By JOSH STROPE WHEELING — When you say “Super Six” to most people in West Virginia, they know immediately what you are talking about. The Super Six is more than just a few football games. It is an experience. It is a destination. It is the goal of every player that straps on a helmet ...
By JOSH STROPE WHEELING — Coaches around the state have been waiting for the day former Wheeling Park quarterback Cross Wilkinson graduated. That day has come but don’t expect Wheeling Park to be “easy pickings.” In fact, Patriots coach Chris Daugherty is thrilled with what he has seen from his squad and feels this is a team that will be right in the thick of things once the season kicks off tonight with a road game against rival Brooke. “Any time you lose the quarterback you lost, the receivers, the two tailbacks, you immediately wonder ‘how do we fill those ...
By JOSH STROPE WHEELING — Mike Young will be the first one to tell you that “expectations are always high” at Wheeling Central. And coming off a state championship, they are about as sky-high as you could imagine. “This is definitely a group we are proud of what they accomplished, but we also lost some great senior leadership and some outstanding young men,” Young said. “We have a nice group coming back that played a huge role in that state championship. “Expectations at Central are always high. This year is no different. But last year is what we did. Now is what ...
By BUBBA KAPRAL WHEELING — The 2017 season was a special one for Linsly. The ensuing campaign could be another. The Cadets rolled to a 9-2 mark en route to claiming the OVAC 3A championship. Coach B.J. Depew’s charges pocketed several impressive victories in putting together a nine-game winning streak. The Cadets downed Ohio playoff qualifiers Martins Ferry, Shadyside and River along with eventual West Virginia state champion Wheeling Central. Although Depew must replace some key pieces against a new-look and formidable schedule, the Cadets appear well-fortified for another ...
By JIM BUTTA MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University coach Dana Holgorsen has a number of reasons to believe this year’s Mountaineers will be much better than the ones he led during his first seven seasons in Morgantown. The first is a very simple one. “Maturity, more than anything,” Holgorsen said. “I’m much more comfortable with what I’m doing. I go back to last year, being in a little different role last year, this conversation could last a long time as far as we weren’t exactly where we wanted to be last year at this point in time. I didn’t know how gameday was ...
By SHAWN RINE GLEN DALE — Jason Willis has been around the John Marshall program for decades, first as the team’s quarterback in the early 1990s and most recently as a longtime assistant coach. So when the head coach position came open with the retirement of Rick Goodrich, Willis knew it was time. “My ultimate goal was to the be the head coach here,’’ Willis said. “I didn’t know it was going to be this soon — I didn’t know Goody was going to leave this soon. “It’s been something that I have always wanted to do.’’ Willis seems to have taken the job at ...
