CALCUTTA — After suffering its first loss of the season, a tough 15-6 loss to Indian Creek last week, the Brooke football team will have its first chance to show its ability to bounce back this week with a trip to Beaver Local. The Beavers are another Buckeye 8 Conference foe for the ...
NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen Golden Bears will be looking to snap a three-game losing skid Friday when winless Buckeye Local heads to New Manchester. The Bears’ latest defeat came at the hands of Toronto in a 28-7 setback across the river in Jefferson County. The Panthers, while still searching for a victory, are coming off statistically their best game of the season. In fact, Buckeye trailed only 13-8 in the third quarter and mounted a potential leading changing drive, only to see a pass intercepted in the end zone which. Now both teams are eyeing Friday’s clash as a ...
BELLAIRE — Andrew Connor and the Indian Creek football team are preparing for a new experience this week against Bellaire. Indian Creek and its Buckeye 8 rival both won last week on the road, setting the stage for the Redskins and Big Reds to meet at 7 p.m. Friday night down at Nelson Field. “It will be the first time ever for me,” Connor said about playing at Bellaire on a Friday night. “They have put in lights. We played down there two years ago, but we played a Saturday afternoon game. Going back to win I played high school football in 1984, I have always played on ...
BARNESVILLE — Harrison Central’s season through five games has been a see-saw of lopsided games which, sadly for the folks in Harrison County, has largely found the Huskies on the losing side of those final tallies. That’s always a possibility when a team enters the season with loads of inexperience and is faced with a daunting schedule that never seems to get any easier. The one bright spot, record wise, is Week 2’s 47-14 victory at home against East Palestine. The combined record of the teams comprising Harrison Central’s four losses? It’s 19-1. Harrison Central’s ...
GNADENHUTTEN — Last week, Big Red found itself on the road in a battle of teams ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions by MaxPreps. This week, after a big win, they are back in the same scenario. After earning a hard-fought victory over at the time Division V leading Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 21-16, at Youngstown State’s Stambaugh Stadium, the Division III leading Steubenville Big Red heads back on the road to battle Division IV leading Indian Valley this Friday night at Braves Stadium in Gnadenhutten. Big Red was ranked No. 1 in the first Ohio Associated Press poll in ...
WEIRTON — Coming off a lost last week to Martins Ferry, the Edison football team is looking to get back on track this week against Weir. The Wildcats and Red Riders are set to do battle at 7 p.m. Friday night up at Jimmy Carey Stadium. The Wildcats battled last week against the Purple Riders, however, Martins Ferry pulled away for a 34-0 victory last week out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. “I told our kids, we watched the film several times, I was proud of how hard they play,” Edison (1-3) head coach Mike Collopy said. “I was proud of the effort they played with. We ...
