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

NELSONVILLE — Using the inside game or the outside game didn’t matter to the Coal Grove Lady Hornets. Coal Grove used the scoring of center Jenna Anson in the first half and relied on the outside shooting of Emma Lively in the second half to beat the Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes 52-41 on Saturday. Anson scored 14 of her 21 points in the first half and Lively 13 of her 19 points in the second half as Coal Grove improved to 8-1. “It was a two-point game at the half and we had

COAL GROVE — The Rock Hill Redmen started fast and never slowed down as they beat the Coal Grove Hornets 63-39 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. The Redmen took an 11-point lead early and stretched it to 19 points by halftime as they were never challenged the rest of the game. Kelan Davidson hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points and Barker knocked down a pair of triples in the first quarter as Rock Hill jumped in front 19-8. Carson Medinger had 6 points and Rylan Bla

COAL GROVE — The defense was at work early, which stopped anything bad from happening late. Coal Grove’s defense was able to shut down the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings’ offense in the first half as the Lady Hornets went on to post a 49-36 win on Saturday. Coal Grove (7-1) built a 15-point halftime lead and played virtually even in the second half to get the win. “I felt we were able to contain their two scoring guards in the first half by holding them to one two-point field goa

Get 15% OFF your first order when you use the code GET15 at checkout! COAL GROVE — Trailing by 15 at the half and 17 early in the third quarter, the Coal Grove Hornets showed plenty of resiliency and grit with a second half rally to beat the Saint Joseph Flyers 53-51 on Friday night. For Coal Grove coach Kevin Vanderhoof, he was elated to not only see his team be able to bounce back after a tough league loss the night before, but also battle back from a huge deficit to get a

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COAL GROVE — A mix of defense, turnovers and double digit scorers by the Coal Grove Lady Hornets proved to be the right mix needed to pick up a 41-33 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Chesapeake Lady Panthers on Friday. "I thought defensively we played really well all night. We wanted to play man-to-man because we knew they had some kids that could shoot - like right there at the end," said Coal Grove coach Nick Miller. The Lady Hornets were able to build their lead up in t

Take advantage of our Christmas Special! No coupon code needed! PORTSMOUTH — Some missed our opportunities "Overall you obviously want to win the game, but I'm pleased with our effort," said Coal Grove coach Kevin Vanderhoof. "I played about 8 guys and I was pleased with what they did." The Hornets (1-1) were led offensively by Brayden Klaiber with a team-high 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Bronson Guy had 11 points and 2 steals. Ayden Hankins chipped in 9 points in the

COLUMBUS – The Division IV and V football All-Ohio teams were announced Tuesday by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. Information used for the All-Ohio teams comes from the regular-season accomplishments and does not include playoff games. The seven districts of the OPSMA determine the all-district teams and nominate their best for the All-Ohio teams. On Wednesday, the Division II and III All-Ohio teams will be announced, followed by the Division I team on Thursday.