Sometimes, a player just gets in the zone. This was the case for Tyler Kytta Saturday. The Marietta High junior scored 32 points in a win over Federal Hocking at Sutton Gym. As Kytta said after the game, “I was just in the zone.” However, there’s a bit more to it than that. A player ...
BEVERLY — Fort Frye senior Luke Huffman is capable of being a game-changing player for the Cadets. The problem, according to head coach Eric Henniger, is that Huffman sometimes isn’t selfish enough. What Henniger is really saying is that Huffman is a team-first player, and often will ...
Everyone in the Mountain State continues to hold out hope a winter sports season indeed will happen. Staying on the positive side this actually will be the case means roundballs on the hardwood should start bouncing soon. I for one am more than ready to cover basketball in West Virginia, ...
Browns fans vividly remember the last time Cleveland visited the Pittsburgh Steelers for a playoff game, at least the ones who are old enough. It was January of 2003, and the Browns were playing in their first postseason since returning to the NFL in 1999. The Kelly Holcomb-quarterbacked Browns gave the Steelers all they could handle, taking a 12-point lead with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Steelers head coach Bill Cowher watched as quarterback Tommy Maddox rallied his team to a 36-33 victory, with running back Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala rushing for the game-winning ...
Andy Waddle’s been involved with football for a long time, but he’s never had to deal with anything like this. Nobody has. “It’s a strange time for sure,” said Waddle, entering his eighth season as the Marietta College head football coach. “Everything just continues to be unprecedented, no matter what you’re talking about. There’s no playbook for how to deal with what we’re going through right now. You have to be thoughtful and creative.” Last week, Marietta College’s conference, the Ohio Athletic Conference, shut down intercollegiate athletics through Jan. 1. ...
Prep coaches in the Mid-Ohio Valley aren’t leading their respective teams for the paycheck. Rather, they often coach for the love of the game, their players and the program. Nowhere was that more evident than with now ex-Parkersburg Catholic head boys basketball coach Rob Strcula. Aside from the rare occasion when he went home after an evening practice dog tired, fell asleep and didn’t return a phone call, whenever I needed something from coach Strcula he always was there to help. His impact on countless youth was large, not to mention how he was respected by his ...
