ATHENS — The Chesapeake Panthers just wouldn’t put down their guard. Using a strong defensive effort, the Panthers rolled past the Wellston Golden Rockets 65-43 in the Division 5 district semifinals at the Ohio University’s Convocation Center on Monday. Chesapeake (21-3) will now play Eastern Brown at noon Saturday in the Division 5 district finals. The Warriors defeated Zane Trace 43-39 in their semifinal game. "I thought we guarded well. Early on I don't think we rebounded

WAVERLY — The Portsmouth Lady Trojans play give and take. They give their opponents a lot of points and they take the ball with their aggressive defense. Portsmouth had 19 steals as a team, forced 23 turnovers and gave up only 9 field goals as they routed the North Adams Lady Green Devils 55-32 in the Division 6 district semifinals on Saturday at the Waverly Downtown Arena. Keke Woods pulled off the rare triple-double to pace the Lady Trojans, finishing the game with 24 point

FLATWOODS — Trailing by seven at halftime, Russell head coach Derek Cooksey challenged his team, hoping to get a response. Well he got his response and it was heard loud and clear. The Russell Red Devils roared back in the third quarter and got huge individual efforts from their cast of players to beat the Raceland Rams 57-45 on Friday night in the 63rd District Championship game at Russell High School. "So at halftime, I'll be honest, we're lucky to be down seven. You can ch