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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
Jackson Treading Unfamiliar Waters with Zanesville Game Looming
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The Jackson Ironmen (11-1) are posed to be momentous in more than one way this Friday night when they face the Zanesville Blue Devils (11-1) in the Divison III, Region 9 final. It is the second time in Jackson history they will play for a regional championship; the last time Jackson did not win the… Read More
Defensive Juggernauts Zane Trace, Wheelersburg on Crash Course
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It comes down to the best two teams in division V region 17. No. 1 Wheelersburg Pirates (12-0) and the No. 2 Zane Trace Pioneers (12-0) will meet first time ever. However, this game couldn’t have pitted two different programs. Wheelersburg has been a powerhouse for decades now. The Pirates have made 27 playoff appearances,… Read More
Bloom-Carroll Keeps Playoff Hopes Alive
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Fairfield Union (4-6, 3-5) was no match for Bloom-Carroll (6-4, 4-3) Friday as the Bulldogs blew out the Falcons 40-20. Before the crowd could even settle into its seats, the Bulldogs got on the board. They recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff and on the next play, Seth Paszke took it in for… Read More
Jackson Hands Logan First Loss in Pivotal Game
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In what could be the last ever matchup between Logan (6-1) and Jackson (6-1) in the SEOAL, the Ironmen ended the Chieftains quest for perfection with a 35-21 victory. The victory put the Ironmen in the SEOAL driver’s seat and it is unlikely they will give up the spot. In the middle of the first… Read More
SEOAL Title Potentially on the Line for Jackson, Logan
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For the 93rd time, Jackson (5-1, 1-0) and Logan (6-0, 0-0) are set to meet, and once again, a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League title is seemingly on the line. Last season, an undefeated Jackson team steamrolled Logan 42-7, propelling the Ironmen to the League title. This time around, the narrative is different. Logan is the… Read More
Week 5 Conference Breakdown: SEOAL, MSL, SVC
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Southeastern Ohio Athletic League Logan Chieftains (5-0, 0-0) | Next opponent: @ Shadyside (1-4) Logan’s offense kept its foot on the gas against rival Nelsonville-York, hanging 41 on the Buckeyes. Lane Little finished with 223 yards and three scores through the air. Logan will have one more tune-up game against a struggling Shadyside team before… Read More
Logan Offense Keeps Nelsonville-York at Bay
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Junior wide receiver Jenson Wallace scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and finished the game with 71 yards receiving and 2 touchdowns to help the Logan Chieftains (5-0, 0-0) bear rival Nelsonville-York (1-4, 0-1) 41-28. Wallace’s first touchdown came off of a play action play when Lane Little rolled left and connected with Wallace… Read More
Nelsonville-York Must Overcome Coaching Change, Logan Offense
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Logan (4-0, 0-0) and Nelsonville-York (1-3, 0-1) first met in 1967 and Friday will mark the 31st edition of the “Battle of Route 33.” Logan leads the series 23-7, including last year’s 40-7 win over the Buckeyes. The Chieftain offense was clicking on all cylinders then, and based on its first four games, the trend… Read More
Ohio Soccer Still Winless, Loses 3-0 to Kentucky
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The Bobcats defense did all it could, but the Wildcats offense was just too much as Kentucky won 3-0 on Sunday night, and dropped the ‘Cats to 0-5. After Ohio goalkeeper Vanessa Cordoba hit the ground hard after an air challenge, she had to be helped off the field. Freshman goalie Erin Beurket came in… Read More
Jackson Takes Down Wellston In Andy Hall’s 50th Career Win
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The Ironmen had a great running game against the Golden Rockets in Andy Hall’s 50th career win as Jackson’s head coach. The Ironmen defeated Wellston 41-20 Saturday night. Jackson dominated all night on the ground, as it was a running back by committee type of performance as coach Hall said heading into the season. Johnny… Read More
Women’s Basketball: Head Coach Signs Extension
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Ohio Athletic Director Jim Schaus announced earlier this morning that Ohio women’s basketball head coach Bob Boldon has signed a new five-year extension through the 2020 season. “I am honored by this extension,” Boldon said, “It says that we are doing a lot of great things as a program.” Coach Boldon took over a program… Read More
Boldon Named WBB MAC Coach of the Year
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The Mid-American Conference named Ohio women’s basketball head coach Bob Boldon its women’s basketball Coach of the Year on Tuesday. Boldon turned around a 2013-14 team with a 9-21 record to lead the Bobcats to their first regular season conference title since 1994-95. In his second season at the helm, Boldon led Ohio to the… Read More
Ohio Gets Three Names on All-MAC Teams
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The 2015 Mid-American Conference regular season champions had three players named to the 2015 All-MAC Teams Monday. Junior guard Kiyanna Black was named to the first team, sophomore forward Quiera Lampkins earned a spot on the third team and senior guard Mariah Byard landed on the All-MAC Honorable Mention team. Black was a leader for… Read More