Football

Last season, Ohio quarterback Kurtis Rourke had the Bobcats on the cusp of winning their first Mid-American Conference crown since 1968. Then he tore a knee ligament and Ohio lost its fifth league championship game.

The Big 12 was on the endangered list again two summers ago when the only remaining conference members with national championships set off another round of realignment when they said they were switching leagues.

AP’s dream college football road trip is back, starting earlier than ever before.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The new voice that Ohio State football fans will soon be getting used to hearing on fall Saturday’s belongs to Tom Snyder, a Columbus resident who was recently chosen to take over public address duties at Ohio Stadium.

During the final season of the College Football Playoff’s four-team format, the empires will strike back.

Wilmington High School football coach Ryan Evans is working with athletic trainer Kelly Veidt to make sure the Hurricane does well with extreme heat this week.

The heat isn’t less on the west side of Clinton County this week but the Clinton-Massie football team may be in better shape to deal with it than other teams.

East Clinton, like every other team in the area, had to battle the heat in preparation for Friday night’s home opener against Cedarville.

Blanchester will return to the friendly confines of Barbour Memorial Field Friday night for its home opener and the end of one of the hottest stretches of practice in recent memory.

Outside of Clinton County teams, the SBAAC opened with several outstanding performances in Week 1.