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Madonna set to begin the Troy Fetty era

WELLSVILLE — The Troy Fetty era at Madonna is ready to begin. The first-year head coach, who took the reins over just a few weeks ago and guided the Blue Dons through the end of camp, will lead the team onto the field for the first time Friday night in Wellsville. “I’m pretty excited for it to be game week,” Fetty said. “It’s always exciting to get to that first game, especially when a team has gone through the trials and tribulations our squad has. It has been a mostly positive build up to game week. We had a couple of scrimmages that went very well ... hopefully that ...

Indian Creek heads up Route 7 to East Liverpool

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Indian Creek football team opened the season with a victory for the first time since 2019, and the Redskins are looking to continue their winning ways this week against East Liverpool. The Redskins and Potters are set to face off at 7 p.m. Friday night up at Patterson Field. Indian Creek (1-0) enters the game coming off of a 35-25 victory against Cambridge on the road. The Redskins scored all five of the their touchdowns on the ground en route to the win against the Bobcats. “I thought it was a good indication of all of they work we put in over the ...

Bruins look to repeat opener success against Ripley

WELLSBURG — Brooke’s 2022 season started strong with a 49-6 win on the road at Ripley before derailing a bit a few weeks later amidst a sea of injuries. With an overwhelming majority of that team returning, head coach Mac McLean and company know the possibilities are near endless in 2023. Step one begins Friday night at Brooke Memorial when those same Vikings come calling for the two teams’ third consecutive season opener. Brooke won both previous meetings, both by decent to comfortable margins. But is McLean worried about any thoughts of overconfidence brewing in his locker room ...

Toronto staying focused on task at hand

EAST PALESTINE — The Toronto football team is not looking past East Palestine. The Red Knights will look to continue its good start to the season as they take on the Bulldogs at 7 p.m. Friday night inside Reid Memorial Stadium. Toronto (1-0) enters the game coming off of a 34-0 victory ...

Edison heads on the road for second-straight week

INDEPENDENCE — The Edison football team made plenty of mistakes last week, and the Wildcats are looking to correct those mistakes this week. Edison (1-0) opened the season with a 34-14 victory against Monroe Central on the road. “We made too many mistakes,” Edison head coach Mike Collopy said. “There is no excuse. As coaches, we did not do a good enough job of preparing our kids. We overlooked some things at practice. We did not do a good enough job of coaching them, and that starts with me. “We had a good day of practice today. We are working at practice to clean up ...

Huskies head to Buckeye Trail looking for 2-0 start

LORE CITY — Harrison Central’s big season-opening triumph against Claymont was a shining bright spot in what was a disheartening week for the Huskies community. What began with promise turned to shock and sadness when Husky nation learned of the untimely death of one of its own in Zane ...