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Blue Dons look for third-straight win on Saturday night

WEIRTON — Suffice it to say, the Blue Dons have bounced back. After dropping three straight, Madonna has won back-to-back games at home to get back above .500 and back into the Class A playoff race. “The kids’ confidence is very high right now,” first-year Madonna head coach Troy Fetty said. “We’ve had two very good offensive weeks, we played pretty good on defense. It’s starting to all click, everyone is starting to understand their role. I think we’ve found an offensive philosophy that fits our kids and they are buying in big time. “One thing we never have to ...

Bruins head to Wheeling Park for key, tough matchup

WHEELING — A rivalry going all the way back to 1976 is renewed on Friday as the Wheeling Park Patriots (4-2) host the Brooke Bruins (5-3) in a match with major West Virginia playoff implications. Both the Patriots and Bruins enter Wheeling Island Stadium on two-game win streaks, Wheeling Park having bested Morgantown and St. Clairsville in two tight contests, while Brooke topped Oak Glen and John Marshall, outscoring their opponents 96-29 in the pair of games combined. Though they landed decisive wins against the Golden Bears and Monarchs, Brooke is expecting stiff resistance when ...

Golden Bears head south looking to slay Dragons

CAMERON — The Oak Glen football team is going to have its hands full this week — especially on defense — against Cameron. The Golden Bears will look to snuff out the Dragons when the two teams meet at 7 p.m. Friday night down at Dragon Field. Both teams come into the game on streaks. For Oak Glen, the boys from Hancock County have lost their last three games, while the boys from Marshall County have collected victories in their last six games. Oak Glen enters the game coming off a 40-20 loss to East Liverpool in the annual “Battle of the Bridge” game last Friday night on ...

Big Red preps for the Preppers

STEUBENVILLE — With the program’s 23rd consecutive trip to the Ohio playoffs already in hand, Big Red will look to keep improving when it welcomes University School from Cuyahoga County to Harding Stadium Friday for the regular season home finale. The opening kick for the fourth all-time ...

Riders look to keep rolling with a trip to Pa.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — The Red Riders quest for the playoffs will take Frank Sisinni and company into Pennsylvania this week as Weir High travels to Uniontown to challenge Albert Gallatin. The Red Riders, now 6-1 after a big win on the road at Martins Ferry last week, currently sit at No. 7 in ...

Huskies host Wildcats in Region 17 clash

CADIZ — Friday night in Cadiz marks a huge game in the Ohio Division V, Region 17 playoff race. A pair of teams with identical 6-2 marks and in playoff position in the region are set to clash, though the significance of the results is different for each when Edison travels to Harrison Central’s Wagner Field. The Huskies are in the No. 4 spot in the region, and according to Joe Eitel, have already clinched a fourth-straight playoff appearance. The top eight in the region, though, will play their first round game at home and the top four would be in line for a home game in the ...