Ray Cooney
Ray Cooney was elected president of The Graphic Printing Company in December 2023. He became publisher of The Commercial Review on July 1, 2020, while retaining the title of editor he has held since Dec. 1, 2014. He served managing editor from July 2013 through November 2014, assistant managing editor from November 2005 through July 2013 and sports editor from March 2001 through July 2013.
He earned the most awards of any journalist in Division III in the Hoosier State Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for four consecutive years from 2013 through 2016. His first-place honors this year were for in-depth feature, sports feature, general news photo and video.
In his career he has also won HSPA awards for sports commentary, editorial writing, use of graphics, community service, news writing under deadline pressure, sports action photo, sports feature photo, headline writing, editorial page, profile feature and multiple picture group. He had picked up nine Indiana Associated Press Media Editors awards earlier in the year, including first place for business writing, non-deadline sports story and headline writing.
Cooney was honored with the Indiana High School Athletic Association Distinguished Media Service Award in 2012, and also received the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Outstanding Baseball Media Award in 2009.
A native of Avon, Ohio, Cooney graduated from St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) in 1996 and Cleveland State University in 2000. He was the inaugural editor of The Cleveland Stater at CSU, and also worked for The Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio) and The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) before moving to Jay County.
Cooney lives in Portland with his dog, Scooter.
SPORTS
JCHS tops Tri, Lincoln
A strong start and a strong finish are almost locks for the Patriots. Now they just want to improve on the events in between.
FORT RECOVERY
Fort beats No. 4 Cavs
COLDWATER, Ohio - Three weeks ago the Fort Recovery High School boys basketball team lost to the host Cavaliers in the championship game of the Coldwater Classic. Certainly they'd like to win every game, but at they same time the Indians felt Friday night's rematch took precedence.
JAY COUNTY
JC girls edge Bulldogs
How evenly-matched are the Patriots and Bulldogs? Just one hundredth of a second separated them.
SPORTS
Jay tops Stars
BERNE — The first 20 points of Monday’s match were hotly contested.
JAY COUNTY
PHHS edges Jay Co.
Pendleton Heights lived by the three and died by the three. In the end, it paid off.
SPORTS
A senior moment
FORT RECOVERY — The teams from Delphos have been part of the Indians’ two most exciting finishes of the season.
FORT RECOVERY
Gelhaus powers FR
FORT RECOVERY — With the tournament just around the corner, the Indians are back on track.
SPORTS
Fort clobbers Tigers
FORT RECOVERY - The Indians had a little lull in the second half Friday.
SPORTS
What's the OAC answer?
On Saturday, the Jay County High School girls swim team won its second consecutive Olympic Athletic Conference championship. It will also most likely be the school's last.
SPORTS
HN tops Jay
The Patriots fell Tuesday to their main sectional rival. But, competing without their all-around leader, they proved the still belong among the tournament’s best.
SOUTH ADAMS
State swimmers
The Patriots competing in the state finals are coming into the meet from four thoroughly different angles.
JAY COUNTY
Patriots rally vs. Southside
The Patriots faced an early deficit, losing three of Thursday's first four matches by pin. But six victories in the next eight matches was enough to bring them back.
JAY COUNTY
Teagle's 250th
MUNCIE — In 13 seasons at Jay County High School, coach Craig Teagle has had his share of success.
FORT RECOVERY
Tribe tops Cards
FORT RECOVERY -Nicole Pottkotter and Chelsey Leuthold had gotten off to a bit of a slow start. Although they were averaging a combined 17 points through the Indians first three games, they were both shooting less than 35 percent from the field. The slump ended Thursday.
SPORTS
JCHS juggernaut
MUNCIE — A couple of things have been constants during the spring season.
SPORTS
Jay knocks off Eagles
In the first minute of his match, Matt Segraves was staring at the ceiling.
FORT RECOVERY
Fantastic Fort
For the Indians, it was never a question of ability. When they brought their A game, they could play with, and beat, anyone.
SPORTS
JCHS rolls to 3-0
Brad Horn's contribution Friday night came in the form of outstanding fourth-quarter defense and free-throw shooting.
SPORTS
Patriot girls dominate
The Jay County High School cross country teams host one dual meet every year. The girls team regularly dominates it.
SPORTS
Stars short on experience
Ryan Biegel knew his team would be short on varsity experience, just not quite as short as they are.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Philosophy shifts for Jay
In soccer, when a team is inexperienced, it tends to lean toward the defense in hopes of winning low-scoring games. That is the situation Jay County finds itself in this year.
JAY COUNTY
JCHS perfect at home
Although their stay was brief, the Patriots did everything they could at Portland Golf Club.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Indians are versatile group
Not knowing what the lineup is going to look like as the season nears is not rare.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Hoping to kick back to .500
The 2008 season was a struggle for the Jay County girls soccer program.
SPORTS
Streak stopped
For all but three of the wins in their impressive streak, Kirk Comer was coaching the Patriots. When the 25-game run came to an end Saturday night, he was sitting on the opposing bench.
SPORTS
JC blasts Panthers
Brock McFarland and Kegan Comer were varsity players as freshmen, and have been cemented as starters this season. Friday night the skills that earned them those distinctions were on full display.
SPORTS
Trounced on the turf
Any team with as many new faces in the starting lineup as the Patriots is going to go through some growing pains. They hope to have gotten a lot of them out of the way Friday night.
SPORTS
Jay loses 1st
The visiting Patriots scored twice. The host Patriots finished with just two shots on goal.
SPORTS
SA picks up 1st win
BERNE - One team was going to have a chance to kick-start its season Monday. The Starfires took advantage of the opportunity.
SPORTS
Goals lofty for JC tankers
The Jay County High School boys swim team has set the bar awfully high.
JAY COUNTY
Jay runs streak to 25
DECATUR - Hot shooting from long distance can really open up the floor.
JAY COUNTY
Patriots blast Bluffton
Luke Cummings wanted defense to be his team's calling card. It definitely was Tuesday.
FORT RECOVERY
Streaks fight off Fort
NAPOLEON, Ohio - No team has pushed the Blue Streaks more this season. Still, it wasn't quite enough.
SPORTS
Record unlikely to get better
Major League Baseball is past the All-Star break. And training camp for the National Football League is underway.
SPORTS
Jay tops visiting AH
The Patriots are hoping Monday's results can be the start of a good run.
SPORTS
Jay rolls in return
UNION CITY - There was some rust for the Patriots to knock off. They still rolled out to a 20-point lead at halftime.
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