The year was 1987 and Buster Howe was a senior football player with the Blue Devils and he had offers from a number of major universities trying to recruit him to their campuses, but at the time little did he know he would win an award that would change the face of Ohio football forever.
Tonight the ZHS Quarterback Club held a dinner to honor the first ever Mr. Ohio Football winner at the Zanesville Cafetorioum. Howe who still resides in Zanesville was honored by his former coach Whit...
The Muskingum Valley and Licking County All-Star Game is set for Friday, July 20th in Newark at Historic White Field. Kickoff time is 7:00 and you can listen to the game live on Z-92 beginning with pre-game coverage about 15 minutes before kickoff. The game will also re-air on WHIZ-TV on Saturday afternoon at 3:00.
In the days leading up to the all-star game, WHIZ will talk with the players and coaches of the Muskingum Valley All-Stars who are looking to make it three...
Gathering around the table and sharing a meal with loved ones is a popular holiday tradition, but there's one more ingredient added to the mix for some families - the big game.
WHIZ caught up with a group of fans celebrating Christmas Eve at Buffalo Wild Wings in Zanesville. They were dressed in different jerseys, but all four of them shared the same goal of watching the NFL playoffs unfold.
"When it first opened, it wasn't nearly as busy, and it was normally your...
Here's a look at the WHIZ Football Playoff Predictor for Region 7 after Friday's action. The new predicted standings are as follows:
1. Marion-Franklin (7-0)
2. Big Walnut (6-1)
3. Tri-Valley (6-1)
4. New Albany (5-2)
5. Beechcroft (6-1)
6. Tecumseh (5-2)
7. Zanesville (5-2)
8. Mifflin (6-1)
9. Canal Winchester (5-2)
10. Brookhaven (5-2)
Complete Region 7 Rankings will be available...
High School Volleyball
Tri-Valley 23 25 21 20
West Muskingum 25 23 25 25
West Muskingum takes its place atop the MVL Standings with a big four set win over Tri-Valley. It's the first league loss for the Scotties this season...
The Zanesville Blue Devils have survived a long offseason, complete with tragedy, illness, and injury, and are now ready for another run at the playoffs.
Coach Chad Grandstaff and his team have been thinking about 2011 ever since their 49-19 postseason loss at Marion-Franklin last year, and for many reasons.
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Rosecrans has always been the small school, and this year is no exception. But unlike past seasons, the Bishops' size may actually be to their benefit in 2011.
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After a 3-7 year, Rosecrans is primed for a run to the postseason for three main reasons:
1. The Offensive Line - A big group of guys that looks to pave the way for the likes of Hunter Lepi, Jared Dalton, and Luke Lloyd.
2. The Schedule - Games...
Many thought the Tri-Valley Scotties' playoff hopes were dead after its loss to Sheridan last year. However, that wasn't the case.
Not only did the Dawgs make the postseason; they shocked the region, knocking off two-seed New Albany in Week 11.
Yet this came as no surprise to folks in Dresden. Those fans have been expecting victory since the arrival of head coach Justin Buttermore, who, this season, looks to continues his team's recent...
(ZANESVILLE) -- The 2011 High School football season is almost underway, and the Zanesville Blue Devils couldn't be happier.
It's been a rocky offseason for ZHS. The Red, White, and Blue have been hard at work replacing 21 seniors from last year's team, on top of handling a mild Impetigo outbreak during two-a-days and the death of freshman football player Grant Hickman.
The start of the 2011 school year may prove just as rocky, as on Monday, head...
Preseason High School Football
Zanesville 13, Tri-Valley 7
(DRESDEN) -- The Zanesville Blue Devils picked up a win in their final tune up before the start of the 2011 High School football season, but not in the way the Red, White, and Blue had envisioned.
Fresh off the school's fourth trip to the OHSAA playoffs, ZHS needed two fourth-down conversions on its opening drive, the latter a nine yard run from K.J. Grimmet that broke a...
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