FLATWOODS  — A lights out defense and some opportunistic plays from the Russell offense proved to be enough to help the Red Devils take down the Bourbon County Colonels 14-7 in a defensive slugfest on Friday night in the Kentucky Class AAA playoffs. Russell now advances to the regional championship game, where they will travel to Erlanger to face the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts next Friday. The two teams met in the playoffs last season with the Red Devils rallying back in the

JEROMESVILLE — So, it’s going to be that kind of a night. The Symmes Valley Vikings took the opening kickoff and move to the Hillsdale 41 in 6 plays only to throw an incomplete pass on fourth down. On the Falcons’ first play, Owen Sloan broke free up the middle and ran 59 yards for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead. And so it went for the Vikings who lost 48-7 to the top-seeded Falcons in the Region 27 Division 7 semifinals on Friday. “They’re a very good team top to bottom for sure

WHEELERSBURG - Different year.  Different round.  Different players.  Different venue.  But, still same result - now four football postseasons running. That's because, for the fourth consecutive state playoffs, the Wheelersburg Pirates put an end to the Barnesville Shamrocks' season - and this time they had the opportunity to put Barnesville to bed in the Pirates' seniors home finale.  With Wheelersburg scoring 36 of the final 42 points over the game's final 32 minutes and 16

Ohio High School Athletic Association Regional Semifinals Friday’s Football Scores ——————— Division I Region 1 Mentor 25, Can. McKinley 24 St. Edward (OH) 38, Tol. Whitmer 6 Region 2 Huber Hts. Wayne 20, Troy 14 Middletown 14, Springfield 0 Region 3 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 21, Powell Olentangy Liberty 17 Pickerington Central 17, Cols. Upper Arlington 16 Region 4 Cin. Elder 32, Cin. Princeton 30 St. Xavier (OH) 17, Cin. Moeller 13 Division II Region 5 Akr. Hoban 35, Huds

WILLOW WOOD — For coach Ben Ferguson and the Symmes Valley Vikings, they'll be sailing into uncharted waters. The Vikings will be playing the role of a heavy underdog on Friday night when they travel north to face the defending state-runner up Hillsdale Falcons in the Division 7 regional semifinals at Hillsdale Falcon Community Stadium. For the Falcons, they were a preseason favorite to return to the state championship with a possible rematch against Marion Local. But standin

WHEELERSBURG — As New York Yankee legend Yogi Berra once said, "It's deja-vu all over again." For the fourth-straight postseason, the Wheelersburg Pirates and the Barnesville Shamrocks will lock horns with a chance to advance in tournament play on Friday night at Ed Miller Stadium. Overall, this will be the fifth meeting between two programs rich in football tradition. The first ever meeting took place in 1992 with the Shamrocks winning 10-7 in an overtime thriller in the sno

FLATWOODS — The game of chess is described as a game of skill. Likewise, football is considered a game of chess. So when the Russell Red Devils and Bourbon County Colonels kick off this Friday night at Henry R. Evans Stadium, coach T.J. Maynard will be looking at this match up as a game of skill. "Number one is they got a lot skill guys everywhere that can make plays. So it's going to be imperative that we tackle well in space, make them earn everything down the field and don

Ohio Valley Conference 2025 All-OVC Football Team First Team Player, School   Pos.    Ht.  Wt. Gr. Kaden Murphy, Coal Grove   RB-DB 5-09   190 Sr. Caden Turner, Coal Grove     RB/DE 6-05   230 Sr. Josh Short, Coal Grove    OL-DL  6-01  290 Sr. Rylan Smith, Coal Grove QB-DB 6-02   155 Sr. Caiden Harris, Coal Grove     OL-DL  5-10  235 Sr. Leland McKnight, Coal Grove    WR-DB 5-08  155 Sr. Max Klaiber, Coal Grove     OL-LB  6-00   215 So.

WILLOW WOOD — Nothing seemed to slow down the Symmes Valley Vikings. Not even rain or a bye week. Coming off a first round bye, the Vikings put on another high-scoring showcase in their home finale by routing the Trimble Tomcats 41-12 on Friday night in the Ohio Division 7 regional quarterfinals at a rain-soaked Viking Stadium. Symmes Valley now moves onto the regional semifinals where they will head north to Jeromesville to face the No. 1 seed and defending state-runner up H

Ohio H.S Athletic Association Regional Quarterfinal Division I Region 1 Can. McKinley 30, Medina 7 Mentor 52, Massillon Jackson 6 St. Edward (OH) 45, Berea-Midpark 14 Tol. Whitmer 17, Perrysburg 3 Troy 23, Hilliard Bradley 22 Region 2 Huber Hts. Wayne 34, Findlay 10 Middletown 31, Lebanon 0 Springfield 21, Springboro 3 Region 3 Cols. Upper Arlington 30, Pickerington North 27 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 43, Delaware Olentangy Berlin 14 Pickerington Central 42, Groveport-Madi

Kentucky High School Athletic Association Football Playoff Scores Friday, November 7 Class 6A George Rogers Clark 33, Lex. Tates Creek 6 Hopkinsville 50, Daviess Co. 20 Lex. Bryan Station 39, Lafayette 0 Lou. Ballard 35, Campbell County (KY) 21 Lou. DuPont Manual 52, Lou. Fern Creek 13 Lou. Male 56, Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park 6 McCracken County (Paducah) 46, Central Hardin 7 Ryle 48, Lou. Eastern 0 Simon Kenton 31, Oldham County 9 Class 5A Bowling Green 42, Graves Co. 0 Collins

WHEELERSBURG — The Wheelersburg Pirates made a lasting impression on the Morgan Raiders. The first meeting ever between the two schools was Friday in the Division 5 Region 19 quarterfinals and the Pirates pulled away in the second half for a 43-3 win. Wheelersburg is now 11-0 — thanks to its 10th unbeaten regular season — and will host Barnesville next Friday in region semifinals. Morgan (7-5) went 3-and-out to start the game and then Wheelersburg drove 56 yards in 9 plays wi

2025 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Southeast Ohio All-District Football Team DIVISION 2 Special Mention: Carson Tottle, Logan ____________________ DIVISION 3 First Team Offense  QB — Owen Riley, Marietta, 6-1, 185, Sr; Bodhi Wolford, Jackson, 6-2, 195, Sr; Mason Dumpert, Hillsboro, 6-1, 180, Sr; RB — Cartae Ligon, Chillicothe, 6-1, 190, Soph; Julian Baker, Miami Trace, 6-1, 190, Jr; Logan Russell, Sheridan, 6-2, 195, Jr; Anthony Sutton, Athens, 5-9, 155, Sr; WR — Logan H

Friday, November 7 McConnelsville Morgan at Wheelersburg, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: Wheelersburg Media YouTube Channel Portsmouth at Barnesville, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: YRPtv YouTube Channel Rock Hill at Northeastern, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: Northeastern Hudl *- will require signing up and purchase to watch livestream Trimble at Symmes Valley, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: Symmes Valley YouTube Channel

FLATWOODS  — While everyone was picking Russell to win Thursday night, the Red Devils defense was picking Carroll County. Well, by picking they mean intercepting. Russell's defense came up with 3 interceptions — with 2 of those being returned for scores — to help the Red Devils roll their way to a 48-0 shutout win over the Carroll County Panthers in the opening round of the KHSAA Class 3A playoffs. Russell (9-2) advances to the region semifinals where they will face the winn

OHSAA Football Regional Quarterfinal Playoff Pairings Pairings shown with regional seed. All games on Friday, November 7, at 7 p.m., unless indicated otherwise. Division I Region 1 No. 8 Berea-Midpark (7-4) at No. 1 Lakewood St. Edward (8-2) No. 7 Massillon Jackson (6-5) at No. 2 Mentor (10-0) No. 11 Medina (4-7) at No. 3 Canton McKinley (8-2) No. 5 Perrysburg (9-2) at No. 4 Toledo Whitmer (8-2) Region 2 No. 8 Lebanon (8-3) at No. 1 Middletown (8-2) No. 7 Hilliard Bradley (6-

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JACKSON  — Big games from Eli Thomas and Miles Hollon and some critical turnovers were too much for Russell to overcome, as the Breathitt County Bobcats took down the Red Devils 35-13 in the regular season finale for both teams. Both teams no turn their attention to the playoffs next week, where Russell will host the Carroll County Panthers in the opening round of the Class 3A playoffs on Thursday. Meanwhile, Breathitt County will take on St. Henry on Friday in the Class 2A p

LANCASTER— If the Fairfield Union Falcons were attorneys, they’d be defense lawyers. The Falcons’ defense held the Heath Bulldogs to just 90 total yards in a 22-3 win on Friday in the first round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division 4 Region 17 playoffs. Heath (6-5) ran 15 times for just 26 yards and was 9 of 24 passing for 64 yards with an interception. The Falcons recovered 2 of 3 fumbles they forced. "We played well. We out-physicaled them for sure," said

Ohio H.S. Athletic Association Football Playoff Results Division I First Round Region 1 Berea-Midpark 48, Cle. Hts. 24 Massillon Jackson 24, Brunswick 17 Medina 28, Strongsville 25 Perrysburg 24, Cle. St Ignatius 17, OT Region 2 Hilliard Bradley 20, Dublin Jerome 14 Huber Hts. Wayne 36, Galloway Westland 6 Lebanon 22, Kettering Fairmont 21 Springfield 35, Marysville 6 Region 3 Cols. Upper Arlington 37, Westerville Cent. 0 Delaware Olentangy Berlin 12, Grove City 7 Groveport-M