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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Talks between ESPN and College Football Playoff are in the final stages of review in their bid to expand the postseason to 24 teams next year, the CFP announced in a two-sentence statement on Friday. Though no timeline was provided, a formal decision on the agreement will come following the ...
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 ...
REEDSVILLE – Trailing 26-7 entering the fourth quarter, things looked slim for Shadyside. However, displaying a never-say-die attitude, the Tigers scored 20 unanswered points to pull out a thrilling, 27-27, upset of fourth-seeded Reedsville Eastern at East Shade River Stadium in Ohio Division VII, Region 27 quarterfinal action. Jayden Johnson completed 26 of 36 passes for 309 yards and four touchdowns, three coming in the final 12 minutes. He hooked up with Jaxon Gentile in the first quarter and then found Colt Cook, Bryce Sloan and Michael Hendershot all in the fourth. Sloan ...
