Coaching debuts, backyard rivalries and a new era of Youngstown football highlight the opening week of the 2026 high school football season, which begins tonight and concludes on Saturday. Locally, five games help kick off the season tonight. A full slate of games are scheduled on Friday. ...
CAMPBELL — For much of the 80-minute match Wednesday, Campbell overwhelmed Waterloo’s defense, scoring goal after goal en route to a 7-1 win. The Red Devils’ aggression gave them their third straight victory to start the season and opened Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) play ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Over the past two seasons, shortcomings on defense have often held Youngstown State back from taking that next step and challenging for a conference title or making an FCS playoff run. Enter new defensive coordinator Ryan Riemedio. Penguins head coach Doug Phillips hired ...
PITTSBURGH — Will Howard and Drew Allar dazzled at times in their NFL preseason debuts for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The challenge for both young quarterbacks heading into a visit from the New York Jets on Friday? Doing it again. They won't lack for opportunities after coach Mike McCarthy ...
BEREA — Most observers of the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback competition have viewed this week as an opportunity for Shedeur Sanders to make his best case to be the starter on Sept. 13 at Jacksonville over Deshaun Watson. Not only did the second-year signal-caller get snaps with the ...
Up until very recently, Chad Kiser assumed he wouldn’t be the head coach of a program this upcoming season. The long-time LaBrae coach took an assistant role on the Newton Falls staff, expecting to be along for the ride. That changed when the head coaching position at Mathews opened up. ...
