(L-R) Adena students Jarrett Garrison, Dylan Gallaugher, Brandon Smith, and Emmitt Cunningham, along with several other students, rush the track and dance as they wait out a lightning delay against Washington Courthouse during the first home football game on Sept. 15, 2019. Adena would defeat Washington Courthouse 39-18 at Frankfort, Ohio.
Before their playoff game against Grandview Heights, Paint Valley’s Quintin Daniel, left, and Caden Smith hold hands as they take a moment to contemplate the meaning of the school’s first playoff game since 2015 inside the Chillicothe High School locker on Friday, November 2, 2018.
Waverly’s Payton Shoemaker has a moment with coach Daniel Sand during the game’s first lightning delay of the evening against Wheelersburg with 3:19 left in the first quarter.
Malique Davis hugs coach Pete Hollon after defeating Southeastern Friday night 35-27.
Waverly football seniors, left to right, Cobe Marquez, Ethan Brooker, and Macayne Bock await the results of the coin toss before their game against Wheelersburg on October 5, 2018, in Waverly, Ohio.
Senior Jordan Waller, right, and Coach Nate Mettler get themselves geared up for the highly-anticipated game against Piketon and one of the last games of the season.
On the day the Unioto football players had to turn in all their gear at the end of the football season, Sophomore Left Tackle Dalton Ford kisses the locker that he is planning on claiming the next year.
At the end of practice, Zane Trace fullback Camden Farley gets a drink before he gets his head looked at. “The lining in my practice helmet really digs into my head sometimes causing it to bleed,” said Farley.
Even though the Southeastern Panthers fell to Coal Grove's Dawson Bryant in the Division VI, Region 23 regional semifinal, Anna Evans congratulates boyfriend senior defensive back Dalton Chaffin after the game Saturday night.
Lilly Barnhart and Brylee Netter play in the water as their dads, Unioto High School Football coaches, work with the team during a Wednesday practice.
Several Unioto football players walk through the tunnel under the road that leads to their practice football field. Since it is grass covered, they do not practice on the playing field because they do not want to wear it out.
Miami University defensive back Brison Burris (#35) intercepts the ball and Ohio University wide receiver Sebastian Smith (#6) prevents a pick six. Ohio University would go on to win 34 to 3 during their homecoming game in Athens, Ohio.
Harrison Heim, a freshman from Southeastern Louisiana University, gets ready to kick the ball during the third quarter while playing against Ohio University.
An Ohio University grad student (name refused) joins a protest outside the first home football game of the 2015 season. Many graduate students wanted to make their voices heard concerning the low pay many get for their GA positions compared to other colleges and the large student fee grad students must pay that mostly goes towards sporting events that are rarely attended by them.
On October 10, 2015, Miami University tight end Nate Baker (#44) protects Miami University quarterback Gus Rugland (#14) from Ohio University defensive lineman Kurt Laseak (#99). Ohio University would go on to win 34 to 3 during their homecoming game in Athens, Ohio.
Williamstown, W.Va. resident Lora Eddy, mother of senior quarterback Blake Eddy, congratulates each and every player with a kiss after the Yellowjacket’s win over the Tigers on September 11, 2015, in Marietta, Ohio. Here she kisses tailback Austin Raines. “Win or lose, I make it a point to always congratulate the players,” said Ms. Eddy. “They are all champions!”
Beating some of their toughest opponents like Zane Trace and Piketon, the Unioto football team proved that strong leadership and a close bond would carry them into the playoffs and would end the 2017 season with a successful 8-3 record. “We all came in everyday and worked hard as a team,” said senior Dalton Poole. “I want someone playing with me that has passion and effort for this game…I think a lot of us had that this year and that’s why we were so successful.”
Junior Quarterback Nehemiah Felts prepares to catch the ball during the pre-game warm up before Unioto’s last home game against Piketon for the season. They defeated Piketon 28-12.
Ohio University wide receiver Papi White signals to the crowd that OU is number one after making the first touchdown during the first quarter during their homecoming game against Akron.
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