SHADYSIDE — Just as it had in an opening game loss at Martins Ferry, Shadyside spent much of Friday night’s opening half shooting themselves in the foot against visiting Shenandoah. Penalties, a lack of a running game and overall mistakes were enough to put interim head coach Mike ...
MARTINS FERRY — The Justin Kropka Era is off to a rousing start in Purple Land. After registering a come-from-behind win over Shadyside in its season opener, Martins Ferry rolled to a 43-13 OHSAA mercy-rule triumph over Leetonia Friday night at the Dave Bruney Football Complex, in ...
MORRISTOWN — It certainly wasn’t the start that Union Local had envisioned. The ending was a little more like it, however. Before the Jets had even taken the field Friday night to take on Buckeye Local, they had been assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when the band director was ...
NEW PHILADELPHIA—Big Red squared its all-time series with New Philadelphia thanks to a hard-fought 20-0 victory Friday inside Woody Hayes Quaker Stadium. After a slow start, Steubenville’s offense found its rhythm in the second quarter and turned three straight possessions into the scores. Meanwhile, the defense pitched a shutout for a second consecutive week, holding the Quakers to less than 100 yards of total offense. Steubenville now is 2-0 while New Philadelphia falls to 1-1. The series between the schools now stands at 7-7-1. “I love the enthusiasm of this team and the ...
A wild fourth quarter featuring six TDs, back-to-back kickoff returns for touchdowns and the biggest comeback in the Fred Ray coaching era at Bridgeport High left the homestanding Monroe Central Seminoles stunned Friday night. The inspirational 50-44 win for the 2-0 record Bulldogs came after a disastrous first half where Ray's troops committed four turnovers and were on the short end of a 22-6 score at halftime. "We challenged the seniors at halftime and I felt our response int he second half was a result of our work in the weight room over the summer," said Ray. "We pushed that ...
WINTERSVILLE — Coaches often talk about the improvement a team makes from the first week of the season to the second. Indian Creek showed Friday night exactly big that improvement can be, bouncing back from a Week 1 loss to top visiting East Liverpool, 26-14, in a game in which it never trailed. “We needed to get things turned around,” Indian Creek head coach Andrew Connor said. “We needed this one. On both sides of the ball, we played physical football and we finished, not only drives, but finished the game. “We always talk about what kind of improvement the team makes ...
