MARTINS FERRY – There are some games that just don’t live up to all the hype. Friday night’s ‘meetin’ of the unbeaten’ between Barnesville and Martins Ferry did not fall into that category. The Shamrocks (8-0) held off a late surge by the Purple Riders (7-1) to escape a ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Deshaun Watson is making plays in the clutch, the Cleveland Browns are winning and they're doing it late in games. They're perhaps the NFL's most surprising team, off to a 3-1 start that has them tied with Baltimore atop the AFC North. “It's still early,” ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Ditka, who personified the toughness and grit of Chicago in a Hall of Fame career as a player and coach of the Bears and the leader of arguably the most dominant team in NFL history, has died. He was 86. Ditka's family announced his death on Friday in a statement. “It ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s identity since Rich Rodriguez came back to Morgantown in the winter of 2024 was using a tempo offense and running the rock down the field, even if he didn’t have the pieces to do so. The Mountaineers had the fifth-most rushing attempts in the Big 12 ...
WHEELING - The Maroon Knights are hitting their stride in a quest to repeat as state champions. Wheeling Central rolled to its third successive gridiron win, blasting Nitro, 48-7, at Bishop Schmitt Field on the campus of Wheeling University on Friday night. In the process, Coach Mike ...
STEUBENVILLE — It became clear from early in Friday’s contest that visiting Buffalo Health Sciences wanted to take away Big Red’s potent run game. What the Falcons did not account for, however, was Big Red’s passing game can make plays, too. With the box loaded up most of the ...
