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Jay Circosta

Football was a family thing for Circosta

WOODSFIELD — High school football conjures up different memories for different people. Perhaps, it’s a play or a game. Sometimes, music sparks the mind. Or, it could be the view of the fall sun setting behind a trove of season-splashed leaves. Donna Sue Circosta has seen almost everything ...

Q and A with Jay Circosta …

WOODSFIELD — When you do something for a half a century, there’s no way you could capsulize the amount of people, games, memories and emotions that come to mind. However, Monroe Central’s Jay Circosta did a pretty good job of that as he took a look back at his career, some of his best ...

‘Relationships’ were key for Circosta

WOODSFIELD — Jay Circosta is old school. As a young football coach, he idolized Vince Lombardi. When Circosta arrived at Woodsfield High School in the late 1960s, Lombardi was at the tail end of a career with the Green Bay Packers that resulted in a pair of Super Bowl crowns and countless ...

Many players, seasons stick out in Circosta’s memory

WOODSFIELD — When you’ve roamed the high school football sidelines for 50 years like Jay Circosta did, it would be tough to recall your top memories. However, the recently retired Woodsfield and Monroe Central head coach — with a little prior warning — had no trouble in reminiscing ...

Schumachers reflect on coaching legend

WOODSFIELD — When you think of football in Monroe County the first name that pops into one’s head is Jay Circosta. That is a no-brainer as he has done a Hall-of-Fame job of coaching prep gridders for a half century prior to his retirement last month. The second name that would surface in ...