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FLATWOODS — A late scoring surge in the final minute by Russell nearly sent the game into an extra frame on Wednesday night. But in the end, the Boyd County Lions held on to earn a 76-73 win over the Red Devils at Marvin Meredith Gymnasium in a battle of Region 16 contenders. Going into the game, Russell coach Derek Cooksey knew that Boyd's experience would be a huge test against a much younger Red Devil squad. "When you're dealing with a very veteran, experienced and well-c

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

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

IRONTON — The St. Joseph Flyers got their most important work done in the first half. The Flyers built a 15-point first half lead and made it stand up as they beat the Sugar Creek Christian Academy Eagles 68-53 on Monday. The Flyers took a 23-16 first quarter lead as Barrett Waginger scored 7 points and five different players scored. Will Salyers had 7 points and Elijah Long 6 for the Eagles (7-4). St. Joseph (7-8) opened up a 39-24 halftime lead as Waginger scored 7 more poi

WHEELERSBURG — A second quarter surge put Wheelersburg ahead, but key scoring and defense in the second half made sure the Pirates secured a 69-59 win over the Valley Indians in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Friday night. Due to the snow and ice that ripped through the region, the Pirates hadn't taken the floor since last Friday where they suffered their first conference loss to Waverly. But the long lay off turned into a positive for Wheelersburg coach Alex Prater, as h

SCIOTOVILLE — A double-double from Zane Dressel helped the Saint Joseph Flyers get the offensive boost needed to roll their way to a win over the Sciotoville East Tartans 60-35 in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Friday night. Going into the game, the Flyers were already without Carson Willis, who was being held out from an injury. Then during the first quarter, sophomore forward Beckham Waginger went down with a lower body injury and was held out for the remainder of the n

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IRONTON — Ironton’s linescore on Friday was: 8  13  22  22. But in layman’s terms, it was: that was ugly,  not much better, OK now we’re cooking, feeling much better. Ironton shook off a sluggish first half and put together a strong second half to beat the South Point Pointers 65-32 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. “It was a horrible first half for us. They did a good job of trying to take us out, slowing us down a bit,” said Ironton coach Drew Stevens. “They were

NEW BOSTON — Once in a game in Cleveland, Craig Ehlo held Larry Bird to 1-of-10 shooting in the first half. The two teams left the court going into the same tunnel. Ehlo looked at Bird and said “that’s defense.” Bird didn’t flinch and said “there’s two halves.” Bird hit his first 10 shots of the second half as the Celtics came back to win easily. On Tuesday night, the St. Joseph Flyers proved to the New Boston Tigers there are two halves as they rallied from a 27-21 deficit t

WILLOW WOOD — It's been a season of peaks and valleys for the Symmes Valley Vikings this season. After a string of high-scoring wins, the shots just wouldn't call on Tuesday night as the Eastern Eagles knocked off the Vikings 61-49 in a Southern Ohio Confernce battle for first place. "I guess I'm still trying to get used to this up and down play we have," said Carpenter." We kinda go from where we're scoring 70 points or we're struggling to get over 40 points." "But we had ou

PORTSMOUTH – A couple of defensive stalwarts added a little offense to their game. Zayne Williams and Kayden Edwards are known for their defense, but they combined for 19 points as the Ironton Fighting Tigers beat the Portsmouth West Senators 57-46 in the Buckeye Classic on Saturday. Edwards scored 11 points and Williams had 8 to help Ashton Layne who had 19 points and Maddix Markel with 10 points. Will Kegley had 19 points and Logan McIntire 16 for West (7-5). Markel scored

FLATWOODS — "I said, "Tell me your name, is it sweet?" He said, "My boy, it's Jagger", oh yeah" While that might not be the actual lyrics to a song sung by The Fratelli's, Jagger Prickett and the Russell Red Devils sure were singing a tune on Friday night as a huge second quarter propelled Russell to an 83-57 win over the Raceland Rams in a key 63rd district match up. Russell had four players finish in double figures with Prickett leading the way with 24 points, 8 assists an

IRONTON — Could be that American Sniper Carl Oliver has some competition. The Green Bobcats connected on10 shots from behind the long-distance line as they beat the St. Joseph Flyers 52-34 in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game on Friday. Jon Knapp hit six 3-pointers as he scored 28 points to lead the Bobcats (6-7, 3-1). Barreett Waginger hit a trifecta and scored 5 points, Zane Dressel drilled a triple and Carson Willis had 4 points as the Flyers took a 12-11 first quarter lea

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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

WILLOW WOOD — New York has the Bronx Zoo with a variety of animals for spectators to see. Symmes Valley has Bronx Carpenter with a variety of scoring for the fans and teammates to see in order to help them win. Carpenter made 2-pointers, 3-pointers, and free throws and scored 25 points in Vikings 66-47 win over the Saint Joseph Flyers on Tuesday night.   Five different players scored for the Vikings in the first quarter as they went in front 18-13. Jon Sharp knocked down a pa

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IRONTON — It always goes without saying, an ugly win is a whole lot better than a pretty loss. Ironton didn’t have its prettiest game of the season but the Fighting Tigers were able to leave without a pretty loss as they beat the Gallia Academy Blue Devils 58-47 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. “Listen. We got us a win. It wasn’t pretty. Our foul shots were atrocious tonight,” said Ironton coach Drew Stevens. “We’re going to shoot foul shots for a lot of time in p

FRANKLIN FURNACE — What a difference a half makes. After another slow first half, the South Webster Jeeps picked their game up in the second half by using tough defense and transition play to earn a 54-33 win over the Green Bobcats in a Southern Ohio Conference divisional crossover game on Tuesday night. For Jeeps coach Norm Persin, he's still trying to get a grasp of the teams' Jekyll and Hyde performances this season. "I really don't know what's going on, we oughta just no