The Rock Hill Redmen held Military Appreciation night on Saturday with the team wearing special uniforms courtesy of the Ohio National Guard and Staff Sargent Scott Boyd. (picture submitted) PEDRO — Plenty of offense, plenty of defense. The Rock Hill Redmen had plenty of both as they rolled past the Fairview Eagles 70-22 on Saturday. Kelan Davidson scored 25 points to lead the offense. Rylan Barker hit four 3-pointers and scored 16, Carson Medinger got 12 points and Yaden Bai

FLATWOODS — Like the Nike slogan says Just Do It. For Russell, they wanted to do what has made them successful early on this season... and they did. The Red Devils dominated in nearly all phases of the game and piled up the score to post a 96-65 win over the Greenup County Musketeers in a 64th district match-up at a packed Marvin Meredith Gymnasium on Friday night "We came out and wanted to do what we've had success with. But hats off to Greenup, they're capable of shooting t

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

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

PORTSMOUTH — In the early years of The Tonight Show, the host Johnny Carson did a bit where he was Carnac the Magnificent. On Friday, the St. Joseph Flyers own Carson — Carson Willis — was pretty magnificent himself. The Flyers’ senior center scored 26 points and had 8 rebounds as he helped spark a 64-37 rout of the Portsmouth Clay Panthers in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game. Barrett Waginger did pretty well for himself as he scored 17 points to go with 11 rebounds, 4 assis

PORTSMOUTH — It was a tight game and as a result it’s now a tight Ohio Valley Conference race. In a game that was back and forth, the Portsmouth Trojan’s Daequan Woods hit a baseline jumper as time expired to edge the Ironton Fighting Tigers 73-72. Woods sank two free throws with 50 seconds left to give the Trojans a 71-70 lead. Ironton tied the game on a free throw by Ashton Layne with 37 seconds left. Portsmouth was called for a foul on its next possession and Ironton went

FLATWOODS — A dominating performance on both end of the court by Russell helped them cruise to an 88-39 win over the Bath County Wildcats on Tuesday night in the home opener for the Red Devils. "I told the kids it was a very business-like approach," said Russell coach Derek Cooksey. "We showed a lot of maturity in their prep work this week and that's what we want to look for at this time of the year." Ryder Burgess spearheaded the offensive output for Russell. The sophomore g

WILLOW WOOD — The Symmes Valley Vikings withstood a 3-point shooting barrage from South Gallia and got a big third quarter to score a 64-47 win against the rival Rebels in a key Southern Ohio Conference game on Tuesday night. After the game, Vikings coach Alvin Carpenter breathed a sigh of relief after getting a needed win after a string of losses to tough competition. "We needed that." "Really, we played hard the whole game, we hustled pretty good," said Carpenter. "The real

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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 (

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

IRONTON — Forget WW standing for Wild Wings. For the St. Joseph Flyers, it stood for Waginger and Whaley on Friday night. Barrett Waginger scored 15 points and had 3 assists while Eli Whaley scored 14 points to go with 3 rebounds as the Flyers rolled past the Sciotoville East Tartans 63-25 in a Southern Ohio Conference 1 game. Zane Dressel finished with 8 points and 5 steals and Beckham Waginger got 9 points and 4 steals for the Flyers (2-5, 1-1). Carson Willis added 6 points

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The first half belonged to Western and the second half went to Green. As for the game, that belonged to the Green Bobcats. After trailing most of the first half, Green outscored the Indians 39-28 in the second half to post a 66-58 win on Saturday. Brayden Jones hit a pair of 3-pointers and Foster Davis scored 5 points as Western took a 13-12 first quarter lead. Green stayed on Western’s heels as Noah McMackin scored 5 points and Gabe Blevins added 4. The In

CHESAPEAKE — The Chesapeake Panthers’ offense doubled down. The Panthers had four players in double figures as they stopped the Greenup County Musketeers 75-66 on Saturday. Maddox Kazee led the scoring with a game-high 28 points. Philip Thacker had 14 points, Kaden Perkins 13 and Karson Frecka 11 for the Panthers. Chesapeake (6-1) took a 22-19 first quarter lead as Kazee scored 9 points, Thacker hit a 3-pointer and Perkins added 4 points. Greenup County (5-5) stayed close as

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WHEELERSBURG — Some key defensive stops, coupled with a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter proved to be the edge needed for the Wheelersburg Pirates to knock off the Ironton Fighting Tigers on Tuesday night in clash of Southeast Ohio rivals. After the game, Pirates coach Alex Prater was very satisfied with the effort by the defense to stop Ironton's high-scoring offense. "You know we hadn't played well defensively in our first two games. Ironton came in with a ton of talent, play

SOUTH POINT — The Vinton County Vikings went downtown while the South Point Pointers stayed home and got the job done. The Pointers used a balanced offense and strong rebounding effort to withstand 11 3-pointers by the Vikings as South Point posted a 59-52 win on Saturday. Nash Yates scored 7 points as he and Jase Moore and Josh Montgomery all hit 3-pointers as the Vikings took a 15-9 first quarter lead. Four different players scored for the Pointers in the quarter. The Point

PIKETON — There are cold starts, and then there are those direct from the freezer. The Flyers scored only one point in the first quarter and battled back to within a point before falling to the Piketon Redstreaks 47-42 on Tuesday. Konner Clemmons hit a 3-pointer as he scored 5 points with Jace Ritchie and Bo Henry getting 4 each as the Redstreaks took a 14-1 lead. A free throw by Carson Willis was all the scoring St. Joseph could muster in the first quarter. Willis scored 6 p

GALLIPOLIS — Trailing for most of the game, the South Point Pointers were able to rally in the fourth behind clutch foul shooting and a scoring run to close the game out and secure a 60-51 win over the Gallia Blue Devils in an Ohio Valley Conference clash on Monday night. South Point (2-2, 1-1 OVC) was able to close the deal in the fourth quarter thanks to a 16-4 run over the final 2:45 of the game. That run was sparked by the Pointers being able to convert 14-of-16 free thro

IRONTON — One week after opening its boys basketball season with four games — and four wins — in five nights, the Ironton Fighting Tigers passed their toughest test to date, and gave themselves a Christmas present. That being at least a temporary tie for the early lead in the Ohio Valley Conference championship chase. Against the preseason OVC favorite Chesapeake Panthers, and back in the friendly confines of Ironton High School's Conley Center on Tuesday night, the athletic