ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Wheeling Central went nearly a quarter-of-a-century before winning its first OVAC boys’ soccer championship. It now has two in as many seasons, with both coming against Steubenville Catholic.

However, the top-seeded Maroon Knights (10-2) had an easier time this year as they continued their fine season with a dominating, 5-0, triumph over No. 2 Steubenville Catholic (7-4) Saturday afternoon on the sun-filled, but breezy artificial pitch inside Red Devil Stadium. They prevailed in a penalty kick shootout last fall.

“It was a little bit easier, but it was just as hard if you know what I mean,” Wheeling Central head coach Brian Komorowski said. “They (Steubenville Catholic) played hard. We haven’t been giving up many scoring opportunities, but today they had a couple where

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