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Buckeye Local needs to ground Jets to stay in playoff race

CONNORVILLE — The Buckeye Local Panthers looked to have their offense going a couple of weeks ago. Since then, though, the offense has stalled. After a big second half rally against Pittsburgh Carrick in which the Panthers won for the second time in three weeks and scored a season high 36 points, Buckeye Local has been held off the scoreboard in back-to-back weeks. Those losses, however, have come to two very good football teams, 5-1 Oak Glen and 4-2 Martins Ferry. In fact, the Panthers five defeats this season have all come to very good teams, opponents with a combined ...

Red Knights look to bounce back hosting Monroe Central

TORONTO — The Toronto football team takes pride in its physicality as the Red Knights won the battle of the trenches in each of the first six weeks of the season. Unfortunately for the boys from Jefferson County, that changed last Friday night as Tuslaw was the more physical team en route to a 33-12 victory at Clarke Hinkle Field to spoil Toronto’s Homecoming night. “They were more physical,” Toronto (6-1) head coach Jaret Aubiel said. “We talk to our kids about being physical. We came up short, and we are looking forward to getting back at it this week.” Following ...

Oak Glen heads down to Bridgeport for a Saturday game

BRIDGEPORT — A sign of a good team is how it responds after a loss. The Oak Glen football team has responded as well as anyone could hope. After losing to Toronto in Week 4, Oak Glen has reeled off back-to-back shutouts including last week’s 28-0 victory against Catholic Central last Friday night at home on Homecoming. “I thought in all phases of the game we played very well,” first-year Oak Glen (5-1) head coach TJ Miller said. “The team responded. It was a big week for us, and the guys really responded. They came out and played hard. We flew around on defense. We put them ...

Huskies, Big Reds clash; both in need of a win

BELLAIRE — Bellaire (3-4) and Harrison Central (2-5) are in the middle of preparation for one another in the lead-up to their meeting Friday on Nelson Field, and the two teams saw something familiar when they turned on the tape– themselves. “When I first turned the film on and I watched it, the thing that stands out to me more than anything is I think they’re a lot like us,” Harrison Central head coach Anthony Hayes said. “I think we’re very similar. I think their kids play very hard, just like ours do. I think they have some good skill athletes, just like we do. I think ...

Big Red back home on a win streak

STEUBENVILLE — The Big Red football team certainly has made quite the turnaround. An 0-2 start seems like ancient history now as Steubenville has rattled off three consecutive victories, the last two of which have come on the road. After going eight quarters without a point, Big Red’s ...

Red Riders looking to build confidence

WEIRTON — Weir High was hoping to get off to a fast start last week coming out of a bye week and searching for its first win, and appeared to do so against Harrison Central, but the first of 13 penalties negated a long touchdown. The Red Riders did not get much going the rest of the way on the way to another tough loss, and through four games, the self-inflicted errors have added up for the youthful Red Riders. This week, first-year coach Quincy Wilson is hoping they finally put some of those miscues in the rear view and establish some confidence as Weir welcomes Keyser to Jimmy ...