IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The saying is, "you don't come into someone's house and rearrange the furniture." That's why Trevon Pendleton walks a precarious tightrope of tradition and change as the first-year head football coach at Ironton High School. Ironton football isn't just another house. It's the royal palace of high school football in southeastern Ohio. Some teams might be better than the Fighting Tigers, now, but none features the tradition.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Much had been made about the possible demise of Ironton High School football after the Fighting Tigers began the season 1-3, including 0-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
IRONTON - Much had been made about the possible demise of Ironton High School football after the Fighting Tigers began the season 1-3, including 0-1 in the Ohio Valley Conference.
HUNTINGTON - When the Ironton Fighting Tigers had the football last week, it was productive, as they put up 21 points on 31 plays.
IRONTON - One game does not a season make and Ironton High School's football team is thankful for that.
The Fighting Tigers are coming off a 48-3 season-opening loss to Wheelersburg on Saturday and hope to even their record Friday when they entertain Russell (0-1). The Russell Red Devils are not on par with the Wheelersburg Pirates, who now have beaten Ironton in five consecutive years, but Russell owns a streak of its own.
IRONTON - Ironton High School is aiming for its third consecutive Ohio Valley Conference football championship, but the Fighting Tigers want more than just league bragging rights this season.
IRONTON - Garrett Carrico doesn't mind sharing.
The 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior running back at Ironton High School likely will carry the football plenty as the Fighting Tigers' featured back, but he figures to have more help than he did last year when he rushed for a team-high 923 yards and 14 touchdowns on 139 carries.
Molina siblings kicking at Cabell Midland High School have been about as common as big crowds showing up for Knights football games.
IRONTON - Ironton High School football players and coaches are pleased to be in Pleasant company. Tight end/linebacker Jaxon Pleasant is one of the leaders of a talented group of Fighting Tigers.
