Ohio Valley Football 2022

Wheeling Park High School

WHEELING — This will be a season unlike any other for Wheeling Park football coach Chris Daugherty. Not only will he be leading his Patriots against a daunting schedule but he will also be entering his first year as the school’s athletic director. Nonetheless, it’s a challenge Daugherty is excited to take on. “Running the OVAC All-Star Game and helping put that on was a good taste of what I’ll have to deal with in the fall,” Daugherty said. “Even though I had no coaching responsibilities, it was nice to kind of oversee and help the OVAC as much as I could.” The ...

Wheeling Central Catholic High School

WHEELING — There are few, if any, teams in the valley who lost more talent to graduation last year than Wheeling Central. The prospect of losing quarterback Michael Toepfer, running backs Cody Martos and Braxton Anderson, receiver Caleb Ratcliffe and defensive end Ayden Baker all in one class might make some coaches a little nervous, not 52-year veteran Mike Young, however. “It’s tough to replace someone of that level, but we’ve got great kids stepping up,” Young said. “I look at our seniors and our senior leadership…and we’ve got some kids out there that, as long as ...

The Linsly School

WHEELING — It has become a ritual of the fall season – Linsly School tackling a meat-grinder of a football schedule. The 2022 Cadet grid card is once again packed with powerhouse foes, much like a year ago. Coach B.J. Depew’s charges acquitted themselves quite nicely last season, finishing at 5-5. However, Depew, now in his 17th season as head coach of his alma mater, was not pleased with how last season concluded. “Considering who we played last year the record is commendable. However, we lost our last three games which has bothered me all off-season. I felt the last two ...

John Marshall High School

MOUNDSVILLE — The last time Mark Cisar stood on a sideline as a head football coach, he led the 2012 Union Local Jets onto the gridiron. Now, 10 years later, he is once again holding the reins as the head coach but this time at John Marshall after helping Justin Kropka last year as an assistant coach for the Monarchs. Cisar is also the head baseball coach for the JM baseball team, which he believes will help him pick up where he left off at Union Local. “It helps being the head baseball coach,” Cisar said. “I know what to expect dealing with the kids, media and things like ...

Steubenville High School

STEUBENVILLE — Some coaches tend to run and hide from expectations. Reno Saccoccia, Big Red’s Hall of Fame football coach, isn’t one of them. With a boat load of talent back in the fold, expectations are running high for Saccoccia’s 2022 club, which opens its season Friday against Louisville, one of three new opponents on the schedule. “I love expectations,” said Saccoccia, who’s entering his 52nd season of coaching and 40th at the helm of the Big Red. “I’d rather people expect us to be a winner year in and year out than be a loser. “The one thing to remember is ...

St. Clairsville High School

By SETH STASKEY ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The next-man-up mentality is becoming quite the norm within the St. Clairsville football program. That’s what happens with tradition. And over the course of his more than two-decade tenure with the Red Devils, head coach Brett McLean has been able to further accentuate that tradition. Though another talented class was lost to graduation, the Red Devils’ cupboard is far from bare as they get set for Friday’s opener against a solid Canton South outfit. “This senior class, in a respect, has waited its turn to be the leaders on the team, ...

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