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Crusaders march past Southern Local

STEUBENVILLE — Last week, Steubenville Catholic Central head coach Greg Bahen said he saw Matty Jones making strides and getting closer to the potential the Crusaders coaching has seen from the junior signal caller. Saturday night, it's safe to say Jones lived up to that potential. The ...

Beavers battle with one of the state’s best

NILES — The Niles girls soccer team is expected to make a run at a Div. IV state championship this season and the Beaver Local Beavers got an example first hand how dominating the Red Dragons can be in a 4-0 loss on Saturday at Bo Rein Stadium. Niles is 11-0 having outscored opponents ...

Mount Union bounces back

NEW CONCORD — No. 24 Mount Union rolled to its first Ohio Athletic Conference win of the season Saturday, setting a school record with 786 total yards in a 65-7 rout of Muskingum. The Purple Raiders (2-2, 1-1 OAC) averaged 9.2 yards per play and finished with 422 rushing yards, averaging 9.2 yards per carry. Freshman Bo Bokman rushed for a career-high 137 yards and three touchdowns, his second straight 100-yard game. Junior Kayden Minner added 113 yards and two touchdowns for his fifth career 100-yard game. It marked the first time Mount Union had two 100-yard rushers in the same ...

Penguins earn win against ranked opponent

With the offense sputtering uncharacteristically, No. 8 Youngstown State had to dig deep on the road on Saturday. The Penguins leaned on their defense and created enough separation in the second half to grind out a 28-16 victory over No. 21 Southern Illinois for their first road win of the season at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Ill. It's also the second straight ranked win for YSU (4-2, 2-1 MVFC), making it the first time the Penguins have strung together back-to-back ranked wins since 2016. "It was a grinder," head coach Doug Phillips said in a phone interview after the game. ...

United tackles East Palestine

United's Jordan Kidder makes a return against East Palestine's Beau Cope (right) and Nate Mead on Friday. (Photo by Ron Firth)[/caption] EAST PALESTINE – The United Eagles have proven to be the beast of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. They have outscored their three league ...

Exline scores in OT to lift Salem

SALEM — Salem’s Bairon Exline raced six yards over left tackle to score the winning touchdown as the Quakers held off stubborn Marlington 36-29 in a wild overtime finish at Sebo Stadium Friday night. Salem held a 29-7 fourth-quarter lead but Marlington stormed back to tie the game at ...