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Waterford Wins Playoff Clash of Top Teams
By: Alex Harrison
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Thursday’s meeting between No. 1 Waterford and No. 3 Notre Dame was bound to be telling. Both have great talents and top coaches, but only one had the advantage in big game experience. Waterford’s played this late before which helped them earn the 49-30 win at Jackson High School. With a combined record of 49-1,… Read More
Trimble Tomcats Survive Upset And Claw Their Way To the Convo
By: Samantha Wiesneth
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Two words for the Trimble Tomcats Tuesday night: Randy Hixson. The South Gallia Rebels had the No. 1 seeded Tomcats on upset alert headed into halftime. Hixson responded with 34 of his 38 points in the second half to survive the Rebels’ scare 71-58. Hixson has been the engine that drives this Tomcat team all… Read More
Peebles Takes Down Fed Hock in District Semi-Finals
By: Katharine Morey
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The Federal Hocking Lady Lancers’ season came to an end at the hands of the Peebles Lady Indians Saturday afternoon in a 54-33 defeat at Jackson High School. The Lady Indians came in confident and quickly outpaced the Lady Lancers. Peebles came into the game prepared and made their shots, racking up 13 points in… Read More
Vikings Pull Away In OT To Advance Past Athens
By: Troy Staudenmaier
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In a tight match up of four versus five, the Vinton County Vikings took on the Athens Bulldogs in an exhilarating match up at Logan High School for the section title, and what a game it was. These two teams met earlier in the season, splitting a win a piece. The first game Vinton County… Read More
Alexander Lady Spartans Crack Under the Fourth Quarter Pressure
By: Abbey Kay
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The Alexander Lady Spartans let their nerves get to them in the final quarter of the District Semi-finals against the Minford Lady Falcons at Waverly High School where they lost 50-42. The Lady Spartans held their own against the Lady Falcons at the top of the game, ending the first quarter tied at 10 points…. Read More
Early Lead Helps Alexander Advance Past Nelsonville-York
By: Abbey Kay
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In basketball, teams have to take it one game at a time. After a tough loss on Friday against the Athens Bulldogs, the Alexander Spartans had four days to regroup and prepare for their Tuesday night playoff matchup against the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes. The Spartans defeated the Buckeyes 64-47 by pulling forward with an early lead,… Read More
Tolson And Beha Lead Federal Hocking Over South Gallia For Sectional Title
By: Rebekah Markovitz
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The Federal Hocking Lady Lancers are Sectional Champions for the second year in a row. They defeated South Gallia 40-27 and celebrated their win by taking turns cutting out pieces of the net. The Lady Lancers had won against South Gallia twice in the regular season. They knew what they were up against and practiced… Read More
Nelsonville York’s Season Ends in Overtime Thriller
By: Jerry Kirven
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With 13.7 seconds left in overtime, Jessie Addis approached the free throw line for what would be the last time in her Nelsonville York career. She took deep breaths, while she shook lactic acid out of her shoulders, all to prepare for the two most important shots of her historic career. No matter the result,… Read More
Lady Bulldogs End Hot Streak And Season To Sheridan
By: Troy Staudenmaier
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The sixth seeded Lady Bulldogs faced off against the third seed Sheridan Lady Generals at Logan High School. Coming into the game both teams were riding success. Athens with a record of (5-17) and winning their last three of four games against conference rivals Southern, Wellston, and River Valley. Sheridan faced early season struggles starting… Read More
Lady Wildcats Steamroll Symmes Valley In Second Round
By: Nick Mullens
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With 5:30 left in the first quarter Waterford lead Symmes Valley 7-5 when Waterford’s Racheal Adams gets the steal on an inbounds pass and then lays it in for the layup. Not even five seconds later she steals it again on the in-bounds pass, hands it to Megan Ball and Ball drives to the bucket… Read More
Oak Hill Hands Lady Muraduers First Round Post Season Exit
By: Taylor Pacelli
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Unfortunately for the Meigs Lady Marauders, the season has come to a close, after a close playoff matchup against the Oak Hill Lady Oaks. The girls played their hearts out all night long, but it just wasn’t enough, falling 41-39. The Lady Marauders were going into the playoffs on a two-game losing streak. They were… Read More
Josie Ousley And the Lady Vikings Make Quick Work Of River Valley
By: Alex Harrison
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The River Valley Lady Raiders had a nice run going. After going winless the entire season winless, the team won its regular season finale and the beat New Lexington in its first tournament game. Then, Vinton County said hello. The Lady Vikings took down River Valley 72-26 at Logan High School on Wednesday to advance… Read More
Lady Spartans Lock Down Westfall To Advance In Playoffs
By: Nate Moore
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It’s that time of year ladies and gentlemen, it’s the playoffs. This is what the players have worked for all season long. Now, there’s only one goal left in every team’s mind: making a deep postseason run and winning a state championship. Alexander Lady Spartans took one big step towards reaching the ultimate goal of… Read More
Southern Pulls Away Late
By: Nate Moore
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It’s been a long season for the Eastern Eagles, and if they want to extend their season with postseason success, they’re going to have to change something up. In tonight’s match-up against the Southern Tornadoes, the Eastern Eagles couldn’t stop the Tornadoes on Southern’s senior night as they fell by a score of 54-44. It… Read More
Lady Spartans Pull Away Late To Spoil N-Y’s Senior Night
By: Abbey Kay
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A big crowd came out for the Nelsonville-York Lady Buckeyes Senior Night matchup against the Alexander Lady Spartans. The Lady Spartans lead by Rachel Richardson, Jadyn Mace and Mallory Rankin won this game 58-47. We saw a squad of Spartans ready to fight from tip-off to final buzzer this game. Coach Jeff Grinstead has said… Read More
Athens Cruises To Victory Over Wellston On Senior Night
By: Nick Ursini
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Emmy Beck-Aiden’s final game at McAfee Gymnasium will be a game she will remember for a long time. The Athens Lady Bulldogs (5-17) finished their regular season with a victory over the Wellston Lady Golden Rockets (9-11) 64-44 on Senior Night. Athens started the game exactly how they drew it up. They scored first and… Read More
Vinton County Disappoints In Loss To Chillicothe
By: Jerry Kirven
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After leaving Alexander last Friday with a overtime win and control of first place in the TVC-Ohio, the Vinton County Vikings were welcomed home Tuesday night by thousands of fans hoping to witness the Vikings defeat non-conference foe Chillicothe. It was a playoff-like atmosphere as two of Southern Ohio’s best teams were set to face… Read More
Alexander Gets Crucial Conference Win Against Meigs
By: Maggie Shandrick
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The Alexander (11-11, 7-5) boys bounced back Tuesday night in a 57 to 50 victory over TVC-Ohio foes, the Meigs Marauders (14-8, 9-3). The Spartans came out at the beginning of the game and were challenged by a half court 1-3-1 defense the Marauders threw at them. They were able to work the ball around… Read More
Trimble Tomcats Fight off the Federal Hocking Lancers
By: Samantha Wiesneth
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The Federal Hocking Lancers (2-15), (2-11) struggled to compete with the first place Trimble Tomcats (13-4), (10,2) tonight in Glouster, Ohio. Trimble came out victorious in their home gym with a final score of 58 to 34. Tomcat star shooter Randy Hixon put up the most points for Trimble with 24 points on the night…. Read More
Raiders Win Thriller Over Nelsonville-York
By: Evan Scott
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River Valley trailed Nelsonville-York by five points, 46-41, with just under two minutes to play in the game. The Raiders (5-13, 3-7 TVC Ohio) then scored the last eight points of the game to beat the Buckeyes (5-13, 1-10) 49-46 Tuesday night. The game was back and forth the entire way. The Buckeyes held a… Read More
Tornadoes Storm Into Waterford, Leave With Share Of Second In The TVC-Hocking
By: Thomas Garverick
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Trey McKnickle and the Southern Tornadoes did not forget what happened on Dec. 22. Friday night, McKnickle made the biggest play of the Tornadoes’ season: a drive to the right baseline and hit the game-winning layup for the Tornadoes (11-5,9-3 TVC-Hocking) as time expired to beat the Wildcats (9-5, 8-3 TVC-Hocking) 52-50. The Tornadoes got… Read More
Vikings Don’t Like To Share
By: Jerry Kirven
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Nelsonville York traveled to McArthur Thursday night hoping to steal a share of the 2018 TVC-Ohio title from top ranked Vinton County. The Lady Buckeyes were able to erase a 14-point deficit, but unable to overcome Cassie Bentley’s game-high 26 points falling to the Vikings 64-55. With the win, Vinton County (17-1,11-0) secured its first… Read More
Lady Lancers Shake Up The Top Spots In TVC-Hocking
By: Rebekah Markovitz
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Before Christmas, the Lady Eagles beat the Lady Lancers 59-46, but a month and a half of basketball season later, the tables turned. The Lady Lancers beat the Lady Eagles 59-43, which helped them edge out Eastern for the second place rank behind Waterford in the TVC-Hocking. The Lady Lancers took the lead early in… Read More
Lady Wildcats Remain Perfect In The TVC-Hocking
By: Paul Roth
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The Waterford Lady Wildcats dominated the Belpre Lady Eagles on their senior night, taking the win by a score of 58-21. Both teams started off slowly, as Waterford only led 8-1 after the first quarter. But Ali Kern and Megan Ball turned up the gas in the second as they helped the Lady Wildcats outscore… Read More
Lady Spartans Back On Track
By: Abbey Kay
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The Lady Spartans collect another victory over the Lady Marauders with a final score of 49-36. Both teams ran a tough defense but it was the Lady Spartans that executed plays and got the win. Like we’ve seen in the past, the Lady Spartans had a slow start. Midway through quarter one, they got into… Read More