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Puckett Leads Lady Vikings Past Jackson In Overtime Thriller
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With former captain Megan Dixon graduated, the Vinton County Lady Vikings needed one of their returning starters to step up to be the team’s leader and main scorer this season. Michaela Puckett assumed that role and led the Lady Vikings to a thrilling 79-76 overtime win over the Jackson Ironladies. With the game on the… Read More
Preview: Parkersburg Hopes To Ride Momentum To Upset Victory Over Cabell Midland [Video]
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The Parkersburg Big Reds (6-4) are riding momentum into the playoffs after narrowly defeating cross-town rival Parkersburg South last Friday, but they must quickly turn their attention to another Mountain State Athletic Conference rival in the second-ranked Cabell Midland Knights (9-1) in the first round of the West Virginia Class AAA playoffs. With time expiring… Read More
Week 8 Power Rankings: TVC-Ohio
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1. Athens Bulldogs (8-0, 4-0) | Last week’s ranking: 1 Head coach Ryan Adams and his Bulldogs are steamrolling their competition, winning by an average margin of victory of 48 points per game. Even with a Joe Burrow temporarily sidelined with a knee injury, Athens is a heavy favorite to finish the regular season undefeated…. Read More
Preview: Wellston To Face Conference’s Best Offense In Athens
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The Athens Bulldogs (7-0, 3-0) have taken a liking to playing TVC-Ohio defense, having outscored conference foes 165-23. The Bulldogs’ defense shares a similar sentiment about the league’s offenses. Even after giving up 42 points to out-of-conference foe Steubenville, Athens was able to right the ship the following week against Meigs, shutting out the Marauders… Read More
Game Preview: Vinton County Gunning For Upset Of Athens
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Vinton County (0-4, 0-1) has struggled to find any kind of consistency to begin the season, but hopes that Friday will be as good of a night as any to pick up their first win of the season. The Vikings are looking to shake off a loss to TVC-Ohio rival Meigs in Week 4, and… Read More
Nelsonville-York Knocks Off Undefeated River Valley 28-7 [VIDEO]
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The Nelsonville-York Buckeyes dropped River Valley for the Raiders’ first loss on the season Friday night, as the Buckeyes used two second-half touchdowns to pull away from the Raiders and win by a final of 28-7. After a quiet start to the first quarter from each team offensively, Buckeyes’ (3-1, 1-0 TVC-Ohio) running back Alex… Read More
Alexander Dominates Federal Hocking 30-0, Keeping SPACER Trophy In Albany
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With the SPACER Trophy on the line, both Alexander coach Alex Penrod and Federal Hocking coach Craig Moore led their teams onto the field for the first time as head coaches. When the game was over Penrod was the one leaving the field with a smile, as the Spartans trounced the Federal Hocking Lancers by… Read More
PREVIEW: Nelsonville-York Looking For Leaders in 2014
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Editor's Note: Over the next two weeks our reporters will be bringing you team previews for each team in the SEOAL, TVC-Ohio, TVC-Hocking, and our West Virginia teams. We continue in the TVC-Ohio, where everyone is chasing the Athens Bulldogs. The 2013 season was a disappointing one for the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes, ending the season with… Read More
Vikings Blow Fourth Quarter Lead In Tourney Loss To Sheridan
By: Jon Chamier, Megan Stamper
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The Sheridan Generals live to play another day as they defeated the Vinton County Vikings in shocking fashion, 38-37 on Wednesday night. In each team’s first game in the 2014 district tournament, the No. 5 seed Vikings led by 10 points entering the fourth quarter, but the No. 4 Generals picked up the defensive intensity… Read More
Jackson Steals Perfection From Athens
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Almost perfect. That is the one of the many ways to describe the Athens Lady Bulldogs 2013-14 campaign after the Jackson Ironladies out-battled them for a 59-51 victory in Athens’ final game of the regular season. Jackson, with the knowledge that they could upset an undefeated Athens season, rushed out of the gates and put… Read More
Vinton County Boys And Girls Handle Meigs
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GIRLS The Vinton County Lady Vikings put on a defensive clinic at Meigs Friday night as they defeated the Lady Marauders 61-22. Vinton County’s defensive pressure caused all kinds of issues for the Lady Marauders. The Lady Vikings’ use of on-ball defense instigated turnovers, and Vinton County converted those turnovers into points early in the… Read More
Vinton County Week In Review: Dec. 23-29
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BOYS The Vinton County Vikings defeated the Jackson Ironmen 76-46 on Dec. 27 for the Vikings’ final game of the calendar year. Vinton County returned from a short Christmas break with a focused effort behind sophomore Chase Wood and junior Max Ward. Wood finished with a team-high 22 points, and Ward pitched in 17 points… Read More