The Era of the Ironmen, Wheeling’s Semi-Pro Football Team Rich Wooding December 29, 2020 It was a chance encounter. A Columbus, OH attorney who had just launched a mid-west semi-professional football league came to Wheeling, WV for a federal court matter and saw Wheeling Island Stadium. The s...
Sunday Flag Football Competitive in Wheeling Steve Novotney October 25, 2016 1 There is more than meets the eye when it comes to everything involved with the two flag football leagues in the Wheeling area, but it is easy to see that these men and even a few ladies certainly play to win ev...
CCHS Homecoming: We Are All In To Win Lexie E. Kosanovich October 1, 2016 1 As author JK Rowling said, “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” During homecoming week, Friday is always packed with fun events for students, faculty, staff and CCHS fans. Walkin...
Ohio County Schools: Part 3 – Football & T.W.B.A.I Steve 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, and the new direction of the district.) Although the red, white, and blue sti...
New Book & Film Tackle NFL Issue Head-On Bill Hanna December 22, 2015 CTE The acronym stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the term didn’t even exist before 2002, when Dr. Bennet Omalu performed an autopsy on the body of 50-year-old Mike “Iron Mike” Webster, the fo...
Boogie: ‘Now I’ll Just Remember Saturday’ Steve Novotney December 9, 2015 1 If you have enjoyed our Championship coverage and want to keep reading more positive stories about Wheeling, WV, be sure to like us on facebook here: Weelunk. Football fans in the Wheeling area knew there wa...
Wilkinson Ready to Lead ‘Family’ in Title Tilt Steve Novotney December 2, 2015 Avoiding crazy in lieu of normal is the goal this week, although the probability of that happening is ever so slight because, frankly, it is THE state championship. And it’s Capital High again, and there’s a...
Ohio Valley Pride: Then and Now Matt DiLorenzo December 1, 2015 Having grown up in Wheeling, there are countless memories I continue to cherish. One that stands out in my mind is Friday Night Lights at Wheeling Island Stadium. The game that would mark the end of summer and ...
Nardone: “But then T.W.B.A.I. took over.” Steve Novotney November 29, 2015 1 T.W.B.A.I. Team. Win. Brotherhood. All. In. “It’s a way of life,” insisted Mark Nardone, the assistant athletics director at Wheeling Park High School who was diagnosed earlier this year with amyotrophic ...
Are You Ready For Some (Injury-Free) Football? Justin Kiger August 27, 2015 Go ahead. Sing it to yourself. We all hear it in our heads -- that familiar Monday Night Football tune. It’s coming. Football is back for 2015, and, depending on where you are in life, it has different meanings...
Young Approach To Coaching Defines CCHS Football Steve Novotney August 15, 2015 Mike Young packs a lunch. Turkey on wheat. An apple. A couple of energy bars. And one low-fat, sugar-free brownie. He packs that lunch every morning before his football team’s preseason workouts because that...
Johnson Finding His Seam after Lost Season Steve Novotney June 13, 2015 1 They are like tunnels with lights at the end of them, and those pathways guide Savion Johnson to more yardage, more touchdowns, and more victories, and that’s been the case since his single-digit days of donnin...
