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New look for area’s two big leagues

The AAC and ITCL have expanded to three-tiered setups in most sports.

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Somewhere in the middle of a 20-minute phone call,

Bowden embraces challenge of Warren Harding

By ERIC FORTUNE sports@vindy.com LISBON After seven straight losing seasons and a 6-34 record

By KEVIN CONNELLY kconnelly@vindy.com MCDONALD Explaining what happened in last year’s first-

By RYAN BUCK sports@vindy.com VIENNA One of the unsung stories of the 2014 high school

By TOM WILLIAMS williams@vindy.com CANFIELD With five starters returning on defense and seven

By Steve Wilaj sports@vindy.com BOARDMAN After starting 0-7 last year — including a few close

By TOM WILLIAMS williams@vindy.com NORTH JACKSON Jackson-Milton head football coach Mark

By RYAN BUCK sports@vindy.com SALINEVILLE No matter his setting, new Southern football coach

By TOM WILLIAMS williams@vindy.com LISBON Armed with a quarterback who has been starting since

By STEVE RUMAN sports@vindy.com HOWLAND Howland has made the playoffs nine times since 2001,

By ERIC FORTUNE sports@vindy.com COLUMBIANA Winning and tradition have been the norms at

By STEVE RUMAN sports@vindy.com WARREN A 2014 season which started out full of hope quickly

By TOM WILLIAMS williams@vindy.com NEW MIDDLETOWN In 2014, the Springfield High School