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Buckeye Local looks to bounce back against the ‘Noles

YORKVILLE — After not getting to play last season due to COVID, Buckeye Local is set to welcome Monroe Central to World War II Memorial Stadium Friday night for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The match up starts what is scheduled to be back-to-back home games with four of the next five for the Panthers set to be on their home grass in Yorkville. “It’ll be nice to be at home the next couple of weeks,” Buckeye Locla head coach Jim Hoover said. “We’d rather play at home than anywhere else, obviously.” The Panthers enter the game 1-3 after battling hard with unbeaten Toronto last ...

Huskies visit East Liverpool looking to learn from first loss

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Harrison Central football team is looking to learn from last week’s loss. Union Local scored a touchdown on the first offensive play of the game, and the Jets never looked back en route to a 45-14 victory against the Huskies. Giving up a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage is not the best way to start a game. “You are exactly right,” Harrison Central (3-1) head coach Anthony Hayes said. “I don’t know what happened. We did not play very well. We did not play sound football. We competed, but we did not play sound football. It was out of ...

Big Red set to face Univ. Prep

STEUBENVILLE — Big Red will be looking for its second consecutive 4-0 start when it welcomes Pittsburgh University Prep to Reno Field inside Harding Stadium Friday. Steubenville, which is ranked fourth in the initial Ohio AP Division IV poll behind Cleveland Glenville, Van Wert and ...

Weir, Creek coming into big match up hungry

WINTERSVILLE — The way veteran Indian Creek coach Andrew Connor sees it, the best opponent a team can face coming off a loss is a rival. That is the case for both halves of Friday’s showdown at Kettlewell Stadium as both Connor’s Redskins and visiting Weir High come into the pivotal ...

CCHS heads to Rosecrans seeking win No. 1

STEUBENVILLE — Catholic Central launches a two-game road swing Friday when it travels to Zanesville for a date with Bishop Rosecrans. The Crusaders, who will visit Edison on Sept. 15, still are searching for their first victory of the 2022 season. They have fallen to Mathews, Caldwell and ...

Off a successful trip, Dons face tough home opener

WEIRTON — The youthful Madonna football team has successfully passed its first big challenge, making a successful trip to Hancock, Md. and leaving with a 52-0 win to open the season. This week, Mauro Monz, who got his initial win at the helm of the Blue Dons in Saturday’s victory, will look to lead his club into another big test when the 3-0 Bridgeport Bulldogs invade Jimmy Carey Stadium Friday night. The Dons successful trip was both a bonding experience for the new staff and the young club and a successful first outing. “It was a great trip,” Monz said. “It was three ...