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Football Tickets and Game Day Logistics

Football Tickets and Game Day Logistics

Tickets are now on sale online for Friday’s matchup between the Wheelersburg Pirates and the Barnesville Shamrocks. The school’s Barnesville Shamrock Athletics Facebook page also provides game day information on the parking and stadium. “We’re hitting the road for our playoff matchup at Wheelersburg this week! Let’s pack the stands and show our Shamrock pride!” […]

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Barnesville Shamrock Athletics Nov. 10 – 16

Barnesville Shamrock Athletics Nov. 10 – 16

The Shamrocks will be active this week. Winter sports programs get underway and the Varsity Football Team travels south to take on the Wheelersburg Pirates for Region 19, Division V football semi-final play Friday night.

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An Appalachian Mile in His Shoes

An Appalachian Mile in His Shoes

by Lydia Fuchs, “FFA in the USA” News Reporter, written originally on October 24, 2025 The starter’s pistol cracks, and runners surge into the first hill. Gravel crunches underfoot as Coach Mark Brown stands at the edge of the course, stopwatch in hand, steady as ever. Long before he coached his first race, though, Brown […]

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State Theater Gains Movie Screen

State Theater Gains Movie Screen

Thanks to the generosity of Barnesville State Theater’s friends at the Monroe Theater, a movie projection screen is now part of the local venue, another step towards returning movies, live events, and other activities to the century old movie house.

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