High School Football Stories

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On May 27, four days after his mother lost her battle with leukemia, Eric Starr was standing in

Hopewell-Loudon, the opponent on Saturday, is no stranger to the playoffs. By PETE MOLLICA

Some say age is nothing but a number. For Western Reserve High football coach Andy Hake, he may be

Earlier this week, I was reading our Coaches Q&A with Western Reserve’s Andy Hake when something

The Cardinals will play at YSU Friday; Ursuline will play its game at Girard. YOUNGSTOWN — For

YOUNGSTOWN — The Cardinal Mooney High football team captured another Associated Press poll title,

DIVISION I (All games at 7 p.m. Saturday) Region 1 (8) Boardman (7-3) at (1) Cle. St. Ignatius

The great debate about where Mooney and Ursuline would play their first-round playoff games has been

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Girard playoff tickets on sale

Here’s the schedule for the first round of the OHSAA football playoff pairings. Note that both

Canfield football playoff tickets on sale.

Seventeen Valley football teams have qualified for the OHSAA playoffs. Playoff game times and

The Cardinals clinched a share of the league title and a playoff berth with a 16-0 win over Poland.

BOARDMAN — The outlook was bleak for the Boardman High football team entering the fourth quarter of

CAMPBELL — Prior to Friday’s game between Struthers and Campbell Memorial High, Struthers mayor

YOUNGSTOWN — Was it the frustration from a heartbreaking loss to Mooney in week 9 or the uncertainty

NILES — Hubbard High’s defense got a big emotional lift Friday night and the Eagles made the most of

McDONALD — Practice makes perfect. McDonald High completed its second straight undefeated regular

COLUMBIANA — All Crestview High football coach Paul Cusick wanted for his 41st birthday was a win

COLUMBIANA — In the first half Columbiana lost a fumble, committed four penalties and failed to

COLUMBUS — Cardinal Mooney wasted no time in picking up where they last left the Watterson Eagles.

MINERAL RIDGE — The Mineral Ridge Rams kept their playoff hopes alive Friday night by defeating East

In 2000, a recent Ohio State computer programming graduate named Joe Eitel was working as a

When the Pavlansky family gets together for the holidays or other special events, there are hundreds

uncertainty

There’s still a lot of uncertainty for many Valley football teams with just one week remaining in

In 2006 and 2007, the Cardinal Mooney football team finished the regular season undefeated and won

A late stop gave Cardinal Mooney a 27-22 victory over its rival. By JOE SCALZO YOUNGSTOWN —

Key passes rallied the Quakers to a 24-20 win at Lakeview. CORTLAND — Friday night’s high

CAMPBELL — After being clobbered by Girard last week, 40-7, the Campbell Memorial High football team

Canton McKinley’s 28-10 win endangered the Spartans’ playoff hopes. CANTON — For the Boardman

POLAND — With starting running back Luke Wollet sitting out with an injury, E.J. Kosec and Nick

COLUMBIANA — Dan Skiba scored two touchdowns and the Mineral Ridge defense stopped a game-tying two-

WARREN — Demond Hymes had 94 yards on the ground and scored twice as Warren Harding (5-3-1) defeated

AUSTINTOWN — Propelled by two turnovers in the second quarter, the Fitch High football team

His 322 yards broke a school record as Springfield rolled to a 35-6 victory. NEW MIDDLETOWN —

On Aug. 28, as Boardman High athletic director Dave Smercansky looked out over the crowd of nearly

YOUNGSTOWN — The 51st meeting of the Ursuline-Mooney rivalry tonight will be slightly different from

In last week’s column, while shooting down the possibility of a Vindicator jinx, I casually

EAST vs. HARDING Kickoff: Today, 7:30 p.m. at Mollenkopf Stadium in Warren. Scouting report:

So, what about the playoffs? Ironically, advancing deep in the playoffs is often a money loser.

When the doors at Wilson and Rayen high schools closed, football coach Brian Shaner saw a new,

Thanks to a 26-0 victory over Canton GlenOak last Friday, the Boardman High football team made the

Thanks to a 26-0 victory over Canton GlenOak last Friday, the Boardman High football team made the

For the 10th time, P.J. Fecko will coach against Ursuline’s football team. BOARDMAN — For the

The Associated Press high school football poll remained status quo for the majority of the Valley’s

YOUNGSTOWN — A series of phone conversations between old coaching friends has led to two of Ohio’s

CLEVELAND — Wade Pruitt scored on a 51-yard run for the Mathews High football team, which dropped a