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Norris, Eakles shined during Redskins’ ninth straight winning season

WINTERSVILLE — While the Indian Creek Redskins will not be participating in the Ohio football playoffs after a 6-4 campaign, their ninth straight winning season, there were still a lot of positives for coach Andrew Connor’s club. “The biggest bright spot was that at no point did our kids ever give up or not give their best effort,” Connor said. “That’s something that was very important for our program.” For a fourth straight year ,the Redskins took home the Buckeye 8 North title and did not lose a conference game, something that was very important to the 15th-year ...

Moses saved Edison’s year

RICHMOND — The Edison football team’s preparations for the 2017 season hit a speed bump in July when head coach Derrick Stickles resigned. Nate Moses, who is the head coach of the boys’ basketball team, was quickly named the new head coach of the football team. After the tumultous summer, the Wildcats battled all season to a 2-8 season, which ended with a 33-0 loss at home to Indian Creek. “It was an enjoyable season,” Moses said. “We have great kids and a great community. I am grateful for their support. Looking back on this year, we had a great group of kids. Edison ...

Kropka proud of his Huskies

CADIZ — The Harrison Central Huskies got off to a very tough 1-5 start to the 2017 season but closed it out on a four-game winning streak that saw them win each game by 19 points or more to finish at 5-5 and keep from having a losing season. “It’s weird to say that you’re happy with a 5-5 season, but I was really happy with it with how the season unfolded and all the adversity these guys faced,” Harrison Central head coach Justin Kropka said. “We haven’t had a losing season in a long time, and I’m thrilled that these guys didn’t let that happen. It’s going to ...

Brooke wants to send seniors out properly

WELLSBURG — It is safe to say it has not been the season that the Brooke Bruins and coach Mac McLean hoped for, but his squad has an opportunity to end it on a high note Friday night when the Princeton Tigers come to Brooke Memorial Stadium for senior night. Sending the seniors off with a win is something very important to McLean. “This has been a trying year for everyone involved in this program, and no one more than the seniors I’m sure,” McLean said. “You look forward to your senior year your whole life, and if they could get a W in front of the home crowd in their ...

Oak Glen runs into hot Wheeling Central squad

WHEELING — Don’t look now, but after playing one of the toughest Class A football schedules in the state of West Virginia and struggling to stay at or near the .500 mark all year, Wheeling Central has punched its ticket to the playoffs again. Coach Mike Young’s 5-4 squad, which will be one of those teams that nobody wants to play in the postseason, still has business at hand in the regular season as 2-7 Oak Glen pays a visit to Bishop Schmitt Field on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit University Friday night. A victory could move the Maroon Knights a little further up the ...

Buckeye Local more upbeat

YORKVILLE — The Buckeye Local Panthers season came to an end with an all to0 familiar record, a third consecutive 0-10 campaign. This one was different than the previous two, though, according to first-year head coach Roger Herbert. “For us I’m pretty happy with how our season went,” Herbert said. “Obviously we wanted to get some wins and that didn’t happen, but I keep a calendar on my desk and every game was closer than last year. There was a big difference at the end of year in terms of scoring points. Injuries played a little bit of a part of (our record), but that ...