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
Squaws drop JC to 0-5
The struggles continued Wednesday for the Jay County High School softball team, both at the plate and in the field.
JAY COUNTY
Patriots rebound for split
The Patriots didn't allow one disastrous inning to ruin their entire day.
JAY COUNTY
Jay leaves no doubt
MUNCIE - As a light drizzle began to fall Tuesday at Muncie Southside High School, most of the athletes were heading for the shelter of their buses. Not the Patriots.
SPORTS
Fort rallies for title
ELIDA, Ohio - A season that had so much promise was going to end with a long, quiet and far-too-early bus ride back to Fort Recovery.
JAY COUNTY
JCHS earns 10th win
The journey over their four years has not always been easy. But the Patriot seniors are reaping the rewards of their career-long efforts this season.
FORT RECOVERY
Loramie holds off FR
The Indians suffered their fifth straight loss Thursday. But in the final four innings they showed offensive life for the first time in a week.
SPORTS
Fort falls short vs. MV
FORT RECOVERY - The Indians just can't seem to get what they need when they need it.
SPORTS
FR's Mattraw signs to play at Toledo
Mark Mattraw will be making the jump from the strongest small-school conference in Ohio to playing Division I football.
FORT RECOVERY
Jay track tops Tribe
Fort Recovery's Aaron Vagedes and Holly Brunswick were the big individual winners, but it was the Patriots who walked away with the team victories.
SPORTS
Patriots crush Union City
The game was so lop-sided that Lea Selvey had his players stop taking extra bases, stealing and advancing on wild pitches and passed balls in the second inning. And then he cleared his bench in the third.
SPORTS
Best in D-IV
FORT RECOVERY - Brian Patch said he felt Greg Kahlig's performance in the regional championship game proved him to be the best player in Division IV. His fellow coaches agreed.
JAY COUNTY
Seeking state gold
Half of the teams who will compete in the gymnastics state finals Saturday are regulars.
SPORTS
District do over
When New Bremen defeated Fort Recovery in the regular-season finale, the result was a three-way tie for the Midwest Athletic Conference title.
JAY COUNTY
Eagles defeat Jay Co.
The Patriots played some close matches Tuesday, but could only come up with one victory.
SPORTS
National swimmer
Perry Hull had high hopes for his senior swimming season. But as he dived into the pool in November, things were not turning out as planned.
JAY COUNTY
Jay girls top Devils
It's a bit of a broken record for the Jay County High School girls track team. But once again Tuesday, distance dominance proved the key.
JAY COUNTY
Eagles defeat Jay County
The Patriots were just a stroke off of the score they posted in their first dual meet.
JAY COUNTY
Jay rallies in game 2
Several base-running mistakes and general offensive futility had Lea Selvey fuming a couple of innings into the second game of Saturday's double-header. But his team was able to turn its luck around.
SPORTS
Jay sweeps 1st week
The weather changed dramatically from Tuesday to Thursday. But the Patriots' play remained consistent.
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
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
JC wins opener
The Jay County High School girls tennis team got off to the kind of start it was hoping for.
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
Cause for cheer
The Butler University men's basketball roster is loaded with players from Indiana.
FORT RECOVERY
Indians roll in opener
FORT RECOVERY - The Indians came out looking sharp in their season opener.
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.
SPORTS
Help from their friends
FORT RECOVERY - Midwest Athletic Conference teams and their fans usually root for each other against non-conference competition.
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.
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.
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.
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
Bittersweet sectional
VAN WERT, Ohio - Sectional championships are generally cause for elated celebration.
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.
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.
SPORTS
Season ends in OT
MARION - The Patriots put together one comeback. A second wasn't in the cards.
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
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.
SPORTS
JCHS trying to stay sharp
It's been a long month for the Jay County High School boys basketball team.
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
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.
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.
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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