STEUBENVILLE — National Christian Academy will bring “the full package” to town Friday to help Big Red celebrate homecoming. The kick for the first meeting between the 5-1 Big Red and the 4-1 Eagles, who call Fort Washington, Md., home, is set for 7 p.m. inside Harding Stadium. “As ...
WEIRTON — The last time Weir High played Fairmont Senior was almost a year ago in the state Class AA semifinal in Fairmont, and it wasn’t pretty for the Red Riders. The top-seeded Polar Bars blanked the Red Riders, 59-0, in a game that Weir High just couldn’t do anything right. The ...
STEUBENVILLE — Two teams still holding on to playoff dreams will square off Saturday inside Harding Stadium. Catholic Central’s Crusaders are 3-3 following their Week 6 setback at Lucas. Meanwhile, Harrison Central’s Huskies (2-4) are flying high after their huge road upset of St. ...
WEIRTON — The Madonna Blue Dons are on a roll for the first time in several years, having won five of six games and the last three in a row. The goal, according to fourth-year head coach Darrin Hicks, is to keep it going Friday at Beallsville. The opening kick is scheduled for 7 ...
WINTERSVILLE — Andrew Connor thinks the Martins Ferry team his Indian Creek Redskins will see on Friday night is peaking at the right time. What the Purple Riders have done the last two weeks backs that up. After a 1-3 start, Martins Ferry has handled Harrison Central and East Liverpool at home in back-to-back week to get back to the .500 mark. Connor knows the Riders, who sit 17th in Division V, Region 17, are looking to climb even further up the standings when they visit Kettlewell Memorial Stadium. “I think they are playing their best football right now,” Connor said. ...
DOVER — Veteran coach Dan Ifft sees Friday’s game between his Dover Tornadoes and Big Red as vintage Ohio high school football. “Big Red is Big Red,” he said. “They are extremely well coached, physical and athletic. They are a big challenge for us. We enjoy the battles and the ...
