STEUBENVILLE — With a steady rain falling and a loyal crowd behind them, the Big Red football team battled to its biggest win of the season Friday night. Steubenville used a strong ground game to open a lead and then held on, making enough plays down the stretch to fend off visiting ...
WELLSBURG — A steady rain, two teams battling for playoff positioning, and a nailbiting finish— all signs that the football season is getting good. The John Marshall Monarchs, ranked No. 10 in this week’s WVSSAC Class AAA playoff computer ratings, defeated the Brooke Bruins, No. 11 in ...
YORKVILLE - The Toronto football team showcased its big-play ability against Jefferson County rival Buckeye Local. Drake Buscher scored on a 55-yard run on the third play of scrimmage to give Toronto the early lead, and the Red Knights did not look back en route to a 42-13 victory against the Panthers on a rainy Friday night on Buckeye Local's Homecoming down on Ron Pobolish Field inside World War II Memorial Stadium. "We were able to get our running game going," Toronto (8-1) head coach Jaret Aubiel said. "We challenged our offensive line, and they came through for us. It was a ...
CREEK GETS BIG WIN ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Indian Creek football team rallied back for a big, hard-fought win on the road at St. Clairsville on Friday night, 13-12. After falling behind 12-0 at halftime, Creek scored the final 13 points to come back and win the game. The win is a key one ...
The NCAA sued the governor of Ohio on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving state universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in college in defiance of the NCAA's new eligibility rule. NCAA President Charlie Baker called the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Ohio, an "extraordinary step" designed to prevent Gov. Mike DeWine from making it "impossible for all schools to compete on a level playing field." The lawsuit itself claimed DeWine, a two-term Republican former state attorney general who cannot ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Defining chemistry with a wide receiver is easy for Aaron Rodgers. It's a nod. A wink. A glance. A gesture. Sometimes there are no verbal or physical cues at all, but an ESP of sorts culled from hours, weeks, months, and sometimes years spent together in meetings, on the ...
