2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association All-Southeast District Girls Basketball Teams Division 2 Second Team Ella Hinton, Logan, 5-7, Jr., 14 Special Mention Ryann Landis, Logan  Division 3 First Team Hayleigh Chidester, Marietta, 5-8, Sr., 10.2; Milee Smith, Unioto, 5-10, Sr., 23.7; Mylie Forgrave, Sheridan, 5-3, Sr., 12.0; Ella Chapman, Athens, 5-2, Sr., 11.5 Player of the Year: Milee Smith, Unioto Coach of the Year: J.D. Walters, Sheridan Second Team Keyairah Beard, U

CHILLICOTHE — Despite a third quarter rally to take the lead, a cold shooting streak in the fourth proved to be too much to overcome for the Coal Grove Lady Hornets, as they fell to the Belpre Lady Golden Eagles 38-32 in the Division 6 district semifinals on Tuesday at Southeastern High School. Coal Grove finishes the season with a record of 17-6. Belpre improved their record to 8-16 and moved onto the district finals on Saturday where they will face the Waterford Lady Wildca

IRONTON — Ironton coach Drew Stevens was worried about a letdown. What he got was a never let up. After beating Coal Grove twice in the regular season, Stevens was concerned that his team might not be as focused as it should be. Hey coach. Breathe easy. Your boys have your back. Ironton forced 13 first half turnovers and began the game with a 14-0 run en route to a 62-24 win over the Hornets in the Division 5 District quarterfinals. Ironton (20-2) led 16-4 after the first qua

COAL GROVE — This was a case of the big girls coming up big. The Coal Grove Lady Hornets called upon their two tallest players to step up against the height of the Green Lady Bobcats on Wednesday. The Lady Hornets’ Jenna Anson and Izzy Kitts did just that as Coal Grove beat the Lady Bobcats 50-39 in a non-league game. “We wanted to challenge their big girls and bring extra bodies when they got in the paint,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller.”Izzy (Kitts) and Jenna (Anson)

CHESAPEAKE — Playing good on offense and good on defense led to good results. Playing a balanced game, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets held off the Chesapeake Lady Panthers 40-37 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. “We played well on offense and defense in the first half,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller. “They came out in a zone and we moved the ball and had balanced scoring. Kendall Taylor had a good scoring second quarter with seven points.”  Coal Grove (16-5, 10

COAL GROVE — The Ironton Fighting Tigers were sputtering and going nowhere. Enter their own Energizer Bunny: Zayne Williams. The Ironton 5-foot-9 senior forward provided the needed energy to jump start the Fighting Tigers as they came to life in the fourth quarter to beat the upset-minded Coal Grove Hornets 51-34 in an Ohio Valley Conference game Saturday afternoon. The OVC co-leaders were tied with the Hornets after three quarters when Williams put a charge in his teammates.

COAL GROVE — There’s an old saying that good things come in small packages. In the case of Kaden Murphy, that package isn’t really that small and great things have been coming from it. The Coal Grove Hornets record-setting All-Ohio running back has done big things and plans to do even more after signing a letter-of-intent on Monday with the NCAA Division 2 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets. One factor that has always plagued Murphy is the size stigma. Murphy is just 5-foot-9

COAL GROVE — The Fairland Lady Dragons got all they needed to start the game. Fairland jumped out to a 30-7 first quarter lead and went on to beat the Coal Grove Lady Hornets 65-22 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday. Bailey Russell buried a pair of 3-pointers as she scored 14 while Addison Godby added 6 points as Fairland bolted to a 30-7 first quarter lead. The Lady Dragons opened up a 47-10 halftime lead as both Stella Whitley and Russell hit 3-pointers and score

IRONTON — If the Coal Grove Lady Hornets have any thoughts of being a lawyer, they’d focus on being a defense attorney. Coal Grove used a strong defense to beat the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers 37-19 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. “I thought our defense was good all night,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller. “Offensively, we didn’t convert on some good opportunities. Our offense wasn’t bad, we just didn’t make shots consistently.” Jenna Anson scored 9 points

PEDRO — The free throw attempts are free. Missing them is costly. In a game determined by free throws, the Rock Hill Redmen rallied from an early deficit to edge the Coal Grove Hornets 55-51 in an Ohio Valley Conference game Saturday afternoon. For the game, Rock Hill connected on 16 of 22 free throw attempts and Coal Grove was a mere 5 of 18. Coal Grove took a 14-3 first quarter as Caden Turner hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points while Braydon Klaiber added 4 more and Rylan

COAL GROVE — Coach Nick Miller dubbed it “The Ice Bowl.” With icy grounds postponing all other games, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets were able to beat the Rock Hill Redwomen 60-35 on Thursday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. “Both teams were a little rusty after five days with little or no practice. It got better as the game went on,” said Miller. “We got to play all of our 14 kids, which was good since there was no JV game.” Each team hit a 3-pointer to start the game and the

COAL GROVE — The Coal Grove Lady Hornets’ offense just wasn’t right. Fortunately, Jenna Anson had the right answer. Anson scored 23 points as the Lady Hornets beat the South Point Lady Pointers 38-29 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. “We got our offense back on track in the middle two quarters. We were out of sync in that first quarter,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller. South Point jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the game before Anson made back-to-back baske

COAL GROVE — Ty Reed went for a game-high 18 points, as eight different Gallia Academy players scored on the night and the Blue Devils picked up a 65-41 win over the Coal Grove Hornets in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday night. Along with Reed's game-high scoring effort, Gabe Hammons finished with 12 points. Tripp Sola had 10 and Colson Miller netted 9 to lead the Blue Devils. The Hornets got a pair of scorers to hit double figures in Bronson Guy with 15 points and

PROCTORVILLE — It took a while for Trevor Lochow and the Fairland Dragons to warm up, but once they did, they were cooking. Fairland shook off a slow start and found its shooting touch to beat the Coal Grove Hornets 65-42 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. The game was scoreless until Trevor Lochow hit a 3-pointer with 5:39 on the first quarter clock. That shot ignited a 10-0 run that finally ended on a 3-pointer by the Hornets' Bronson Guy with 1:09 left in the qu

SOUTH WEBSTER — It may have been hot early, but the Coal Grove Lady Hornets were able to a cool winter breeze called their defense that shifted the temperatures of the game. Coal Grove’s defense was focused on South Webster sisters Avary and Addi Claxon who scored 22 and 17 points, respectively. The sister started hot and South Webster took an early lead, but the Lady Hornets were able to adjust to their defense to slow down the duo to hold on for a 51-49 win. “We knew going

COAL GROVE — Despite missing two starters from their lineup, the Coal Grove Hornets built up a 20-point lead but still had to hold off a furious comeback in the final 5 minutes of the game to beat the South Point Pointers 43-37 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday night. "I knew they had three pretty good shooters," said Hornets coach Kevin Vanderhoof. "The Pope kid can shoot, so can the Hunt kid and Lewis. But being down two starters, we felt zone was our best optio

COAL GROVE — The Coal Grove Lady Hornets have been hunting for some points. They found them with their own Hunter. Palin Hunter came off the bench to score 11 points to help the Lady Hornets beat the Greenup County Lady Musketeers 47-28 on Tuesday. “Palin Hunter played a great game off the bench tonight,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller. “We’ve been looking for some offensive help and she provided that tonight.” Karlil Shore and Emma Lively scored 12 points each for Coal

IRONTON — If you’re feeding the Ironton Fighting Tigers, forget second helpings. Just go to the desserts. Ironton started fast but struggled in the second quarter again on Monday against Coal Grove, but the Fighting Tigers were able to get things going again in the second half as they beat the Hornets 67-38. “We’ve had some bad second quarters the past three games,” said Ironton coach Drew Stevens. “Spring Valley we had a bad second quarter. Wheelersburg, we had a horrible se

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PROCTORVILLE — If you take 59 shots and make 56 percent of them, you’re going to score some points. The Fairland Lady Dragons hit 33 of 39 field goal attempts as they beat the Coal Grove Lady Hornets 75-26 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. Bailey Russell hit a triple and scored 9 points in the first quarter while Kiana Miller added a trey as Fairland (8-2, 6-0) jumped in front 20-5. The lead ballooned to 48-11 at the half as Isa Taliaferro drained a pair of 3-point