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 ...

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 ...

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 - ...

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 ...

YOUNGSTOWN — When former Youngstown East coach Devlin Culliver took over the Golden Bears’ program at the end of 2022, he wanted to reshape the culture within the program. After two years at East, he found success both on the field and off, as the Golden Bears went 6-4 last year, their ...

NEW MIDDLETOWN — It’s been 21 seasons as an assistant coach for Adam Slopek at Springfield. That run even extends prior to former head coach Sean Guerriero’s stint leading the Tigers. But Slopek is finally getting his shot at being a head coach after Guerriero decided to step away to ...