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Wheeling Central Denies Williamstown Perfect Season

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WILLIAMSTOWN - Wyatt Stephens had a pair of 43-yard touchdown runs and broke up a potential game-tying two-point conversion pass with 1:01 remaining here Friday night as defending Class A state champion Wheeling Central denied Williamstown’s bid for a perfect regular season after escaping with a 35-33 victory. Williamstown, which entered the fray rated No. 2 in double-A, trailed 14-13 at halftime and found itself behind 21-13 early in the third following a 29-yard touchdown burst by Dustin Sanner. However, Breck Allen answered with a 2-yard TD run and it was 27-21 ‘Jackets with ...

Ohio State Closes Strong To Beat Youngston State 89-65, Mobley Scores 25

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Andrija Jelavic scored a career-high 21 points and combined with Amare Bynum for a game-changing 13-0 run in the middle of the second half to propel Ohio State to an 89-65 win over Youngstown State on Friday night. John Mobley Jr., led the Buckeyes (1-1) with 25, on 7-of-9 shooting plus making all nine of his free throws. Bynum had 15 points, going 9 of 10 from the foul line. He started the run with two free throws with 10:20 to play. Jelavic followed with a 3-pointer, layup and jumper before Bynum scored twice at the rim, the last basket a dunk off a steal for ...

Big Red Starts Fast And Rolls Through First Round

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STEUBENVILLE — The bye week did not slow down Big Red. After the well-earned week off during the first week of the playoffs, Steubenville needed just three plays to find the end zone in its playoff opener Friday night and rolled from there. Big Red scored on each of its first three ...

Toliver, Defense Lift Barnesville Over Martins Ferry In Playoffs

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BARNESVILLE – In the early 1990s the Los Angeles Rams were referred to as “Ground Chuck” because their head coach, Chuck Knox, liked to show his team’s physicality by running the ball. Barnesville (11-0) took a page out of the Rams playbook Friday night by running the ball 33 times ...

Hilltoppers Welcome Charleston For Senior Day Showdown

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WEST LIBERTY — The West Liberty University football team returns home Saturday for its final regular-season game at West Family Stadium, hosting Charleston in a key Mountain East Conference matchup on Senior Day. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m., with the Hilltoppers set to recognize 23 members of the program. West Liberty enters the weekend at 7-2 overall and 5-1 in MEC play, sitting atop the conference standings with two regular-season games remaining. Charleston comes to West Liberty at 4-5 overall and 4-2 in conference play, tied for second in the standings with Wheeling. The ...