IRONTON — It always goes without saying, an ugly win is a whole lot better than a pretty loss. Ironton didn’t have its prettiest game of the season but the Fighting Tigers were able to leave without a pretty loss as they beat the Gallia Academy Blue Devils 58-47 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. “Listen. We got us a win. It wasn’t pretty. Our foul shots were atrocious tonight,” said Ironton coach Drew Stevens. “We’re going to shoot foul shots for a lot of time in p

FRANKLIN FURNACE — What a difference a half makes. After another slow first half, the South Webster Jeeps picked their game up in the second half by using tough defense and transition play to earn a 54-33 win over the Green Bobcats in a Southern Ohio Conference divisional crossover game on Tuesday night. For Jeeps coach Norm Persin, he's still trying to get a grasp of the teams' Jekyll and Hyde performances this season. "I really don't know what's going on, we oughta just no

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

PROCTORVILLE — It took a while for Trevor Lochow and the Fairland Dragons to warm up, but once they did, they were cooking. Fairland shook off a slow start and found its shooting touch to beat the Coal Grove Hornets 65-42 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. The game was scoreless until Trevor Lochow hit a 3-pointer with 5:39 on the first quarter clock. That shot ignited a 10-0 run that finally ended on a 3-pointer by the Hornets' Bronson Guy with 1:09 left in the qu

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland Lady Dragons are the most dangerous when they exit their lair. Fairland scored 60 of their 82 points in the first and third quarters as they rolled past the Warren Lady Warriors 82-39 in the Tri-State Hoops Throwdown finale on Saturday. Addison Godby scored 12 points in the first quarter while Bailey Russell hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points and Fairland burst out of the starting gate by taking a 27-11 lead. Warren made it 9-7 midway through 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

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

FLATWOODS — Like the Nike slogan says Just Do It. For Russell, they wanted to do what has made them successful early on this season... and they did. The Red Devils dominated in nearly all phases of the game and piled up the score to post a 96-65 win over the Greenup County Musketeers in a 63rd district match-up at a packed Marvin Meredith Gymnasium on Friday night "We came out and wanted to do what we've had success with. But hats off to Greenup, they're capable of shooting t

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

COAL GROVE — Despite missing two starters from their lineup, the Coal Grove Hornets built up a 20-point lead but still had to hold off a furious comeback in the final 5 minutes of the game to beat the South Point Pointers 43-37 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday night. "I knew they had three pretty good shooters," said Hornets coach Kevin Vanderhoof. "The Pope kid can shoot, so can the Hunt kid and Lewis. But being down two starters, we felt zone was our best optio

PORTSMOUTH — In the early years of The Tonight Show, the host Johnny Carson did a bit where he was Carnac the Magnificent. On Friday, the St. Joseph Flyers own Carson — Carson Willis — was pretty magnificent himself. The Flyers’ senior center scored 26 points and had 8 rebounds as he helped spark a 64-37 rout of the Portsmouth Clay Panthers in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game. Barrett Waginger did pretty well for himself as he scored 17 points to go with 11 rebounds, 4 assis

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PORTSMOUTH — It was a tight game and as a result it’s now a tight Ohio Valley Conference race. In a game that was back and forth, the Portsmouth Trojan’s Daequan Woods hit a baseline jumper as time expired to edge the Ironton Fighting Tigers 73-72. Woods sank two free throws with 50 seconds left to give the Trojans a 71-70 lead. Ironton tied the game on a free throw by Ashton Layne with 37 seconds left. Portsmouth was called for a foul on its next possession and Ironton went

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

FLATWOODS — A dominating performance on both end of the court by Russell helped them cruise to an 88-39 win over the Bath County Wildcats on Tuesday night in the home opener for the Red Devils. "I told the kids it was a very business-like approach," said Russell coach Derek Cooksey. "We showed a lot of maturity in their prep work this week and that's what we want to look for at this time of the year." Ryder Burgess spearheaded the offensive output for Russell. The sophomore g

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

WILLOW WOOD — The Symmes Valley Vikings withstood a 3-point shooting barrage from South Gallia and got a big third quarter to score a 64-47 win against the rival Rebels in a key Southern Ohio Conference game on Tuesday night. After the game, Vikings coach Alvin Carpenter breathed a sigh of relief after getting a needed win after a string of losses to tough competition. "We needed that." "Really, we played hard the whole game, we hustled pretty good," said Carpenter. "The real

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CHESAPEAKE — Tough, physical play was the name of the game for the Chesapeake Panthers, as they controlled the paint and took control of the second half to post a 70-57 win over the Fairland Dragons in a key Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday night. "I thought we battled. I thought we made some physical, mature plays in the second half," said Chesapeake coach Steven Ater. "We were able to continue to pound it inside, play inside out." The win was a big one for Chesapeake (