WHEELING ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Athletic success and Wheeling Park are synonymous.
Park ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” the consolidation of Wheeling, Triadelphia and Warwood high schools ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” has been a major player on the local and state stage since its inception in 1976.
But the zenith of all that Patriot success may have come to ...
BELLAIRE ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Both John Magistro and Jose Davis have been spending a lot of time recently looking at YouTube.
Specifically, the former Bellaire head coach and all-state quarterback have been cuing up the videos of the Big RedsÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™ memorable 1995 season, which culminated with the schoolÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™s ...
STEUBENVILLE ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” The 1984 Big Red football team didnÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™t just raise the bar for the schoolÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™s storied athletic program. Instead, as Hall of Fame coach Reno Saccoccia pointed out recently, it is the bar.
Thirty-five seasons ago, Big Red made valley history-becoming the first area Ohio ...
CHARLESTON ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” It doesnÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™t rise to the level of the Hatfields vs. McCoys.
But, in Tyler County sports, the 1983 football season would rank up there for backyard rivalry.
ThatÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™s the season the two country schools ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥”Tyler County and Sistersville ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” played a second season game in the Super ...
MOUNDSVILLE ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” When Wheeling Central won the 2010 West Virginia Class A state football championship with a 28-14 victory against Wahama on a chilly early December evening at Wheeling Island Stadium, it marked the Maroon KnightsÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥™ eighth state crown.
Perhaps, though, the championship was ...
STEUBENVILLE ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” In the days leading up to the 1993 Ohio Division V championship game with Liberty Center, Steubenville Catholic coach Greg Bahen encouraged his seniors to have the last chapter of their story written the way they wanted it.
Mission accomplished.
On Dec. 3, 1993, the Crusaders ...