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Lady Tornadoes top Clay, win district title
MINFORD, Ohio — Some things are just worth the wait. Over three decades and five Presidents later, the Southern softball team is headed back to regional postseason play following a 6-3 victory over second-seeded Portsmouth Clay Saturday afternoon in a Division IV Southeast District championship contest at Minford High School in Scioto County. The top-seeded Lady Tornadoes (18-10) took a 2-0 lead after one inning of play, but the visiting ...
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It’s a celebration, Southern style
Members of the Southern softball team rejoice just moments after capturing a 6-3 victory over Portsmouth Clay for the Division IV district championship at Minford High School. The top-seeded Lady Tornadoes earned their first regional appearance in softball since 1982 and will travel to Pickerington High School Central for a Sweet 16 matchup with Strasburg Franklin at 5 p.m. Thursday in a D-4 semifinal. A complete look at Southern’s victory ov...
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Warren claims another SEOAL All-Sports Trophy
Warren High School took the lead early in the season and never let it get away in claiming the 2012-13 William E. (Bill) Thomas All-Sports Trophy championship. It was the second-straight title for the Warriors and Lady Warriors, who thus keep the trophy in Washington County for another year. Marietta High School won the previous five titles before leaving the league at the end of the 2010-11 school year. Warren finished with 64 points to ...
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Lady Eagles lead D-3 district meet after Day 1
OAK HILL, Ohio — Three events completed, three district championships for the Lady Eagles. The Eastern girls have already advanced seven athletes to regional competition after just three event finals on Tuesday during Day 1 of the 2013 Division III Southeast District Track and Field Championships being held at Davis Stadium on the campus of Oak Hill High School in Jackson County. The Lady Eagles currently own the lead in the South Divisio...
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GAHS track teams set in 2nd after day one of the district meet
OAK HILL, Ohio — Through day one of the Division II district track and field meet 15 OVP area athletes have advanced to the next round. The district track and field meet was held Wednesday at Oak Hill High School in Jackson county and so far 13 teams girls teams and 12 boys teams have scored. The top four finishers in each event advance to the regionals. Athens leads the girls through three events with 27 points, followed by Gallia Academ...
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Dillon McCarty sings with WVU Parkersburg
The all-time leading scorer for Point Pleasant basketball is headed to the next level. Big Blacks guard Dillon McCarty signed a letter of intent Friday to join the Riverhawks basketball team for the 2012-13 season. “It’s a good opportunity to fulfill something I have been striving for since I was little,” McCarty said. “It wouldn’t mean anything without God, my family and my friends. My hard work paid off and it’s nice.”McCarty became Point P...
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Meigs starting pitcher Taylor Rowe, second from left, is joined by infield teammates Treay McKinney, Cameron Mattox, Matt Casci and Bradley Helton during a second inning meeting on the mound Thursday night in a Division III district semifinal against Rock Hill at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. (Bryan Walters/photo)
Marauders fall to Rock Hill, 6-0
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The third time was hardly the charm for the Meigs baseball team Thursday night following a 6-0 setback to third-seeded Rock Hill in a Division III district semifinal at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Ross County. The second-seeded Marauders (15-13) — who were making their third consecutive appearance in a D-3 semifinal at Paints Field — had the first hit of the ball game after Treay McKinney delivered a one-out double in the b...
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Eastern senior Tori Goble throws to first base during the district semifinal in Minford, where the Lady Eagles dropped a 8-1 decision to Leesburg Fairfield Thursday night. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Lady Eagles fall to Fairfield, 8-1
MINFORD, Ohio — The Lady Eagles found themselves on the wrong side of a no-hitter Thursday night. The Eastern Softball team didn’t manage a hit in its 8-1 Division IV district semifinal loss to Leesburg Fairfield on the campus of Minford High School. The Lady Lions took advantage of four EHS (16-10) errors to score four runs in the top of the first inning. Fairfield marked two more runs in each the third and fourth innings to expand its l...
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Gallia Academy sophomore Sean Saltzgaber hits a forehand during a match against Marietta on April 11 in Centenary, Ohio. (Bryan Walters/photo)
Blue Devils land 6 on All-SEOAL tennis team
CENTENARY, Ohio — To the victors go the spoils. The Gallia Academy tennis team came away with all of the main honors during the selection of the 2013 All-Southeastern Ohio Athletic League Tennis teams, as voted on by the coaches within the league. The Blue Devils finished the 2013 regular season campaign with an unblemished 17-0 record, which included a perfect 10-0 mark in SEOAL play. GAHS won its first SEOAL tennis title since 2006 and ...
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Gallia Academy junior second baseman Gage Childers applies a successful tag to a Waverly baserunner during a steal attempt Wednesday night in the D-2 district final at Bob Wren Stadium in Athens, Ohio. (Bryan Walters/photo)
Waverly shuts down Blue Devils, 2-0
ATHENS, Ohio — Opportunity knocked … but the Blue Devils never could get the door to swing open. The Gallia Academy baseball team had its historic 2013 campaign come to a bitter end Wednesday night following a 2-0 setback to third-seeded Waverly in a Division II district final held at Bob Wren Stadium on the campus of Ohio University in Athens County. The top-seeded Blue Devils (25-4) produced at least one hit in each of their first six i...
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Eastern seniors Derick Powell (24) and Josh Shook (8) get Southern junior Chandler Drummer (19) out at second base for the front end of a double play during the Eagles 16-4 triumph over Southern Wednesday night in Racine. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Eagles soar past Southern, 16-4
RACINE, Ohio — All good things must come to an end. The Southern baseball team had won 35 consecutive Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division games before Wednesday night when the Tornadoes fell to arch rival Eastern 16-4 in Star Mill Park. This marks the final game of the season for the Eagles, who finish the year with a .810 winning percentage. The Tornadoes (24-6, 15-1 TVC Hocking) fired the opening salvo as Adam Pape and Colten Walters...
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Southern baseball honors Ryan Chapman
Prior to the Eastern at Southern baseball game Wednesday night, former Tornado pitcher Ryan Chapman had his number 19 retired. Pictured above are Chapman (right) and SHS head coach Ryan Lemley (left) with the baseball that is mounted on the right field fence of the baseball field at Star Mill Park in Racine. “It’s really an honor to my number retired,” Chapman said. “I wasn’t expecting it and I was surprised when coach Lemley told me. To be t...
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Southern junior Baylee Hupp connects for a two-run homerun during fifth inning of the Lady Tornadoes 8-1 victory over Pike Eastern in the district semifinal at Minford Tuesday night. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Southern storms past Lady Eagles, 8-1
MINFORD, Ohio — Rewriting history. For the first time in 15 years the Southern softball team is headed to the district finale. The Lady Tornadoes defeated Pike Eastern 8-1 Tuesday night in the Division IV district semi-final at Minford High School, Southern’s first win in a district game since 1998. The Lady Eagles marked a run in the top of the first inning when Sexton drove in Tackett. The Lady Tornadoes (17-10) countered in the bottom ...
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River Valley senior Jacob Marcum releases a throw in the discus event during the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Track and Field Championships held Friday at RVHS in Bidwell, Ohio. (Alex Hawley/photo)
River Valley boys, girls finish 5th at OVC meet
BIDWELL, Ohio — Host River Valley finished fifth overall in both the boys and girls team competitions held Friday night during the 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Track and Field Championships held in Gallia County. Neither the Raiders nor the Lady Raiders came away with a league title in any of the 34 races held, as RVHS managed just six top-three finishes en route to the respective bottom-half finishes. The Raiders scored 65 points and topped...
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Southern's Danny Ramthun, middle, is joined by senior teammates Cole Graham, left, and Adam Pape in hoisting the D-4 Southeast District championship trophy following a 6-1 win over Lucasville Valley Tuesday night at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. (Bryan Walters/photo)
Tornadoes win 7th straight district crown
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Just like clockwork. The Southern baseball team posted its 14th consecutive district triumph while also earning its seventh straight regional appearance Monday night following a 6-1 victory over Lucasville Valley in a Division IV district final at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Ross County. The top-seeded Tornadoes (24-5) never trailed in the contest and outhit the second-seeded Indians by a 10-7 overall margin, as the hosts...
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Blue Devils beat FUHS, advance to district final
ATHENS, Ohio — And here the Blue Devils go again. The Gallia Academy baseball team earned its second straight district final appearance Monday night following an 11-3 clubbing of fifth-seeded Fairfield Union in a Division II district semifinal matchup at Bob Wren Stadium on the campus of Ohio University. The top-seeded Blue Devils (25-3) trailed 2-0 after a half-inning of play, but the hosts rallied with 11 consecutive runs between the se...
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Lady Marauders close season with win over Nelsonville-York
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Ending the season on a high note. The Meigs softball team ended its season Monday night with a 4-0 victory over Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division host Nelsonville-York. Brook Andrus scored in the top of the first on a Tess Phelps RBI to put Meigs (15-8, 7-3 TVC Ohio) up 1-0. Phelps drove in Andrus again in the third frame and later scored, along with Harley Fox on Allyson Davis hit. The Lady Buckeyes (7-13, 3-6) fail...
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Pictured above are members of the 2013 Gallia Academy varsity girls track and field team. Sitting in front, from left, are Sam Morrissey, Breanna West, Taylor Queen, Kathleen Allen, Hannah Watts, Elizabeth Holley, Madelynn Dennison, Brittany Angel and Cassidy Sickels. Sitting in the second row are Morgan Foster, Haleigh Caldwell, Kylie Angel, Kati Saunders, Maddie Syders, Varna Thayaparan, Rylee Stevens, Madison Holley and Andrea Edelmann. Sitting in third row are Sydney Rose, Kim Faro, Alexis Combs, Hannah Loveday, Ashley Huffman, Brooke Rider and Jennifer Loscar. Sitting in back row are GAHS coaches Paul Close, Nate Hall and Todd May. Absent from the photo were Abby Loveday, Naomi Sebastian and Aliza Warner. (Bryan Walters/photo)
Blue Angels win SEOAL, Devils take third
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — The Blue Angels win the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League for the first time since 2009. The Gallia Academy girls track and field team took top spot Saturday at Portsmouth High School with 129 points, followed by Chillicothe with 116, Logan with 111, Warren with 110 and Jackson with 56. Portsmouth rounded out the six team field with one point. The GAHS 4x200m relay team of Breanna West, Haleigh Caldwell, Taylor Queen an...
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Wahama senior Austin Cole slides into second base under Charleston Catholic second baseman Thad Jameson during the Irish's 6-2 victory Monday night in the regional semifinal at Point Pleasant. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Charleston Catholic ends White Falcons season, 6-2
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The green on Charleston Catholic’s uniforms might as well be kryptonite. For the fourth consecutive year the Wahama baseball team had its season ended by the Irish in the regional tournament. Monday night the White Falcons fell to Charleston Catholic by a score of 6-2 in the WVSSAC Class A regional semifinal. The Irish (26-9) marked a pair of runs in the the top of the first frame, on two hit and two errors. Three ...
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Marauders blast Wellston for sectional title, 14-2
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — They say good things come in threes. The Marauders are about to find out. The Meigs baseball team captured its third straight district berth Saturday afternoon after posting a 14-2 five-inning victory over visiting Wellston in a Division III sectional final in Meigs County. The second-seeded Marauders (15-11) picked up their third consecutive sectional crown by defeating the 10th-seeded Golden Rockets (4-21) for the th...
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