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.
FORT RECOVERY
MAC back-to-back
FORT RECOVERY - There were some things Brent Niekamp would have liked to see his team do better. And there were some missed opportunities. But Midwest Athletic Conference wins are far from easy, and he was thrilled his Indians got another one Friday night.
JAY COUNTY
Jay wins OAC
Coming off of an undefeated season, even one loss may seem like a let-down. But the Patriots are in the midst of another succesful year, and they marked it with a championship Monday.
JAY COUNTY
Huge 1st keys Jay
A week later, the Patriots were the team that ran out to a massive early lead.
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.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Indians are versatile group
Not knowing what the lineup is going to look like as the season nears is not rare.
JAY COUNTY
JCHS perfect at home
Although their stay was brief, the Patriots did everything they could at Portland Golf Club.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Hoping to kick back to .500
The 2008 season was a struggle for the Jay County girls soccer program.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Experience key for Stars
The South Adams football team lost six games last season. That number was better than any year since 2001, but there were chances to improve on it much further.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
SAHS continuing to build
For the South Adams High School volleyball team, the 2008 season was anything but easy. Still, second-year coach Ashley Buckingham is looking at the upcoming year with optimism.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Trio leads Jay Co. girls
Most teams would be thrilled to have one sectional-championship caliber runner. Jay County boasts three.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
Off-season filled with change
It has been an off-season of change for the Jay County High School football team.
2009 FALL PREVIEW
SA runners mix experience, youth
The South Adams High School cross country teams seem to have the mix any coach would be excited about.
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
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
Jay tops visiting AH
The Patriots are hoping Monday's results can be the start of a good run.
SPORTS
Reynard DQ'd
INDIANAPOLIS - Brandon Reynard was the first runner across the finish line in the 300-meter hurdles. But he will not be competing in the state finals.
SPORTS
Just 1 more hurdle
Brandon Reynard deserved to run in the state finals. Of that, there can be no doubt.
SPORTS
Murphy fourth in regional
INDIANAPOLIS - As a freshman, Maria Murphy was just hoping to get to the regional meet.
JAY COUNTY
Giants oust JCHS
MARION - Facing an undefeated team on its home court with a trip to the sectional championship on the line did not bode well for the Patriots.
SPORTS
1st after 25 years
From the moment Tevan Nichols crossed the finish line to win the meet-opening 4x800-meter relay to the moment Joe Rasmussen crossed again to win the meet-ending 4x400 relay, the Patriots were in control.
JAY COUNTY
2nd in Olympic
Not too long ago the Patriots went nearly two weeks without playing a game, then dropped a double-header to Northrop and were staring at a 4-8 record. Now they've won six in a row and are the conference runners-up.
SPORTS
McMillan is 100 favorite
Jordan McMillan was worried she wouldn't hold on to win the sectional championship in the 100-meter dash.
SPORTS
Tribe baseball goes hitless
MINSTER, Ohio - The hope was that the Indians had saved their offense for the tournament game. It still was not there.
SPORTS
FR softball suffers 1-0 loss
NEW BREMEN, Ohio - The Indians tallied twice as many hits as they did the last time they faced Michelle Stout. The result remained the same.
SPORTS
Snyder, Wenning lead win over 'Cats
NEW BREMEN, Ohio - The Indians know the importance of timing.
FORT RECOVERY
Kahlig strikes out 16
MINSTER, Ohio - Greg Kahlig has been the Indians' workhouse for two district final trips.
SPORTS
New leader for JC girls
"In the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, he's considered one of the top young minds in the game," said Ted Habegger.
SPORTS
Five-run first foils the Fort
FORT RECOVERY - Over the final six innings, the MAC rivals played fairly even. It was the first one that killed the Tribe.
SPORTS
JC girls defeat 3
Having a couple of extra teams involved didn't do much to cut down on the Patriots' share of victories.
SPORTS
AC tops Patriots
Long after the team result was decided, Becky Muhlenkamp and Emily Huntsman were still battling. Their long night was worth it.
FORT RECOVERY
Mirror images
FORT RECOVERY - It's rare to see a team rally from a four-run deficit in the final inning. Saturday, it happened twice.
JAY COUNTY
Rebels ravaged
Laura Castillo scored three times. Pazia Speed and Brittany Mann each had two hits. Speed, Danielle Wellman and Kendra Younger drove in two runs apiece. And all of that was just in the first inning.
SPORTS
We could all use a second chance
Disbelief.That’s the best way to describe the feeling.
SPORTS
Rallying rockets
Portland split its first 14 games this season. But now that it has the Rocket rally down to a science, the team has become nearly impossible to beat.
NEWS
Fort Recovery pleased with scores
FORT RECOVERY — Scores are still tentative, but Fort Recovery school administrators are pleased with the way students performed on Ohio Achievement Assessments.
PORTLAND ROCKETS
Sluggers silenced
With the largest home crowd of the year on hand, it wasn’t difficult for the Rockets to get fired up to take the field.
NEWS
Volunteers keep show moving
All week at the Show Arena at Jay County Fairgrounds, the focus is on the 4-H members and their animals. There are scores of others, though, who help make the fair run smoothly.
SCHOOLS
Board would support a split
BERNE — South Adams Schools would support splitting its former elementary school property into multiple parcels, if it has a viable potential buyer.
NEWS
Wind farm still needs customer
Little has changed since officials from NextEra Energy met with Jay County Council in February and received a four-year extension on a tax abatement for the proposed Bluff Point Wind Farm. But local officials remain optimistic the project will come to fruition.
NEWS
Drug-testing policy proposed
FORT RECOVERY — Random drug testing for athletes could be instituted for the 2014-15 school year.
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