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.
JAY COUNTY
Jay runs streak to 25
DECATUR - Hot shooting from long distance can really open up the floor.
SPORTS
Goals lofty for JC tankers
The Jay County High School boys swim team has set the bar awfully high.
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
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
Jay Co. battles to 2-0
DECATUR - For a group of players without much varsity experience, not much seems to rattle the Patriots.
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.
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
Stars short on experience
Ryan Biegel knew his team would be short on varsity experience, just not quite as short as they are.
SPORTS
Patriots crush SA
Jay County seems to just keep getting better and better. The Starfires are just struggling.
SPORTS
Patriots are golden
The Jay County High School boys basketball team has put up at least 13 wins in eight straight seasons. But with just one full-time varsity player back this year, there was some question as to how good the 2009-10 version could be. With each game, the Patriots are erasing those doubts.
JAY COUNTY
Records, state in reach
The Jay County High School gymnastics team had an odd 2008-09 season.
OPINION
Driving everyone a little crazy
The e-mail conversation had turned to cars, particularly nostalgia about cars from the late 1950s and early 1960s, the era of fins and flash.
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
Rebels knock off Jay
MUNCIE - Most of the time, the team that controls the tempo will also end up with the victory. In the second half Friday night, that was the Rebels.
SPORTS
Jay knocks off Eagles
In the first minute of his match, Matt Segraves was staring at the ceiling.
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.
SPORTS
Headed to the Classic
The winter break from school has often also been a break for the Jay County High School girls basketball team.
SPORTS
Runners-up at Hall
NEW CASTLE - All season only the elite from the state have been able to beat the Patriots.
SPORTS
Kenney leads sports stories
It has been a tradition and the end of each year for The Commercial Review to recap the top 10 local news stories from the previous 365 days.
SPORTS
Fort clobbers Tigers
FORT RECOVERY - The Indians had a little lull in the second half Friday.
JAY COUNTY
JC girls edge Bulldogs
How evenly-matched are the Patriots and Bulldogs? Just one hundredth of a second separated them.
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.
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.
SPORTS
FR tops Cavs
FORT RECOVERY - A frantic pace created plenty of turnovers and didn't allow either team to get into much of an offensive rhythm. But Coldwater had a much more difficult time finding the basket than the Indians.
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.
NEWS
Football candidate is selected
The Patriots are turning to one of their own to lead their football program.
SPORTS
Record in reach
FORT RECOVERY - A day before Valentine's Day in 2009, Greg Kahlig hit a milestone in the game he loves. Becoming the first player in Fort Recovery High School boys basketball history to reach the 1,000-point mark, he presented the game ball to his parents when play was stopped to honor his achievement.
FORT RECOVERY
Perfect in MAC
FORT RECOVERY - Earlier this week, Greg Kahlig said his goal for Friday night was simply to win the game. If the senior got the 29 points he needed to claim the school's scoring record it would be "icing on the cake."
JAY COUNTY
JC blasts Indians
By the time Anderson made their first field goal, Kassi Hemmelgarn had already assisted on five for the Patriots.
SPORTS
Eight Patriots advance
The Patriots and Starfires walked away with just one champion combined. But both will have plenty of chances at future tournament success.
JAY COUNTY
PHHS edges Jay Co.
Pendleton Heights lived by the three and died by the three. In the end, it paid off.
SPORTS
Back-to-back champs
The Patriots' first Olympic Athletic Conference championship was in doubt until the final race. In winning their second, they left no doubt.
SOUTH ADAMS
Hudson breaks record
Mary Hudson said if she got the call Sunday to inform her she had earned a state berth she would be "the happiest person in the world."
SPORTS
Patriots top Delta
The Patriots put up their best score of the season Monday. And one of their leaders is closing in on the best vault score in team history.
SOUTH ADAMS
Four from JCHS advance
Champions are nice. Advancing to the next level of the tournament is the ultimate goal.
JAY COUNTY
Soph heads to state
Mary Hudson hoped someday to make it to the state meet. She just never expected the dream to come true so soon.
JAY COUNTY
Jay Co. ousted in 2OT
The Patriots were just seconds away from an enormous sectional win in regulation. And then they were also just a hoop away from finishing the game in a heart-pounding overtime.
JAY COUNTY
A contrast in styles
The Giants and Patriots are a contrast in styles, a classic case of the unstoppable force against the immovable object.
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