Its been a rough three years in McConnelsville. The county seat of Morgan County has seen their beloved Raiders go from having success to having struggles, but things may be turning around down the river as JT Raymond reports in our two-a-day team preview. [Click the video link on the right]
Not too many people would opt to spend a day in Casey Williams' shoes. It's not that Tri-Valley's wide receiver isn't a great kid, an oustanding athlete or a good student. It's more about having to spend a day in a pair of kicks that might have everyone staring at you. Jed DeMuesy reports. [Click the video link on the right]
Football seaons has kicked off in Southeast Ohio and local teams are gearing up for their season opener which happens in less than a month. Over the next few weeks WHIZ will take an inside look at all the Muskingum Valley League schools along with Bishop Rosecrans and Zanesville in our annual two a day team previews. Underneath is the scheduled area dates for each school, so you can check out when your team will be featured.
Two a days preview schedule:
August...
WHIZ has learned that pending final school board approval, Jeremy Ketcham will be the new head football coach at West Muskingum High School. Ketcham was a three year football letterwiner at Crooksville High School, the OU graduate is entering his seventh year in the Tornado football program, serving the last five years as the offensive coordinator. The transition between departing head coach Paul Perry should be relatively smooth, considering Ketcham has overseen a majority of...
Monday afternoon at a special West Muskingum School District board meeting, the board accepted the resignation of head football and boys track coach Paul Perry. According to West Muskingum Athletic Director Daryl Satterfield, Perry has been considering a move to Florida to be closer to his children for the past few years, deciding that this year was the right time to do it. Through four seasons on the hill, Perry posted a record of 18-23, leading the Tornadoes to a playoff berth in...
There are a number of things you can do to pass the time during your summer break: get a job, sleep in, hang by the pool or go on vacation - all perfect activities for the months of June and July. However, the football team of Philo high school selected none of the above on a Thursday morning in East Zanesville. In a bid during a fundraising event for the Muskingum County Animal Shelter, the Electrics were elected to pair up with "Big Dawg Farms" to do a little landscaping.
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYONE IN PHILO HOW LONG ITS BEEN SINCE THE LAST MUSKINGUM VALLEY LEAGUE FOOTBALL TITLE CAME TO DUNCAN FALLS - 15 YEARS AGO IN 1995. FRIDAY, PHILO HIGH SCHOOL MADE A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HIRING A MAN WHO PLAYED FOR THAT 1995 ELECTRICS SQUAD AS DIRK LINCICOME WAS NAMED THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. IT WAS A BIT OF A LONG PROCESS FOLLOWING THE LEAVE OF FORMER HEAD COACH, PETE WOODS, AFTER A 3-7 SEASON IN 2009. BUT WITH SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, THE FORMER...
Division III All Ohio:
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1st Team:
DL: Drew Carpenter- Sheridan
2nd Team:
RB: Tyler Link- Granville
LB: Tyler Hardesty- Cambridge
LB: Austen Harrison- Granville
3rd Team:
P: Kody Fulkerson-Maysville
Special Mention:
Cody Wilson- Maysville
Zac Wojciechowski- Cambirdge
Laine Crawford- John Glenn
Dylan Osborn- Licking Valley
David Hettler- Granville
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2009 Division II All-Ohio
FIRST TEAM
QB-- Clay Cameron, Tri-Valley
DB-- Braily Blair, Zanesville
THIRD TEAM
DE-- Spencer McGlade, Zanesville
SPECIAL MENTION
Zanesville-- Cole Hudson, Kyle Gladden, Chris Sims, Michael Lynn, Cory Harris, Kaleb Mohler, Gary Ransom
Tri-Valley-- Adam Randall, Ty Stephens, Tyler Collopy, Casey Williams, Kodie Michael
Division 2, Region 7:
#5 Tri-Valley (9-1) at #4 Olentangy Orange (8-2)- Friday Nov. 6 at 7:30
Division 3, Region 11:
#5 Salem (8-2) at #4 Granville (9-1)- Friday Nov. 6 at 7:30
Division 4, Region 15:
#6 Zane Trace (8-2) at #3 Heath (8-2) - Saturday Nov. 7 at 7:00
#5 Coshocton (8-2) at #4 West Muskingum (9-1) - Saturday Nov. 7 at 7:00
Division 5, Region 19:
#6 Ridgewood (10-0) at #3 Minford (8-2)- Friday Nov.6 at 7...
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