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

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

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland Lady Dragons got a shutout from goalkeeper McKaila Thomas as they blanked the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers 4-0 on Tuesday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. Fairland (6-3-2, 5-0-1) scored first when Yardley Gorby's free kick snuck in between the crossbar and the reach of Ironton's goal keeper just 19 seconds into the game to give the Lady Dragons all the goals they really needed. The Lady Dragons scored again less than a minute later when Maddie Co

WILLIAMSPORT — As a team, the Ironton Fighting Tigers just missed a trip to the state tournament. But golf also has a way to reward individuals and Ironton senior Asher Keyes got a special reward: A trip to the state tournament. The top two finishers qualify for the state tournament and Ironton finished third in the Division 2 district golf tournament on Wednesday. But Keyes and junior Connor Chandler of Greenfield McClain each shot a 77 over the par 72 course and earned a tr

PROCTORVILLE — Gallia Academy's Gracyn Clark eclipsed the 3,000 mark in assists while helping the Blue Angels keep their record unblemished on Tuesday as they swept the Fairland Lady Dragons 3-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference match. The Blue Angels (17-0, 9-0 OVC) went 8-0 in their non-conference schedule and lost just two sets in those matches. Knowing the hard workin the offseason has paid off thus far, coach Ashton Webb felt her team now has a chance to focus on finishing ou

PROCTORVILLE — This time Batman got help from Robin. The running duo of Landon Vance and Robert Napier combined for 227 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the South Point Pointers held off the Fairland Dragons 30-24 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. South Point (5-1, 2-0) had 218 net yards rushing as Vance — the team's leading rusher — carried 25 times for 121 yards and two scores while Napier had 11 attempts for a career-high 106 yards. Quarterback Ethan Hunt was 7

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

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

McDERMOTT — Showing steady improvement all season, the Gallia Academy Blue Devils capped off that climb by winning the Ohio Valley Conference Golf Tournament on Tuesday at the Portsmouth Elks Country Club. Led by medalist Christopher Conley, Gallia Academy posted a 318 team score to finish ahead of the second-place Fairland Dragons by 14 strokes. The Ironton Fighting Tigers were third just 4 shots behind Fairland. The Coal Grove Hornets were fourth at 376, the Rock Hill Redme

Click to check out our latest additions! PEDRO — There are a lot of ways to score in a football game. Fairland Dragons’ Kylan Blake can tell you about three of them. Blake scored a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, and a kick return touchdown to lead the Dragons to a 39-17 win over the Rock Hill Redmen on Friday in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams. Quarterback Kinyon Smith was 7 of 13 for 123 yards and 3 touchdowns. Christian Bompus rushed 18 times

PEDRO — The Fairland Dragons and Lady Dragons brought their whitewash with them. The Dragons and Lady Dragons each posted Ohio Valley Conference soccer wins on Wednesday and each team won by a shutout. The Lady Dragons blanked the Rock Hill Redwomen 1-0 while the Dragons posted a 4-0 shutout over the Redmen. Rease Rice celebrated her birthday by scoring the game’s only goal at the 53:52 mark of the second half with an assist from Maddie Conwell. Goalkeeper McKaila Thomas had

IRONTON — It was a split with identical scores as the Fairland and Ironton soccer teams met on Saturday at Tanks Memorial Stadium. In the girls’ game, the Lady Dragons blanked Ironton 2-0 as they scored a goal in each half. Fairland’s Yardley Gorby scored at the 25:20 mark of the first half with an assist from Ava Runyon to make it 1-0. Gorby had a hand — or rather a foot — in on the second goal with an assist as Laekyn Wilks scored the goal with 74:55 on the clock. The Iront

RACELAND, Ky. — If Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is back in business, the Fairland Dragons might be able to get a job doing the high wire act. They showed they have the balance for it. The Dragons used a balanced offensive attack to roll past the Tri-Cities Christian Eagles 35-6 on Friday at the Raceland Kickoff Classic. The Dragons (2-1) ran for 154 yards and threw for 124 more for 278 total yards. Quarterback Kinyon Smith was 9 of 12 passing for 124 yards and 2

PT. PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Fairland Dragons’ student section made Friday’s game at Pt. Pleasant “Space Night.” The Dragons’ celebrated by creating a lot of space on the scoreboard between them and the Big Blacks with a 33-7 win. Fairland (1-1) racked up 387 total yards including 224 on the ground while limiting Pt. Pleasant to a mere 68 total yards — none passing — and only 4 first downs. The victory also marked the initial career win for first-year head coach Ron Wooten. Fair

PROCTORVILLE — Teams can score on offense, defense and with the kicking game. All three options were used in the season opener matching the Portsmouth West Senators at the Fairland Dragons. West scored on two running plays and a punt return while Fairland scored on a run and an interception return. But it was the Senators who scored one more time than the Dragons as they got away with a thrilling 19-13 win. “The defense played lights out,” said Fairland Ron Wooten in his coac

Members of the 2025 Fairland Dragons’ football team. PROCTORVILLE — What may have been a dream has become a reality for Ron Wooten. Wooten has been a college assistant coach at three different schools including Marshall University, and he’s been an assistant coach at Fairland the past four years. But this season it is no longer a dream for Wooten to be the Dragons’ head football coach and the former Fairland player and alumnus is excited about his new position. “It’s like a l

AID — The Fairland Dragons pushed across a run in the 8th inning to edge the Symmes Valley Vikings 2-1 on Tuesday. The game was a pitching duel between the Dragons’ Josh Gillespie and Nolan Fleming and the Vikings’ Tanner Corn and Gradee Holland. Fleming went the final 2 innings to get the win as he gave up one hit. Gillespie went the first 6 innings and allowed 3 hits, one earned run with 11 strikeouts and 3 walks. Corn went 7 innings striking out 12, walked 2 and he gave u

ROCKSPRINGS — The Meigs Lady Marauders beat the Fairland Lady Dragons 10-0 in the first round of the Division 5 sectional softball tournament on Wednesday. Meigs (23-2) was led by Natalie Goode who was 3-4 with 4 runs batted in, Bella Roush was 2-3 with 2 RBI, and Brooklyn Roush 2-4 with an RBI. Fairland (3-19) had 4 hits with Yardley Gorby and Raelynn Barker-Chapman each 1-2 while Maddie Cornwell and Aubree Cyrus both 1-3. Brooklyn Roush got the win for Meigs as she struck o

FLATWOODS, Ky. — After some early scoring, both pitching staffs' for Russell and Fairland settled in and turned the game into a pitchers' duel, with the Red Devils hanging on to edge past the Dragons 3-2 on Friday night. Russell used a trio of pitchers in the game, with Jayden Frasure picking up the win in 3 innings of work. Frasure gave up 5 hits, 2 runs, struck out 3 and walked a pair. Hayden McGowan and Caleb Groves both threw 2 innings apiece and combined for 4 scoreless