EAST FAIRFIELD — The Crestview Rebels football team has some unfinished business to take care of in 2025. Following a season-opening loss, the Rebels steamrolled through the competition until they dropped a heartbreaking 23-22 loss to eventual Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference champion ...

BELOIT — There are a lot of new toys with the West Branch football program for the 2025 season. The most obvious is a new field turf surface and improved lighting system being installed at Clinton Heacock Stadium. Both will be ready for the Warriors’ home opener against New Philadelphia on ...

BERLIN CENTER — Success has been the word to describe the Western Reserve football program over the past two decades. Since 2006, the Blue Devils have won 159 games (an average of more than 8.3 per season) and qualified for the playoffs 14 times. Last season, Western Reserve went 10-2 - ...

LIBERTY — For two years, Dom Prologo was out of coaching. During the fall of 2023 and 2024, Prologo often attended or watched Liberty games, in large part because his daughter worked with the program as an athletic trainer. The former Warren JFK head football coach, who led the Eagles to a ...

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana Clipper head coach Bob Spaite is “cautiously optimistic” regarding his team as they enter the 2025 high school football season. “Just like every other team and every other year, we have to stay healthy. If we stay healthy, I like our chances,” Spaite ...

LEETONIA — Coaches often use the mantra of “one day at a time.” But for the Leetonia Bears and head coach Matt Altomare, it is exactly what they are doing. Low numbers at both the high school and on the football team mean that the Bears will be one of the smallest teams in the area in ...