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Local Sports

Girard’s Pearson wins OPOY; Mooney’s Colaprete named COY

The All-Ohio football teams were announced on Tuesday for Divisions IV and V, and the area saw to receive major honors. Girard sophomore quarterback AJ Pearson was named one of the Division V Offensive Players of the Year, joining Liberty Center’s Garrison Kruse and Africentric’s Caleb ...

2025 Division IV, V All-Ohio Teams

Division IV OPSMA Division IV Ohio Offensive Players of the Year: Brayden DeVito, Shelby; Grady Kinsey, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley OPSMA Division IV Ohio Defensive Player of the Year: Cincere Johnson, Cleveland Glenville OPSMA Division IV Ohio Coach of the Year: Rob Mahaney, ...

Heartland Christian holds off Warren JFK to improve to 5-0

WARREN — It took every second of the game, but Heartland Christian earned a hard-fought road win Tuesday over Warren JFK. The Lions, who defended their various leads throughout the night, successfully did so one more time in the closing moments to leave Warren with a 58-56 victory, their ...

Rowe scores 1,000th point as Vikings best Girard

LEAVITTSBURG — While one is manning a new bench, LaBrae coach Chad Kiser and Girard coach Nick Canterino are quite familiar with each other. The two battled as coaches over the last few seasons when Canterino was at Campbell. Competing for league and district titles is a quick way to brew a ...

High School Sports Roundup from Dec. 9

SOCCER The United Soccer Coaches announced the 2025 High School Boys and Girls Soccer All-America teams, and three locals were among the top 199 players in the country. Badger senior Dax Harnett, Canfield senior Drew Snyder and Niles junior Madelyn Yost joined 110 boys and 89 girls as ...

Steelers’ Metcalf to play vs. Dolphins

PITTSBURGH — A brief hospital visit won’t keep Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf from playing next week against Miami. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Metcalf was hit in the abdomen at some point during Pittsburgh’s 27-22 victory in Baltimore on Sunday and remained behind ...