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Madonna heads to Cameron for a tough test

CAMERON — After a week off, Cameron will celebrate Homecoming 2023 Friday night when Madonna visits Dragon Field in a Class A match up. The Dragons (3-1) enter the contest tied for 14th with Valley in the latest WVSSAC state rankings. They are riding a four-game winning streak after ...

Redskins, Huskies clash looking to bounce back

CADIZ — The Harrison Central and Indian Creek football teams are looking to put last week’s losses to fellow Buckeye 8 rivals behind them. The Huskies and the Redskins are set to clash as they meet at 7 p.m. Friday night out at Wagner Field. Harrison Central won four of its first five games of the season before falling to St. Clairsville, 49-8, last Friday night down at Red Devil Stadium. “Not a lot,” Harrison Central (4-2) head coach Anthony Hayes said asked if there was anything positive his team could take away from the game. “It was pretty one sided. We ran into a ...

Wildcats look to bounce back at EL

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Edison football team is looking to bounce back after the Wildcats had their 17-game regular season winning streak snapped by rival Toronto. The Red Knights tallied a late touchdown to defeat the Wildcats, 28-20, last Friday night at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. ...

Brooke looks to bounce back hosting Bridgeport

WELLSBURG — Here’s all you need to know about Brooke’s upcoming opponent, the Bridgeport Indians. Bridgeport sports a 4-1 record. The Indians average 47.4 points per game and have amassed some 2,407 yards of total offense, an average of 481.4 yards per game. In that sea of ...

Golden Bears look to build off getting their first win

NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen football team is looking to win its second straight game as winless Robert C. Byrd comes to town. The Golden Bears and Eagles are set to kick off at 7 p.m. Friday night up at the Bears Den. Oak Glen enters the game coming off of a 42-0 victory against ...

Panthers, Knights to battle in Yorkville

YORKVILLE — Buckeye Local may have lost its fifth game last week, but the Panthers’ offensive showed signs of real life for the first time against a team not named Brownsville. In the 44-33 shootout loss at Shenandoah, Alex McDiffitt emerged as a viable threat for head coach Jim Hoover’s Panthers. He threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 130 yards and two additional scores. Loss or not, given the Panthers previous struggles putting points on the board, that effort had to be viewed as a positive. Buckeye’s going to need a similar effort, if not ...