McDonald’s bought a new scoreboard for the Harrison Youth Football fields on Campbell Road. Photo by Dick Maloney
Harrison Youth Football thrives in 61st season

 

One of the Southern Ohio Youth Football Association’s premier programs plays its home games on a lush green field nestled among trees, next to the J.B. Yeager American Legion and Whitewater Valley Elementary, along Campbell Road in Harrison.

Jim Robertson remembered for talent, talk, and love of Harrison

 

Lifelong Harrison resident and longtime city councilman James Robertson, also known as “Scoop,” passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18, at the age of 65.

Helmets up Harrison Youth Football’s second-grade white team, with pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness, on the sidelines at the organization’s field on Campbell Road. Photo by Dick Maloney
Harrison youth football standings

An update on Harrison Youth Football teams and the Southwest Ohio Youth Football Association:

Week 1 scores (Aug. 25)

Harrison Green

Cam Hering scoots around end against Mount Healthy. Harrison won the game 38-14. Sixteen minutes into a must-win game, the Wildcats trailed at home to Mount Healthy 6-3. The last 32 minutes were not close. The victory jumped Harrison from 10th to fifth in the Division II Region 8 Harbin computer ratings. The top eight teams in the region make the postseason. Photo by Sandy Minor
Cross country season ends; football plays for SWOC title

 

A wrapup of Harrison High School varsity sports results:

Cross country

Donna Kelly is 84 years old, and her 52-year-old son, Timothy Perkins, has some developmental disabilities. But, despite her age, and despite his disabilities, the two completed the Milwaukee Brewers Mini-Marathon 5K on Sept. 22. Provided photo
When you finish last, you finish first if love is guiding your feet

 

Despite being born three months early, not sitting up until he was 2 years old, not walking until he was 5, and having never spoken, 52-year-old Timothy Perkins completed his first 5K on Sept. 22 in Milwaukee. 

Since August 2015, Kyle Farfsing had attempted 203 kicks (field goals and extra points), making 189 through eight games in 2018. He is a weapon few Southwest Ohio Conference or Division II teams can match. Photo by Sandy Minor
Harrison senior reaches goals by putting best foot forward

 

Thirty-eight months ago, a 6-0, 150-pound freshman walked onto the football field at East Central High School in St. Leon, wearing the green-and-white of the visiting rivals. He stood at about the 15-yard line, waiting for the snap of the ball. His team was trailing 8-6 in the second quarter.

McDonald’s bought a new scoreboard for the Harrison Youth Football fields on Campbell Road. Photo by Dick Maloney
Helmets up Harrison Youth Football’s second-grade white team, with pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness, on the sidelines at the organization’s field on Campbell Road. Photo by Dick Maloney
Cam Hering scoots around end against Mount Healthy. Harrison won the game 38-14. Sixteen minutes into a must-win game, the Wildcats trailed at home to Mount Healthy 6-3. The last 32 minutes were not close. The victory jumped Harrison from 10th to fifth in the Division II Region 8 Harbin computer ratings. The top eight teams in the region make the postseason. Photo by Sandy Minor
Donna Kelly is 84 years old, and her 52-year-old son, Timothy Perkins, has some developmental disabilities. But, despite her age, and despite his disabilities, the two completed the Milwaukee Brewers Mini-Marathon 5K on Sept. 22. Provided photo
Since August 2015, Kyle Farfsing had attempted 203 kicks (field goals and extra points), making 189 through eight games in 2018. He is a weapon few Southwest Ohio Conference or Division II teams can match. Photo by Sandy Minor

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Reporter encourages you to visit at Coffee Peddlar

Harrison Press Staff Reporter Sydney Murray will hold office hours at the Coffee Peddlar in downtown Harrison starting Monday, Oct. 29.

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