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Laura Pullins Goes Off As Lady Eagles Survive Double Overtime
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The rematch of last years District Finals lived up to the hype with the Eastern Lady Eagles defeating the Notre Dame Lady Titans 58 to 53 in double overtime. “We gave the fans their money’s worth, but we won the ball game and that’s all that matters right now,” said Eastern head coach Jacob Parker…. Read More
Federal Hocking Lancers Fall Just Short of First Win Against Eastern Eagles
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The Eastern Eagles force 11 Lancer turnovers in the second half to end a seven game losing streak and beat the Lancers 57-47. “In the second half, we were able to convert through our defense and once the defense started causing turnovers for us,” stated Eastern head coach Jeremy Hill. Federal Hocking held the lead… Read More
Eastern Flops With Poor Shooting, Turnovers Against Miller
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Eastern shot 17 for 46 from the field Tuesday, including 0 for 9 from three-point land en route to a 58 to 46 loss at Miller. The Miller Falcons went on a 10-2 run to start the second half, and from that point on never relinquished a 10-point lead. Forward Seattle Compston led Miller, as… Read More
Eastern Eagles Are Perfect for the Week
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Both the boy’s and the girl’s teams opened up conference play this week and came away victorious in all four games. The Lady Eagles continued to stay undefeated on the season, and on Monday dominated South Gallia on the road. Eastern had its best defensive performance of the year, giving up only 12 points all… Read More
Southern Upsets Eastern’s Comeback
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For the second time in the past week, the Southern Tornadoes take down the Eastern Eagles 52-48. This difference with this game is that the Eagles post season hopes are diminished. After a Jett Facemeyer pull up jumper tied the game at 29 with 3:46 left in the third. The Tornadoes then went on a… Read More
Southern Makes Key Free Throws to Beat Eastern
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The Eastern Eagles trailed by 13 points going into halftime, but they cut the lead to one point with four minutes to play in the fourth quarter. From that point on, Southern scored seven-straight points to make it 46-39, then iced the game with key free throws to win 53-45. “Unfortunately, execution down the stretch… Read More
Waterford Dominates South Gallia to Move on
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The Waterford Lady Wildcats forced 26 turnovers en route to a 68-20 domination of the South Gallia Lady Rebels. It was the Dani Drayer show all night as the senior guard finished with 18 points, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds. She once again played a vital role in the offense and defense for… Read More
Eastern Struggles With Scoring Against Waterford
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With a minute to go in the second quarter, Waterford (12-3) reeled off six points to head into the half with a 38-31 lead. From there on, the Wildcats continued to extend their lead and won against the Eagles (4-12) 71-57. Coming out of the locker room, Waterford continued going on an 18-5 run in four minutes… Read More
Eastern Fouls Lead to Southern Victory
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The Eastern Lady Eagles turned the ball over 16 times and had 25 fouls, which led to a 60-45 win for the Southern Tornadoes. “We foul a lot. We have to learn how to play defense without fouling,” said coach John Burdette. Southern started the game on an 11-0 run and didn’t look back from there,… Read More
Wheelersburg Subdues Zane Trace
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After making it to their first ever regional final, the No. 2 Zane Trace Pioneers season fell at the hands of No. 1 Wheelersburg 31-0. Wheelersburg was able to control the clock through a hard-nosed running game, powered by running back Jordan Howard and quarterback Kyle Davis. The duo combined for 166 yards and four… Read More