Mike Brown

This week is going to present a new experience for Tanner Ennis and his Bryan County teammates: for the first time ever they’ll be playing in an Elite Eight game in the Class A-D1 state playoffs and they’ll be practicing on Thanksgiving Day. Holiday travel plans for the Redskins and their families were placed on hold thanks to a convincing second-round 34-6 win last Friday night over Pelham to keep the magic season of firsts alive.

Mike Brown DOVER — The numbers are up and so is the optimism for the Dover varsity girls' basketball team as it prepares to open the 2023-2024 campaign.

Although it didn't end the way we wanted, it was still a great season for Mahoning Valley-area high school football teams

The Pirates will play in the OHSAA state semifinals Friday for the first time in program history.

Appalachian State players dogpile on the field after scoring the game-winning touchdown during overtime of a Nov. 18 game against James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va. - photo by Associated Press

Hosting neutral-site high school football playoff games in Ohio can be compared to putting a puzzle together, with many different pieces that have to fit just right.

The core value of Bryan County’s football team is character. That--alongside grit, determination and courage--was on display Friday night at Redskins Stadium as the Redskins held off Commerce to advance to the Final Four of the Class A-D1 state playoffs. “We beat a darned good football team but that tells you right there we’re a pretty good football team, too,” Coach Cherard Freeman said. “It was a heckuva game for us.”

Quarterback Sean Kelly Hill (13) in action for Bryan County High School. Photo by Mike Brown.

Mike Brown Sports correspondent Updated: Nov 27, 2023, 6:52 PM Published: Nov 27, 2023, 6:49 PM

Dover's girls tied up Monday's game vs. Carrollton in the fourth quarter before the Warriors' rallied to win it, 57-45.