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Wildcats head out Route 43 to battle Carrollton

CARROLLTON — The battle for Route 43 is set for this week. The Edison and Carrollton football teams are looking to bounce back this week as the Wildcats are scheduled to take on the Warriors at 7 p.m. Friday night on the road out at Warrior Stadium. Edison enters the game coming off a heartbreaking 24-21 loss to Coshocton last week on the road. “I am extremely proud of how hard we played,” Edison (0-1) head coach Mike Collopy said. “I thought we played physical. We made some mistakes. I thought we played with emotion. I think we played with too much emotion at times. We ...

Huskies host East Palestine looking to shake off tough loss

CADIZ — Harrison Central took an inexperienced team to Urichsville last week and faced a talented and experienced roster that returned most of its 2025 playoff qualifying stock. The result? A 43-0 Claymont win that seemed a solid possibility prior to kickoff, given the disparity in experience and size. Head coach Anthony Hayes noted after the game that the team’s inexperience was on display and there’s no substitute for having kids who’d been there. He did see some good things, despite the lopsided loss and he’ll look to continue to build upon those when East Palestine ...

Panthers looking to bounce back hosting the River Pilots

CONNORVILLE — Buckeye Local drew the unfortunate distinction of being the first regular season opponent for Bellaire’s Raekwon Pettigrew coming off a 2025 injury. Bellaire’s dynamic offensive weapon caught two passes, including one for a 24-yard TD and also returned not one, but two ...

St. Clairsville tops the Bruins

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – It’s nice to have a 1-2 scoring punch in high school soccer. The St. Clairsville boys definitely do. James Parsons and Trevor Tuttle continued their red-hot play Tuesday night as the Red Devils (3-1) bounced back from their first setback with a 4-2 doubling up of ...

Crites leads Big Red past CCHS 4-2

STEUBENVILLE — Jaylin Crites contributed a hat trick enabling the Big Red girls' soccer team to gain city bragging rights against Catholic Central. Big Red scored the first two goals against Steubenville city-rival Catholic Central, but the Crusaders battled back and pulled to within a goal, however, Big Red rose to the occasion and ended up defeating Catholic Central, 4-2, Monday night on Reno Saccoccia Field inside Harding Stadium. "We had two games to start the season against Dover and Wheeling Central back-to-back with a football Friday night in between," Big Red (1-1-1) head ...

Prep Roundups

VOLLEYBALL Weir High tops Edison in home opener WEIRTON — The Weir High volleyball team kicked off the home portion of its schedule on Tuesday with a four-set win over visiting Edison. The Red Riders won the match, winning sets one, two and four, 25-12, 25-19, 20-25, 25-22. Lilionna Ascencio had 28 assists, four aces and eight digs, Ella Kaufman had 17 digs, two aces and five kills, Gabby Sprouse tallied seven kills and six digs, Zoey Spencer had eight kills, Lauren Nagy tallied four aces and 12 digs, Zanyah Whitaker recorded seven kills and Alivia Maciek had nine digs. ...