Photo by Michael D. McElwain

The Steubenville returning lettermen are, front, from left, Jeziah Blackwell, Clayton Criss, Ian Phillips, Ethan Duggan, Caleb Mitchell, Kaleb Brown; middle, from left, Kwadre Williams, Randy Mitchell, Antoni Demitras, Ty Arlesic, Taveon Montgomery, David Tuttle; back, from left, Ryan Rauch, Keonte Holmes, Jorian Jones, Cesare Jennings, Erik Lulla and Dylan Cunningham. Big Red will open its season at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 when Penn Hills visits Harding Stadium. Look for the area’s most comprehensive high school football preview issue, The Gridiron, in our Aug. 22 editions.

— Michael D. McElwain