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Wildcats home again, look to make it 2-0 start

RICHMOND — The Anthony Pierro era of Edison football began with a win last week against Shenandoah, however, the Wildcats face a challenge this week as Route 43 rival Carrollton comes to town. The Wildcats and Warriors are set to kick off at 7 p.m. Friday night out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. Last week, the Wildcats took down the Zeps by a score of 35-14 “We came out of the gates and played physical,” first-year Edison (1-0) head coach Anthony Pierro said. “We executed our gameplan. We had some issues in house, and I thought we did a good job of handling those. We ...

Panthers are headed down to River looking to get into the win column

HANNIBAL — Buckeye Local hosted Bellaire in its opener and had trouble corralling the Big Reds’ weapons in a 31-6 defeat. Bellaire QB Micheal Dippel tossed two TDs and threw for 131 yards while running back Rylin McMahon found the end zone twice and led the way with 53 yards. Buckeye now must gear up to stop a more run-oriented attack as the Panthers (0-1) head south on Ohio 7 to face River (1-0). The Pilots are coming off a 36-12 win against Perry Traditional Academy out of Pittsburgh in a game which the two teams traded scores before River started pulling away. River’s ...

Big Red starts with a big game

STEUBENVILLE — It is almost time for the Big Red football team to make the awaited first walk up the ramp to Harding Stadium. When they do so this year, they’ll be walking into a packed house for perhaps one of the biggest opening week games anywhere in the state of Ohio. That match up is between Big Red and Youngstown area powerhouse Ursuline in a Division III clash Friday night. The opening kick is set for 7 p.m. “It’ll be extra exciting because of who we’re playing,” Big Red head coach Reno Saccoccia said. This is the first meeting between the perennial ...

Crusaders, Meek open with familiar foe

WELLSVILLE — Suffice it to say, Friday’s opening night opponent is a familar one to Catholic Central and Crusaders head coach Eric Meek. That opponent is Wellsville, who Central faces in the season opener for the third-straight year after winning the last two meetings. It’s also where Meek has made one of his previous stops during his long, successful coaching career, making the trip north on Ohio Route 7 a very familar one. “I say it every year, I spent a lot of time there, 16 years as a teacher, lived there 12 years, head football coach there eight years, I’ve got a ...

Panthers, Bellaire set for showdown tonight

YORKVILLE — Buckeye Local and Bellaire both are looking to build upon last season’s respective sub-.500 records. Both showed flashes of potential, and each coaching staff will be looking to build upon that come tonight’s kickoff. The Big Reds are heading to World War II Memorial in Yorkville for a Thursday night kickoff to the high school football season. Buckeye head coach Chris Kiedaisch noted his team is looking forward to the early-season spotlight. “I think we’re excited,” he said. “It’s the feature game on TV, the first in the Valley, and honestly, any other ...

Creek ready for a familiar opening trip

CAMBRIDGE — Sometimes, two teams opening up playing one another turns into a tradition of its own. Such a tradition has been built between Indian Creek and Cambridge, as the teams have now met on opening night for a decade. The latest in that series takes place Friday night in Cambridge as the Redskins and Bobcats are set to sqaure off once again. “I think it’s been a great rivalry between the two of us,” Indian Creek head coach Andrew Connor said. While the teams had two very different seasons a year ago — Indian Creek going 8-2 in the regular season and making the ...