The Era of the Ironmen, Wheeling’s Semi-Pro Football TeamRich Wooding December 29, 2020It was a chance encounter. A Columbus, OH attorney who had just launched a mid-west semi-professional football league came to...
Sunday Flag Football Competitive in WheelingSteve Novotney October 25, 2016There is more than meets the eye when it comes to everything involved with the two flag football leagues in...
CCHS Homecoming: We Are All In To WinLexie E. Kosanovich October 1, 2016As author JK Rowling said, “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”...
Ohio County Schools: Part 3 – Football & T.W.B.A.ISteve Novotney August 6, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent,...
New Book & Film Tackle NFL Issue Head-OnBill Hanna December 22, 2015CTE The acronym stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the term didn’t even exist before 2002, when Dr. Bennet Omalu...
Boogie: ‘Now I’ll Just Remember Saturday’Steve Novotney December 9, 2015If you have enjoyed our Championship coverage and want to keep reading more positive stories about Wheeling, WV, be sure...
Wilkinson Ready to Lead ‘Family’ in Title TiltSteve Novotney December 2, 2015Avoiding crazy in lieu of normal is the goal this week, although the probability of that happening is ever so...
Ohio Valley Pride: Then and NowMatt DiLorenzo December 1, 2015Having grown up in Wheeling, there are countless memories I continue to cherish. One that stands out in my mind...
Nardone: “But then T.W.B.A.I. took over.”Steve Novotney November 29, 2015T.W.B.A.I. Team. Win. Brotherhood. All. In. “It’s a way of life,” insisted Mark Nardone, the assistant athletics director at Wheeling...
Are You Ready For Some (Injury-Free) Football?Justin Kiger August 27, 2015Go ahead. Sing it to yourself. We all hear it in our heads — that familiar Monday Night Football tune....
Young Approach To Coaching Defines CCHS FootballSteve Novotney August 15, 2015Mike Young packs a lunch. Turkey on wheat. An apple. A couple of energy bars. And one low-fat, sugar-free brownie....
Johnson Finding His Seam after Lost SeasonSteve Novotney June 13, 2015They are like tunnels with lights at the end of them, and those pathways guide Savion Johnson to more yardage,...
