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Star Sports Cast 2017 Episode 5

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Star Sports Cast for 2017. It's Plastic Fork and Spoon Day! Joe Catullo, sports editor with the Steubenville Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times, and sports writer Andrew Grimm take a look at the 2017 prep football season. Teams within our coverage area ...

Same plot, different characters when Weir travels to Union Local

MORRISTOWN — Here it is, the midway point of the 2017 high school football season. For two Ohio Valley teams, it appears to be a mirror image of the same time last year. Both Weir High and Union Local, who go into battle Friday at the home of the Jets just off I70 in Belmont County, have ...

No. 1 Big Red must stop Dover’s passing attack

DOVER — Top-ranked Steubenville will open the second half of its 2017 season Friday by squaring off against a pass happy opponent. “Dover is a very dangerous team because of what they do best — throw the ball,” Big Red coach Reno Saccoccia said earlier this week. “They throw the ...

Bruins, Redskins resume rivalry

WINTERSVILLE — For a fourth year in a row, the Brooke Bruins and Indian Creek Redskins will face off. The last three meetings have all been decided by seven points or less. When the teams take the field Friday at Kettlewell Memorial Stadium, the coaches expect another good game in the ...

Blue Dons still running wild

WEIRTON — Madonna is on a roll for the first time in four years, and if it is to keep the undefeated beat going, it’ll have to find a way to stop the run game of the Mathews Mustangs of Vienna. The Mustangs invade Jimmy Carey Stadium Friday with a 3-2 record and plans to do what they did ...

Crusaders finding ways to keep the momentum

STEUBENVILLE — Coming off a total “team win,” Steubenville Catholic Central will look to keep things going Saturday when Barnesville invades Harding Stadium. The kick for Central’s annual homecoming game is set for 7 p.m. This will be the seventh meeting between the schools, Central ...