High School Sports

Shadyside Gets 1st Win Under Kernik

SHADYSIDE — The Shadyside football team was hungry for a win and it tasted victory for the first time in the 2022 season on Friday night at Fleming Field. The Tigers mauled the visiting Brownsville Falcons, 40-6, before ringing the victory bell near the sound end zone for the first time this year and drenching interim coach Mike Kernik with Gatorade. “I wasn’t ready for that,” Kernik said with a smile. “It’s cold and I’m freezing but it sure was fun though. This is very special because of how hard these kids have worked and all the adversity they have gone through. They ...

River Rebounds from Loss

BROOKSIDE – When a team is coming off its first loss, it’s hard to gauge how it will respond. River (5-1) scored touchdowns on six of its eight possessions Friday night and the special teams unit added a TD as the Pilots rebounded nicely from a setback to Barnesville with a 49-8 pounding ...

Cambridge Tops Martins Ferry

CAMBRIDGE – A pair of teams looking to end losing streaks collided on Friday, with Martins Ferry paying a visit to McFarland Stadium to take on Cambridge High in a Buckeye 8 Conference match-up. A spirited second half rally propelled the Bobcats to a hard-fought 25-18 victory to improve to 4-2 on the season, while the Purple Riders suffer their fourth straight defeat to slip to 2-4. Tied at 18-18 in the late stages of the fourth quarter, Cambridge took the lead for the first time all night with senior QB Caden Moore connecting with senior Davion Bahr for the 50-yard TD pass with ...

Zeps Bounce Back Against Panthers

YORKVILLE - Shenandoah made the hour-plus journey to southern Jefferson County worth it Friday evening, bouncing back from their first loss of the season to rally from an early 14-0 deficit and claim a 42-36 victory over the host Buckeye Local Panthers, improving to 5-1. Buckeye Local, on the ...

Edison Continues Unbeaten Start Vs. Toronto

TORONTO - It took Edison a couple of series to get its ground game rolling Friday night, but once it started, it did not stop. After punting on its first two possessions, Edison scored on its next six drives, doing all of its scoring on the ground to pull away from host Toronto and improve to 6-0 with a decisive 42-6 victory at a packed Clarke Hinkle Field. "I'm very proud of our kids, that's a very good team that we beat," Edison head coach Mike Collopy said. "They have very good athletes that are getting looked at (by colleges) from all over. We told our kids it was going to be a ...

Oak Glen Falls to Beaver

ROGERS — Beaver Local is on a red-hot roll. The Beavers won their fourth straight game in impressive fashion Friday night, pummeling cross river rival Oak Glen 62-0 in a running clock game before a large crowd at Pastore Field. “I thought we had a lot of kids contribute and I think ...