WHEELING — It’s the opening week of high school football in the Mountain State and the Ohio Valley will once again have a doozy on the schedule to celebrate. For the fourth year in a row, two of the top programs in the valley will meet with Wheeling Park opening the season inside ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Mark Cisar may be beginning his first season as head coach at John Marshall, however, he is a veteran mentor, a former five-star athlete and comes from a powerful sports bloodline, so there is no question that he is well aware of how important it is to get off to a good start ...
MORRISTOWN — Neither Buckeye Local’s Jim Hoover nor Union Local’s Bernie Thompson are going to get caught up dwelling on what occurred last week. After all, there simply isn’t time for that. However, both are expecting their teams to take a step forward when they clash in ...
WOODSFIELD — Coming off its first season-opening victory since 2013, coach Fred Ray’s Bridgeport football team will look for its first on-field 2-0 beginning since running off 12 consecutive victories to open the 2010 campaign Friday night when the Bulldogs travel to battle 0-1 Monroe ...
NEW MANCHESTER — Last season, when Oak Glen won for the third-consecutive time in the long-standing rivalry with Weir High, the Golden Bears were the last to put their names on the old Carl Hamill Trophy, which was retired following the game. Tonight, the rivals will be battling to be the first to etch their names onto the new trophy at the Bears Den. “I’m all about high school rivalries,” Oak Glen head coach Doug Taylor said. “It makes it interesting and gets not only the schools and student body involved, but the communities. I really look forward to rivalries like ...
BRIDGEPORT — It may have taken Beallsville a little while to get going Wednesday night, but once the Blue Devils did there was no stopping them. It took the visitors 33 minutes to capture a 27-25 first-set marathon over homestanding Bridgeport that propelled them to their second prep volleyball win in a row. They followed with 25-11 and 25-14 victories for the sweep inside the John J. Havlicek Gymnasium. “We got off to a slow start but we picked it up and did what we had to do,” veteran Beallsville head coach Jeff Fluharty said. “This is just a step along the way. We’ve got ...
