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NEWTON FALLS TIGERS

By ERIC FORTUNE sports@vindy.com NEWTON FALLS To say it’s been rough at Newton Falls over the


STRUTHERS WILDCATS

By KEVIN CONNELLY kconnelly@vindy.com STRUTHERS When Struthers High School football coach Curt


CAMPBELL RED DEVILS

By Dan Hiner sports@vindy.com Campbell The 2014 Campbell football season could have been


WELLSVILLE TIGERS

By DAN HINER sports@vindy.com Wellsville Derrick Spann is entering his first season as the


EAST LIVERPOOL POTTERS

By ERIC FORTUNE sports@vindy.com EAST LIVERPOOL Never in East Liverpool coach Josh Ludwig’s


Someone needs to invent a prep football time machine

Show me a man of a certain age who says he has no regrets and I’ll show you a liar. There are


CARDINAL MOONEY CARDINALS

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN At Cardinal Mooney, it’s only a banner year if the


COLUMBIANA CLIPPERS

By TOM WILLIAMS williams@vindy.com COLUMBIANA After 20 seasons as Columbiana’s head football


POLAND BULLDOGS

By Steve Wilaj sports@vindy.com POLAND Sure, Poland lost 17 seniors from last season’s 10-2


AUSTINTOWN FITCH FALCONS

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN Austintown Fitch’s motto this fall is “All gas, no


Depth a concern for Lowellville football team

By DAN HINER sports@vindy.com Lowellville Lowellville is coming off an up-and-down season that


Liberty adjust to life after Lynn Bowden

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com LIBERTY For Chet Allen, the biggest adjustment to becoming a


URSULINE IRISH

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Ursuline coach Larry Kempe feels like his team has


MINERAL RIDGE RAMS

By Greg Gulas sports@vindy.com MINERAL RIDGE Rams head coach Jeff Whittaker fully understands


Mooney's Andrew Armstrong dealing with diabetes

Mooney's Andrew Armstrong views his diagnosis as a positive, not a negative.