For Lakeview coach Ron DeJulio Jr., last Friday’s 10-7 win over Springfield was special in more ways than one. For starters, the victory gave DeJulio a win in his first-ever game as the Bulldogs’ head coach. The manner in which the ‘Dogs prevailed was also “special.” Bulldogs ...

LEETONIA — The drive from Leetonia to the Northwestern Ohio village of Vanlue is a long one – nearly three hours, to be exact. So when the Leetonia high school football team set off for Vanlue last Thursday for the first game of the season, the Bears and their head coach, Matt Altomare, ...

GARRETTSVILLE — Garfield’s high-powered offense wore down the opposition, as the G-Men took care of business in a 36-14 win over Kennedy on Thursday. “It’s a good Kennedy team,” Garfield coach Mike Moser said. “I think it just got away from them a little bit tonight. We broke off ...

BERLIN CENTER — For the first time in 2025, the victory bell rang just outside the north end zone at Western Reserve. It wasn’t the prettiest, but the Blue Devils held on to beat Trinity 33-18 on Thursday for the team’s first win of the season. “Ugly wins are better than pretty ...

ST. LOUIS — Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead RBI double and Jordan Walker homered in a three-run seventh inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Thursday. Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits and a walk and struck out five in five innings. Kyle Leahy ...

PITTSBURGH — Will Howard’s NFL career will start by watching from the sideline in sweatpants. The Pittsburgh Steelers placed the rookie quarterback on injured reserve Thursday while he recovers from a hand injury suffered early on in training camp. Howard, a sixth-round pick who helped ...