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

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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

PEDRO — The Rock Hill Redmen might have been in passing formations, but make no mistake that their game plan was to run the ball. The Redmen rushed 55 times for 359 yards as they ran past the Dayton Christian Warriors 47-28 on Friday in the first round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division 6 playoffs. Kelan Davidson ran 14 times for 128 yards and a touchdown while Brady Murrell carried 21 times for 122 yards and a score to lead the ground game. Rock Hill (7-4)

COAL GROVE — Halloween is a night full of tricks and treats. During the first half, Coal Grove was treated to plenty of big plays, but the second half was full of tricks as the Mogan Raiders rallied with 21 second half points to take the lead and end the Hornets season with a 43-22 loss on Friday night in the Ohio Division 5 playoffs. "I felt like we played pretty good football. We made some mistakes that hurt us, like the fourth down play and the bad snap to kill another dri

Friday, October 31 Regular Season Russell at Breathitt County, 7:30 P.M. Livestream:   Bluegrass Sports Nation YouTube Channel OHSAA Playoffs - First Round Amanda-Clearcreek at Portsmouth, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: Total Media Sports YouTube Channel Dayton Christian at Rock Hill, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: RH Redmen Live YouTube Channel McConnelsville Morgan at Coal Grove, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: Coal Grove Tech Lab YouTube Channel Trimble at South Gallia, 7:00 P.M. Livestream: Total Me

We're back with a special week 11 pick 'em for Bella due to her suffering some major neck pain during week 4 of the season and skipped out on picking. But here we are with her final pick 'em of the 2025 season - well, with the exception of the state championship week. She went 3-2 on her picks last week, making her overall record of 24-21 this season. All season long, we'll been celebrating her 10th birthday along with her third season of picking high school football games

Southern Ohio Conference 2025 All-SOC 1 Boys Soccer Team First Team Christian Copen, Valley Sr. Jaxsyn Bender, Valley Jr. Hunter Sparks, Valley Jr. Nick Queen, Valley Jr. Carson Lyons, St. Joseph Sr. Jack Whaley, St. Joseph  Jr. Beckham Waginger, St. Joseph   So. Billy Miller, Portsmouth Clay  Sr. Evan Rider, Portsmouth Clay So. Tyler McQuithy, New Boston Jr. Riley Adkins, New Boston   Sr. Bruno Morales, Western  Jr. Second Team Jett Hall-Loftin, Valley