SUMMITT — Clutch shooting from behind the arc and key defensive stops gave the Boyd County Lady Lions all they needed on Thursday night to beat the Russell Lady Devils 56-48 in overtime in a key 16th region matchup at Coach Roger Zornes Gymnasium. Boyd County coach Kimberly Groves had plenty of praise to go around, especially for junior guard Carley Boyd. "Tonight was Carley's night. They left her open and she made them pay for it. She really got after the glass really well i

SOUTH POINT — As Ringo Starr once famously sang in the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, “I get by with a little help from my friends.” Chesapeake leading scorer Abbey Isaacs was limited to 13 points, but her teammates picked up the difference as the Lady Panthers beat the South Point Lady Pointers 35-31 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday. The game started slow with each team getting 3 points in the first quarter. K.J. Collins hit a 3-pointer for Chesape

WHEELERSBURG — The unpredictability of the Southern Ohio Conference continues to rear its head. After suffering a string of tough losses last week — including one to Wheelersburg just 7 days ago at home — the Waverly Lady Tigers returned the favor with a 44-41 win over the Lady Pirates on Monday night. The win was a relief to Waverly coach John Bonifield, as his Lady Tigers suffered through 3-straight tough losses going into this game. "It feels great in two aspects. It's

GALLIPOLIS —Abbey Isaacs had a great individual scoring effort, but the Gallia Academy Blue Angels had a better team effort. Isaacs scored 32 points for Chesapeake but Gallia Academy had 8 different players score in a 57-43 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Lady Panthers on Friday. Ryen Nunn nailed a 3-pointer and scored 9 points while Mallory Petro scored 6 as Gallia Academy took a 19-13 first quarter lead. Isaacs hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 11 points in the first

FLATWOODS — Trying to overcome a sluggish start, Russell got a spark of confidence from Kenley Kouns on Saturday night to help the Lady Red Devils get rolling on offense and earn a 59-37 win over the Raceland Lady Rams at Marvin Meredith Gymnasium. "I just think confidence wise that if we're playing really well and the confidence is there, then our scoring goes well. But if we miss a few shots, we get our head down and try to do too much," said Russell coach Mandy Layne. "But

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

WAVERLY — Sometimes you have to find a way to win. For the Wheelersburg Lady Pirates, they had to find their way past the Waverly Lady Tigers for a 45-39 win in a tough and physical Southern Ohio Conference game on Monday night. The game was definitely a rough and physical one, as the teams combined for 41 fouls and the teams combined for 51 fouls shots in the game. As a result, Callie DeHart found herself in foul trouble just three minutes into the game and had to sit for mu

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

CHESAPEAKE — The Chesapeake Lady Panthers were looking for some scoring help and they only had to look at their own roster. Needing some help for leading scorer Abbey Isaacs, Ciera Nichols stepped up and gave the offense a boost in a 56-18 win over the Greenup County Lady Musketeers on Saturday. Isaacs had another big game with 24 points including four 3-pointers, but Nichols hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 points in the win. Isaacs hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points whil

WILLOW WOOD — OK, I’ll take the third, you take the fourth and we’ll all split up the first half. Abbey Isaacs had a big third quarter and Ava Layne got hot in the fourth quarter to back steady play in the first half as the Chesapeake Lady Panthers beat the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings 64-44 on Wednesday. Layne scored 8 points including a triple and Isaacs got 6 points as she went 4 of 4 at the foul line and the Lady Panthers led 14-6 in the first quarter. Isaacs had 9 points a

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

CHESAPEAKE — This one was about defense. The Chesapeake Lady Panthers held the Rock Hill Redwomen to single digit totals each quarter including a scoreless quarter as they posted a 65-20 Ohio Valley Conference win on Friday. Abbey Isaacs and Ava Layne combined for 39 points to lead Chesapeake (8-2, 4-2). Isaacs had a game-high 22 points with Layne scoring 17. Chesapeake took a 16-6 first quarter lead as Isaacs had 7 points while Layne drilled a 3-pointer and scored 5 points.

FLATWOODS — Despite a furious scoring run in the second half, the Holy Cross Lady Indians were able to make their shots fall at the right time and secure a 53-44 win over the Russell Lady Red Devils on Friday night at Marvin Meredith Gymnasium. During the first half, Russell just couldn't get their shots to go through the cylinder, as they hit just three shots from the field, a 3-pointer from Lily Ervin and baskets from Kenley Kouns and Kamryn Fleming. And to make matters wor

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

RACELAND — A dominating defensive effort and long range shooting provided the right mix needed for the Wheelersburg Lady Pirates to roll their way to a 63-42 win over the Raceland Lady Rams in the final game of the Ryan Keeton Exp Realty Ohio River Classic. Callie DeHart delivered a 21-point performance to lead the Lady Pirates. The senior hit 4 shots from behind the arc, had 4 rebounds and 4 steals. Jaylinn Prather finished with 11 points and 5 boards. Lainey Skeens hit 3 t

FRANKLIN FURNACE — After a sluggish performance on Saturday, the Lady Bobcats showed more energy on Monday night, storming out to a big lead and then holding off a late comeback charge from the South Webster Lady Jeeps and earn a 44-37 win in a divisional crossover game between Southern Ohio Conference members. Following Saturday's win at Greenup County, Lady Bobcats coach Melissa Knapp stressed the importance of playing with more energy and making plays. But despite the qui

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

LLOYD, Ky. — Call it a holiday hangover or even just shaking off the Christmas break. But either way, the Green Lady Bobcats shook off a slow start and rallied in the second half to earn a 53-46 win over the Greenup County Lady Musketeers at The Greenhouse on Saturday afternoon. "First half was very rough. Halftime we addressed the defense — well, we addressed both — we were standing on offense and defense. I knew we'd come out flat because we had a bad practice yesterday.

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

FLATWOODS — There's no place like home. On Saturday, the Russell Lady Devils suffered a tough loss on the road at Spring Valley and fell victim to some cold-shooting, scoring just 40 points in the game. Fast-forward to Monday, and the Lady Devils piled in the points, to the tune of an 86-73 shootout win over the Pulaski County Lady Maroons at Marvin Meredith Gymnasium. The scoring barrage marks the third time this season that Russell has put up 70 points or more in a game, wi