STEUBENVILLE — As far as Reno Saccoccia is concerned, little things will mean a lot when his Big Red opens the 2018 football season Friday against Penn Hills inside Harding Stadium. The opening kick is set for 7 p.m. “This is the best team we have ever opened up with since I have been ...
TORONTO — Josh Franke, the new Toronto football coach, will be the first to say it doesn’t get any better than this. It, in this case, is Friday’s season opener for Franke’s Red Knights — at home against arch-rival Steubenville Catholic Central. The kick is set for 7 p.m. inside ...
WEIRTON — When the high school football season rolls around each year, the two high school teams in Hancock County — Weir High and Oak Glen — jump right into action not only with high expectations, but the kind of intensity that comes at the end of the season for teams good enough to ...
WEIRTON — In 2017, Madonna and Bridgeport renewed a small school football series that developed into a rivalry in the early 2000s, when the games were hard- fought and won by just a touchdown or less. This year, the Blue Dons and Bulldogs meet in the season opener at Jimmy Carey Stadium, ...
Wheeling Park at Brooke WELLSBURG — The Brooke Bruins face a tough challenge to start the season tonight when the Wheeling Park Patriots come to Brooke Memorial Stadium. “They are a quality, conference opponent,” Brooke coach Mac McLean said. “They are a tall task for anyone to start the season against. It’s definitely a tall task for a young team like us, but we are really looking forward to the opportunity. “With the ceremony naming the field after coach (Paul) Billiard, there is going to be a lot of alumni. Being on Thursday night, it is one of the first games of ...
SALEM — For Big Red to reach a fifth consecutive regional championship game, it must first deal with playoff nemesis Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. The tradition-rich programs will square off in the Division IV, Region 13 semifinals Friday inside Reilly Stadium. The kick, as mandated by ...
