The Dayton Flyers played poorly at Butler, and paid for it with their first shutout loss in 501 games, dating back to 1976. Read about it in Saturday's Press Pros. (Photos by Julie McMaken Wright)
Steeled by the painful lessons from a two-week-old defeat, Tippecanoe reached down and found enough to rally past Piqua and end an extended streak of frustration against its MVL Miami Division rival.
It didn't take Paul Chryst's firing by Wisconsin to remind the head coach that there is pressure to win the Big Ten championship and national championship almost every season. Mark Znidar writes from this week's Tuesday press conference.
Things looking up for the Raiders...Kelby Doseck and the #5-ranked Russia Raiders played well enough at times, and particularly at the end, to run their record to 15-4 with a straight-set win over visiting Anna on Tuesday. Read about the match in Wednesday's Press Pros.
Halfway through the high school football season, there's a reality to what we're watching that few admit to publicly. That the empty seats we wrote about recently have nothing to do with the football, itself. Rather, it's the uncertainty of what lies ahead.
