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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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Cheerleaders Claim State Contest

Cheerleaders Claim State Contest

The Shamrock Cheerleaders competed in the Ohio High School Cheerleading Coaches Association contest in Upper Arlington Sunday. The Varsity squad claimed the crown for Best in State for Game Day Competition.

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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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Playoff Games for November 7

Playoff Games for November 7

Eastern Ohio football team scores from week two of the state playoffs. Barnesville and Steubenville Big Red move on while the season ends for Caldwell, St. Clairsville and Union Local.

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Will Fourth Time be the Charm?

Will Fourth Time be the Charm?

Borrowing from the ancient idiom “Third Time’s a Charm”, Shamrock Nation hopes a trip to Wheelersburg Friday night will result in a victory for the hometown team in the Division V Region 19 semi-final playoff game.   In the previous three matchups which were won by the Pirates, the games were at home or at […]

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