TORONTO — Toronto was riding high after four weeks wit h a spotless 4-0 record. Then an unexpected loss to a then-winless Oak Glen team started a three-game skid. In fairness, two of those losses were to larger and presently undefeated teams in Edison (42-6) and Barnesville ...
YORKVILLE — The Edison football team has wrapped up a playoff berth, however, the Wildcats are not looking ahead. Edison is focused on Buckeye Local as the Wildcats and Panthers will meet at 7 p.m. Friday night down at World War II Memorial Stadium. Edison enters the game coming off a 49-14 mercy rule victory against Buckeye 8 rival Harrison Central last Friday night at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. “We made some glaring mistakes,” Edison (8-0) head coach Mike Collopy said. “We definitely have some things we need to clean up. We have an area of special teams we need to ...
WELLSBURG — The Brooke football team is riding high after back-to-back wins, and the Bruins look to win their third straight game this week against rival John Marshall. The Bruins and Monarchs are set to renew their longstanding rivalry at 7:30 p.m. on homecoming on Paul “Bud” Billiard ...
EAST LIVERPOOL — The “Battle of the Bridge” is set to take place Friday night at Patterson Field. The Oak Glen and East Liverpool football teams enter this week’s rivarly game looking to get back on track as the two teams enter the game coming off losses by a combined 88 points. Brooke shut out Oak Glen, 45-0, last week on the road to spoil the Golden Bears Homecoming, and Canton Central Catholic defeated East Liverpool, 49-6, on the road. The longtime rivals are set to meet at 7 p.m. Friday night. “It was definitely not the result the team wanted,” first-year Oak Glen ...
STEUBENVILLE — Despite its surprising loss to Linsly, Big Red continues to lead the Ohio Division IV Region 15 computer ratings. Reno Saccoccia’s 6-1 club can solidify its hold on the top spot with a victory on homecoming Friday against Pittsburgh Allderdice, considered a Division II ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — At certain points in a season, a team has a game that it views as a chance to measure its growth. The Red Riders had one of those such games a couple weeks ago against Union Local, one that did not go the way it had hoped, and this week, after a bounce back performance, have ...
