Ohio State beat Maryland by 29 points Saturday afternoon, rolled up 449 yards of offense and held the Terrapins to 146. But the Buckeyes still managed to leave Ryan Day with plenty to complain about. No. 5 Ohio State overcame eight penalties, two turnovers, shaky pass protection and a handful of other mistakes to beat Maryland 45-16 on a rainy homecoming afternoon at The Shoe. The Buckeyes were also playing without receivers Brandon Inniss and Devin McCuin, offensive linemen

PROCTORVILLE — It took another great defensive effort and an early goal from freshman Rease Rice to make the difference on Monday night, as the Fairland Lady Dragons defeated the Gallia Academy Blue Angels 1-0 in battle for first place in the Ohio Valley Conference. The win gave the Lady Dragons at least a share of the conference title, something that has eluded them for. a long time. Before this season, the Lady Dragons had finished in second place the past three seasons — i

SCIOTOVILLE — Whether by land, air or defense, the Symmes Valley Vikings scored in rapid succession to blank the Sciotoville East Tartans 49-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Friday night. Symmes Valley (8-0, 3-0 SOC 1) scored all of its points in the first quarter. The scoring onslaught included 3 scores in a 30 second span. "You always worry about your teams' focus for games' like this, but I felt our kids did a great job all week of dialing in and taking care of bus

CANAL WINCHESTER — There’s an old saying that offense sells tickets, defense wins championships. If that’s true, Ironton fans may be in line for a 2-for-1 experience. The Fighting Tigers put together another strong defensive performance in a 38-0 shutout of the Harvest Prep Warriors on Friday. Ironton (7-1) has clinched first place in the Division 5 Region 19 postseason playoff ratings and will get a first-round bye in the playoffs. With the offense still scoring points, the

PORTSMOUTH — A shift in momentum in the early moments of the third quarter, and some superlative plays from some key offensive players helped the Portsmouth Trojans pull away from Rock Hill to beat the Redmen 43-35 on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. "It's nice when those breaks go your way," said Portsmouth coach Brandon Sammons. "Coming out of halftime, we had some conversations about where we were missing in the first half defensively." The Trojans saw much of the

MINFORD — The St. Joseph Flyers stayed in the Southern Ohio Conference, but they played a little higher as they faced the SOC-2 league champion Minford Falcons on Thursday. Minford showed why they were the bigger school division champions this season with a 4-1 soccer win over the Flyers. Minford (14-1-1) scored 3 minutes into the game as Colby Mullens got a goal with an assist from Gabe Turner. The Falcons didn’t score again until 20 minutes later when Tyce Cron used a pass

SOUTH POINT — In a game dominated by the running game, it might have been the kicking game that proved to be the deciding factor. The South Point Pointers used the running duo of Landon “Batman” Vance and Robert “Robin” Napier to rally in the second half and beat the Coal Grove Hornets 48-36 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday in a game full of onside kick-offs. Vance ran 11 times for 193 yards and 4 touchdowns while Napier carried 15 times for 94 yards. The Pointers

VANCEBURG — A total of seven different Russell running back combined 218 yards on the ground and five touchdowns to help the Red Devils cruise their way to a 60-6 win over the Lewis County Lions on Thursday night. After suffering two one-possession losses and a sluggish first half against Fleming County two weeks ago, Russell was aiming for a better start to this game. And for the most part, they got what they wanted. "I thought out execution started out much better compared

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LATHAM — Jerry Reed sang the song East Bound and Down in the movie Smokey and the Bandit, and it had the famous line “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.” In the case of the St. Joseph soccer team on Tuesday, the Flyers “We’re gonna score a whole lot of goals and in a short time they’ll get there.” In rapid fire execution, the Flyers were scoring goals only minutes apart as they blanked the Western Indians 15-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game. The F

Back for a fourth season — or 28 in dog years — Bella has returned for another year of high school football pick 'em, Last week was not a good one for Bella, she went 1-4 on her week 7 picks to make her overall record to 16-18 through so far. As always, the Bulldog-Cocker Spaniel mix will make her usual 5 picks of games from the area and then head back to sleep it off and wait until next week! Below you can see her official picks, plus the video of her making said picks. Her

Jeremiah Smith went to Iowa City chasing Ohio State history, and by the time he left Kinnick Stadium, he owned just about every major receiving record the Buckeyes have. But the most important moment Saturday had nothing to do with Smith, Julian Sayin, or Ohio State’s 31-14 win over No. 14 Iowa. That moment came at the end of the first quarter. Ohio State jumped ahead almost immediately when Kenyatta Jackson sacked Iowa quarterback Hank Brown and forced a fumble that Christia

CARLISLE, Ky. — Turnovers, negative plays, and untimely penalties disrupted the Fairview offense and Jayden Watkins ran wild for Nicholas County, as the Bluejackets blanked the Eagles 38-0 on a wet Friday night at Bluejacket Stadium. The Eagles moved the ball well for much of the game, as they put up 186 yards on the ground and compiled 16 first downs. But it was negative plays inside the red zone and penalties that bogged down many of their drives. The loss also overshadowed

CHESAPEAKE — The Fairland Lady Dragons and Fairland Dragons flexed their defensive muscles. The Lady Dragons posted a 1-0 shutout over the Chesapeake Lady Panthers while the Dragons blanked the Panthers 3-0 in a pair of Ohio Valley Conference games last Thursday. Fairland (7-4-2, 6-0-1) got the game’s only goal at the 51:04 mark when Rease Rice scored with an assist from Macy Auxier. Lady Dragons’ goalkeeper McKaila Thomas registered her seventh shutout of the season. Chesape

PORTSMOUTH — The main plot was the Fairland Dragons vs. the Portsmouth Trojans. However, the subplot turned out to be Fairland running back Christian Bompus vs. Portsmouth quarterback Camron Williams. Bompus had 273 yards of total offense and scored 3 touchdowns to lead the Dragons 45-33 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Trojans despite Williams’ 389 yards of total offense. Bompus ran 16 times for 153 yards and 2 touchdowns and caught 4 passes for 120 yards and a score. Wil

RACELAND — Science has proven that lightning does in fact strike twice in the same place. And on a rainy Friday night, the Hazard Bulldogs found out Jonah Arnett strikes five times in the same place. Arnett scored the first five touchdowns for Raceland and the defense completely smothered the Bulldogs, as the Rams rolled to a 56-7 win at Ram Stadium. The win was a final tune up for Raceland (4-2), as they move into district play next week when they face Fairview in Westwood.

WILLOW WOOD — A fast start by the offense and a strong finish from the defense helped the Symmes Valley Vikings knock off the Eastern Eagles 35-7 in a key Southern Ohio Conference game on Friday night. "I think on both sides of the ball and even special teams, we needed tested all around," said Vikings coach Ben Ferguson. "We needed a game where everybody needed to play four quarters and needed to execute the game plan and play in sloppy field conditions just to know when cal

IRONTON — For the Ironton Fighting Tigers, it might be better to receive than to give. Ironton had 3 receivers gain more than 100 yards led by Kayden Edwards as quarterback Wyatt Wolfe threw for 434 yards in a 37-0 rout of the Bloomington South (Indiana) Panthers on Saturday at Tanks Memorial Stadium. Wolfe was 18 of 23 passing for 434 yards and 3 touchdowns. His passing yardage benefitted from nearly half the yards coming after the catch, including Edwards who went 49 and 85

Check out our latest apparel additions! SOUTH POINT — The offense did its job, but the defense was on the job. The South Point Pointers used a strong defensive effort to shut down the Chesapeake offense and beat the Panthers 33-8 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. The Pointers are now 6-1 overall and lead the OVC at 3-0. Chesapeake falls to 2-5 and 0-3. South Point’s defense used its pressure defense to stuff the Panthers’ running, allowing a minus 7 yards

GALLIPOLIS — Just call the Rock Hill Redmen the Heartbreak Kids. A furious comeback ended with a missed extra point as the Redmen lost 28-27 to the Gallia Academy Blue Devils on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. The one-point loss comes on the heels of last week’s 8-7 loss at Cincinnati Purcell Marian. Not only that, but the Redmen lost just 39-36 at Boyd County, Ky., in the second game of the season. The Redmen (1-6, 0-3) trailed at one point 28-7 when they began the