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

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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

In Ironton, football is more than a game. It’s a generational torch, a symbol of pride and identity. From 1997-2000 that torch burned brightly in a tough, quiet boy named Redgie Arden. By the time he reached middle school, Redgie was six feet tall and built for the gridiron. The attention came quickly – scouts, coaches, headlines – before he was old enough to drive. His freshman year of high school, he was 6’4” and moved to the varsity team with some others to compete against

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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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

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

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

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

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

Wheelersburg Pirates soccer standout Nick Sylvia signed a national letter-of-intent on Dec. 15 to play for the Messiah Falcons. Attending the signing ceremony were: seated left to right, brother Nathan, father Adam, Nick and mother Molly. They say behind every great man is a great woman. In the case of the Wheelersburg Pirates' outstanding senior soccer player Nick Sylvia, behind him was his brother Nathan. Practicing with his brother and watching him achieve success was part

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

PORTSMOUTH — A huge scoring run, along with some tough defense in the second and third quarters proved to be the mix needed for the Notre Dame Titans to upend the Saint Joseph Flyers 63-45 in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Tuesday night. After the game, Titans coach Matt Mader felt the win was an early Christmas present for his team. "Very happy with our performance tonight, definitely on the defensive end. You could feel the intensity, the energy that we brought tonight.

PROCTORVILLE — Maybe Fransen is short for Frankenstein because Cliff Fransen had a monster game. Fransen scored a career-high 37 points, yanked down 14 rebounds and had 5 assists as the Fairland Dragons rolled to a 92-70 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Portsmouth Trojans on Monday. Fransen and Trevor Lochow combined for 14 as each made two 3-pointers and Kiyan Page had 5 points including a 3-pointer as Fairland took a 23-18 first quarter lead. Daequan Woods scored 6 point