COLUMBUS — The Fairland Lady Dragons wanted to make the game exciting for coach Jon Buchanan. Well, at least for a half before they pulled away to help their coach relax and enjoy his record breaking career victory as the Lady Dragons beat the Johnstown-Monroe Lady Johnies 68-49 on Saturday in the Harvest Prep Basketball Showcase. Buchanan now has a career record of 341-81, surpassing Nathan Speed who retired after last season with a career record of 340-111. The original rec

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

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

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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

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

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

The coaches called. The visits were made. The offers were on the table. But when Ironton senior wrestler Nate Sloan looked at all the offers, only one program had something the others couldn’t offer. His brother. With his brother Ben already a member of the University of Rio Grande wrestling team, Nate accepted the RedStorm offer. Sloan admitted that his decision was affected by his brother. “I’d really be lying if I said I didn’t. I really wanted to wrestle with him again. I

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

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

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 — 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

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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