Going into the 2023 season, the Wheeling Park Patriots have a long track record of success behind them — and, they expect, the pieces to continue to push forward at that same high standard.
With a playoff streak nearing the same number of years as some of the Patriot players’ ages, and a ...
WHEELING — Youth is being served at Wheeling Central.
The perennial power Maroon Knights feature a roster with only eight seniors and five juniors. However, those low numbers are buttressed by 32 players in the freshman and sophomore classes. Such numbers paint a bright Maroon grid ...
The Linsly Cadets finished last season 10-1, with impressive wins over teams like Morgantown, Steubenville and Fort Frye. With the Cadets marching toward the 2023 season, they return many core pieces, and see plenty of potential in the spots that need replacing.
“Expectations are pretty high ...
GLEN DALE — Entering the 2023 season, the John Marshall Monarchs are decreeing a new edict — head coach Mark Cisar and his crew aim to dominate their opposition in the trenches.
Coming off a 4-6 season, the Monarchs are adapting to their new collection of players by moving away from their ...
When it comes to the Cameron Dragons and their field of competition in Class A, a main ingredient to the success of a season can be how many players you have available on any given Friday.
“In small schools, it’s about attrition sometimes,” Cameron head coach Tim Brown said. “Hopefully ...
WELLSBURG — Potential. In Brooke County this summer, there’s plenty of it. Plenty of experience, too.
Head coach Mac McLean enters his 10th season at the helm of the storied Bruins program with no fewer than 17 returning starters.
Potential abounded in 2022, too, with many returners and ...
NEW MANCHESTER — Transformations don’t happen overnight.
The 2022 season was a season of learning for first-year head coach Doug Taylor and the Oak Glen football team. The Golden Bears ended last season with a record of 2-8, and the boys from Hancock County began the season with a ...
WEIRTON — Being a head football coach is certainly something Troy Fetty hoped to be during his career, though it wasn’t exactly the plan this season.
Sometimes, though, the plan changes.
Such is the case for Fetty and the Madonna football team, as the longtime assistant coach who had been ...
WEIRTON — Some 100 years ago, Calvin Coolidge had just taken office as President, the first Hollywood sign was put up in California and the first football team from Weir High School took the field.
A lot certainly has changed since then, but one thing that hasn’t is the Red Riders are ...
SISTERSVILLE — It’s a new era in the Tyler Consolidated football program as veteran head coach Ryan Walton has handed over the keys to former Magnolia High standout Kyle Ritz.
Ritz inherits a team that finished 6-4 a season ago, including a first-round playoff loss at Cameron. All four of ...
PINE GROVE — Excitement is in the air for Head Coach Logan Miller and his Valley football team as the Lumberjacks lost only five seniors off of last year’s 6-4 squad and have plenty of playmakers returning.
Valley began 2022 with a 4-1 record before a schedule loaded with playoff teams in ...
PADEN CITY — With a roster that boasts just 16 players heading into the 2023 season, Paden City and third-year head coach Robert Price know that the Wildcats cannot afford to be an injury-riddled team.
If the injury bug can be avoided The City has a good mix of seasoned playmakers to get ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE — Coming off a completely forgettable season in which Magnolia scored just four offensive touchdowns, lost all eight games that it played and were forced to cancel the last two games on the schedule, first-year head coach Craig Mason is hoping to turn things around at his ...