More than just smoke…there’s fire behind the Tipp Red Devils as they won their fifth consecutive game Thursday, a 30-0 shutout of visiting Xenia. Read about them, and the game, in today’s Press Pros feature.

Week 6 sees conference play in full bloom, some suspect matchups, and a couple of telling contests that will no doubt answer the question…contender, or pretender? Enjoy this week’s Friday Night ‘Picks’ on Press Pros.

The surge of its popularity is undeniable.  Area high school volleyball is taking its place as an alternative fan favorite on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and it checks a lot of boxes for the fact of the numbers of girls who now play.

They’ve become so spoiled by success that a mere win is no longer good enough.  The ‘fans’ weren’t happy with 41-20 over Tulsa, because of too many yards given up, and too many questions yet to be answered. Read this week’s Monday observations on Press Pros.

Fifty years after actually playing in the best damned band in the land, I’m often asked now by people if it isn’t better than it was when I was a member.  My stock answer is…time, and change has surely shown.

Their loss to Oregon was stunning (below), and not just for the fact of losing to an underdog.  The perennial expectation for Ohio State football could suddenly be in jeopardy after Saturday’s hiccup.  And, was it just a hiccup? Some commentary in Monday’s Press Pros.

The offense was hit and miss before Zade Shank scored on this sixty yard strike before halftime. But Arcanum’s defense rose to the occasion in the second half to help claim a physical win for the undefeated Trojans on Thursday night television. Read about the game in today’s Press Pros.

It was written as a score for a prison movie 65 years ago, and Bobby Hatfield’s recording of it still stops people in their tracks. What you don’t know about ‘Unchained Melody’.

Not the biggest Brian Kelly fan, but you support a little humor in interviews?  Which is exactly what he did on ABC following Notre Dame’s win over Florida State. Or did you take it with a ‘woke’ perspective? And exactly what did you find wrong with CJ Stroud’s Buckeye debut? We’d like to know.

Curiosity and local enthusiasm was high in Washington County Saturday as the hometown Fort Frye Cadets hosted the MAC, and gave them a warm welcome of memorable proportion.

He’s not your average three-sport MAC athlete…because he doesn’t play basketball.  But he does what he likes, and he does it well.  And don’t ever bet your lunch money with Landon Henry in a bowling alley.

Versailles running back Jack Osborne had his biggest night of ‘Tigerball’ with 200 yards on just 7 carries, and three touchdowns in the Tigers’ impressive 48-7 road win Friday at Fort Loramie. Read about the game in Saturday’s Press Pros.