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
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.
SPORTS
Five from JC seek state berths
Casey Kenney gave Jay County High School a state qualifier, and a state medalist, in each of the last two seasons. The only other Patriot to qualify for the state meet in the last decade was Kurtis Hess in 2005.
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.
JAY COUNTY
Jay Co. posts best score
In their final meet of the regular season, the Patriots turned in their best score of the year. They hope it is just a glimpse of what they can accomplish in the tournament.
SPORTS
JCHS trying to stay sharp
It's been a long month for the Jay County High School boys basketball team.
SPORTS
Do they believe?
FORT RECOVERY - Doug Bihn stood at the front of the bus Saturday looking at his team. He saw a bunch of sad faces.
JAY COUNTY
JCHS 2nd in sectional
MUNCIE - The Patriots will be making their eighth straight trip to the regional meet. Their chance at the seventh sectional title in school history fell away on the balance beam.
SPORTS
Season ends in OT
MARION - The Patriots put together one comeback. A second wasn't in the cards.
JAY COUNTY
Speed on Top 60 list
Hoosier Basketball Magazine's list of the 60 best senior girls basketball players in Indiana includes a Jay County Patriot.
FORT RECOVERY
Tobe giant vs. Green
WAPAKONETA, Ohio - In their first tournament game, it took a trio of Indian seniors until the fourth quarter to find their shooting touch. Craig Tobe had the hot hand from the start Tuesday night.
FORT RECOVERY
Bittersweet sectional
VAN WERT, Ohio - Sectional championships are generally cause for elated celebration.
SPORTS
Archbold tops Indians
NAPOLEON, Ohio - The lead changed hands 10 times in the fourth quarter Thursday, including four in the final two minutes. The Indians couldn't make it happen one last time.
FORT RECOVERY
Kahling breaks record in win
NEW KNOXVILLE, Ohio - Hounded throughout the opening 16 minutes Friday night, Greg Kahlig had just six points at halftime.
FORT RECOVERY
Storybook comeback
COLDWATER, Ohio - Even if the Indians turn their 2010 tournament journey into a storybook run, it's going to be difficult for them to top the first chapter.
SPORTS
Under pressure
FORT RECOVERY - As the first Fort Recovery district championship team in more than a decade arrived at the Fort Site Fieldhouse Sunday, there was a common theme: Pressure.
SPORTS
Help from their friends
FORT RECOVERY - Midwest Athletic Conference teams and their fans usually root for each other against non-conference competition.
SPORTS
FR joins the elite
KETTERING, Ohio - This time, the Indians were on the receiving end of a furious fourth-quarter rally. They watched a nine-point lead disappear in the final five minutes, leaving their season hanging in the balance in overtime.
FORT RECOVERY
Indians roll in opener
FORT RECOVERY - The Indians came out looking sharp in their season opener.
SPORTS
Cause for cheer
The Butler University men's basketball roster is loaded with players from Indiana.
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Memories of Cub Scouts
There were about a half a dozen of us in the old photograph I stumbled across the other day.
SPORTS
JC wins opener
The Jay County High School girls tennis team got off to the kind of start it was hoping for.
SPORTS
Tribe tops Russia
FORT RECOVERY - The first week of the season is a busy one for the Indians as they play five times in six days. They've spent the first two games pounding out doubles against Shelby County foes.
SPORTS
FM tops the Tribe
FORT RECOVERY - Nathan Keller stepped to the plate and blasted the first offering of the game from Zach Diceany over the "purple monster" in left field.
SPORTS
Jay sweeps 1st week
The weather changed dramatically from Tuesday to Thursday. But the Patriots' play remained consistent.
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