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...
Two area football teams that battled each other in a scrimmage Friday night, have been busy this week battling the spread of skin infections in their players.
Thursday Tri-Valley was notified one of their football players contracted MRSA. And since last week 20 Zanesville players have come down with impetigo.
“It can start looking just like anything. It kind of takes advantage of an open wound and it'll kind of get a red, sore crust with pus, it starts to ooze,...
Local bars are preparing for the big OSU vs. Michigan game on Saturday.
The public will have plenty of options on places to go to watch the game. The Barn in Zanesville is luring customers in by decking out its menu Buckeye style.
"We've got an entire Ohio State menu, some wonderful drink specials, it's the place to be to watch the Buckeyes, it's tradition, people have been coming here for years and years and years," said Manager of the Barn Dustin Steed...
High School Football Standings (Thru Week 7)
Muskingum Valley League
Sheridan 5-0 7-0
Tri-Valley 5-0 6-1
John Glenn 4-2 4-3
Crooksville ...
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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