WHEELERSBURG — One more time for it all. The Wheelersburg Pirates will put it all on the line one final time on Saturday night when they square off with the Liberty Center Tigers in the Ohio Division 5 state championship game at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton. Both teams come into the game with loads of experience and a hard-nosed styles of play. Wheelersburg (14-0) comes into the game on the back of their defense, which has been the hallmark of this team all season long. On th

The 2025 high school football season will conclude this weekend for our day-to-day coverage area and safe to say it's been a successful one. From the hot and sunny media days of late July to the blistering cold of December, Tri-State Sports Page has been along for the ride with each of our 10 area schools. And while we focus our efforts on our day-to-day coverage area of teams, we were also able to recognize other players at schools across the area who play at a higher level

The 2025 high school football season will conclude this weekend for our day-to-day coverage area and safe to say it's been a successful one. From the hot and sunny media days of late July to the blistering cold of December, Tri-State Sports Page has been along for the ride with each of our 10 area schools. To put a final exclamation point on the season, here is our own all-area team aptly named Bella's All-Gridiron Team. All selections are of our day-to-day coverage area team

The 2025 high school football season will conclude this weekend for our day-to-day coverage area and safe to say it's been a successful one. From the hot and sunny media days of late July to the blistering cold of December, Tri-State Sports Page has been along for the ride with each of our 10 area schools. To put a final exclamation point on the season, here is our own all-area team aptly named Bella's All-Gridiron Team. All selections are of our day-to-day coverage area team

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

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

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

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

Week 10 might mean the end of the regular season to most teams, but it’s rivalry week for most area teams. The schedule makers have set up the final week to match traditional rivals to make for a more interesting and exciting finish regardless of the type of season a team has experienced. The lineup this week has the Portsmouth Trojans (6-3) at the Ironton Fighting Tigers (8-1), Coal Grove Hornets (7-2) at Rock Hill Redmen (6-3), Fairland Dragons (3-6) at Chesapeake Panthers

We're down to the final 48 minutes of the high school football regular season. And coming into the week 10 games, area teams are still jockeying for playoff position. And believe us when we say it's going to be a wild finish for some teams. Now some teams have already punched their ticket into postseason play. Division 5 teams such as Ironton and Wheelersburg have already clinched a top 4 finish. But teams such as Coal Grove, Portsmouth and Valley should make the playoffs, bu

WILLOW WOOD — There's no first place on the line, but there's plenty more at stake. With only an outside chance of a share of the Southern Ohio Conference title going to the winner, there's plenty more awaiting the victor of the Symmes Valley VIkings and Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans game on Friday night. Both teams are 7-1 on the season and 2-1 in the SOC. Both teams lost to unbeaten Beaver Eastern over the past two weeks. The only chance to share the title is to win and hope

With just three weeks remaining in the 2025 football regular season, it’s time to start talking postseason.    And with that in mind,...

With just three weeks remaining in the 2025 football regular season, it’s time to start talking postseason.    And with that in mind,...

WILLOW WOOD — Let’s just call this the Kit Kat bar game. The Symmes Valley Vikings visit the Beaver Eastern Eagles  Friday in a battle...

WHEELERSBURG — .“We don’t like them and they don’t like us.” Ah, the sweet sound of a rivalry. That’s the sentiment between Southeast...

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JACKSON — When Jackson Ironmen head coach Andy Hall looks to circle the Wheelersburg Pirates key players they must stop, he circles more...

WHEELERSBURG — Haven’t I seen you somewhere before? Oh, that’s right. Last season in Cincinnati. I was hoping to never see you again....