BELOIT — Last year, in his first year as the head coach at West Branch, Tim Cooper couldn’t have asked for a better start to his head coaching career. Despite a narrow defeat to eventual Division III state champion Canfield in their season opener, the Warriors went on to win nine straight ...

SALEM – A big question for the Salem Quakers heading into the 2023 season will be if there is life after Jackson Johnson. Johnson is the former Salem quarterback who holds almost every offensive record in the Quakers’ record book except for receiving yards and touchdowns after starting ...

COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana Clippers’ sideline featured more crutches, body casts, and medical boots than helmets and shoulder pads by the midway point of the 2022 season. At one point, head coach Bob Spaite had open tryouts for anyone who could play quarterback after his depth chart at ...

COLUMBIANA — Dominic Perry’s blood bleeds Crestview black and gold. Perry has been an assistant coach with the Rebels’ program for the vast majority of his coaching career — 27 years to be exact. So, when previous head coach Paul Cusick opted to leave after 24 years at Crestview for ...

LEETONIA — Following a very disappointing 2022 winless season, the Leetonia Bears football program needed a change. With the resignation of veteran coach John Protopapa following the conclusion of the season, the Leetonia administration decided to go in a totally new direction. The Bears ...

EAST PALESTINE — The East Palestine Bulldogs may not have shown vast improvement last year in Micheal Demster’s first season at the helm, but they are surely headed in the right direction. They knocked off Leetonia in Week 4 to snap a 16-game losing streak, lost one game by just a ...