WHEELERSBURG — Finally. It’s the Final Four. After 10 regular season games and 4 more playoff weeks, the Final Four of the Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs get underway at 7 p.m. Friday and two of the four teams in Division 5 as the Wheelersburg Pirates and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney Cardinals at Westerville Central High School. For the Pirates, the perfect regular season is the fourth under head coach Rob Woodward and first since 2017. Now in his 18th

PEEBLES — The Coal Grove Lady Hornets can go deep. No, they aren't hitting a lot of home runs. Instead, they have a lot of players on the roster who can help contribute to their basketball success. That depth was on display Tuesday when the Lady Hornets overcame severe foul trouble to beat the Peebles Lady Indians 57-41. “We had foul trouble throughout the entire game. One player fouled out and two others ended with four,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller. “Our bench came

WHEELERSBURG — Batman, Superman, Spiderman, even the Green Hornet can understand the life of Landon McGraw. Landon “Music Man” McGraw is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound wide receiver for the Wheelersburg Pirates’ football team and a forward on the basketball team. But while he’s a student by day and a ballplayer at night, he has his own secret identity, only his secret life is about to be unveiled. McGraw was chosen to be a contestant on the reality television show American Idol and it

CHILLICOTHE — It was exciting for the Fairland Dragons players, their fans, and their first-year head coach. Fairland slipped past the host Zane Trace Pioneers 59-58 in the Zane Trace High School Tip-Off Classic to give Scott Thomas his first career coaching win. The Dragons (1-0) took a 15-12 first quarter lead as Trevor Lochow scored 6 points, Cliff Fransen had 4 and Gerald Love hit a 3-pointer. Grady Stewart hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points for Zane Trace in the quarter

WILLOW WOOD — The trio went double. The Green Lady Bobcats’ trio of Abbie Knapp, Laney Strickland and Elizabeth McBee all scored in double figures in a 60-23 win over the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings on Monday. Knapp had a game-high 27 points with Strickland scoring 13 and McBee knocking down three 3-pointers as she scored 10 points. Brenna Tibbs had 10 points for the Lady Vikings. Knapp and Strickland combined for 12 points as the Lady Bobcats took a 15-2 first quarter lead. M

CHESAPEAKE — The Chesapeake Lady Panthers went to AA in their season opener. No, no Alcoholics Anonymous. It was Abbey and Ava who combined for 34 points as the Lady Panthers beat the South Webster Lady Jeeps 48-37. Abbey Isaacs scored 20 points and Ava Layne had 14 points to spark the win. Addi Claxon had a game-high 21 points to pace South Webster. Claxon hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points as the Lady Jeeps took a 12-10 first quarter lead. Isaacs scored 6 of Chesa

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Welcome to Connor Stalions' Week. Christmas in November. Santa Claus versus The Grinch. Hopefully, the Buckeyes get more than a lump of coal this year…even though last year’s coal was turned into diamonds. Last Saturday’s 42-9 thrashing of Rutgers despite being without star wideouts Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate, both of whom were held back for precautionary reasons, shows the talent Ohio State’s offense has across the board. Granted, the OSU offense looks vanilla without t

By TIM STRIED Director of Communications COLUMBUS, Ohio – Member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association have voted in favor of an emergency bylaw referendum on Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), making Ohio the 45th state to allow NIL at the high school level. The voting period ended last Friday afternoon, November 21, with the final voting results being 447 schools in favor of the referendum and 121 schools voting against, while 247 schools abstained from voting. 

ERLANGER, Ky. — For three quarters, the Russell Red Devils and Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts were each making some plays. The fourth quarter proved to be a different story. The Red Devils found themselves within just one point after three quarters. But Lloyd Memorial scored a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 28-13 win on Friday in the Class 3A regional championship game. As the region champions, the Juggernauts (13-0) will now play Christian Academy of

COLUMBUS — It took 7 years, but it sure was worth the wait. Strong play by both the offensive and defensive lines of Wheelersburg, and a big game from Elijah Brown proved to be the difference as the Pirates blanked the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes 41-0 on a wet Friday night to claim the Ohio Division 5 regional championship. The Pirates' dominant performance was perfectly highlighted by their play in the trenches. Offensively, the Pirates churned out 247 yards on the ground and

Ohio High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs Scores Friday's Regional Finals Division I Region 1 St. Edward (OH) 27, Mentor 7 Region 2 Middletown 21, Huber Hts. Wayne 14 Region 3 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 39, Pickerington Central 7 Region 4 St. Xavier (OH) 42, Cin. Elder 34 Division II Region 5 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 35, Akr. Hoban 7 Region 6 Avon 36, Medina Highland 19 Region 7 Sunbury Big Walnut 27, Massillon Washington 21 Region 8 Cin. Anderson 38, Trot

KHSAA Football Playoffs Friday's Quarterfinal Scores Class 6A Lou. Trinity 64, Madison Central 27 Ryle 28, Frederick Douglass 27, OT South Warren 49, Henderson Co. 21 St. Xavier 31, Lou. Male 14 Class 5A Lou. Atherton 49, Bowling Green 21 Owensboro 41, Lou. Fairdale 7 Pulaski Co. 49, West Jessamine 14 Woodford Co. 45, Scott County 31 Class 4A Boyle Co. 49, Covington Catholic 14 Corbin 35, Highlands (KY) 21 Franklin Co. 42, North Oldham 25 Paducah-Tilghman 48, Logan Co. 27 Cla

Friday, November 21 OHSAA Division 5, Regional Championship Nelsonville-York vs. Wheelersburg, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: OHSAA Network *- must pay $9.99 to watch stream KHSAA Class 3A, Regional Championship Russell at Lloyd Memorial, 8:00 P.M. Livestream: Lloyd Memorial Hudl KHSAA Class A, Regional Championship Paris at Raceland, 7:30 P.M. Livestream: KoolTV YouTube Channel

Wheelersburg Lady Pirates softball standout Ava Estep signed a national letter-of-intent on Wednesday to play for the Maryland Terrapins. Attending the signing ceremony were: seated left to right, father Michael Estep, Ava, and mother Jennifer; standing left to right are sisters Rilee Estep and Bailee Estep. WHEELERSBURG — Anyone who knows or has heard of Wheelersburg Lady Pirates’ Ava Estep knows she is an outstanding softball player and they will sing her praises. Actually,

WHEELERSBURG — You can almost hear the late, great Olivia Newton John singing, “Let’s get physical.” Wheelersburg Pirates head coach Rob Woodward has been watching film of this week’s opponent and the one facet keeps rising to the top. “I haven’t seen every game they’ve played, but in the ones that I have been able to watch they are definitely more physical than their opponent,” said Woodward. “That’s allowed them to be at the 12-0 record that they are.” Wheelersburg and the

FLATWOODS — At the beginning of the season, coach T.J. Maynard and the Russell Red Devils had made it a goal to win the district, win the region and then get to Kroger Field. Well, they got their district title and now they're 48 minutes from accomplishing their second goal. The Red Devils will be looking to check off another box on Friday night when they square off against the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts in the Kentucky Class 3A regional championship game at Juggernaut Stadiu

By TIM STRIED Director of Media Relations COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the bracket pairings for next week’s football state semifinals. The geography of the schools involved in each region is the primary factor in determining how the regional champions will be paired in the state semifinals.   A team’s regional seed, state rank and won-lost record do not factor into the state semifinal bracket pairings.   The state championship games will

Rock Hill Redmen senior Nixon Snavely signed a national letter-of-intent on Monday to run cross country and track for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Attending the signing ceremony were: seated left to right, grandfather Danny Cox, grandmother Tammi Cox, brother Rex Snavely, Nixon, mother Lindsey Snavely, father Nick Snavely and grandmother Patty Cox; standing left to right, Rock Hill assistant coach Mike Miller, cross country head coach and track assistant Mark McFann, and track he

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