GALLIPOLIS — The defense took a stand. The Fairland Dragons’ defense held the Gallia Academy Blue Devils under 100 yards of total offense in a 26-8 Ohio Valley Conference win on Friday. Fairland (4-1, 2-0) racked up 288 total yards with 150 on the ground and quarterback Kinyon Smith was 9 of 18 passing for 138 yards with an interception. Xander Collins ran 13 times for 79 yards and a touchdown to lead the ground game. Christian Bompus was right behind with 78 yards on 18 carr

WILLOW WOOD — Short fields and takeaways were the trend on Friday night for Symmes Valley, as the Vikings scored off of three turnovers and had their other scoring drives start in opponent territory to rout the Fairfield Christian Knights 48-7. "Our offense got some short fields to work with early on and we were very efficient at taking advantage of it," said Vikings coach Ben Ferguson. "I think we were in their territory every drive and only ran 4 plays at the most on each s

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — When you have 4 of the top 13 golfers in the tournament including the best player, your chances of winning should be pretty good. For the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers, they weren’t just good. They were the best. Led by the Player of the Year Mairin Walters, Ironton won the Ohio Valley Conference Golf Tournament Friday at Esquire Golf Course. Walters shot an 81 to take medalist honors while Samiya Blackburn of Chesapeake was two shots back. Ironton had a