There's always stiff competition in west-central Ohio, but considering all...Coldwater's Chip Otten finishes ahead of the pack as 2024's Press Pros area Coach of The Year in football.....

The 'Divine' recovery...Coldwater's Noah Welsch (bottom, center) recovers this third quarter fumble that sealed the Cavaliers' eighth state title in football...a 31-7 decision over Kirtland. Read more about the play, the game, and what the Cavaliers believed was 'Divine' intervention.

Scoring, impressing, in every manner conceivable, Marion Local showed Jerome Hillsdale, and the state, what all the fuss over 64 straight wins, 15 state titles, and four in a row - was about.

Across the miles, across the divisions, a powerhouse from Northeast Ohio knows that should it reach Canton on the final weekend of the high school football season, there will be a Midwest Athletic Conference foe waiting (Kirtland vs. Marion Local, above, in 2022). Bruce Hooley writes for Press Pros.