WEIRTON — When the Weir High and Brooke football teams annually get together on the gridiron, fans know that this intense rivalry, which has been going on since 1969, produces thrilling games and upsets. For example, the last two years have seen Brooke snatch victories from Weir in the ...
BEVERLY — Steve Daley and his Catholic Central Crusaders will have a playoff mentality once again Friday when they travel south for a critical Week 10 battle with once-beaten Fort Frye. “We’ve been telling our kids it’s been playoff season for us the last couple of weeks,” Daley ...
By RALPH COX Football Xtra Writer WEIRTON — Two old rivals knock heads at Jimmy Carey Stadium Saturday night when 4-4 Wheeling Central comes to Weirton for the annual joust with once beaten Madonna. With it being the final home game of 2017, Madonna will honor 11 seniors playing the final home game of their high school careers prior to the opening kick at 7 p.m. The seniors that will be honored are Ryan Ekey, Chayce Lemley, Vince Pulice, Chase Smith, Jimmy DiMarco, Hunter Baird, Max Fiedorczyk, Joey Garan, Zak Tokash and Mac Raymond. Madonna (7-1) fell a couple of spots to a tie ...
RICHMOND — Neither of the teams will be competing in the playoffs this season, but there is a lot of pride on the line at Cartwright Memorial Field on tonight when Indian Creek and Edison face off in the battle of Route 43 rivalry game. The rivalry has belonged to the Redskins (5-4), who ...
WELLSVILLE — The Toronto football team has, coincidentally, a lot on the line this week against rival Wellsville. The Red Knights enter the game against the Tigers looking to not end the regular season with a losing record, claim the Joe Scarabino/Corky Heaton Trophy and lock up a spot in ...
YORKVILLE — Neither Harrison Central nor Buckeye Local are heading to the playoffs, but don’t think that means the two rivals have nothing to play for this week when they clash at World War II Memorial Stadium. For the seventh straight season, the cherished V.A.L.E.S. Trophy will be on the line when the Huskies and Panthers clash. Created through the schools and all of the veterans organizations throughout the two school districts, the week surrounding the game has grown into a big affair. “I can’t believe we’ve been doing (V.A.L.E.S.) for seven years,” Huskies head coach ...
