PORTSMOUTH — A shift in momentum in the early moments of the third quarter, and some superlative plays from some key offensive players helped the Portsmouth Trojans pull away from Rock Hill to beat the Redmen 43-35 on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. "It's nice when those breaks go your way," said Portsmouth coach Brandon Sammons. "Coming out of halftime, we had some conversations about where we were missing in the first half defensively." The Trojans saw much of the

GALLIPOLIS — Just call the Rock Hill Redmen the Heartbreak Kids. A furious comeback ended with a missed extra point as the Redmen lost 28-27 to the Gallia Academy Blue Devils on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. The one-point loss comes on the heels of last week’s 8-7 loss at Cincinnati Purcell Marian. Not only that, but the Redmen lost just 39-36 at Boyd County, Ky., in the second game of the season. The Redmen (1-6, 0-3) trailed at one point 28-7 when they began the

BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — When you have 4 of the top 13 golfers in the tournament including the best player, your chances of winning should be pretty good. For the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers, they weren’t just good. They were the best. Led by the Player of the Year Mairin Walters, Ironton won the Ohio Valley Conference Golf Tournament Friday at Esquire Golf Course. Walters shot an 81 to take medalist honors while Samiya Blackburn of Chesapeake was two shots back. Ironton had a

McDERMOTT — Showing steady improvement all season, the Gallia Academy Blue Devils capped off that climb by winning the Ohio Valley Conference Golf Tournament on Tuesday at the Portsmouth Elks Country Club. Led by medalist Christopher Conley, Gallia Academy posted a 318 team score to finish ahead of the second-place Fairland Dragons by 14 strokes. The Ironton Fighting Tigers were third just 4 shots behind Fairland. The Coal Grove Hornets were fourth at 376, the Rock Hill Redme

Click to check out our latest additions! PEDRO — There are a lot of ways to score in a football game. Fairland Dragons’ Kylan Blake can tell you about three of them. Blake scored a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, and a kick return touchdown to lead the Dragons to a 39-17 win over the Rock Hill Redmen on Friday in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams. Quarterback Kinyon Smith was 7 of 13 for 123 yards and 3 touchdowns. Christian Bompus rushed 18 times

PEDRO — The Fairland Dragons and Lady Dragons brought their whitewash with them. The Dragons and Lady Dragons each posted Ohio Valley Conference soccer wins on Wednesday and each team won by a shutout. The Lady Dragons blanked the Rock Hill Redwomen 1-0 while the Dragons posted a 4-0 shutout over the Redmen. Rease Rice celebrated her birthday by scoring the game’s only goal at the 53:52 mark of the second half with an assist from Maddie Conwell. Goalkeeper McKaila Thomas had

PEDRO — The Middle Tennessee Christian School Cougars jumped out to a big first half lead and downed the Rock Hill Redmen 47-7 on Friday. Alie Bangura — the team’s leading rusher — had a pair of 1-yard scoring runs as the Cougars took a 13-0 lead with 6 minutes left in the first quarter. Cooper Youell ran 2 yards for a touchdown just 1:15 later and Bangura broke free on a 38-yard run with just 30 seconds left in the quarter and it was 26-0. Le’marlo Nichols threw a 55-yard sc

IRONTON — That’s how a team opens its soccer season. The St. Joseph Flyers opened the season with a 13-0 shutout over the Rock Hill Redmen as Barrett Waginger had a hat trick while “Texas” Jack Whaley scored twice and had 3 assists. Eli Whaley had 2 goals while Sophia Rowe and Pierson Guston both had a pair assists. Game One Rock Hill 0 0 = 0 St. Joseph 10 3 = 13 First Half SJ —Barrett Waginger (assist Jack Whaley), 33:00 SJ — Jack Whaley (assist Sophia Rowe), 26:00 SJ —

CANNONSBURG, Ky. — In 1984, a little old lady named Clara Peller looked at her hamburger with a tiny patty and asked, “Where’s the beef?” The line became famous and boosted Wendy’s sales by 31 percent since the fast food restaurant used a large patty. Friday night, Boyd County Lions’ head coach Evan Ferguson must have used the line, “I found the beef, so let’s use it.” The Lions turned to their offensive line that utilized Garren Price (6-1, 280), Carter Gray (6-2, 265), Tyle

PEDRO — The Minford Falcons defense was geared to take away the run and test the Rock Hill young sophomore quarterback Jarrod Bridges. When looking at the test results, give Bridges an “A.” Bridges was 10 of 14 passing for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns and an interception to lead the Redmen to a 49-20 rout of the Falcons in the season opener on Friday. Wide receiver Braylon McClellan caught 5 receptions for 149 yards and 2 scores while Kelan Davidson had 79 yards on 3 catches an

They are the second line of defense, but that’s the only thing second about them. Linebackers make up the second line of defense and are needed to read the situation and react quickly. And their jobs are plentiful. While the defensive linemen tie up the offensive linemen, the linebackers are versatile players who fill holes, stop the running gaps, blitz the quarterback and drop back into pass coverage. Here’s a lot at five of the top linebackers to watch this high school foot

Players and coaches of the 2026 Rock Hill Redmen football team. PEDRO — Trey Wilds is coming full cycle. He’s gone from player to assistant coach to head coach. The first-year head coach of the Rock Hill Redmen is climbing into the helm of the football program and he admits he’s had to change his routine. “It’s been an adjustment. It’s been a fun adjustment,” said Wilds with a grin. “I got hired the last week of February. It felt late, but I hit the ground running and I’ve ha

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