CALCUTTA — After suffering its first loss of the season, a tough 15-6 loss to Indian Creek last week, the Brooke football team will have its first chance to show its ability to bounce back this week with a trip to Beaver Local. The Beavers are another Buckeye 8 Conference foe for the ...
NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen Golden Bears will be looking to snap a three-game losing skid Friday when winless Buckeye Local heads to New Manchester. The Bears’ latest defeat came at the hands of Toronto in a 28-7 setback across the river in Jefferson County. The Panthers, while still searching for a victory, are coming off statistically their best game of the season. In fact, Buckeye trailed only 13-8 in the third quarter and mounted a potential leading changing drive, only to see a pass intercepted in the end zone which. Now both teams are eyeing Friday’s clash as a ...
BELLAIRE — Andrew Connor and the Indian Creek football team are preparing for a new experience this week against Bellaire. Indian Creek and its Buckeye 8 rival both won last week on the road, setting the stage for the Redskins and Big Reds to meet at 7 p.m. Friday night down at Nelson Field. “It will be the first time ever for me,” Connor said about playing at Bellaire on a Friday night. “They have put in lights. We played down there two years ago, but we played a Saturday afternoon game. Going back to win I played high school football in 1984, I have always played on ...
BARNESVILLE — Harrison Central’s season through five games has been a see-saw of lopsided games which, sadly for the folks in Harrison County, has largely found the Huskies on the losing side of those final tallies. That’s always a possibility when a team enters the season with loads of inexperience and is faced with a daunting schedule that never seems to get any easier. The one bright spot, record wise, is Week 2’s 47-14 victory at home against East Palestine. The combined record of the teams comprising Harrison Central’s four losses? It’s 19-1. Harrison Central’s ...
STEUBENVILLE — Volleyball is a game of momentum, and Weir High captured it at all the right moments Tuesday. The Red Riders overcame dropping the first set of their match at Catholic Central, winning the final three sets to take a four-set victory over the Crusaders. In their ...
WHEELING — After four straight years of OVAC titles, the Wheeling Park boys soccer team will have the opportunity to make it five in a row after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Steubenville on the turf of Wheeling Island Stadium on Tuesday. Wheeling Park will compete at St. Clairsville High ...
