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PROCTORVILLE — Get your your calculators. The Fairland Lady Dragons were putting up all kinds of numbers as they routed the Northwest Lady Mohawks 111-20 in the Division 5 district quarterfinals on Wednesday. Besides eclipsing the 100-point mark for the first time in program history, the Lady Dragons had all 13 players score and five reach double figures. Bailey Russell — the program’s all-time leading scorer — led the team with 24 points including five 3-pointers. Russell’s

PROCTORVILLE — When describing the Portsmouth Lady Trojans, they are comprised of many characteristics. But when you mesh them all together, they're an impressive team. All those characteristics were on display on Saturday night, as the Lady Trojans used a dominant second quarter to ignite their 60-40 win over the Fairland Lady Dragons and avenge their early season loss in front of a packed crowd at the Carl York Center. ""That second quarter reflected our type of girls," s

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

PROCTORVILLE — The Chesapeake Panthers finished the job. The Fairland Dragons might be looking at some unpaid overtime. The Panthers shot the ball well as they beat the cold-shooting Dragons 80-58 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Tuesday. Chesapeake was hot from the floor, making 30 of 53 attempts for 57 percent while Fairland struggled for the field by making only 16 of 56 attempts for a mere 28.7 percent, “They’re a great team. They’re a great team and they’re well coac

CHESAPEAKE — The Fairland Lady Dragons took half the day off, so to speak. The Lady Dragons built up a big lead in the first half and then turned the game over to the backups in the second half in a 63-17 Ohio Ohio Valley Conference win over the Chesapeake Lady Panthers on Monday. Bailey Russell drilled three 3-pointers and scored 11 points while Addison Godby had 6 points and Addison Cornell 5 and Fairland opened up a 22-5 first quarter lead. Sara Dillon scored all 5 points

COLUMBUS — The Fairland Lady Dragons wanted to make the game exciting for coach Jon Buchanan. Well, at least for a half before they pulled away to help their coach relax and enjoy his record breaking career victory as the Lady Dragons beat the Johnstown-Monroe Lady Johnies 68-49 on Saturday in the Harvest Prep Basketball Showcase. Buchanan now has a career record of 341-81, surpassing Nathan Speed who retired after last season with a career record of 340-111. The original rec

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

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland Lady Dragons are the most dangerous when they exit their lair. Fairland scored 60 of their 82 points in the first and third quarters as they rolled past the Warren Lady Warriors 82-39 in the Tri-State Hoops Throwdown finale on Saturday. Addison Godby scored 12 points in the first quarter while Bailey Russell hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points and Fairland burst out of the starting gate by taking a 27-11 lead. Warren made it 9-7 midway through the

PEDRO — The Rock Hill Redmen and Fairland Dragons took their Ohio Valley Conference battle Thursday into overtime as the Dragons escaped with a 62-55 win. The Dragons - who were were 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the league coming in - started out the game hot grabbing an early lead in the first part of the first period of play. But the Redmen - 4-6 and 1-3 in the OVC - scrapped in the second part of the quarter to get back within 4 points to finish the period 17-14 in favor of the

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CHESAPEAKE — Tough, physical play was the name of the game for the Chesapeake Panthers, as they controlled the paint and took control of the second half to post a 70-57 win over the Fairland Dragons in a key Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday night. "I thought we battled. I thought we made some physical, mature plays in the second half," said Chesapeake coach Steven Ater. "We were able to continue to pound it inside, play inside out." The win was a big one for Chesapeake (

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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

MARIETTA — The Fairland Lady Dragons ended the 2025 part of the season the same way they began it with an easy win. Fairland (7-2) got a lopsided win against South Point to start the season and finished up with an easy 72-29 win over the Marietta Lady Tigers on Sunday in the River City Classic at Marietta College. Addyson Cornell led the Lady Dragons with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Teagan Leep, Addison Godby and Rylee Russell all scored 9 points. Godby also had 5 rebounds, 5

PROCTORVILLE — Maybe Fransen is short for Frankenstein because Cliff Fransen had a monster game. Fransen scored a career-high 37 points, yanked down 14 rebounds and had 5 assists as the Fairland Dragons rolled to a 92-70 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Portsmouth Trojans on Monday. Fransen and Trevor Lochow combined for 14 as each made two 3-pointers and Kiyan Page had 5 points including a 3-pointer as Fairland took a 23-18 first quarter lead. Daequan Woods scored 6 point

Get 15% OFF your first order when you use the code GET15 at checkout! MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Fairland Lady Dragons may have been at the beach, but Bailey Russell was downtown. Russell was a sizzling 7 of 11 from behind the arc and made 12 of 19 from the field overall as she scored 33 points as the Lady Dragons rolled past the Ramsay Academy Rams of Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday at the Beach Ball Classic. Russell scored 9 points in the first quarter including a 3-pointer

PORTSMOUTH — Billed as a battle between two of Division 5's heavy weight contenders, both Fairland and Portsmouth slugged it out on Tuesday night with the Lady Dragons walking away with a 44-39 decision over the Lady Trojans in an Ohio Valley Conference showdown. Leading up to the game, Fairland coach Jon Buchanan prepared his Lady Dragons for a basketball game by giving them a boxing lesson. "At the end of practice yesterday, I brought out Rocky I, round 14. Where during the

2025 BATTLE OF THE 740 SCHEDULE (all games at Shawnee State University) Saturday, Dec. 13 * 11 a.m. - Meigs Eastern vs. Symmes Valley * 12:30 p.m. - Piketon vs. Northwest * 2 p.m. - Southern vs. Portsmouth * 3:30 p.m. - Columbus Africentric vs. Huntington High (W. Va.) * 5 p.m. - Fairfield vs. Valley * 6:30 p.m. - Harvest Prep vs. Chesapeake * 8 p.m. - Chillicothe vs. Fairland Sunday, Dec. 14 * 12 p.m. - Hillsboro vs. West * 1:30 p.m. - Huntington vs. Rock Hill * 3 p.

IRONTON — It seemed like double or nothing for the Fairland Lady Dragons offense. Five different players scored in double figures as the Lady Dragons rolled past the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers 90-8 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. Bailey Russell had 22 points to go with 6 rebounds and 7 assists while Isa Taliaferro notched 20 points along with 4 rebounds and 6 assists to lead Fairland (3-0, 3-0). Addyson Cornell had 15 points, Lola Donahue got 11 points, and Add