ eighth state crown. Perhaps, though, the championship was ...
STEUBENVILLE — In the days leading up to the 1993 Ohio Division V championship game with Liberty Center, Steubenville Catholic coach Greg Bahen encouraged his seniors to have the last chapter of their story written the way they wanted it. Mission accomplished. On Dec. 3, 1993, the Crusaders ...
GLEN DALE — John Marshall High School came to life in 1968, the consolidation of Sherrard, Benwood Union and Moundsville. In the 51 years since, the pinnacle of the countless Monarchs athletics successes is still arguably JM’s 1996 state football championship, the lone such title in school ...
BYESVILLE — Shadyside, quite simple, wasn’t going to be denied its second regional title in school history. Still, however, there were plenty of anxious moments in Byesville on the night of Nov. 17, 2001 against Danville in the Division VI, Region 23 championship game. “The thing ...
Ohio Valley’s Top 10 Football Games Editor’s note: There have been hundreds of exceptional high school football games over the past 50 years, but which were the best? That’s the question we set out to answer. We asked you, our readers, to submit your top games of the past 50 years, and ...
Ohio Valley’s Top 10 Football Games Editor’s note: There have been hundreds of exceptional high school football games over the past 50 years, but which were the best? That’s the question we set out to answer. We asked you, our readers, to submit your top games of the past 50 years, and ...