Rock Hill Redmen senior standout running back Brady Murrell signed a letter-of-intent to play for the Bluffton University Beavers. Attending the signing ceremony were: seated left to right, father Bobby Murrell, Brady, mother Amy Murrell, and sister Brooklynn Murrell; standing left to right, grandfather Bill Henderson and brother Blake Murrell. (Photo submitted) PEDRO — “If your heart is in your dream No request is too extreme When you wish upon a star As dreamers do” The wor

PEDRO — The Ironton Fighting Tigers are hoping to make this a habit. Behind the four-hit pitching of Dawson Philyaw, Ironton blanked the Rock Hill Redmen 8-0 on Wednesday to earn a share of the Ohio Valley Conference baseball title. The Fighting Tigers won the conference outright last season. “One of our goals was to win the league and we accomplished that. The kids worked hard all year and they did a great job,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “We tied for the title with Ports

PEDRO — “Last call getting’ kicked out Yeah that’s what I’m talking about Shuttin’ it down, shuttin’ it down.” Maybe Josh Gillespie happened to listen to Cole Swindell sing his song “Shuttin’ It Down.’ Gillespie was in a total shutdown mode on Wednesday as he fired a no-hitter to lead the Fairland Dragons to a 6-0 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Rock Hill Redmen. “I realized it in the fifth inning. I knew I was doing it and I was ready to go,” said Gillespie. “I didn’t ha

PEDRO — The Rock Hill Redwomen used a 16-hit attack to beat the Fairland Lady Dragons 10-5 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday. Rock Hill (6-11, 5-4) was led by pitcher Khloe Kline who went 3-3 at the plate and drove in 3 runs along with Ryleigh Boles who was 3-4. But there were plenty of other contributors as Bridgette Stapleton went 2-4 with a double and an RBI, Sami Bamer 2-4 with an RBI, Kylee Brooks 2-4, Aubrey Malone was 1-4 with a home run and 3 RBI, Alaina

SOUTH POINT — The South Point Lady Pointers’ performance on Monday was a big hit. About 18 hits worth. The Lady Pointers had 18 hits en route to a 13-3 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Rock Hill Redwomen. South Point (12-5, 6-2) got big efforts from the top 4 batters in the lineup as Kota Copley went 4-4 with a double and a triple, Kaylee Stidham 4-4 with two doubles and 4 RBI, Adyson Copley 3-5 with a triple and an RBI and Raygen Yates 3-4 with a pair of RBI. Kota Copley

IRONTON — Evidently “zero” is Dawson Philyaw’s favorite number. Philyaw kept putting zero on the scoreboard in each inning as the Ironton Fighting Tigers blanked the Rock Hill Redmen 10-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. Philyaw allowed just five hits for the complete game win as he struck out 10 and did not issue a walk. Philyaw threw just 75 pitches with 57 strikes. “Dawson Philyaw pitched a great game,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “Bryson Kerns hit the ball w

PEDRO — The South Pointers scored four runs in the ninth inning to beat the Rock Hill Redwomen 7-3 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. Kota Copley got the complete game win as she racked up 16 strikeouts while walking two, giving up 10 hits and two earned runs. South Point (7-4, 1-1) scored four times in the ninth highlighted by Kyleigh Castle’s RBI single and Raygen Yates’ sacrifice fly. Kaitlyn Evans squeeze bunt scored a run and South Point a 1-0 lead in the secon

PEDRO — Jon Knapp put the Rock Hill Redmen bats to sleep. Knapp pitched a one-hitter as the Green Bobcats blanked the Redmen 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday. Green came back to win the nightcap 7-5. Knapp struck out 15, did not walk a batter and threw just 78 pitches with 62 being strikes in throwing his pitching gem. “Jon was on today. He did everything we needed him to do on the mound and then some,” said Green coach Dave Shoupe. “Offensively, we came ou

IRONTON — There’s something about the Rock Hill Redmen that brings out the offense in the Ironton Fighting Tigers. Ironton scored 80 points in a win earlier this season against the Redmen and then the two teams were putting up the points again on Friday. Ironton scored a season-high total as they topped the Redmen 84-70 in an Ohio Valley Conference game. Ironton (16-2, 11-1) had four players in double figures led by Ashton Layne with 29 points. Brycen Mullins scored 14, Maddi

PEDRO — Kaden Perkins plays a lot like the insurance slogan “only pay for what you need.” Perkins scored only what he needed as he helped the Chesapeake Panthers roll past the Rock Hill Redmen 73-40 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Tuesday. Perkins needed 16 to reach 1,000 career points. Perkins hit a deep 3-pointer early in the third quarter to give him 16 points and reach his scoring milestone. Perkins finished the game with 16 points. Maddox Kazee had a game-high 21 po

PEDRO — Abbey Isaacs was back being Abbey Isaacs. After missing the past two games, Isaacs scored 25 points including a big third quarter as the Chesapeake Lady Panthers pulled away from the Rock Hill Redwomen 48-29 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday. Isaacs and Ciera Nichols each hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points as Chesapeake took a 14-9 first quarter lead. Blayr Knipp scored 4 points and Samantha Bamer hit a 3-pointer for Rock Hill. Four different players scor

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

COAL GROVE — Coach Nick Miller dubbed it “The Ice Bowl.” With icy grounds postponing all other games, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets were able to beat the Rock Hill Redwomen 60-35 on Thursday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. “Both teams were a little rusty after five days with little or no practice. It got better as the game went on,” said Miller. “We got to play all of our 14 kids, which was good since there was no JV game.” Each team hit a 3-pointer to start the game and the

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

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

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.

COAL GROVE — The Rock Hill Redmen started fast and never slowed down as they beat the Coal Grove Hornets 63-39 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. The Redmen took an 11-point lead early and stretched it to 19 points by halftime as they were never challenged the rest of the game. Kelan Davidson hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points and Barker knocked down a pair of triples in the first quarter as Rock Hill jumped in front 19-8. Carson Medinger had 6 points and Rylan Bla

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.

COLUMBUS – The Division VI and VII football All-Ohio teams were announced Monday by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. Information used for the All-Ohio teams comes from the regular-season accomplishments and does not include playoff games. The seven districts of the OPSMA determine the all-district teams and nominate their best for the All-Ohio teams. On Tuesday, the Division IV and V All-Ohio teams will be announced, followed by the Division II and III teams on Wed

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland Lady Dragons didn’t start hot. They started on fire. The Lady Dragons scored 50 points in the first half en route to an 88-10 Ohio Valley Conference win on Friday over the Rock Hill Redwomen. Bailey Russell scored 20 points and Isa Taliaferro had 19 points as four players hit double figures and nine different players scored as Fairland improved to 2-0 overall and in the OVC. Taliaferro knocked down a 3-pointer and scored 11 points while sisters Ryl