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Battles of the Knights: Toronto hosts Wheeling Central

TORONTO — The Toronto football team faces a big challenge this week as Wheeling Central comes to town to take on the Red Knights in their regular season finale. The Red Knights — winners of three straight — will take on the Maroon Knights — winners of five straight — at 7 p.m. Friday night at Clarke Hinkle Field. Toronto enters this week coming off a hard-fought 28-21 victory against Caldwell last Friday night on the road. “It was a tough game,” first-year Toronto (7-2) head coach Jaret Aubiel said. “It was close throughout. It was a big night for them. It was their ...

Panthers, Huskies clash in VALES game

CADIZ — Week 10 is here and in southern Jefferson and Harrison Counties, that means the annual battle for the VALES Trophy between Harrison Central and Buckeye Local. Neither team currently sits where they intended or even expected when the season first began back in August. Playoffs are also no longer a possibility as both the two-win Panthers and one-win Huskies are mathematically eliminated from the Ohio Division V, Region 17 postseason. Buckeye is coming off a disappointing home toss to River in a game many in Panthers’ country felt Buckeye could win. But the surging ...

Bears look to upset Potters in battle of the bridge

EAST LIVERPOOL — Bragging rights are on the line this week as the Oak Glen and East Liverpool football teams meet in the annual “Battle of the Bridge.” The Golden Bears and Potters are scheduled to continue their rivalry at 7 p.m. Friday night up at Patterson Field. “You look at their schedule, and they have lost to four really good football teams,” Oak Glen (0-7) head coach Doug Taylor said. “They have lost to Salem, Carrollton and Indian Creek. Indian Creek is a really good football team. They also lost to St. Clairsville. They are a really good football team, and East ...

McDowell coming to town

STEUBENVILLE — When a team plays a schedule like Big Red’s, each week is a challenge in its own right. However, this week’s test for Steubenville is a different kind of challenge. That challenge will come in the form of 6-2 McDowell, which makes its first trek to Harding Stadium from ...

CCHS hoping to respond off a loss again

STEUBENVILLE — The last time Catholic Central suffered a tough loss on the road, the Crusaders responded with a hard-fought win the next time out and turned it into a five-game winning streak, which was snapped last week at Wheeling Central. Veteran coach Eric Meek is hoping to see a similar response from his group when they take the field at Harding Stadium Saturday night to host Conotton Valley, looking to quickly put the setback to the Maroon Knights in the rear-view. “We hope we can do that again,” Meek said of the quick bounce back. “We feel that Wheeling Central was ...

7-1 Redskins meet 8-0 Red Devils in big game

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After playing every year from 2001 to 2020, Indian Creek and St. Clairsville will renew their high school football rivalry Friday night on the artificial surface at Red Devil Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. The Red Devils hold an 18-5 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to 1993, and has won three of the last five meetings after reeling off 11 straight from 2005-2015. They prevailed 41-7 in the last meeting in 2020. St. Clairsville (8-0) is ranked second behind Indian Valley in the latest Ohio Division IV, Region 15 ratings, while the ...