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...

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

FLATWOODS — The wait is over f or everyone across the states of Kentucky and Ohio, as Friday night football makes its return. And with...

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DIVISION V, REGION 19 PLAYOFFS - FINAL ROUND (14) Wheelersburg "Pirates" at (1) Ironton "Fighting Tigers" Date: Friday, November 22nd...

DIVISION V, REGION 19 PLAYOFFS - SEMIFINAL ROUND (4) Harvest Prep "Warriors" at (1) Ironton "Fighting Tigers" Date: Friday, November 15th...

DIVISION VI, REGION 24 PLAYOFFS - QUARTERFINAL ROUND (2) Country Day "Nighthawks" at (7) Rock Hill "Redmen" Date: Friday, November 8th...