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Wildcats are set to host Southern Local tonight

RICHMOND — The Edison football team will face a stiff test this week against Southern Local. The Wildcats and Indians are scheduled to renew their rivalry at 7 p.m. Thursday out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. Edison enters this week’s game coming off a 30-22 victory against Cameron last Friday night at home. A big second half propelled the Wildcats to the win against the Dragons. “I thought we made the plays we needed to make,” Edison (1-1) head coach Mike Collopy said. “I thought defensively we played well. We basically gave up four plays, and three of them went ...

Creek heads to UL in battle of 2-0 teams

MORRISTOWN — The Indian Creek football team will take on Union Local this week in a battle of the unbeatens. The Redskins are set to take on the Jets at 7 p.m. Friday night on the road. Indian Creek enters this week’s matchup coming off of a 20-14 victory against East Liverpool last Friday night inside Kettlewell Stadium. “I thought there were a couple of big keys for us,” Indian Creek (2-0) head coach Andrew Connor said about his team’s win against the Potters. “The first one was how we handled adversity. That is something we have struggled with in the past. That is ...

Panthers head to Shadyside seeking win No. 1

SHADYSIDE — Buckeye Local took major steps forward in Week 2 after a disappointing offensive showing against Bellaire in its opener. The Panthers finished with better than 250 yards of total offense and accounted for 21 points, including an 8-carry, 104 yard effort from Alex McDiffitt. While Buckeye still lost on the road to Union local, 42-21, the game was tight through three quarters, with the Panthers’ final TD cutting the Jets lead to 28-21 before the hosts pulled away late. “In my opinion, UL is a playoff team and will make a run and it was a (single score) game pretty ...

Huskies hope to continue strong ground game

CADIZ — Nine yards. If Harrison Central ran for just nine more yards last Friday in Cadiz, the Huskies would have reached the 500-yard mark for the game. Still, 491 is generally well past “good enough” to secure a win. But Friday’s game against Buckeye Trail was anything but a normal game. Despite rushing for 491 yards and totaling 544 overall, the Huskies came out on the losing end, 44-41, against a Warriors team securing their second-straight impressive victory. That type of effort, without coming out with a victory, was certainly a first for head coach Anthony Hayes and ...

Brooke hoping to bounce back in tough home opener

WELLSBURG — Brooke head coach Casey Goff’s Bruins’ debut was not quite the one he and his staff were looking for. The Bruins traveled to Calcutta and returned on the humbling side of a 35-0 blanking at the hands of a Beaver Local team thirsting for redemption after suffering its own blowout loss in Week 1. Beaver scored four offensive touchdowns and added a pick-six–all in the first half–as the hosts outgained Brooke 261-108 during those initial 24 minutes of football. Goff wasn’t thrilled, obviously, but took exception after the game in his team’s lack of ...

Golden Bears are headed to St. Mary’s

ST. MARYS — There were certainly some positives for the Oak Glen football team last week, and the Golden Bears are looking to build off those this week. Unfortunately, there were also some negatives and those negatives proved costly against Weir. The Golden Bears ran for 322 yards and ...