After falling behind by 23 points in the first quarter to Presbyterian and its unorthodox way of playing football, the University of Dayton Flyers scored 49 unanswered points and won, 63-43, in a game UD coach Rick Chamberlin called, “Wild and woolly,” and it was much, much more than that as the Flyers won the Pioneer Football League Opener. Read more UD Football by Hal McCoy inside todays Press Pros.

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.

When Ohio State recruits five-star talent every other school wants, it’s the envy of the nation. But when it actually has to play those prospects right away, it’s an explanation for the Buckeyes’ uneven start.

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.

The University of Dayton football team took a couple of giant steps upward in scheduling Southern Illinois, the eighth-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision, and the Flyers suffered one of their all-time worst defeats, but kept their scoring streak alive. Read more UD Football by Hal McCoy inside todays 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.

With their top two rushers out, the Milton-Union Bulldogs used an efficient passing game to stay atop the Three Rivers Conference standings. Milton’s Blake Brumbaugh (pictured) hauls in a long pass from Nate Morter. Read Greg Billing every Friday night for high school football inside PressProsMagazine.

The most recent comments received on fall sports from Press Pros readers everywhere, questioning MAC football, the Friday night ‘Picks’ page, and “is anyone in Columbus actually reading?” Enjoy the latest installment of the ‘Reader Speaks’ page.

Baseball and time change, as do the voices we come to depend on to describe the action.  Too much change, for some of us, I fear.  It’s been two years since Marty left.  It seems…like light years.

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.