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By Alex [email protected]

CENTENARY, Ohio —Now with experience, the Blue Devils’ have a chance to turn it up a notch.

The 2017-18 Gallia Academy boys basketball team returns eight members from last season’s team, which improved its win total by nine from the previous year, boasting a 16-7 overall mark with a 10-4 league record, good enough for second place in Ohio Valley Conference.

This version of the Blue Devils features four seniors, seven juniors and four sophomores. Seniors Justin Peck and Evan Wiseman, as well as junior Justin McClelland lead GAHS with two previous years of varsity experience apiece, with Gallia Academy’s record at an even 23-23 in that time.

Back in the Blue and White for a second straight year are seniors Gage Harrison and Kaden Thomas, juniors Blaine Carter and Cory Call, as well as sophomore center Zach Loveday.

First year players on the GAHS varsity squad include juniors Caleb Henry, Cole Davis, Brendan Carter and Bailey Walker, as well as sophomores Ben Cox, Logan Blouir and Spencer Harris.

For the fifth straight year, Gallia Academy will be led by Gary Harrison, who has compiled a 39-53 record as head coach of the Blue Devils.

“I know we have high expectations this year,” Coach Harrison said. “I’m not going to go on wins or losses, I’m just going to go by how we play and how hard we play. I think if we play hard each game, that’s success. Wins will come as long as we get better.

“This year we can go 10-deep, we’re going to change our style a little bit,” Harrison added. “We’re still going to get our style in, we’re just going to be able to get up and down the floor. We have 33 kids in our program this year, our numbers have really increased over the last five years and our program is starting to build.”

For their effort on the court

last season, Loveday and Peck were each named to the AP All-Southeast District second team, the All-District 13 second team and the All-OVC first team.

“They’re going to be big fac-tors for our team, we’re going to expect them to be double-double guys every night,” Coach Harrison said of his two returning big men. “If they can do that, we’re going to be very successful. They’re definitely key cogs in our offense.

“It’s also going to stem from our guards,” Harrison added. “They have to be able to get them the ball, they have to be able to make jumpers and they have to handle pressure.”

McClelland, the starting point guard on last year’s team, was an all-league honorable mention, while starting wing Evan Wiseman was a special mention on the All-Southeast District team. Both McClelland and Wiseman were special men-tion in District 13.

Henry, a transfer from South Gallia, brings his own set of ac-colades, as he was a all-league first team selection in the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division, while making second team on the District 13 team in Division IV. Henry was third team on the All-Southeast District Division IV team.

The Blue Devils — who will

have to replace 2017 GAHS graduates Miles Cornwell and Dondre Armstrong from last year’s team — didn’t let success go to their heads, as Coach Harrison noted the productive offseason.

“We had a great turnout this summer,” said Coach Harrison. “We played a lot of basketball in Columbus, we didn’t really play against anyone from Southeast Ohio, so a lot of people didn’t really get to see us play. Just by playing good competition it makes us better. I think what’s going to help us is that our non-league schedule is really going to set up our league schedule.”

The Blue Devils finished runner up to state quarterfinals Fairland in eight-team OVC.

In addition to 14 league con-tests, Gallia Academy will face Point Pleasant and River Valley twice each, while matching up with Athens, Jackson, Meigs and Washington Court House one time apiece.

Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100.

Gallia Academy aiming for more success

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Gallia Academy varsity boys basketball team. Standing from left are Ben Cox, Evan Wiseman, Kaden Thomas, Gage Harrison, Justin McClelland, Bailey Walker, Justin Peck, Zach Loveday, Spencer Harris, Blaine Carter, Logan Blouir, Cory Call, Caleb Henry, Cole Davis and Brendan Carter.

2017-18 GAHS ScheduleDecember1 vs. Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:305 vs. Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:309 vs. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3012 at Rock Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3015 vs. Ironton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3019 at Fairland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3022 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . 8 p.m.January5 vs. Coal Grove . . . . . . . . . . . 7:306 at Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . . 7:309 at South Point . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3013 vs. Washington Court House . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3016 vs. Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . 7:3019 at Chesapeake . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3023 vs. Rock Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3026 at Ironton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3030 at Coal Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February2 vs. South Point. . . . . . . . . . . 7:306 vs. Fairland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:309 at Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3013 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3016 vs. Chesapeake . . . . . . . . . . 7:3017 vs. Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . 7:30

2017-18 GAHS RosterNo. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Cole Davis . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 5-10 G2 Caleb Henry . . . . . . . . Jr. 6-1 G3 Evan Wiseman* . . . . . Sr. 6-1 G10 Justin McClelland* . . Jr. 6-1 G11 Blaine Carter* . . . . . . Jr. 6-2 F12 Kaden Thomas* . . . . Sr. 6-1 G14 Logan Blouir . . . . . . . . So. 6-2 G20 Spencer Harris . . . . . So. 6-3 F21 Brendan Carter . . . . . Jr. 5-9 G22 Cory Call* . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 6-1 G23 Ben Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . So. 6-0 F32 Zach Loveday . . . . . . . So. 7-0 C33 Gage Harrison* . . . . . Sr. 6-0 G35 Justin Peck* . . . . . . . . Sr. 6-5 F44 Bailey Walker . . . . . . . Jr. 6-1 GHead Coach: Gary Harrison (5th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

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By Bryan [email protected]

MASON, W.Va. — There’s work to be done, regardless of what the numbers say.

The Wahama boys basket-ball team returns 13 players from last year’s program, but in actually only seven players participated on the varsity level — so the White Falcons aren’t as much a veteran squad as one could believe.

The Red and White are com-ing off a 9-14 overall season in which they also placed seventh in the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division with a 7-9 mark. The White Falcons also lost starters Philip Hoffman, Travis Kearns, Mason Hildreth and Randy Lantz to graduation.

So, with a large number of holes to fill, it helps that a 22-man lineup — both varsity and junior varsity — is there trying to help fill in some of those positions.

It also provides fifth-year WHS coach Ron Bradley with some flexibility that he hasn’t enjoyed in quite some time.

“We are very fortunate to have the number of kids that we do in the program, because we were very thin at times last year after injuries. We feel good about our numbers and the options we have because of the numbers,” Bradley said. “We’ve got some

solid leaders with experience and we have some kids that are really raw. We are fortunate to have a little more height this year, so those returnees will be key for us in getting everybody up to speed at the varsity level.”

Coming back to the varsity squad are seniors Noah Litch-field, Anthony Ortiz, Skyler Estep and Isaiah Pauley, as well as juniors Jacob Lloyd, Jonathan Frye, Nathan Day, Tyler Bumgar-ner and Cooper Peters. Abram Pauley, Hunter Groves and Brayden Davenport are return-ing from a year ago.

Litchfield, like Hoffman, was an All-TVC Hocking selection a year ago, although the second half of his season was cut short due to injury.

Litchfield joins Lloyd as a pair of returnees that can play either the guard or forward spots, and that duo also serves as Wahama’s top offensive threats returning from last winter.

Ortiz, Estep, Frye, Day, Dav-enport and Abram Pauley bring some experience back to the guard positions, while Bumgar-ner, Peters, Board, Groves and Isaiah Pauley do the same for the interior.

Other possibilities for the varsity roster include juniors Brady Bumgarner, Jacob Warth and Dakota Belcher, sophomore Nick Brewer, and freshmen Josh-ua Frye, Brennan Grate, Isaac Roush and Austin Brooks.

Warth, Belcher and Brewer bring a little bit of added size and depth to the frontcourt, while the rest will battle for any remaining spots available in the backcourt.

Bradley feels that with the availability of extra players at a variety of positions, Wahama’s best chance of having success will come from pushing the tempo — particularly on the defensive side of the court.

“I was pleased with some of the progress we made defen-sively last year, and we are really stressing the importance of defense again this year,” Bradley

said. “We have more depth and can get after teams a little hard-er, and everyone can stay a little fresher as part of a rotation. I am pleased with where we are so far defensively, but the effort has to continually be there for us to be a solid defensive unit.”

There are some experience concerns, but Bradley feels that won’t be a problem once the season starts and the kids get use to the rigors of the TVC Hocking and non-conference matchups.

In fact, he feels that the regu-lar season will be a very dif-ficult challenge for his troops. He also believes that if they will take care of the little things, the rest will take care of itself.

“My biggest goal for this group is to improve every day and every game. We have a really tough schedule both in league and non-conference, so there won’t be any days off so to speak,” Bradley said. “The biggest thing I want from this group is for spectators and opponents to think that we play hard. We will have to out-work a lot of our opponents if we want to have a successful season.”

Wahama will play five of its first seven games on the road this season, with the home opener coming on Dec. 15 against Miller.

Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101.

White Falcons reload for 2017-18 season

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Wahama varsity boys basketball team. Seated in front, from left, are Jonathan Frye, Anthony Ortiz, Noah Litchfield, Skyler Estep, Isaiah Pauley and Nathan Day. Sitting in middle are Tyler Bumgarner, Brady Bumgarner, Cooper Peters, Jacob Warth, Jacob Lloyd, Dakota Belcher and Ryan Beckner. Seated in back are Hunter Board, Adam Groves, Brayden Davenport, Abram Pauley, Nick Brewer, Brennan Grate, Joshua Frye and Isaac Roush.

2017-18 WHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht PosAnthony Ortiz* . . . . . . Sr 5-9 GNoah Litchfield* . . . . . Sr 5-10 G-FSkyler Estep* . . . . . . . Sr 5-10 GIsaiah Pauley* . . . . . . . Sr 6-0 FJacob Lloyd* . . . . . . . . Jr 5-11 G-FJonathan Frye* . . . . . . Jr 5-11 GNathan Day* . . . . . . . . Jr 5-8 GTyler Bumgarner* . . . Jr 6-0 FBrady Bumgarner . . . Jr 5-11 GCooper Peters*. . . . . . Jr 6-1 CJacob Warth . . . . . . . . Jr 6-2 CDakota Belcher . . . . . . Jr 6-3 CRyan Beckner . . . . . . . Jr 5-9 GAbram Pauley* . . . . . . So 6-1 GHunter Board* . . . . . . So 6-0 FAdam Groves* . . . . . . So 6-4 CBrayden Davenport* . So 5-7 GNick Brewer . . . . . . . . . So 6-0 FJoshua Frye . . . . . . . . . Fr 5-7 GBrennan Grate . . . . . . Fr 5-6 GIsaac Roush . . . . . . . . . Fr 5-4 GAustin Brooks . . . . . . . Fr 5-4 GHead Coach:Ron Bradley (5th season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

2017-18 WHS ScheduleDecember 8 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 19 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 27 at Wirt County Tourn . . . . . 7:30 28 at Wirt County Tourn . . . . . 7:30 29 vs. Hannan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 5 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 vs. Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 20 at Ravenswood . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 26 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 30 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 2 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 6 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 13 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3021 at Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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ASHTON, W.Va. — New coach. New approach.

The Hannan boys basketball program — which has just 19 wins over the past four years — is looking to start something new this winter as Becky Ferrell takes over the reins of the program.

Fortunately, the first-time varsity coach will have plenty to work with.

The Wildcats — fresh off a 7-15 campaign last winter —

return eight players, four starters and three seniors to a 10-deep roster.

That experience will certainly help the new skipper, not to mention make Hannan a rather formidable opponent for the first time in several seasons.

HHS assistant coach Jeremy Ferrell — who filled in for his wife during media day — noted that the entire staff is excited

about what this season can be, particularly in the fact that every-one is close.

“We’re fortunate as a new staff to have some experienced players that are familiar with one another. We can build on that, plus implement some new things that we want to try do with these kids,” Ferrell said. “We have some good outside shooters and we have some height on the

inside, so we feel that we have a good balance of options on the floor.

“With a year under their belts and more experience headed into the season, we really feel good about what we can get accom-plished with this squad.”

The Blue and White will have the rare luxury of experience and

Ferrell takes over reins at Hannan

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Hannan varsity boys basketball team. Standing in front, from left, are Devrick Burris, Cameron Evjen, Matthew Qualls, Dalton Coleman, Justis Powers-Cupp and Andrew Gillispie. Standing in back are HHS head coach Becky Ferrell, assistant Shawn Coleman, Nathan McQueen, Malachi Cade, Logan Nibert, Chandler Starkey and assistant Jeremy Ferrell.2017-18 HHS Roster

No. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos Nathan McQueen* . . Sr 6-0 F Malachi Cade* . . . . . . Sr 5-11 G Logan Nibert* . . . . . . Sr 6-2 F-C Matthew Qualls* . . . . Jr 6-0 G-F Dalton Coleman* . . . Jr 5-11 G Justis Powers-Cupp* Jr 5-11 F Andrew Gillispie* . . . Jr 6-0 G-F Chandler Starkey* . . So 6-4 C Devrick Burris . . . . . . So 6-0 F Cameron Evjen . . . . . Fr 5-10 G-FHead Coach:Becky Ferrell (1st season)* — Indicates varsity returnee.

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BIDWELL, Ohio — The Raid-ers are hoping that experience counts for something.

The 2017-18 River Valley basketball team returns eight players from last year’s team, which improved its win total by four from the previous season, going 9-15 overall, including 3-9 in the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division.

For the second straight sea-son, the Raiders will be led by head coach Bryan Drummond.

“We’re just taking off from where we left off last year,” Drummond said. “It’s a little dif-ferent lineup obviously, but we have some more senior leader-ship this year. With this being my second year, things have

been a little less hectic. We’re ahead of where we were last year, but I’m not sure what that means. We’re deeper, as far as roster size.”

The most experienced Raiders returning are seniors Dustin Bar-ber and Patrick Brown, entering their third seasons on the varsity squad. Last winter, Barber was

an all-league first team selection.Back for a second consecutive

season are senior Jarret Mc-Carley, juniors Layne Fitch and Rory Twyman, and sophomores Jordan Burns, Chase Caldwell and Brandon Call.

“We obviously are going to look to our senior leadership,” said Drummond. “We have Bar-ber coming back off of his best season, and McCarly, who at the end of last season helped us get to where we wanted to be and took care of things on the floor. We’re looking for Patrick Brown to really step up, be a factor, be a force and use his size in there, he’s a key.

“Some of our younger guys are going to step up and fill huge roles,” Drummond added. “We have Layne (Fitch) and Rory (Twyman) who are going to be impactful this year. Really, how we do this season depends on how we develop the players who didn’t play that much last year.”

Entering their first season with the River Valley varsity squad are senior Kyle Coen, sophomores Matthew Mollohan and Gavin Shadle, and freshman Jordan Lambert.

“It’s gonna be a team effort this year,” Drummond said. “We have a competition in practice everyday for spots. That’s a true statement, some people say that as a blanket statement, but we truly have a deeper roster and we don’t know who’s going to be the best guy each night. Rebounding is a team sport for us now and we are focusing a lot on rebounding, I can’t stress it enough.”

The Raiders have three se-niors from last season’s team to replace in Tre Craycraft, Jacob Dovenbarger and Ian Polcyn. Dovenbarger was an All-Ohio honorable mention as a senior.

Last season, the Raiders

Raiders building off of last season’s momentum

2017-18 RVHS ScheduleDecember 1 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 at Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 vs. Vinton County . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs. Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . 8 p.m. 19 at Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at Gallia Academy . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 at South Point . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 5 at Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 19 at Vinton County . . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 at Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 26 vs. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 30 at Oak Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 6 vs. Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 10 at Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . . 7:30 13 vs. Gallia Academy . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

2017-18 RVHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr. Ht PosDustin Barber* . . . . . . . . . Sr. 5-11 GPatrick Brown* . . . . . . . . . Sr. 6-3 FJordan Burns* . . . . . . . . . So. 6-2 FChase Caldwell* . . . . . . . . So. 5-10 GBrandon Call* . . . . . . . . . . So. 6-3 FKyle Coen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. 6-3 FLayne Fitch* . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 5-7 GJordan Lambert . . . . . . . . Fr. 6-3 FJarret McCarley* . . . . . . . Sr. 6-1 GMatthew Mollohan . . . . . . So. 6-2 FGavin Shadle . . . . . . . . . . . So. 6-3 FRory Twyman* . . . . . . . . . Jr. 5-6 GHead Coach: Bryan Drummond (2nd season)* — indicates varsity returnee

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 River Valley varsity boys basketball team. Standing in the front row, from left, are Rory Twyman, Dustin Barber, Chase Caldwell and Layne Fitch. Standing in the back row are athletic trainer Samantha Blevins, head coach Bryan Drummond, Jarret McCarley, Brandon Call, Jordan Lambert, Gavin Shadle, Matthew Mollohan, Jordan Burns, assistant coach Dustin Gibbs and assistant coach Stephen Brown.

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RACINE, Ohio — A good mix of experience and youth.

The Southern boys basket-ball team has six players back from last year’s varsity squad to go with six newcomers, as the 2017-18 Tornadoes try to improve its win total year again.

Last season, Southern improved its win total by five from the previous year, going 11-12 overall. Entering season No. 11 at the helm is head coach Jeff Caldwell, who has an overall head coaching record of 240-177, including 132-98 with the Tornadoes.

“Overall we’re pretty young, but they’re guys that like the game of basketball and they’ve been working hard in practice,” Caldwell said. “They seem to be guys that want to get better

and learn. It’s been fun so far and we’re looking forward to the season, because they want to do well and they’re accepting of whatever it is we’re asking them to do.”

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the a fourth straight season is senior guard Dylan Smith, who was an all-league selection as a sophomore. SHS is a combined 30-42 in Smith’s three previous seasons with the team.

“Dylan will be a main leader for us, he works really hard every day in practice,” Caldwell said. “When your senior leader works hard like that, it kind of sets the tone for the rest of the guys.”

Entering season No. 3 for Southern are juniors Weston Thorla and Brayden Cunning-ham, while Trey McNickle, Jensen Anderson and Austin Baker are all back for a second campaign.

“Weston Thorla and Trey McNickle are back, they’re the only other guys that got a lot of playing time last season on var-sity and they’ve been working hard too,” Caldwell said. “I like

that our returning players on varsity are really getting after it in practice and are showing the other guys how to do it.

“Jensen Anderson and Austin Barker are guys that dressed varsity for us last year,” Caldwell added. “Brayden Cunningham has really shown strides with the work he’s put in the work in the offseason.”

Newcomers to the SHS varsity squad this season are seniors Larry Dunn and Jason Counts, juniors Billy Harmon and Alex VanMeter, and sopho-mores Coltin Parker and Austin Vancooney.

“I feel like this is a team that maybe can surprise people a little bit, because of the way they play,” Caldwell said. “Early on, we’ll just take it one game at a time and try to get better as

Southern shooting for another successful year

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Southern varsity boys basketball team. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Billy Harmon, Weston Thorla, Dylan Smith, Jensen Anderson, Jason Counts and Coltin Parker. Standing in the back row are Larry Dunn, Alex VanMeter, Austin Vancooney, Brayden Cunningham, Austin Baker and Trey McNickle.

2017-18 SHS RosterNo. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos0 Dylan Smith* . . . . . . . Sr. 6-0 G2 Jason Counts . . . . . . . Sr. 5-10 F4 Weston Thorla* . . . . . Jr. 6-3 G10 Austin Baker* . . . . . . Jr. 6-2 F12 Billy Harmon . . . . . . . Jr. 6-0 G14 Trey McNickle* . . . . . So. 6-0 G20 Larry Dunn . . . . . . . . . Sr. 6-0 G22 Coltin Parker . . . . . . . So. 5-11 G24 Jensen Anderson* . . Jr. 6-0 G30 Alex VanMeter . . . . . . Jr. 6-0 F32 Brayden Cunningham* Jr. 6-5 C34 Austin Vancooney . . . So. 6-3 CHead Coach: Jeff Caldwell (10th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 SHS ScheduleDecember 2 at Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 19 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 27 vs. Ravenswood . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 at Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30January 5 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 19 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 26 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 30 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 2 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 3 vs. Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 13 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Two years ago, the majority of these Big Blacks were in junior high.

The 2017-18 Point Pleasant boys basketball team features just five upper classmen, but is expecting large contributions from its underclassmen to make this a successful campaign.

Last winter, the Big Blacks finished with an 11-12 record, improving their win total by seven from the previous year. For the sixth consecutive year, Point Pleasant will be led by head coach Josh Williams, who will have one senior, four juniors, 11 sophomores and two freshmen to work with.

“We’re very young, but we’re excited,” Williams said. “They’re eager to learn and they’re here every day, wanting to get bet-ter. They’re leaning all of the concepts that go along with basketball, besides just running up and down. We just have to keep things real simple for them right now. They have progressed everyday, but we have a long way to go.”

Embarking on his fourth varsity season, Point Pleasant’s lone senior is center Trace Derenberger.

“Trace Derenberger is going to play a big part, being the

only senior, he’s a good leader,” Williams said. “We’re looking for who’s going to be the leader to emerge out of that younger group.”

Returning for a second varsity season are PPHS juniors Bradyn Canterbury and Evan Cobb, as well as sophomores Camron Long, Casey Lowery, Kade Oliver and Braxton Yates.

“They’ve been through the fire and I expect them to be okay,” Williams said of his returnees. “They’re just going to have to bring the rest of the guys along with them. Our sophomore class is a very large and very strong. We have a chance to have them for three years, doing the same thing over and over.”

In the Red, Black and White for the first time are juniors Gavin Jackson and Kyle Martin, sophomores Logan Cochran, Blake Diddle, Jovone Johnson, McKeehan Justus, Christian Phoenix, Aiden Sang and Ian Targett, and freshmen Malik Butler and Hunter Bush.

“We’re looking for Kade Oliver to step up, he’s going to be starting as a sophomore this year,” Williams said. “We’re looking for Bradyn Canterbury to contribute. We also have a freshman in Malik Butler, who will be starting for us and we expect big things out of him. Casey Lowery is another sopho-more we’re expecting big things out of this year.

“One good thing, for the first time in a long time, most of these kids just play basketball,” Williams added. “If they’re willing to commit time in the offseason, work on their skill sets and get in the weight room to get stronger, we’ll be excited about the future.”

Over this past offseason, the Big Blacks had a successful team camp and participated in shoot-outs at Rio Grande and Lincoln. The Red, Black and White also put in work on their own.

“We got in here and worked out in the gym,” Williams said. “Our boosters bought us a new shooting machine and that thing is awesome. It’s something our guys can go on with their smart phones and link up with. We can see how they’re shooting and how often they’re there.

“I feel like we’re building a culture where our players are coming back,” Williams added. “We play with them a lot in the summer and it’s getting bigger each year. That’s about the best competition they’re going to face, going against guys that are a little bit wiser, a little bit stronger and unselfish with the ball.”

This winter, Point Pleasant is scheduled to clash with Gal-lia Academy, Lincoln County, Nitro, Poca and River Valley twice each, while facing Cabell Midland, Calvary Baptist, East-ern, Hannan, Meigs, Oak Hill, Ravenswood, Ripley, Southern, South Point, Wahama and Win-field one time apiece.

“Coming out of the gates, it’s going to be pretty tough,” Williams said. “We’re looking at getting better every game and doing the little things consis-tently. It’s the small things that are going to help these guys have success. We’re a defensive first team and we feel like we’re capable of getting double digit wins.”

PPHS was eliminated from the 2017 postseason in the opening round, by Sissonville, and will have to replace seven seniors from that team in Will Harbour, Austin Liptrap, Matthew Martin, Parker Rairden, Braydon Ralbusky, Evan Thompson, and Douglas Workman.


Point Pleasant youthful, but hungry for success

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Point Pleasant varsity basketball team. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Jovone Johnson, McKeehan Justus, Gavin Jackson, Kyle Martin, Trace Derenberger, Camron Long, Hunter Bush, Christian Phoenix and Ian Targett. Standing in the back row are Evan Cobb, Casey Lowery, Bradyn Canterbury, Logan Cochran, Malik Butler, Kade Oliver, Aiden Sang, Braxton Yates and Blake Diddle.

2017-18 PPHS ScheduleDecember 5 vs. Poca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 9 vs. Oak Hill at Rio Grande . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. 19 at Poca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 20 at Nitro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 28 vs. Winfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30January 2 at Calvary Baptist . . . . . . . . . .7:30 6 vs. Gallia Academy . . . . . . . . .7:30 9 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 12 at Lincoln County . . . . . . . . . .7:30 16 vs. Ripley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 19 vs. Ravenswood . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 20 at South Point . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 23 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 30 at Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30February 1 at Cabell Midland . . . . . . . . . .7:30 3 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 9 at Hannan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 10 vs. River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 13 vs. Nitro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 17 at Gallia Academy . . . . . . . . . .7:30 19 vs. Lincoln County . . . . . . . . .7:3021 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30

2017-18 PPHS RosterNo. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Camron Long* . . . . . . So. 6-0 G2 Logan Cochran . . . . . So. 6-2 F5 Aiden Sang . . . . . . . . . So. 6-1 G10 Christian Phoenix . . . So. 5-7 G11 Jovone Johnson . . . . So. 6-1 G12 Ian Targett . . . . . . . . . So. 5-8 G15 Braxton Yates* . . . . . So. 6-0 G20 Malik Butler . . . . . . . . Fr. 6-4 G21 Kyle Martin . . . . . . . . . Jr. 6-0 G23 Hunter Bush . . . . . . . Fr. 5-9 G24 Gavin Jackson . . . . . . Jr. 6-0 G25 Bradyn Canterbury* Jr. 6-2 F30 Casey Lowery* . . . . . So. 6-3 G-F32 McKeehan Justus . . . So. 5-8 F33 Kade Oliver* . . . . . . . So. 6-3 C34 Evan Cobb* . . . . . . . . Jr. 6-2 G-F44 Blake Diddle . . . . . . . . So. 6-0 G50 Trace Derenberger* . Sr. 6-7 CHead Coach: Josh Williams (6th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — It’s not a rebuild, but rather a chance to reload for another run.

The Ohio Valley Christian boys basketball team suffered some serious losses with the graduation of a pair of 1,000-point scorers in Elijah McDonald and Austin Ragan, not to mention key contributors Michael Gruber, Nate Dubs and

Hollis Morrison.The Defenders went 15-11

overall last winter while trying to repeat as OCSAA state cham-pions, but the Blue and Yellow ultimately came up just short of a state tournament appearance for the first time in four years.

Ohio Valley Christian has large shoes to fill headed into

the 2017-18 campaign, but the Defenders are far from a bare cupboard with five returnees to a roster that goes just 10-strong.

With only one senior on the squad, it will be a season of growth. Ninth-year OVCS coach Steve Rice, however, is excited about the challenge of getting this team back to the OCSAA

state tournament — even if its takes a little time.

“We are a perfect mix because we have five returnees and five newcomers. We have a lot of inexperience, but we also have some good, experienced pieces coming back as well,” Rice

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Ohio Valley Christian varsity boys basketball team. Standing, from left, are OVCS head coach Steve Rice, Christian Higginbotham, Andrew Dubs, Asher Peck, Justin Beaver, Arden Peck, Miciah Swab and Jeremiah Swab.

Defenders looking to reload in 2017-18

2017-18 OVCS RosterNo. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos2 Arden Peck* . . . . . . So 5-10 G11 Bryce Gruber* . . . . .Fr 5-10 G13 Asher Peck* . . . . . . Sr 5-9 G-F14 Justin Beaver* . . . . .Jr 6-2 G-F20 Christian Higginbotham . . . . .Fr 5-10 F22 Andrew Dubs* . . . . .Jr 6-2 C23 Jeremiah Swab . . . .Fr 5-11 G30 Miciah Swab . . . . . . .Jr 5-10 G34 Levi Anderson . . . . So 5-9 G-F Jeremiah Case . . . . .Jr 6-0 FHead Coach:Steve Rice (9th season)* — Indicates varsity returnee.

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TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — If the trend continues, the Eagles are set for double-digit wins this season.

The Eastern boys basketball team has improved its win total from the previous year in back-to-back seasons and are aiming for a third straight in the 2017-18 campaign, after a 9-14 record a year ago.

Eastern has four varsity returnees from last years team, in senior Kaleb Hill, juniors Sharp Facemyer and Blaise Facemyer, and sophomore Gar-rett Barringer.

“We feel like we’re light years ahead of where we were last year,” said fifth-year Eagles head coach Jeremy Hill. “Offensively, we feel like we’re going to be a lot stronger, be able to put more points on the board, get the ball inside and not rely on one or two guys. I think we have a deeper team that we can rely on, we’ll go about 8-or-9 deep on the bench, which is something that we haven’t experienced here.”

Newcomers to the EHS var-sity squad this season include juniors Dylan Creath and Isa-iah Fish, as well as sophomores Colton Reynolds, Ryan Dill, Mason Dishong and Derrick Metheney.

The Eagles graduated four

seniors from last year’s squad in Jett Facemyer, Corbett Catlett, Jeremiah Martindale and John Little. Facemyer was an All-Ohioan and all-league performer, averaging 22 points per game as a senior.

“I think replacing a 20-point scoring average can be easily done with 3-or-4 guys stepping up,” Coach Hill said. “I think Kaleb Hill is going to have an excellent year, he’s going to be one of the bigger post men in the league. Garrett Barringer’s going to give us another inside presence, he was a freshman

last year and has grown up tremendously. We also have a lot of outside shooters that we feel can give us 6-to-8, maybe 10 points a game.”

In addition to the quartet of 2017 EHS graduates that the Eagles have to replace, Eastern will also have to fill the role of Brayden Holter, a two-year varsity player who will miss his senior season due to injury.

Last season, the Eagles’ 8-8 league record was placed them tied for fifth with Belpre. East-ern’s eight-league wins were its most since the 2010-11 league championship campaign. Wa-terford won its second straight league title last winter, finish-ing unbeaten in the nine-team league.

“Waterford is going to be on top until someone knocks them off,” said Coach Hill. “We are expecting a lot more of a competitive balance in the league than there has been in the past. We feel like we have a non-league schedule that gives us an opportunity to get better, we face better competition and also have the opportunities to

get wins.”In addition to the 16 games

on Eastern’s league schedule, the Eagles will square off with Green, Meigs, Nelsonville-York, Ohio Valley Christian, Point Pleasant, and River Valley once each out of confer-ence. The Bobcats ended the Eagles’ 2017 postseason in the sectional semifinal, by a 59-50 count.

“We’re looking forward to building on success,” Coach Hill said. “When you’re build-ing a program from the bottom up, you’re gonna go through a lot of curves, hills, peaks and valleys. Coming out we had two wins, two wins, then we got six, then we got nine and now with the ball club we have this year, we expect it to be even more. The only thing you can ask for is for your program to be heading in the right direction and we feel like we continuously improve and we continuously get more numbers out.”


Eagles look to continue upward trend

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Eastern varsity boys basketball team. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Ryan Dill, Sharp Facemyer, Dylan Creath, Derrick Metheney and manager Primo Averion. Standing in the back row are manager Brayden Holter, Garrett Barringer, Kaleb Hill, Mason Dishong, Colton Reynolds and Isaiah Fish.

2017-18 EHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gr Ht Pos4 Dylan Creath . . . . . . . Jr. 5-6 G10 Sharp Facemyer* . . . Jr. 5-5 G12 Blaise Facemyer* . . . Jr. 5-10 F14 Colton Reynolds . . . So. 5-11 G20 Ryan Dill . . . . . . . . . . So. 5-9 G22 Isaiah Fish . . . . . . . . . Jr. 6-0 G-F24 Mason Dishong . . . . So. 6-0 F30 Garrett Barringer* . So. 6-5 F32 Derrick Metheney . . So. 5-9 G42 Kaleb Hill* . . . . . . . . .Sr. 6-4 CHead Coach: Jeremy Hill (5th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 EHS ScheduleDecember 1 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 19 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 vs. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 3 vs. Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30 5 vs. Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 13 at Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 19 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 at Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . . 7:30 26 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 30 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 2 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 3 vs. Ohio Valley Christian. . 6 p.m. 6 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 13 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:3016 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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MERCERVILLE, Ohio — New coach. Similar approach.

In the four seasons that Larry Howell patrolled the sidelines, the South Gallia basketball program continued its legacy of being a postseason achiever after putting together a pair of sectional titles and a Division IV district runner-up over that span.

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 South Gallia varsity boys basketball team. Seated in front, from left, are Andrew Small, Ethan Bevan, Garrett Frazee and Jared Ward. Sitting in middle are Austin Stapleton, Bryce Nolan, Austin Day, Eli Ellis and Curtis Haner. Standing in back are Nick Hicks, Hunter Sanders, Layne Ours, Jared Burdette, Colton Bowers, Jaxxon Mabe and Bryceton Folden.

Wolfe leads Rebels into 2017-18 season

2017-18 SGHS RosterNo. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Nick Hicks . . . . . . . . . Jr 5-7 G3 Jared Burdette . . . . . So 6-2 F4 Jaxxon Mabe . . . . . . . Fr 5-10 G5 Curtis Haner* . . . . . . Sr 5-10 G10 Eli Ellis* . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 5-11 G12 Austin Stapleton* . . . Sr 5-10 G14 Jared Ward* . . . . . . . . So 5-6 G21 Colton Bowers* . . . . . Sr 6-0 F23 Bryce Nolan* . . . . . . . Jr 5-10 G32 Hunter Sanders . . . . . So 5-9 G34 Bryceton Folden* . . . Jr 5-8 G44 Austin Day* . . . . . . . . So 6-5 F-CHead Coach:Kent Wolfe (1st season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

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ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The 2017-18 edition of the Meigs Marauders will kick off the 50th season of basketball at the school on Dec. 1, when they travel to Jackson.

Coach Ed Fry welcomes his fourth team in the maroon and gold, and must replace three key starters from last season’s 14-9 overall and 9-3 team in the TVC Ohio.

Meigs lost in the sectional finals to Fairfield Union and must replace all conference honorees Jared Kennedy and Luke Musser, along with starting guard Dylan Mahr.

Leading the list of returnees however is 6-foot junior guard Zach Bartrum, who is one of the top point guards in the TVC and All TVC sharpshooter Christian

Mattox (6-foot-1, sr ) who was se-lected all conference as a junior.

Rounding out the probable starting lineup is 6-foot-6 sopho-more Bobby Musser in the middle and 6-foot-2 sophomore Weston Baer and 6-foot-2 junior Cooper

Darst at the forwards. Baer is off to a late start however after suf-fering a leg injury in football.

Another surprise in preseason practice has been the play of 6-foot freshman Wyatt Hoover. “Hoover has been a big surprise,” Fry said. “He is really aggressive and has a high athletic IQ. Our perimeter players will be our strong point.”

If healthy it should be one of the top groups is this area. But once you get past them we will have to depend on young, inex-perienced players when it comes to depth. Rounding out the roster are juniors Nick Lilly, Jake Roush, Wesley Smith, Cole Betzing and sophomore Austin Mahr.

“The league will be tough”, Fry went on to say. “Vinton County, Athens and Alexander will all be

tough, it will be a tough road to hoe.”

The schedule for the maroon and gold will be one of the tough-est in Southeastern Ohio.

Besides the TVC Ohio and the usual non-conference games against Jackson, Southern, Gallia Academy, Warren Local, Eastern and Point Pleasant, Meigs will also play Ironton on Dec. 9, at the University of Rio Grande.

The maroon and gold will play in the River City Classic in Mari-etta on Dec. 29-30, and will also host perennial southeastern Ohio power Chillicothe on Feb. 13.

“It’s going to be a tough schedule,” Fry said. “But that is what we wanted.’’

Dave Harris is a sports correspondent for Ohio Valley Publishing.

Meigs aiming for more hoops success

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Meigs varsity boys basketball team. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Wesley Smith, Nick Lilly, Christian Mattox, Wyatt Hoover, Cole Betzing and Jake Roush. Standing in the back row are head coach Ed Fry, Austin Mahr, Cooper Darst, Bobby Musser, Weston Baer, Zach Bartrum and assistant coach Paul Jewell.

2017-18 MHS Roster No. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Christian Mattox* . . . Sr. 6-1 G3 Weston Baer* . . . . . . So. 6-2 G4 Cole Betzing . . . . . . . Jr. 5-10 G10 Nick Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 5-10 G12 Wesley Smith . . . . . . . Jr. 5-7 G14 Jake Roush . . . . . . . . . Jr. 5-9 G15 Zach Bartrum* . . . . . Jr. 6-0 G20 Bobby Musser . . . . . . So. 6-6 C23 Austin Mahr . . . . . . . . So. 6-1 F24 Cooper Darst . . . . . . . Jr. 6-2 F32 Wyatt Hoover . . . . . . . Fr. 6-0 FHead Coach: Ed Fry (4th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

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BIDWELL, Ohio — Looking for No. 10, with 20-20 vision.

The River Valley swim team — featuring 20 athletes for the second straight season — be-gins the 2017-18 season with one goal in mind, qualifying to the district tournament in at least one event for the 10th year in a row.

This year’s version of the Raiders features eight returnees from last year’s team, with seniors George Rickett and Wyatt Bragg leading the way, each entering their third straight season.

Headed into their second straight seasons are seniors Alyssa Ben-nett, Jenna Burke, and Will Edgar, as well as junior Ethan Browning and sophomores Ethan Cline and Elisabeth Moffett. Also returning to the RVHS program is senior Kenzie Baker, who swam as a freshman and sophomore.

Entering her third year as head coach of the Silver and Black is Robyn Schlater.

“It’s actually tough to pick team captains this year, because we have so many leaders,” said Schlater. “I think we’re going to make it back to districts and have a really successful season, because our talent is re-

ally great this year.“Making it back to

districts, that’s really the goal,” Schlater added. “We want everyone to do well, we want every-one to set goals, but the long term goal is going to be making it back to districts.”

Last season, RVHS advanced to the district in six events, three on the girls’ side and three more on the boys’.

Newcomers to the RVHS program are seniors Jack Farley, Chase Johnson, Alyssa Lollathin, Natosha Rankin and Maddee Tabor, juniors Bailey Bennett, Ian Eblin, Cole Franklin, Noah Meer-

winch and Julia Nutter, as well as freshman Ryan Lollathin.

“There are a couple swimmers that I have my eye on, but it’s just going to be a waiting game this year,” Schlater said of her newcomers.

The Raiders will have to replace six seniors from last year’s squad, in Abby Campbell, Savan-nah Halfhill, Cheyenne Huffman, Bailey Rhodes, Garrett Young and Nick Younge.

River Valley is sched-uled for eight regular season events this year, beginning on Nov. 29 at Shawnee State. The Raiders’ final scheduled regular season meet is

on Jan. 24, also at SSU.“We have a really good

first meet at Shawnee State,” Schlater said. “We do really well there, we usually place top-2 as a team, we score a lot of points at that meet. It’s a sprint meet, so all of the events are half the distance, and we usually end up doing well.”

River Valley hosts two meets this season, the first on Dec. 8 and the second on Jan. 6.

River Valley’s sec-tional meet is in Athens, Ohio on the morning of Feb. 10. If all goes as planned, the Raiders will be in represented at the district meet on Feb. 16 at Ohio State University.


River Valley swim team rolls into 2017-18

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 River Valley varsity swim team. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Ethan Browning, Julia Nutter, Kenzie Baker, Jenna Burke, Bailey Bennett, Alyssa Lollathin and Ryan Lollathin. Standing in the middle row are assistant coach Regina Rhodes, Alyssa Bennett, Elisabeth Moffett, Jack Farley, Cole Franklin, Maddee Tabor, Ian Eblin and head coach Robyn Schlater. Standing in the back row are Ethan Cline, Noah Meerwinch, Wyatt Bragg, George Rickett, Will Edgar and Ryan Johnson.

017-18 RVHS RosterSeniorsKenzie BakerAlyssa Bennett*Wyatt Bragg*Jenna Burke*Will Edgar*Jack FarleyChase JohnsonAlyssa LollathinNatosha RankinGeorge Rickett*Maddee TaborJuniorsBailey BennettEthan Browning*Ian EblinCole FranklinNoah MeerwinchJulia NutterSophomoresEthan Cline*Elisabeth Moffett*FreshmenRyan LollathinHead Coach: Robyn Schlater (3rd Season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 RVHS ScheduleNovember29 at Shawnee State . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m.December2 at Athens Invitational . . . . . . . noon8 home meet. . . . . . . . 5:1523 at Huntington Invitational . . . . . . . . TBAJanuary6 home meet. . . . . 11 a.m.12 at Charleston . . . . 6 p.m.15 at Teays Valley . . . . . TBA24 at Shawnee State . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m.

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ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The Meigs Marauder wrestling team under the direction of head coach Cassidy Willford have been busy preparing for the 2017-2018 campaign. The former Marauder state qualifier has a young, but somewhat an experienced team for the upcoming campaign.

Meigs will have one for the largest team’s numbers wise in recent years. The Marauders have no seniors on the roster, but will have six juniors, three sophomores and eight freshman. So Willford is starting to lay the foundation to rebuild the Meigs program.

Meigs must replace Trae Hood and Nathan Gearhart from last year’s teams, both of those wres-tlers picked up over 20 wins last season. But Willford is looking for Brandon Justis a junior at 195 pounds, junior William Smith (180) and sophomore Tucker Smith at 132 pounds to be two of

the kids to step up and be lead-ers on the young team.

“This is our biggest team in several years,” Willford said. “But we are young, so while the numbers are a strength, the weakness of this team will be youth and lack of experience.”

The varsity newcomers are

juniors Jonathan Newsome, Brendan Payne and David Rob-son, sophomores J.R. Hamilton and Zach Shiflex, and freshmen Griffin Buck, Tyson Clark, Wyatt Mitchell, John Purdue, Lane Shuler and Hunter Wood.

Willford is optimistic about what the season can turn into — particularly in a tough league with talent. It just might take a little time.

“I am very excited to watch this young team grow and get better,” he said. “I am very happy with the number of kids we have out this season and how hard they have worked. They have had outstanding work ethic.

“Nelsonville-York has most of their roster back,” Willford said. “They have like eight wrestlers that were Regional qualifiers and they are ranked number one is the state in Division III. Leading

the Buckeye returnees is Colt Yinger, the number one wrestler in the state at 160 pounds, and future Ohio University Bobcat wrestler.”

Meigs will open up the season on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the American Legion Post 81 Invitational in Jackson. Other tournaments for Meigs will be the Chesapeake Invitational, Vinton County tournament, Gal-lia Academy tournament, Steve Yinger Invitational in Nelson-ville, Athens tournament, and the Jimmy Wood Invitational at New Lexington.

Meigs will wrestle at Eastern on Jan. 11, and the Marauders will host Gallia Academy and Vinton County in a tri-meet on Feb. 7.


Marauders looking for growth in 2017-18

2017-18 MHS Roster Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gr WtGriffin Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. 106Tyson Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. 145J.R. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . So. 152Brandon Justis* . . . . . . . . . . .Jr. 195Wyatt Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. 195Jonathan Newsome . . . . . . . .Jr. 285Brendan Payne . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr. 138John Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. 170David Robson . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr. 160Zach Shiflex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. 126Lane Shuler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. 152Tucker Smith*. . . . . . . . . . . . So. 132William Smith* . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr. 180Hunter Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. 152Head Coach:Cassady Willford (4th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 MHS Schedule December 2 at Jackson AL Post 81 INV . . . 9 a.m. 9 at Chesapeake Phil Davis INV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 16 at VCHS VFW Post 5299 INV . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 30 at Gallia Academy INV . . . . . 10 a.m.January 6 at NYHS Steve Yinger INV . . . . 9:30 11 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. 20 at Athens John Deno INV . . . 10 a.m. 27 at New Lex Jimmy Wood INV 10 a.m.February 7 vs. Gallia Academy . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 17 at River Valley (TVC)

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Meigs varsity wrestling team. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are William Smith, David Robson, Johnathan Newsome, Brandon Justis, Tucker Smith and Brendan Payne. Standing in the back row are Tyson Clark, J.R. Hamilton, Lane Shuler, John Purdue, Wyatt Mitchell, Zach Shiflex, Hunter Wood and Griffin Buck.

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MASON, W.Va. — Rather it be the numbers or the expecta-tions, things are looking up for the Wahama wrestling program this year.

The White Falcons — fresh off a 15th place finish at the Class A state tournament last year — have a bit of a resurgence in both numbers in returning letterwin-ners, something the program hasn’t necessarily been blessed with since the earlier part of the decade.

The Red and White will have nine members of last year’s squad coming back to a 12-per-son roster, including a trio of state qualifiers that accounted for all of Wahama’s state-level points last winter.

With depth throughout the weight classes and talented veterans in a majority of those positions, 12th-year WHS coach Ryan Russell believes that the 2017-18 campaign can be par-ticularly special.

That is, of course, if the kids

are really willing to fight for it.“I have some high expecta-

tions for this group this year. I think we can have eight or nine state qualifiers and a top-five finish at both regionals and at the Class A state tournament,” Russell said. “As coaches though, we never know what’s going to happen. It mostly comes down to

what is inside of each and every individual as to what they want to accomplish and if they will work themselves there. I believe we can be quite successful and I can’t wait to see what the end of the season has in store for us.”

The White Falcons — who have scored points at the state level in nine of the previous 11 years — haven’t had a state podium finish since Kane Roush (3rd), Randall Robie (3rd) and Jacob Bennett (5th) all accom-plished the feat in 2014.

That was also the same season in which WHS last had a 100 career wins grappler, which is something that should happen for two-time state qualifier and senior Ethan Herdman early this year.

Herdman (152 pounds) and sophomore Trevor Hunt (132) also picked up their first state tournament victories last season, while junior Antonio Serevicz

(195) made his first appearance at the state level.

That trio joins returning seniors Trey Peters (126), Jase Heckaman (160) and Christian Thomas (170), as well as juniors Shawn Taylor (220) and Braden Weaver (285) to go along with sophomore Wesley Peters (160).

The newcomers aren’t exactly newcomers, just new to the Wa-hama program after several years of participation at lower levels or other varsity programs.

Junior Ethan VanMatre (120) will be an immediate difference-maker for the boys program, which will be making a little school history with its first two female competitors in sophomore Emma Tomlinson (106) and freshman Kailyn Alison (145).

Russell is honestly excited about his roster from top to bot-tom, and he’s hoping that each

Wahama wrestling has high hopes in 2017-18

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Wahama varsity wrestling team. Kneeling in front, from left, are Emma Tomlinson, Wesley Peters, Trevor Hunt, Braden Weaver, Antonio Serevicz, Shawn Taylor, Ethan VanMatre and Kailyn Alison. Standing in back are WHS coach Ryan Russell, assistant Lee Herdman, Ethan Herdman, Jase Heckaman, Christian Thomas, Trey Peters and assistant Phil Serevicz.

2017-18 WHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gr WtEmma Tomlinson . . . . . . . . . .So 106Ethan VanMatre . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 120Trey Peters* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr 126Trevor Hunt* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So 132Kailyn Alison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr 145Ethan Herdman* . . . . . . . . . .Sr 152Wesley Peters* . . . . . . . . . . . .So 160Jase Heckaman* . . . . . . . . . .Sr 160Christian Thomas* . . . . . . . .Sr 170Antonio Serevicz* . . . . . . . . . Jr 195Shawn Taylor* . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 220Braden Weaver* . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 285Head Coach:Ryan Russell (12th season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

2017-18 WHS ScheduleDecember 2 at Hurricane. . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 3-4 at Jason Eades Memorial TBA 16 JCI at Millwood . . . . . . 10 a.m. 20 at Belpre ‘Battle of the Birds’ . . . 6 p.m. 29-30 at Bishop Fenwick Duals . TBAJanuary 5-6 at Nitro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA 13 at St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 19-20 at WSAZ Invitational . . . . TBA 27 at Ritchie County . . . . 10 a.m. 31 at Magnolia . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.February 17 at Millwood (Regionals) . TBA

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TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Maybe the third year is the charm.

The Eastern wrestling team is beginning its third varsity sea-son, and with seven returning grapplers, the Eagles are hoping to make 2017-18 a breakthrough campaign.

“It’s been a journey to get to this point,” third-year head coach Joshua Mummey said. “I feel that we’re at a point now with the leadership that’s here, that the guys with experience are starting to teach the younger guys. Things that it normally took us half the season to do, are only talking a couple days to get done. It’s been an enjoyable experience so far, each year we keep growing in numbers, so it should be an exciting year.”

Eastern’s top returners are juniors Dillon Aeiker, Sam Jones

and Caden Goff, who have been with the program every year. Seniors Sarah Bunce and Gavin Erwin, as well as sophomores Daniel Harris and Nathan Litch-field are back for a second year

on the mats.“We didn’t have a senior last

year, so having pretty much ev-eryone back will be nice,” East-ern head coach Joshua Mummey said. “Gavin Erwin will probably be our 182-or-195, he did a really good job for us last year. We have juniors coming up in Caden Goff, Sam Jones, and sophomores Daniel Harris and Nathan Litchfield that we expect good things from.

“We have Sarah (Bunce), and her sister Emily (Bunce) came out this year. It’s not a very easy sport to be a female in, but those two work their tails off everyday to be very productive.”

In addition to senior Emily Bunce, Eastern’s newcomers include junior Nick Browning, sophomores Logan Csikos, Nick Little and Isaac Lopez, and freshman Steven Fitzgerald.

“We have some new guys this year that will make a name for themselves,” said Mummey. “Isaac Lopez, who will be in the 126-pound weight class, is showing a lot of natural ability. Steven Fitzgerald came out as a freshmen, he’s been wrestling for what feels like nine years now, so it’s going to be fun to see what he can do with his talents in high school.”

Eastern is still in search of its first-ever district qualifier, but the Eagles will be changing its sectional venue, heading to the East District.

“The first year they weren’t really disappointed, they were just happy for the experience,” Mummey said. “I think last year it set in that we’re no longer set-tling for an experience, we want

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Eastern varsity wrestling team. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Sarah Bunce, Gavin Erwin, manager Eion Marcinko, Dillon Aeiker and Emily Bunce. Standing in the back row are Caden Goff, Daniel Harris, Nick Little, Nathan Litchfield, Isaac Lopez, Steven Fitzgerald, Logan Csikos and Sam Jones.

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2017-18 EHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Wt. ClassDillon Aeiker* . . . . . . . Jr. 132-138Nick Browning . . . . . . Jr. 160-170Emily Bunce . . . . . . . . Sr. 195-220Sarah Bunce* . . . . . . . Sr. 182-195Logan Csikos . . . . . . . . So. 120Gavin Erwin* . . . . . . . . Sr. 182-195Steven Fitzgerald . . . . Fr. 182-195Caden Goff* . . . . . . . . Jr. 170-182Daniel Harris* . . . . . . . So. 138-145Sam Jones* . . . . . . . . . Jr. 220Nathan Litchfield* . . . So. 285Nick Little . . . . . . . . . . So. 195-220Isaac Lopez . . . . . . . . . So. 126Head Coach: Joshua Mummey (3rd Season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 EHS ScheduleDecember 2 at Fairland Dragon Duals . 10 a.m. 9 at Chesapeake Phil Davis Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 20 at Belpre “Battle of the Birds” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 30 at Gallia Academy Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m.January 11 vs. Meigs, Fairland . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 13 at Alexander Invitational 10 a.m. 17 vs. Waterford, Huntington, South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 20 at Athens John Deno Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 22 at Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.February 3 at Federal Hocking Invitational . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. 17 at River Valley (TVC) . . . . 10 a.m. See EHS Wrestling | 37

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CENTENARY, Ohio — Twice was nice, but the third time would be a charm.

Despite graduating four league champions, three district quali-fiers and a state placer, the Gallia Academy wrestling program has its sights set on a third con-secutive Ohio Valley Conference championship as it enters the 2017-18 season.

Gone from a year ago are Kaleb Crisenbery, Jared Stevens, Chris Matthew, Hunter Jacks, all of whom were multi-year letterwinners that were lost to graduation. Crisenbery and Jacks were also sectional champions, with Crisenbery placing eighth at state in Division II at 145 pounds.

The Blue Devils, however, have 13 varsity returnees and seven league champions com-ing back to a roster that runs 23-strong, providing the Blue and White with one of their deeper lineups over the past few seasons.

As GAHS coach Todd May en-ters his second season in charge of the program, he feels that this winter has the chance to be just as promising as last year … and maybe even a little bit better.

“It’s going to be hard to fill the losses of those seniors from last

year, but I feel like our roster has fewer holes from top to bot-tom this year,” May said. “We have more depth in all of our weight classes and we have some experience, even though we are still fairly young. There is a lot of competition going on in this squad, which will only make us better as the year progresses.”

The Blue Devils will have five seniors, nine juniors, four sopho-mores and five freshmen on the 2017-18 roster, and over half of that collective is returning to the varsity squad.

May will turn to his seniors — Caleb Greenlee, Kyle Greenlee, Andrew Mullins, Hunter Terry and Nickolas Hufford — for lead-ership, although Hufford is the only newcomer out of the group.

Also returning to the varsity ranks are juniors Kaden Ehman,

Kenton Ramsey, Jason Stroud, Justin Day and Boo Pullins, as well as sophomores Corbin Walker, Logan Griffith and Zac Canaday.

Both Greenlees, Stroud, Day, Ehman, Pullins and Terry were OVC champions last season, with Kyle Greenlee also coming away with a sectional championship in his weight class.

Those are not the only weap-ons that GAHS possesses this winter as the Blue and White also have a lot of promising tal-ent coming into the program.

The newcomers to the varsity ranks are juniors Francesco Rus-so, Trentin Waller and Johnathan Shepherd, sophomore Bronson Carter, and freshmen Grant Bry-an, Tristin Crisenbery, Chancey Odom and C.J. Northup.

May believes that this squad a very good balance of talent and experience … which should make for some very interesting outcomes this season.

“We’ll get some good leader-ship from those seniors and the other returnees, and we’ve already had some surprises with a few of the newcomers and how prepared they are for the sea-son,” May said. “The best part about this team is that everyone gets along and everyone has the same goal in mind … to be the best wrestling program that we can be this year. It makes the hard work a little more fun.”

The Blue Devils have had at least one state qualifier in each of the last eight postseasons, and Crisenbery became the school’s

sixth individual state placer last winter.

May believes that the streak definitely has a chance to be extended, but part of the fun will be finding out if any — or even a few — will take the next step.

Then again, there will be plenty of people trying to stop Gallia Academy along the way … which should only make the Blue Devils better in their chase for another state berth.

“We know we have a bull’s-eye on our backs in the OVC and at sectionals, but we still feel con-fident that we will be in conten-tion for better things by season’s end,” May said. “I have some high expectations for this group and I’m hoping that someone will step up and be our next state qualifier, because I think there are a handful of kids on this team that can get to state.

“I think the biggest thing with this group is that you are going to hear a lot about this team. We have a lot of capable wrestlers that are ready to step up and make some real contributions.”

Gallia Academy will com-pete in a dozen regular season matches, with a trio of those coming at home. The Blue Devils host Jackson in a dual on Dec. 20, then host their annual invita-tional 10 days later.

Both River Valley and South Gallia come to Centenary on Jan. 10 for a tri-match between Gallia County programs.


Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Gallia Academy varsity wrestling team. Seated in front, from left, are C.J. Northup, Jason Stroud, Kenton Ramsey, Corbin Walker, Trentin Waller, Francesco Russo, Dewey Ferguson and Grant Bryan. Kneeling middle are Chancey Odom, Justin Day, Boo Pullins, Kaden Ehman, Johnathan Shepherd, Bronson Carter and Tristin Crisenbery. Standing in back Kenny Siders, Zac Canaday, Caleb Greenlee, Hunter Terry, Nickolas Hufford, Kyle Greenlee, Andrew Mullins and Logan Griffith.

Blue Devils aiming for OVC 3-peat

2017-18 GAHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr WtCaleb Greenlee* . . . . . . . . . . Sr 106Kenton Ramsey* . . . . . . . . . .Jr 106Kyle Greenlee* . . . . . . . . . . . Sr 113Jason Stroud* . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr 120Grant Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr 120Justin Day* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr 126Tristin Crisenbery. . . . . . . . . .Fr 132Chancey Odom . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr 132Corbin Walker* . . . . . . . . . . . So 138Bronson Carter . . . . . . . . . . . So 138C.J. Northup . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr 138Francesco Russo . . . . . . . . . .Jr 138Kaden Ehman* . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr 145Trentin Waller . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr 152Dewey Ferguson* . . . . . . . . . .Jr 160Kenny Siders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr 160Andrew Mullins* . . . . . . . . . . Sr 170Boo Pullins* . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr 182Logan Griffith* . . . . . . . . . . . So 195Nickolas Hufford . . . . . . . . . Sr 195Zac Canaday* . . . . . . . . . . . . So 220Johnathan Shepherd . . . . . . .Jr 220Hunter Terry* . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr 285Head Coach:Todd May (2nd season)* — Indicates varsity returnee.

2017-18 GAHS ScheduleDecember2 at Fairland Dragon Duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m.9 at Chesapeake Phil Davis INV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m.16 at VCHS VFW Post 5299 INV . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m.20 vs Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.30 Gallia Academy INV . . . . 10 a.m.January6 at NYHS Steve Yinger INV . 9:3010 vs River Valley, South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 p.m.13 at Western Brown . . . . . . . . 9:3016 at Amanda-Clearcreek . . . 6 p.m.20 at Athens John Deno INV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m.February7 at Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.10 at Fairland (OVC) . . . . . . . 10 a.m.

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POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Some questions to go along with the expectations.

The Point Pleasant wrestling program will once again have some high hopes for the 2017-18 campaign, but the Big Blacks might also have some growing pains along the way as the Big Blacks have just eight members of the 24-strong roster coming from the top two grade levels.

Point Pleasant — which finished tied with Oak Glen for fourth place last year at the Class AA state meet — gradu-ated three multi-time state quali-fiers in Grant Safford, Andrew Roach and Austin Wamsley, with Safford and Roach both ending their careers with top-three finishes.

The Red and Black also suffered a bit of a blow this fall when two-time state qualifier and senior Brian Gillispie suf-fered a knee injury in football, ending the heavyweight’s final season.

The Big Blacks, however, return nine members to the varsity roster — including eight state qualifiers and a quartet of regional champions. There are also nine freshmen on the var-sity roster to go along with six

seniors, two juniors and seven sophomores.

Though all of the squad has experience of some sort in the sport, ninth-year PPHS John Bonecutter acknowledges that the varsity level is a different beast in itself.

He knows that this team is talented, but he is also realistic in the fact that two-thirds of his varsity lineup is coming from the younger two grades.

In other words, the Big Blacks are going to have to out-work a lot of their opponents — and the venerable mentor is just fine with that approach.

“I think that we should once again have a pretty good team this year, but I just don’t know exactly what to think about this group just yet,” Bonecutter said. “We have three seniors

and a handful of underclassmen on that roster that have been to state, but we are still a very young group overall — maybe even younger than a year ago.

“We have some talent and we have some questions in a hand-ful of weight classes, but there are plenty of opportunities for kids to step up and contribute this year. I think they are moti-vated to get to work and excited about what this year can be.”

Junior George Smith was a state runner-up last year after winning the 106-title his freshman season at the Class AAA level. Smith, senior Jacob Bryant, and sophomores Logan Southall and Justin Cornell were also AA Region IV champions last winter.

Seniors Caleb Lane and Jake Roub, junior Colton Carr, and sophomores Juan Marquez and Nazar Abbas also provide some much needed experience in com-ing back to the program.

The newcomers to the varsity squad are seniors Clayton Hill, Todd Whittington and Tre Crad-dock, sophomores Zac Samson, Jacob Muncy and Wyatt Stanley, and freshmen Christopher Smith, Parker Henderson, Mitchell Freeman, Isaac Short, Riley Oliver, Wyatt Wilson, Tan-ner Mitchell, Dakota Moses and Nick Ball.

The Big Blacks will compete in 13 different events this win-ter, including a handful of dual

matches to go along with some of the toughest invitational events in the state — and in the country.

Bonecutter believes the rigors of that regular season schedule will have a significant impact on the growth of this team, which in turn should have them ready for the postseason.

“We know coming into the year that Independence and East Fairmont are pretty loaded in double-A, but I also think that this group is a little hungrier than last year because of the ex-perience we gained,” Bonecutter said. “We may be young overall, but these guys are driven to suc-ceed and we will be well-tested in the regular season as we get ready for the postseason.

“If we can be at our best head-ed into regionals and into state, then it will be interesting to see what we can get accomplished. I do know that we have some kids that are capable of having some good weekends at state, so getting them ready between now and then is the biggest goal I have at the moment.”

Point Pleasant will host a trio of dual matches against Huntington (Dec. 6), Athens (Jan. 11) and Parkersburg (Jan. 31), as well as the Jason Eades Memorial Duals tournament on Dec. 8-9.


Point wrestling looking for growth

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Point Pleasant varsity wrestling team. Sitting in front, from left, are Colton Carr, Wyatt Wilson, Riley Oliver, Mitchell Freeman, Isaac Short, Parker Henderson, Justin Cornell, Caleb Lane and Christopher Smith. Kneeling in middle are Jacob Bryant, Tre Craddock, Juan Marquez, Nazar Abbas, Zac Samson, Jacob Roub, Tanner Mitchell, George Smith, Dakota Moses and Nick Ball. Standing in back are PPHS coach John Bonecutter, assistant James Casto, Wyatt Stanley, Todd Whittington, Logan Southall, Jacob Muncy, Clayton Hill, assistant Jed Ott and assistant David Bonecutter.

2017-18 PPHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GrCaleb Lane* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrJake Roub* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrJacob Bryant* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrClayton Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrTodd Whittington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrTre Craddock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SrGeorge Smith* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JrColton Carr* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JrLogan Southall* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoJuan Marquez* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoJustin Cornell* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoZac Samson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoNazar Abbas* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoJacob Muncy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoWyatt Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SoChristopher Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrParker Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrMitchell Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrIsaac Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrRiley Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrWyatt Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrTanner Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrDakota Moses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrNick Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FrHead Coach:John Bonecutter (9th season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

2017-18 PPHS ScheduleDecember 2 at Lake Norman Duals 9 a.m. 6 vs Huntington . . . . . . 6 p.m. 8-9 Jason Eades Memorial . TBA 14 at Herbert Hoover . . . 6 p.m. 21 at Wirt County . . . . . . 6 p.m. 28-29 at Wheeling Park Duals TBAJanuary 5-6 at Madeira INV . . . . . . . . TBA 11 vs Athens . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 13 at F-R Brawl . . . . . . . . .9 a.m. 19-20 at WSAZ INV . . . . . . . . . . TBA 24 at East Fairmont . . . . 6 p.m. 31 vs Parkersburg . . . . . . 6 p.m.February2 at Ripley . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.

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MERCERVILLE, Ohio — You reap what you sow.

South Gallia had a very promis-ing start to its first-ever varsity wrestling season as the Rebels ended up being the second-highest placing Hocking Division program last year at the Tri-Valley Conference championships.

The Red and Gold enter the 2017-18 campaign hoping to

improve on that impressive start. They will also have the numbers to make that goal more attainable.

The Rebels enter their sopho-more campaign with seven return-ees on a roster that currently runs a dozen strong, though second-year SGHS coach Paul Polcyn thought those numbers might actually increase over the next

few weeks.Given the successes that South

Gallia enjoyed last winter, Polcyn believes that the Rebels can really makes some strides in establish-ing a bona fide program.

That is, of course, if the kids are willing to work for it.

“I’m looking forward to another season. We have some good num-

bers and we’re hoping to have about 11 of the 14 weight classes filled this year, plus we’ll have some experience,” Polcyn said. “I’m really excited to see how much progress those returnees can make with a year of experi-ence, plus we have some younger

SGHS wrestling aims for more growth

2017-18 SGHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr WtTroy Watson* . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr 132Wyatt Rapp* . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 285Tanner Dennison* . . . . . . . . Jr 285Eddie Stephens . . . . . . . . . . Jr 195Chad Bostic*. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 170Sviatoslaw Hryhorenko . . . . Jr 160Jacob Neal* . . . . . . . . . . . . . So 285Caleb Neal* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So 285Alex Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So 145Justin Butler* . . . . . . . . . . . . So 152Jacob Birtcher . . . . . . . . . . . So 138Dustin Bainter. . . . . . . . . . . . Fr 195Head Coach:Paul Polcyn (2nd season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

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BIDWELL, Ohio — With any luck, the Raiders will be filling out even more weight classes this winter.

The 2017-18 River Valley wrestling team has the poten-tial to fill 12 of the 14 weight classes, returning a total of 10 athletes from last year’s Tri-Valley Conference runner-up team.

For the 19th year in a row, the Silver and Black will be un-der the guidance of head coach Matthew Huck.

“We’re gonna fill out all but two weight classes and that helps,” Huck said. “Last year we gave up four, maybe five weight classes, so it’s definitely going to be improved in that area.”

Entering his fourth season for the varsity Raiders is Jer-emiah Dobbins, while juniors Joseph Burns, Dakota Doss, Jake Edwards, Nathan Michael and Eric Weber are each back for season No. 3. Returning for a second consecutive year are seniors Coalton Burns and Zackary Stein, as well as junior Derek Johnson.

“We have a lot of guys back,” Huck said. “Jeremiah Dobbins is a senior this year, he’s had a good career and looking to wrestle 152-or-145 for us. Of course, Jake Edwards is back as well, he’s a two-time district placer. We’re expecting big things out of those two guys.

“Eric Weber is back as a good 160-pounder for us, he’s a two-time district qualifier,” added Huck. “Joseph and Coalton Burns are back at some of our

lighter weights. Joseph was a sectional champion, and we expect big things out of him and his brother Coalton.”

Newcomers to the RVHS program include senior KC Collins, juniors Harley Watson and Reece Thomas, sophomore Keaton Christy and freshman Ryan Weber.

“KC Collins is coming in to wrestle our 220 spot,” said Huck. “Derek Johnson is back this year, he had to sit out half of the season last year and we’ll look for him to fill some spots. We have Zackary Stein back this year — who we lost halfway through last year — to fill 195. He’s a real strong, solid kid there.”

RVHS has three members to

replace from last year’s team in Grant Gilmore, Robert Drum-mond and Tyson Still. Gilmore was a league champion at 170, while Drummond and Still were league runner up at heavy-weight and 195 respectively.

“We’ll move some kids around and fill those roles,” Huck said. “Dakota Doss is go-ing to be our heavyweight this year, moving up from 220. He put on some good weight this year in football season. Nathan Michael has put in a lot of hard work for us and he’ll fill a role at 170.”

In last season’s league meet, the Raiders finished runner-up to Nelsonville-York, with a 165-to-138.5 difference. A total of 13 teams competed in the 2017 TVC championships. River Val-ley will have an added advan-tage this winter, as it hosts the league meet on Feb. 17.

“Nelsonville-York is gonna be tough this year, I think they have everybody back except for one kid,” Huck said. “We’re going to do our best to chal-lenge them, that’s for sure. It is very exciting to be hosting the league meet. Of course the TVC does high school and junior high together, and we have a very good junior high team as well. We’re looking to have a very good showing at our home place on both levels.”

In addition to the league meet, RVHS is scheduled for nine other regular season meets, including key trips to Huntington and Batavia.

“We’re going back to the WSAZ Invitational this year in Huntington,” Huck said. “There’s something like 30-or-35 teams there. It’s a real big tournament and an overnight stay, so the kids are really looking forward to that. We’re hitting a Batavia tournament so that we can see some of the teams over there that we don’t normally see in sectionals. The Southeast doesn’t host a sec-tional this year in Division III, so we had to split up and we’re headed toward Cincinnati.

“We sent six guys out of our sectional last year, so we’re looking to at least send six again,” Huck added. “The kids have been working hard and there are, of course, big expectations. We don’t know a lot about those teams, but the kids have already been re-searching some of them. There are some good kids in those sectionals, but we’re definitely going over there to compete.”

Besides the TVC champi-onships, River Valley is also scheduled to host McClain on Jan. 30.


Raiders to keep building on success

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 River Valley varsity wrestling team. Keeling in the front row, from left, are Jake Edwards, Jeremiah Dobbins, Joseph Burns, Harley Watson, Coalton Burns, Derek Johnson and KC Collins. Standing in the back row are assistant coach Jerry Waters, Keaton Christy, Dakota Doss, Zackary Stein, Eric Weber, Reece Thomas, Nathan Michael, Ryan Weber and head coach Matthew Huck.

2017-18 RVHS RosterName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr WtCoalton Burns*. . . . . . . . . . . Sr. 106Joseph Burns* . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 113Keaton Christy . . . . . . . . . . . S0. 145KC Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. 220Jeremiah Dobbins* . . . . . . . Sr. 152Dakota Doss* . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 285Jake Edwards* . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 113Derek Johnson* . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 182Nathan Michael* . . . . . . . . . Jr. 170Zackary Stein* . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. 195Reece Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 170Harley Watson . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 126Eric Weber* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. 160Ryan Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. 195Head Coach: Matthew Huck (19th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 RVHS ScheduleDecember 2 at Jackson American Legion Post 81 INV . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. 9 at Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 20 at Nelsonville-York . . . 6 p.m. 30 at Gallia Academy Invitational . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.January 6 at Nelsonville-York Steve Yinger Invitational . . . . . 9:30 10 at Gallia Academy . . .10 a.m. 19-20 at WSAZ Invitational . . . TBA 30 vs. McClain . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.February 10 at Batavia Steve Shinkle Invitational . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m. 17 home TVC championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.

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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Time for a bit of a learning curve.

After a somewhat dis-appointing 8-9 finish last season, the Ohio Valley Christian girls basketball team is in full recovery mode after losing over 85 percent of its statistical leaders with the gradu-ation of Rachel Sargent and Katie Bradley.

The Lady Defenders re-turn four players and two starters from last year’s group, though the lone senior on the group is returning with experience after a two-year hiatus from the program.

What the Blue and Gold lack in overall expe-rience, they will at least make up for in options as the Lady Defenders will go 11-strong into the 2017-18 campaign.

As OVCS coach Chris

Burnett heads into his sixth season, he admits there are some challenges awaiting this group. He also feels that, in time, some of those concerns will fix themselves.

“We are excited about our numbers, even though a lot of our team is inexperienced at the varsity level. We have one

senior that hasn’t played since her freshman year, but our junior class has been with us the whole way — so we will look to those upperclassmen for leadership since our lower grades will be going through the varsity experience for the first time,” Burnett said. “We are hoping that we can

get everyone the experi-ence they need as the season progresses to turn this group into a competi-tive varsity squad.”

Burnett acknowledged that it is the first time in years that he has had enough players on the roster to have a 10-person practice, which should greatly aid in getting the

newcomers acclimated to the varsity level.

He also feels that having three full months to prepare this squad for the big test known as postseason play will also prove quite valuable, even if the players don’t quite realize that yet.

“Our goal is to be ready for the OCSAA tourna-ment and we’ll have an

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Ohio Valley Christian varsity girls basketball team. Standing in front, from left, are Marcie Kessinger, Lauren Ragan, Yuyan Sun, Amy Dong and Makala Sizemore. Standing in back are Acacia Peck, Kristen Durst, Chloe Payne, Emily Childers, Olivia Neal and Lalla Hurlow.

Lady Defenders aiming for growth

2017-18 OVCS RosterNo. Name . . . . . . . . . . .Gr Ht Pos Yuyan Sun . . . . . . .Sr 5-4 F Makala Sizemore* Jr 5-0 G Emily Childers* . . Jr 5-5 G Olivia Neal* . . . . . . Jr 5-5 F Kristen Durst* . . . Jr 5-5 G Marcie Kessinger .So 5-2 G Amy Dong . . . . . . .So 5-4 G Lauren Ragan . . . . Fr 5-3 G Acacia Peck . . . . . . Fr 5-5 G Chloe Payne . . . . 8th 5-9 C Lalla Hurlow . . . . 8th 5-5 FHead Coach:Chris Burnett (6th season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

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POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — There’s always room for growth.

The Point Pleasant girls bas-ketball program lost seven play-ers to graduation and finished 3-17 overall last winter, but the Lady Knights have reason for optimism headed into the 2017-18 campaign.

The Red and Black return six players — including last year’s top-scorer, top-rebounder and top defender — to a roster that goes only 11-deep, but Point Pleasant will also have the benefit of being able to grow a bit this season.

The Lady Knights have only one senior — exchange student Maria Da Costa — on the roster, meaning the remainder of this squad should be coming back both stronger and more-experienced next year.

PPHS coach John Fields has moderate expectations for this youthful group, which includes four juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen. Still, the sixth-year mentor wants to see positive signs of growth this year.

“We’re hoping to make some strides this year,” Fields said. “We’re young and we’re looking at a seven or eight player rota-tion right now, so we’ll really need to grow and develop as the year progresses. We are looking for some good things out of this group this year, especially with most of them coming back next year.”

The biggest help for Fields will come from his returning nu-cleus of juniors Lanea Cochran,

Peyton Campbell, Hannah Smith and Allison Henderson, as well as sophomores Morgan Miller and Kelly Marr.

Those half-dozen veterans are the only experienced players at the varsity level, so their leader-ship will be instrumental in the development of the newcomers.

Cochran and Marr bring some experience to the frontcourt, while Campbell, Smith, Hender-son and Miller provide a little more stability to the guard slots.

Besides Da Costa, sopho-more exchange student Cristina Casacuberta and freshman Tristan Wilson round out the newcomers at the forward spots. Freshmen Kadann Bonecutter and Kenly Arbo-gast complete the roster at the guard positions.

Fields acknowledges that he

Lady Knights aiming for growth this winter

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Point Pleasant varsity girls basketball team. Standing in front, from left, are Peyton Jordan, Morgan Miller, Kadann Bonecutter, Allison Henderson and Kenly Arbogast. Standing in back are Tristan Wilson, Maria Da Costa, Lanea Cochran, Cristina Casacuberta and Kelly Marr.

2017-18 PPHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos Maria Da Costa . . . . . Sr 5-9 F Lanea Cochran* . . . . .Jr 6-0 F Peyton Campbell* . . .Jr 5-5 G Hannah Smith* . . . . . .Jr 5-2 G Allison Henderson* . .Jr 5-4 G Morgan Miller* . . . . . So 5-2 G Kelly Marr* . . . . . . . . . So 5-9 F Cristina Casacuberta So 5-11 F Tristan Wilson . . . . . . .Fr 5-9 F Kadann Bonecutter . .Fr 5-2 G Kenly Arbogast . . . . . .Fr 5-5 GHead Coach:John Fields (6th season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

2017-18 PPHS ScheduleNovember 28 at Poca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 30 at Gallia Academy . . . . . . . .7 p.m.December 2 at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. 5 at Nitro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 6 at Hurricane . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 9 at Winfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 p.m. 12 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 20 at Ripley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 22 at South Charleston . . . . . .7 p.m.January 2 vs. Gallia Academy . . . . . . .7 p.m. 3 at Sissonville . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 10 vs. South Charleston . . . . . . 6:30 13 vs. River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. 17 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 20 vs. Symmes Valley . . . . . . . 1 p.m. 24 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 30 vs. Poca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.February 1 vs. Winfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 6 vs. Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 8 vs. Ripley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 13 vs. Sissonville . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. 20 vs. Hurricane . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.

has some firepower to work with from a year ago, but he wants this squad to become more of a fully-developed unit — one that can function through the ups and downs of a game over the course of the season.

If they can develop some consistency along the way, then Fields would consider this year a big success … especially mov-ing forward.

“We’ve got all of our lead-ers back in the big categories, rather it be points, rebounds, assists or steals,” Fields said. “We have a good nucleus with experience, so getting the newcomers up to speed will be a big goal for us. Again, the better we can get this year will only help us in the future.

“We need to be a little more focused on the 22 games we play before the tournament instead of just trying to be competitive in the postseason. We’ve got to learn to stay focused when things go either good or bad. The goal for us is to play a complete 32-minute game every night.”

That might be a tall task early on, as the Lady Knights start the 2017-18 campaign with nine consecutive road games. Point, however, will play its final 11 games of the regular season at home.

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ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The Meigs Marauder girls’ basketball team and second year Head Coach Jarrod Kasun are busy preparing for the 2017-18 season.

The Lady Marauders were 13-11 overall and lost to Sheridan in the sectional finals last year, and were also 8-4 in the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division.

Leading the returnees will be junior all conference selections Kassidy Betzing and Madison Fields. The pair are two time TVC honorees.

Joining the duo, are Devin Humphreys and Madison Hendricks the only two seniors on the squad. Juniors Marissa

Noble, Kyla Blanks, Taylor Swartz, Alyssa Smith, Jacynda Glover and Kyla Blanks. Join-ing the underclassman this season is junior Becca Pullins a transfer from Eastern where she started for the Eagles.

Possible starters for the Ma-rauders are Betzing and Fields, Hendricks, Noble and Pullins. Swartz and Humphreys both will get plenty of playing time although Humphreys is recover-ing from surgery and is getting a late start.

“One of our strong points is the experience we have at the guard position, as we return the bulk of the girls,” Kasun said. “Lack of size will hurt us, plus we have to overcome the lack of decision making at times.”

Kasun went on to say the TVC Ohio Division will be good and competitive. “Al-exander will be solid, Vinton County, Nelsonville along with us could be real good. Athens and Wellston will be improved.”

Besides the TVC Ohio

schedule, the Lady Marauders will play Southern, Warren Lo-cal (twice), Jackson, Eastern, and Wayne County (WV). Along with two Holiday show-cases. The Spartan Holiday Showcase on December 23rd, and the River City Challenge in Marietta on Dec. 29-30 in Marietta.

The Lady Marauders will have plenty of youth, but will also have experience among that youth when they open the season. Meigs will open the season on November 30th, when the ladies travel to cross county rival Southern to take on first year head coach David Kight and the Tornadoes.


Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Meigs varsity girls basketball team. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Taylor Swartz, Maddie Hendricks, Jacynda Glover, Maddie Fields and Alyssa Smith. Standing in the back row are head coach Jarrod Kasun, Becca Pullins, Devin Humphreys, Kylee Blanks, Marissa Noble and Kassidy Betzing.

2017-18 MHS Roster No. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos14 Jacynda Glover* . . . . Jr. 5-4 G20 Alyssa Smith* . . . . . . Jr. 5-1 G22 Taylor Swartz* . . . . . . Jr. 5-4 F23 Marissa Noble* . . . . . Jr. 5-9 G24 Madison Fields* . . . . Jr. 5-4 G30 Kassidy Betzing* . . . Jr. 5-7 G32 Madison Hendricks* Sr. 5-2 G33 Becca Pullins . . . . . . . Jr. 5-5 G40 Devin Humphreys* . . Sr. 5-7 F52 Kylee Blanks* . . . . . . Jr. 5-10 FHead Coach:Jarrod Kasun (2nd season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 MHS Schedule November30 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30December 4 at Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 7 at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 14 vs. River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 at Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 21 vs. Vinton County . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 vs. Minford at Alexander . . .1:30 29 vs. Shaw at MC . . . . . . . . . . 4:30 30 vs. Marietta at MC . . . . . . . . 11:15January 4 at Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 at Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30 15 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 at Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 20 vs. Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 vs. Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 25 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 at Vinton County . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 vs. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 vs. Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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CENTENARY, Ohio — The Blue Angels may not have a ton of experience, but that doesn’t mean their expectations have changed.

The 2017-18 Gallia Academy girls basketball team brings back five players from last season’s team, which improved its win to-tal by six from the previous year, going 10-14 overall and 4-10 in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Gallia Academy’s roster features 10 players, including just one senior, in Macey Siders. Siders will be entering her fourth year on the varsity team for the Blue and White.

Back for their third varsity seasons are Abby Cremeans and Hunter Copley. Junior Katie Carpenter and sophomore Alex Barnes are both back for their second varsity campaigns.

Newcomers to the Blue Angels include juniors Arianna Jordan and Ashton Webb, as well as freshmen Lexi Campbell, Maddy Petro and Ryelee Sipple.

“Expectations are going to be high,” fifth-year Gallia Academy head coach Joe Justice said. “We have a junior coming out that hasn’t played in two years in Ashton Webb, who is really going to benefit us quite a bit. I’m anxious to see, once she gets the rust knocked off and gets her legs under her, how she contributes to the team. We have Barnes coming back and Copley coming back, so it should be fun to watch.”

Copley was named to the All-Southeast District third team last season, while Barnes was an all-league honorable mention and

a District 13 special mention. Webb — an All-Ohioan on the volleyball court — will bring size to the Blue Angels, as the only 6-footer on the roster.

“We have two starters return-ing from last year,” said Justice. “Last year we thought we were young, this year we’re really young and really inexperienced. We’re probably not going to be a team that has someone go out and get 20-a-night, we’re going to have balanced scoring.”

The Blue Angels have four players to replace from last season’s 10-14 squad, in Adri-enne Jenkins, Carly Shriver, Jenelle Stevens and Kimberly Edelmann. Jenkins was a two-time all-league selection, as well as a two time all-district special

mention. Shriver was also earned a District 13 special mention last winter.

“Macey (Siders) is our only senior, she’s going to step up and fill one of those roles,” Justice said. “We have three freshman, Lexi Campbell, Maddy Petro and Ryelee Sipple to step up and fill the other roles.”

In the 2017 postseason, GAHS advanced past Athens by a 57-56 count in the Division II sectional quarterfinal, but fell to top-seeded Sheridan by a 99-39 final in the next round. It was the second time in three years that the Lady Generals eliminated Gallia Academy.

Last winter, GAHS finished sixth in the eight-team OVC, which Ironton won the league with a perfect record.

Along with their 14 OVC

games this season, the Blue and White will line up against Point Pleasant and River Valley two times apiece, and will play Athens, Jackson, Symmes Valley and Wellston once each.

In his previous four seasons at GAHS, Justice has compiled a 39-55 record. The Blue Angels will be aiming to end their streak of back-to-back seasons below .500.


Youthful Blue Angels prepared for 2017-18 season

GAHS Courtesy PhotoPictured are members of the 2017-18 Gallia Academy varsity girls basketball team. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Abby Cremeans, Lexi Campbell, Arianna Jordan, Alex Barnes and Ryelee Sipple. Standing in the back row are Hunter Copley, Ashton Webb, Macey Siders, Maddy Petro and Katie Carpenter.

2017-18 GAHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos2 Abby Cremeans* . . . Jr. 5-4 G3 Arianna Jordan . . . . . Jr. 5-7 F4 Alex Barnes* . . . . . . .So. 5-8 G10 Hunter Copley* . . . . . Jr. 5-9 G/F11 Ashton Webb . . . . . . . Jr. 6-0 F12 Katie Carpenter* . . . Jr. 5-6 G/F13 Maddy Petro . . . . . . . Fr. 5-9 F21 Lexi Campbell . . . . . . Fr. 5-5 G33 Macey Siders* . . . . . . Sr. 5-9 F35 Ryelee Sipple . . . . . . . Fr. 5-7 G/FHead Coach:Joe Justice (5th season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 GAHS ScheduleNovember 27 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 30 vs. Point Pleasant . . . . . . . 7 p.m.December 2 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 4 at Rock Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 7 vs. Ironton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Coal Grove . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 14 at South Point . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 vs. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 vs. Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30January 2 at Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . . 7:30 4 at Fairland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 at Chesapeake . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs. River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 17 at Symmes Valley . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 vs. Rock Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at Ironton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 25 at Coal Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 vs. South Point . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 vs. Fairland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 at Portsmouth . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Chesapeake . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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ASHTON, W.Va. — There’s room for growth … and enough firepower to make it a reality.

The Hannan girls basketball program enters the 2017-18 campaign with hopeful aspirations following a difficult 3-18 season.

The Lady Cats lost multi-year starters Madison Staggs and Maggie Waugh to graduation, but the Blue and White return five players to a roster that goes nine-strong — including two seniors, a sophomore and a trio of both juniors and freshmen.

The hope is that the blend of experience and talent will be able to get Hannan to another level — one that sixth-year HHS coach Kellie Thomas believes can lead to respectability.

“The three freshmen that we have coming in were part of our

junior high program, so they are accustomed to the game. In having five varsity returnees, I don’t think it will be as tough to get the newcomers caught up on what we do at this level,” Thomas said. “The biggest thing for us is that we are little faster than we’ve

been in previous years, so we can do some different things on the floor. We’re really excited about the upcoming season.”

Thomas — whose squads have battled injuries over each of the

Lady Cats looking for growth this winter

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Hannan varsity girls basketball team. Standing in front, from left, Josie McCoy, Halie Johnson, Bailey Coleman, Pamela Ochs and Julie Frazier. Standing in back are HHS head coach Kellie Thomas, Hannah Carroll, Lindsey Holley, Bailey Tolliver, Tonika Coleman and assistant coach Dave Jordan.

2017-18 HHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Julie Frazier* . . . . . . . So 5-7 G-F2 Josie McCoy* . . . . . . Jr 5-9 F3 Halie Johnson . . . . . . Fr 5-7 G-F11 Hannah Carroll . . . . . Jr 5-7 F13 Bailey Coleman . . . . . Fr 5-1 G14 Lindsey Holley* . . . . . Sr 5-7 G20 Bailey Tolliver* . . . . . . Sr 5-2 G23 Pamela Ochs* . . . . . . Jr 5-1 G34 Tonika Coleman . . . . . Fr 5-9 FHead Coach:Kellie Thomas (6th season)* — Indicates varsity returnee.

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TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — After a 21-4 record and a return to the Sweet 16 last season, it’s time to see what the Lady Eagles can do for another follow-up act.

The Eastern girls basketball team returns seven players from that district championship team and added a eight newcomers to the fold.

Leading the way for in terms of experience are seniors Elizabeth Collins and Madison Williams, each entering their fourth varsity season.

Collins was an All-Ohio hon-orable mention last season and has received AP All-Southeast District honors in three straight years, as a second team in her junior year, a third teamer as a sophomore and a special men-tion as a freshman.

Williams was a all-district second team selection as a fresh-man, but had her sophomore and junior seasons cut short due to injury.

Back in the Green, White and Gold for a third season are juniors Alyson Bailey, Kelsey Casto and Jess Parker. Parker was named all-district special mention and first team all-league in both previous cam-paigns. Senior Kaitlyn Hawk and sophomore Maddie Nutter

are entering their second varsity seasons.

Also back for a second varsity campaign is Lady Eagles head coach Jacob Parker, who was named AP All-Southeast District Division IV Coach of the Year in his inaugural season.

“There are leaders in different ways, I don’t know that we have a defining leader, we just have girls who have stepped up to positions,” Coach Parker said. “Jess (Parker) and Elizabeth (Collins) are stepping up big time, helping the freshman out, kind of guiding them. Madison Williams, what can you say, she’s had a rough career, but she has always been there as a leader. Kaitlyn Hawk, is stepping up to

the plate big time as as a senior and Alyson Bailey brings that defensive intensity every night.”

In addition to the seven re-turnees, newcomers to the Lady Eagles varsity squad include freshmen Jasmine Brewer, Olivia Barber, Cass Casto, Whitney Durst, Ashton Guthrie, McKen-zie Long, Kennadi Rockhold and Sydney Sanders.

“We have a lot of freshmen, which is kind of a first for me, last year we didn’t have a lot on the squad,” said Coach Parker. “They’re learning, we’re in a learning stage, working hard in practice and trying to get some things accomplished.”

The Lady Eagles have two 2017 graduates to replace, in Laura Pullins and Hannah Bai-ley. Pullins was TVC Hocking co-Player of the Year and an All-Ohio second team selection.

EHS finished 10th in the AP Division IV poll last season, with three of the Lady Eagles’ four losses coming to Division IV state runner-up Waterford. The Lady Cats eliminated East-ern from the postseason and claimed their third straight TVC Hocking crown last year.

Either EHS or WHS has been atop the TVC Hocking for 13 consecutive seasons, with the two teams finishing first and second, or tied for first in eight straight years.

“The league is always improv-ing,” Coach Parker said. “You

have Waterford right there at the top and they’re going to be tough to knock off, but I think on any given night, anyone can be beaten.”

EHS was 14-0 against the other seven TVC Hocking schools last winter.

In addition to its 16 league games, Eastern is scheduled to face Jackson, Meigs, Notre Dame, Oak Hill, Parkersburg and Warren out of conference. The Lady Oaks defeated EHS in overtime last fall for the Lady Eagles’ only regular season non-league loss.

“I’ll have to say that’s one thing I learned from Coach (John) Burdette, he made sure to always schedule some very tough competition in the non-league,” said Coach Parker. “Playing bigger schools with bigger athletes, those will definitely be preparing us for a tournament run. Our goal this year is to be ready for tourna-ments. If we work hard and play defense like we did last year, I think we’ll be okay. We should have a fun year. At the end of the night, if we can be in a posi-tion in the fourth quarter to win some basketball games, we’ll be happy.”

Eastern will be trying for its 13th straight sectional title this winter.


Lady Eagles hope to keep soaring

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Eastern varsity girls basketball team. Sitting in the front row, from left, Kelsey Casto, Alyson Bailey, Kaitlyn Hawk, Elizabeth Collins, Madison Williams, Jess Parker and Jasmine Brewer. Standing in the back row are Kennadi Rockhold, Whitney Durst, Ashton Guthrie, Olivia Barber, Sydney Sanders and Maddie Nutter.

2017-18 EHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos0 Cass Casto . . . . . . . . . Fr. 5-6 G-F2 Jess Parker* . . . . . . . Jr. 5-3 G4 Ashton Guthrie . . . . . Fr. 5-6 G10 Sydney Sanders . . . . Fr. 5-6 G12 Madison Williams* . . Sr. 5-9 G14 Kaitlyn Hawk* . . . . . . Sr. 5-8 G20 Olivia Barber . . . . . . . Fr. 5-9 F22 Kennadi Rockhold . . . Fr. 5-5 G22 McKenzie Long . . . . . Fr. 5-6 G-F24 Alyson Bailey* . . . . . . Jr. 5-4 G30 Whitney Durst . . . . . . Fr. 5-7 F32 Kelsey Casto* . . . . . . Jr. 5-7 F34 Jasmine Brewer . . . . Fr. 5-1 G40 Maddie Nutter* . . . . .So. 5-1 F50 Elizabeth Collins* . . . Sr. 6-2 CHead Coach: Jacob Parker (2nd Season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 EHS ScheduleNovember 30 at Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30December 4 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 7 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 at Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 14 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12:30 18 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 21 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 23 at Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 4 vs. Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 6 at Oak Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. 11 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs. Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 20 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . noon 22 vs. Parkersburg . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 25 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 27 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 5 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The difference a year can make.

The South Gallia girls basket-ball program had zero seniors and six freshmen contributing at the varsity level last winter, which ultimately led to a 4-19

overall record while also placing eighth in the Tri-Valley Confer-ence Hocking Division with a 2-14 mark.

Now, the Lady Rebels enter the 2017-18 campaign with

four seniors and nine varsity returnees on a roster that goes 16-strong — including five freshmen who once again will be available to make an impact.

However, with that much

experience, depth and lead-ership returning to lead a less-youthful squad, sixth-year SGHS coach Corey Small believes that this group can be

Lady Rebels look for breakout season

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 South Gallia varsity girls basketball team. Seated in front, from left, are Brooke Campbell, Aaliyah Howell, Erin Evans and Olivia Hornsby. Standing in back are Alyssa Cremeens, Makayla Waugh, Madisyn Spurlock, Gabby Spurlock, Faith Poling, Meret Mingers, Christine Griffith, Kiley Stapleton, Jaslyn Bowers and Maddie Little.

2017-18 SGHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos0 Faith Poling . . . . . . . . Fr 5-11 F1 Alyssa Cremeens* . . So 5-1 G2 Amaya Howell* . . . . . So 5-2 G4 Kiley Stapleton* . . . . So 5-9 G5 Olivia Hornsby* . . . . . Sr 5-3 G10 Aaliyah Howell* . . . . . Sr 5-3 G11 Erin Evans*. . . . . . . . . Sr 5-8 G12 Maddie Little . . . . . . . Fr 5-1 G13 Jaslyn Bowers . . . . . . So 5-6 G15 Gabby Spurlock . . . . . Fr 5-7 F20 Meret Mingers . . . . . . Jr 6-0 C22 Makayla Waugh . . . . . Fr 5-6 G24 Christine Griffith* . . . So 5-10 C30 Madisyn Spurlock . . . Fr 5-5 F53 Brooke Campbell* . . Sr 5-7 C Katie Bowling* . . . . . . So 5-7 FHead Coach:Corey Small (6th season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

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MASON, W.Va. — One down. Several more to go.

The Wahama girls basketball program took a big step forward last season after ending an al-most four-year-long losing skid en route to a 2-21 overall mark.

The Lady Falcons — who went 0-16 in Tri-Valley Confer-ence Hocking Division play for a fourth consecutive season — have another goal in their sights this winter, that being the program’s first league win since the 2012-13 campaign.

And, in all reality, the Red and White appear ready to take that next step forward as four starters and five players return from a year ago to a roster than goes only 10-strong.

There are, however, some talented additions to the roster, so third-year WHS coach John Arnott is raising the bar a bit on expectations this year … and it will start on the defensive end of the floor.

“I want the girls to be more

intense because we want to play four complete quarters in every game this year,” Arnott said. “I want us to be a much better de-fensive team this year. Our focus

is going to come on the defensive side of things and we’ll let our offense take care of itself.

“We feel like we have some capable offensive players, so the key for us is going to be playing good fundamental defense for four quarters of basketball. That’s really what our season will come down to, defense and consis-tency.”

Arnott will look to his seniors — Elizabeth Mullins and Natalie Rickard — for leadership, but Mullins and fellow returning starters Hannah Rose, Maddy VanMatre and Gracie VanMeter will really help set the tone for the upcoming season.

VanMatre — an All-TVC Hocking performer a year ago — joins VanMater and Rickard in bringing experience to the frontcourt spots, while Rose and Mullins both return to the guard positions.

Joining the varsity roster for the first time are juniors Ashtyn Russell and Emily VanMatre, as well as freshmen Harley Roush, Victoria VanMatre and Emma Gibbs.

Gibbs, Roush and Victoria VanMatre all bring a promising presence to the inside game, while Russell and Emily VanMa-tre will bring some versatility into the backcourt spots.

Wahama’s last league win came on Jan. 14, 2013, in Racine

Lady Falcons aiming for improvement

Bryan Walters|OVP SportsPictured are members of the 2017-18 Wahama varsity girls basketball team. Seated in front, from left, are Elizabeth Mullins, Natalie Rickard and Maddy VanMatre. Sitting in middle are Hannah Rose, Ashtyn Russell, Emily VanMatre and Gracie VanMeter. Seated in back are Victoria VanMatre, Emma Gibbs and Harley Roush.

2017-18 WHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Hannah Rose* . . . . . . So 5-6 G2 Gracie VanMeter* . . . So 5-8 F5 Maddy VanMatre* . . . Jr 5-7 F10 Ashtyn Russell . . . . . . Jr 5-8 G11 Emma Gibbs . . . . . . . Fr 5-11 C15 Emily VanMatre . . . . . Jr 5-3 G22 Elizabeth Mullins* . . . Sr 5-4 G23 Victoria VanMatre . . . Fr 5-8 F24 Harley Roush . . . . . . . Fr 5-7 F25 Natalie Rickard* . . . . Sr 5-6 FHead Coach:John Arnott (3rd season)* — indicates varsity returnee.

2017-18 WHS ScheduleDecember 1 vs Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30 7 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 14 vs Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 21 vs Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 vs Hannan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.January 4 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Wirt County . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 at Hannan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 17 at Point Pleasant . . . . . . . . . 7:30 20 vs Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 25 vs Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 27 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 vs Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs Ohio Valley Christian . . . 6:30

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RACINE, Ohio — The Lady Tornadoes are hoping that senior leadership pays off.

The Southern girls basketball team brings six seniors into the 2017-18 campaign, as the Purple and Gold look to improve on last year’s 12-11 record.

Inheriting the six seniors, beginning his first year as Lady Tornadoes head coach, is David Kight, who takes over for Kent Wolfe after three seasons.

“Having six seniors now days is unlikely, especially when they make up over half of your program,” said Kight. “I couldn’t have asked for six better girls to start a new tradition for basket-ball at Southern High School.

“This isn’t the first time I’ve come into a program with seniors,” Kight added. “I know what they’re feeling with a coach leaving and a new coach coming in, the same thing happened to me a long time ago when I was in high school. I think the transi-tion from Coach Wolfe to myself has, for the most part, been kind of smooth for the seniors. They have bought in, and when your older kids buy in, it’s easier for the younger kids to buy in.”

Entering their third straight seasons for the SHS varsity squad are seniors Jaiden Roberts, Josie Cundiff, Lauren Lavender

and Shelbi Dailey. Senior Paige VanMeter, and sophomores Phoe-nix Cleland and Baylee Wolfe are entering their second varsity campaign, while senior Bailee Floyd, sophomore Shelby Cleland and freshmen Jordan Hardwick and Caelin Seth are beginning their first varsity seasons.

“They all came in with pretty good attitudes and they adjusted to what I asked them to do rather quickly,” Kight said. “Numbers weren’t bad throughout the sum-mer, the girls stayed committed and wanted to work at it. I’m ex-tremely pleased with the progress they’ve made and what the future might hold for them this year.”

The Lady Tornadoes have four 2017 graduates from last year’s team to replace, in Ashley Acree, Sierra Cleland, Macie Michael and Faith Teaford. A three-time All-Ohioan, Teaford’s offensive production won’t be replaced by just one Lady Tornado this

season.“I think scoring is going to

be by committee,” Kight said. “I don’t think we have one girl that’s going to stand out as the dominant scorer night in and night out. One night it might be one girl, one night it might be

another. In the long run it’s going to help us, because we have more than one option to score, so it’s going to be tough for defenses to sit on one girl.”

Southern was an 8-8 in the

New-look Lady Tornadoes ready for 2017-18 season

Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 Southern varsity girls basketball team. Standing in the front row, from left, are Paige VanMeter, Bailee Floyd, Jaiden Roberts, Josie Cundiff, Lauren Lavender and Shelbi Dailey. Standing in the back row are Baylee Wolfe, Caelin Seth, Phoenix Cleland, Shelby CLelabd and Jordan Hardwick.

2017-18 SHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Phoenix Cleland* . . .So. 5-6 G3 Baylee Wolfe* . . . . . .So. 5-6 G10 Jaiden Roberts* . . . . Sr. 5-2 G12 Paige VanMeter* . . . . Sr. 5-6 F13 Josie Cundiff* . . . . . . Sr. 5-5 G20 Caelin Seth . . . . . . . . . Fr. 5-5 G22 Lauren Lavender* . . . Sr. 5-6 G23 Shelbi Dailey* . . . . . . Sr. 5-10 F24 Bailee Floyd . . . . . . . . Sr. 5-5 G30 Shelby Cleland . . . . . So 5-7 F32 Jordan Hardwick . . . . Fr. 5-7 GHead Coach: David Kight (1st season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 SHS ScheduleNovember 30 vs. Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30December 4 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 7 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 14 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 21 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 28 at East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 4 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 6 at Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 p.m. 8 vs. River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 20 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 25 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 27 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 at Williamstown . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3010 vs. Symmes Valley . . . . . . . 7:30

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BIDWELL, Ohio — New season, new opportunities.

The 2017-18 River Valley girls basketball is hoping to rebound from last year’s 2-21 campaign, now with a full offseason under head coach Stephen Roderick, to go with seven players bring previous varsity experience.

Roderick took over the Lady Raiders early last season and will have three players to replace off of last year’s squad in Erin Jackson, Maggie Campbell and Jessica Steele. Jackson was an all-league and all-district selec-tion for the Silver and Black last winter.

“It’s been a successful summer and we’re excited to get out here and play,” said Roderick. “It’s not going to be easy, but I think they’re ready. They are excited, their attitudes have been great, we really are just chomping at the bit to get started.”

Back for a third straight season are versatile senior Jaden Neal, and junior guards Beth Gillman and Cierra Roberts. In the Silver and Black for a second straight year are sophomores Kaylee Gillman, Savannah Reese and Kaylee Tucker. Also back for RVHS, after a one-year absence, is senior Carly Gilmore.

Newcomers to the River Valley varsity squad are juniors Kelsey Brown and Jordan Garri-son, as well as freshman Hannah Jacks.

“We’re still kind of young, but we have some girls who didn’t play last year who are really going to be really big contribu-tors,” Roderick said. “We have

a junior, Kelsey Brown, and a senior, Carly Gilmore and neither one of them played last year. We’re looking to get a lot from them. We have one fresh-man on varsity, who is going to contribute quite a bit.”

“We’re looking for Jaden Neal to step up her scoring and take more shots now,” Roderick added. “With Neal and Gilmore, those two should be able to fill the Erin’s point production.”

Last winter, both of the Lady Raiders’ victories came in Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division play, first defeating visiting Wellston by a 42-40 count and then winning 42-35 at Athens.

RVHS was sixth in the seven-team league with a 2-10 mark, while Alexander was the TVC

Ohio champion, going a perfect 12-0.

“I think we need to be realis-tic with our expectations,” said Roderick. “Yes, we have some weapons that can be effective, and we might have nights where they’re all clicking and we can be very good. I think more often than not when these girls haven’t played together, there are going to be nights where it doesn’t mesh. That’s going to be tough to get through.”

In addition to 12 league tilts, River Valley will face Gallia Academy and South Gallia twice each, while battling Belpre, Coal Grove, Jackson, Oak Hill, Point Pleasant and Southern once each.

The Silver and Black were eliminated from the 2017 post-season by Westfall, falling to the Lady Mustangs by a 65-57 final in the sectional semifinal.

“If we’re playing our best basketball at the end of the year, toward tournament time, that’s obviously what we want,” said Roderick. “Our goal is to be competitive in the league and beat some of those teams that maybe on paper we shouldn’t.”

River Valley is in search of its first sectional championship since 1998.


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Alex Hawley|OVP SportsPictured above are members of the 2017-18 River Valley girls basketball team. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Kaylee Gillman, Kaylee Tucker, Beth Gillman, Cierra Roberts, Jordan Garrison and Savannah Reese. Standing in the back row are athletic trainer Samantha Blevins, head coach Stephen Roderick, Jaden Neal, Hannah Jones, Carly Gilmore, Kelsey Brown and assistant coach Beth Morta.

2017-18 RVHS RosterNo. Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gr Ht Pos1 Cierra Roberts* . . . . . Jr. 5-0 G2 Hannah Jacks . . . . . . Fr. 5-9 F10 Jaden Neal* . . . . . . . . Sr. 5-8 G-F15 Savannah Reese* . . .So. 5-5 G21 Kelsey Brown . . . . . . . Jr. 5-9 F22 Jordan Garrison . . . . Jr. 5-3 G23 Kaylee Tucker* . . . . .So. 5-3 C25 Beth Gillman* . . . . . . Jr. 5-2 G32 Carly Gilmore . . . . . . . Sr. 5-10 G45 Kaylee Gillman* . . . .So. 5-3 GHead Coach: Stephen Roderick (2nd season)* — indicates varsity returnee

2017-18 RVHS ScheduleNovember 27 vs. Gallia Academy . . . . . . . 7:30 30 at Coal Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30December 4 at Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 7 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 14 at Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 18 at Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 21 vs. Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30 28 vs. Oak Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 4 at Vinton County . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 13 vs. Point Pleasant . . . . . . . 1 p.m. 15 at Gallia Academy . . . . . . . . 7:30 18 at Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 24 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 25 vs. Meigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 at Nelsonville-York . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 vs. Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 at Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Vinton County . . . . . . . . 7:30

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Last year was a bit tougher on the Rebels after finishing 3-20 overall and eighth in Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division with a 2-14 mark, despite hav-ing one of the hardest working groups in the area.

Besides Coach Howell, the Red and Gold also lost Lucas Chung, Joey Woodall, Harley Lay and Josh Henry to graduation — leaving only five letterwinners to return for the upcoming campaign.

Enter longtime boys coach Kent Wolfe, who had spent the previous three years coaching the Southern girls squad after successful stints at New Knox-ville, Logan Elm and Westfall before that.

Wolfe — who also played in a pair of state tournaments in 1980 and 1982 at Southern — is all too familiar with how

far SGHS has come in the last decade as a basketball program, and his hopes are to once again have the Rebels competing at a high postseason level.

This year, however, the vener-able mentor is more focused on just getting everyone acclimated to one another in their first season together.

And so far, Wolfe has been pleased with what he’s wit-nessed.

“We had some significant loss-es to the program last year, but I’ve been really pleased with the kids’ effort and determination so far,” Wolfe said. “We’ve only got 16 kids in the entire program, but they’ve done a good job of adapting to my style. It’s been a real pleasure so far to come to work every day with these kids.

“We’ll have to play well to compete, but the kids have given a solid effort so far. The kids are giving a maximum ef-fort right now, which is all that I can really ask for.”

The Rebels will carry a dozen players on the varsity roster, with two-thirds of that group returning from last winter.

All three seniors — Curtis Haner, Austin Stapleton and Colton Bowers — are bringing experience back to the squad, as are juniors Eli Ellis, Bryce Nolan and Bryceton Folden. Sopho-mores Jared Ward and Austin Day are also a year wiser to the varsity level.

Bowers and Day are the lone frontcourt returnees, while Haner, Stapleton, Ellis, Nolan, Folden and Ward provide plenty of depth at the guard spots.

The newcomers to the varsity roster include junior Nick Hicks, sophomores Jared Burdette and Hunter Sanders, and freshman

Jaxxon Mabe. Burdette is the lone addition to the interior, wwith Hicks, Sanders and Mabe adding more options to the backcourt.

Given its lack of height — only three players are 6-foot or taller — and a surplus of guards up and down the roster, Wolfe is hoping to use an up-tempo approach that will better suit his squad.

“We have five returning let-termen coming back and we’re hoping to get a little senior leadership along the way too. We aren’t very big or very deep right now, so we’ll have to have some kids play multiple posi-tions,” Wolfe said. “We’re going to look to push the ball a little bit and apply some pressure defensively.”

Wolfe’s biggest goal, how-ever, is improving on last year’s record and getting this team better as the year progresses.

It may take some time, but he believes good things are out there waiting for the Rebels if they’ll continue to work for them.

“We still have some work to do, but we are excited about the group that we have and what we can get accomplished this season,” Wolfe said. “I’m just hoping that we can bring some exciting basketball back to the community.”

The Rebels have a tough start to the 2017-18 campaign with four of their first five games being played on the road. South Gallia opens its home schedule in the middle of that five-game stretch when Federal Hocking comes to town on Dec. 12.


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2017-18 SGHS ScheduleDecember 1 at Symmes Valley . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . 8 p.m. 19 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 vs. Ohio Valley Christian. . . 7:30 30 at Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 5 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 12 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 at Ohio Valley Christian . . . 7:30 16 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 19 vs. Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 23 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 27 vs. Symmes Valley. . . . . . . . 7:30 30 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30February 2 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 6 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 9 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 13 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

to go to that second level. It’s changed this year, we won’t be going to Alexander, we’re going to Barnesville, which is a very tough sectional.”

Before the Eagles begin their 2018 postseason, they’ll travel to River Valley for the Tri-Valley Conference meet.

“The TVC meet is a great opportunity to see how our season came about,” Mum-mey said. “It’s right at the end of the year and it’s a good measuring stick of how well they improved throughout the season.”

The Eagles were 13th in the league last season, after an eighth place finish in 2016.

In addition to the TVC meet, Eastern will compete at 10 regular season events.

“We have a couple of big invitationals this year,” Mum-mey said. “We’re going to go back to the Coach’s Corner Classic at Gallia Academy, we’re going to go to the Spar-tan Invitational, and this year we decided that we wanted another challenging invita-tional on our schedule, so we’re going to go to the John Deno at Athens. There’s a lot of good competition there and hopefully we’ll get to see what we’re made of.”

Eastern will host two meets of its own this winter, welcoming Fairland and Meigs on Jan. 11 and then entertaining Huntington, South Gallia and Waterford on Jan. 17.


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depth at each position, not to mention the ability to bring a handful of newcomers along at

a gradual pace.The Wildcats will look to

a trio of returning seniors — Nathan McQueen, Malachi Cade and Logan Nibert — for leadership. McQueen and Nibert both bring valuable experience to the frontcourt, while Cade was a consistent deep threat last year at the guard spot.

Also returning to the varsity squad are juniors Matthew Qualls, Dalton Cole-man, Justis Powers-Cupp and Andrew Gillispie, as well as sophomore Chandler Starkey.

Coleman joins Cade in the starting backcourt, while Powers-Cupp and Starkey return to the interior. Both Qualls and Gillispie provide the option of depth at either of those positions.

The newcomers to the varsity squad are sophomore Devrick Burris and freshman Cameron Evjen. Burris comes in as an option at forward, while Evjen will add depth to both the guard and forwards spots.

With depth, versatility and

experience, Hannan has a chance to be a tough out for a majority of the season.

Ferrell believes with a little more focus, the Wildcats could very well be on the verge of something special this winter.

“Honestly, some of our biggest goals are to get better defensively and to improve on our weak points. We have some good qualities as a team, but we can be better if we take the time to work on improving our weaknesses,” Ferrell said. “The area we must improve in is on the defensive side of the ball. I’m big on defense, and you can’t win games just by outscoring your opponents.

“If we can do those things, play hard and work together … we’ll let the chips fall where they may this year.”

Hannan will open the 2017-18 campaign with a pair of home games, starting with Calvary Baptist on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.


2017-18 HHS ScheduleDecember5 vs Calvary Baptist . . . . . . 7:3012 vs Jamie Darren Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.14 at Elk Valley Christian . 7 p.m.15 at WVSU Hoops Classic . noon19 vs Mountain State Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.21 vs Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.29 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.January 3 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Covenant Christian . . 7:30 12 vs Ohio Valley Christian . 7:30 16 at Calvary Baptist . . . . . . 7:30 20 at Williamson H-M Shootout . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. 23 vs Grace Christian . . . . . 7:30 26 vs Rose Hill Christian . . . 7:30 30 at Jamie Darren Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.February 2 vs Covenant Christian . . 7:30 5 vs Elk Valley Christian . 7 p.m. 6 at Mountain State Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. 9 vs Point Pleasant . . . . . . 7:30 13 at Ohio Valley Christian . 7:30 15 vs Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:3020 at Meadow Bridge . . . . . 7 p.m.

Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division a year ago, finishing tied for fourth with Federal Hocking. Waterford was atop the league for a third straight year, fol-lowed by Eastern and Belpre.

“Our toughest competition, I would say, comes in conference,” Kight said. “I know the league pretty well with the top-tier probably being Waterford, Bel-pre and Eastern. At least it’s been that way in the past, we’re hoping to change that this year, but we’ll see. I think we’ll be able to compete night in, night out.”

In addition to 16 league games, Southern will line up for non-conference tilts against Clay, East, Meigs, River Valley, Symmes Valley and William-stown.

“Where they are at the first game isn’t really my concern,” Kight said. “Where they are around Christmas, that’s kind of going to be the pace we look to turn the corner with and get ready for sectional time. We’re excited about the opportunity to cut down some nets this year, the girls deserve it.”

The Lady Tornadoes were eliminated in the 2017 sectional final, falling to Belpre by a 42-34 final. Southern last won a sectional title in 2016.


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entire regular season to get better, especially in playing some of the public schools that we do,” Burnett said. “I think once the season starts and everyone has a

chance to get more familiar with one another and their roles, we can grow into something better by the time the tournament rolls around.”

Burnett will look to his five returning upperclassmen for leadership, particularly the returning juniors from last year’s squad.

Emily Childers, Kristen Durst and Makala Sizemore all return to the guard positions, while forward Olivia Neal is the lone player coming back to the front-court — though senior Yuyan Sun will help in that spot as well.

The newcomers to the varsity roster are sophomores Marcie Kessinger and Amy Dong, fresh-men Lauren Ragan and Acacia Peck, and eighth-graders Chloe Payne and Lalla Hurlow.

Peck, Kessinger, Dong and Ragan bring depth to the back-court positions, while Hurlow and Payne do the same for the interior positions.

Burnett isn’t expecting instant results in the win column early on, but he is hoping that his troops will learn to play well enough on a consistent basis to

make that a real possibility.Then again, with a majority

of this team slated to return, whatever progress can be made now only makes for a brighter future.

“Honestly, it’s kind of fun be-cause this is the first year that I can think of that we are dealing with a little bit of the unknown as far as our stat lines,” Burnett said. “We lost about 90 percent of our offense last year, so we have some questions about who is going to step into those roles.

“Then again, we have some capable younger players that can grow into those roles this season. The key for us will be to not get too frustrated. We are going to make some mis-takes early on because of our youth, but we can grow from that — both this year and later down the road.”

The Lady Defenders will play four straight games on the road to start the year. OVCS opens the home schedule on Dec. 12 against Wellston at 6 p.m.


2017-18 OVCS ScheduleNovember28 at Covenant Christian . . . . 6 p.m.December1 at Calvary Christian . . . . . . 6 p.m.5 at Grace Christian . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.8 at Wood County Christian . 6 p.m.12 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.15 vs. Parkersburg Christian . 6 p.m.19 at Rose Hill Christian . . . . . 7 p.m.22 vs. Teays Valley Christian . . 6 p.m.29 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.January5 vs. Ironton St. Joseph . . . . . 6 p.m.6 at Pike Christian . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.9 vs. Wood County Christian . .5:3012 at Hannan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.15 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.16 at Parkersburg Christian . . 6 p.m.19 at Teays Valley Christian . . 6 p.m.26 vs. TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:3030 at Ironton St. Joseph . . . . . 6 p.m.February2 vs. Calvary Christian . . . . . 6 p.m.5 at Covenant Christian . . . . 6 p.m.6 at Rose Hill Christian . . . . . 6 p.m.13 vs. Hannan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.15 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6:30

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finished fifth in the TVC Ohio, which was won by Vinton County with an 11-1 league mark.

“A lot of the guys worked on their own this offseason” Drum-mond said. “I think the little bit of a run we went on at the end of the last year got a few of the guys excited, wanting more than we got last year, maybe thinking we left a little unfinished business.

“A successful season for us is really one thing, and that’s play-ing in the Convo,” Drummond added. “Obviously, we want to be in the league hunt and contend in every league game. Our non-league schedule is a lot tougher than it was last year. A lot of the teams in our sectional are on our schedule.”

Along with their 12 league tilts, the Raiders are slated to lineup against Gallia Academy and Point Pleasant twice, while facing Eastern, Jackson, Oak Hill, South Gallia, South Point and Southern once. The Oaks eliminated the RVHS from the 2017 postseason, in the sectional final by a 39-33 final.


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last two seasons — knows the importance of having a healthy roster over the course of the regular season.

Though the venerable mentor would prefer to have a few more players, she does acknowledge that this group is set up a bit better to deal with adversity — primarily because of the flexibility of the roster.

“We’re a deep team in the fact that we have girls that can play both inside and out. We don’t have a ton of depth, but we have quality in our depth because of the versatility,” Thomas said. “We’re asking a lot of each of them to make this season success-ful. If they will consistently work together, we can make that goal a reality.”

Both seniors — Lindsey Hol-ley and Bailey Tolliver — bring experience back to the guard posi-tion, as does junior Pamela Ochs. Junior Josie McCoy is the lone interior returnee, while sopho-more Julie Frazier brings a little bit of depth to both the frontcourt and backcourt.

The newcomers to the varsity roster are junior Hannah Carroll, as well as freshmen Halie John-son, Bailey Coleman and Tonika Coleman. Carroll and Coleman add depth and options for the interior, while Coleman and John-son provide options at the guard positions.

It will take a little time for the team to get acclimated to both one another and the rigors of the varsity season, but Thomas is hoping for some signs of growth

as the year goes along.“The biggest goal is to win

some games obviously, but I’d really like to see us be more com-petitive throughout the course of the season,” Thomas said. “You’re not always going to win every game, but you have to be competi-tive. The more we can compete on a regular basis, the more realistic chances we’ll have at picking up some wins.”

Hannan opens the 2017-18 campaign with three straight home games, including the season opener on Friday, Dec. 1, against Fairview at 6 p.m.


we go.“We want to be competi-

tive,” Caldwell added. “One thing we really want to do is make it hard for teams to come here and win on our home floor. Last year we didn’t de-fend our home court as well as we needed to, we actually had a better record on the road.”

The Tornadoes have six seniors to replace from last season’s team, in Tylar Blevins, Kody Greene, Eli Hunter, Blake Johnson, Trey Pickens and Crenson Rogers. Both Blevins and Rogers were all-league selections, with Rogers earning an All-Ohio honorable mention.

The Purple and Gold finished fourth in last year’s Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division standings, with a 9-7 record. Waterford finished atop the nine-team league for a sec-ond straight season, posting a perfect 16-0 record.

“I think outside of Water-ford, it’s pretty wide-open,” Caldwell said of the league picture. “Anybody can beat anybody on any night. There

will be a lot of competitive games in the league this year.”

Along with their 16 league games, the Tornadoes will face Meigs, Nelsonville-York, Point Pleasant, Ravenswood and River Valley in non-conference play.

“Our non-league schedule again is very tough,” Caldwell said. “I can’t imagine too many Division IV schools having a tougher non-league schedule than what we have. They’re some bigger schools and teams that were pretty good last year, so we know they’ll be really good competition for us. That will help us get ready for some of our other league games and hopefully help us prepare for tournaments.”

Last winter, the Torna-does claimed non-conference victories over River Valley and Ironton St. Joseph. However, the Flyers turned around and knocked Southern out of the postseason in the sectional final.


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2017-18 HHS ScheduleDecember 1 vs Fairview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 5 vs Calvary Baptist . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 7 vs Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 11 at Rose Hill Christian . . . . 6 p.m. 20 at Ironton St. Joseph . . . . 6 p.m. 28 vs Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 29 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.January 3 at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 8 at Covenant Christian . . . 6 p.m. 12 vs Ohio Valley Christian . . 6 p.m. 15 vs Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 16 at Calvary Baptist . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 23 vs Grace Christian . . . . . . 6 p.m. 25 vs Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 26 vs Rose Hill Christian . . . . 6 p.m. 29 at Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.February 2 vs Covenant Christian . . . 6 p.m. 5 at Fairview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 7 vs Ironton St. Joseph . . . . 6 p.m. 12 at Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 13 at Ohio Valley Christian . . 6 p.m.15 vs Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.

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following a 53-48 decision over Southern. The current TVC Hocking losing skid stands at 69 consecutive games.

It’s not the easiest league to have success in, particularly with either Eastern or Waterford com-peting in the last five OHSAA state tournaments — including a state title apiece.

Arnott does believe, however, that if Wahama can get a win or two under its belt early, a few more just might follow as the season progresses.

And if the Lady Falcons can be competitive now in this league, then the future begins to look that much better moving forward.

“If we can win a couple of

games in the TVC Hocking, we’ll get this thing headed into the right direction,” Arnott said. “We have a talented group of young players that will need a little time to grow together, but I also expect us to be playing our basketball by season’s end.

“Our future looks bright, and it pretty much starts right here and right now. We are excited about what the season can be, but we have to work for it.”

Wahama opens the season with three of its first four games at Gary Clark Court, starting with the home opener on Friday, Dec. 1, against Buffalo.


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said. “We have a lot of things to work on with this group, but our schedule will test us and make us better as the season

goes along. It’s going to be a challenge, but our guys are up for it.”

The Defenders have only two players standing over 6-feet tall, so it’s going to take a lot of effort on behalf of the group to overcome some of those inside obstacles.

Rice, however, is hoping that an up-tempo style will be more-suited for his squad, which in turn could hide some of their size issues.

But one thing is certain, according to Rice, it will take everybody for this year to be a success — which in turn has benefits moving forward.

“Our strengths are that we have some good guard play and some quickness, so we should be able to run a little bit more this year,” Rice said. “My concerns are the same as every year, especially since we don’t have a ton of height. I’m worried about how this team matches up defensively and how well we can rebound, but those are things we can work on.

“The biggest thing for us is

that we need to play together and have everyone perform well at their roles. We’ll need the younger guys to step up and contribute. With only one senior, whatever improvement we can make now only helps us in the future.”

Returning to the varsity squad are senior Asher Peck, ju-niors Andrew Dubs and Justin Beaver, sophomore Arden Peck and freshman Bryce Gruber.

Beaver and Dubs all bring experience to the forward and interior positions, while both Pecks and Gruber are coming back to the guard spots.

The newcomers to the squad are juniors Miciah Swab and Jeremiah Case, sophomore Levi Anderson, and freshmen Christian Higginbotham and Jeremiah Swab.

Case and Higginbotham will bring some much-needed depth to the frontcourt, while both Swabs and Anderson do the same for the guard positions.

Some of the players will likely have to play multiple positions on the floor due to

personnel, but Rice believes there is enough versatility in this roster to overcome matchup issues.

His biggest concern, at least heading in, is getting everybody on the same page. And that’s what the regular season will be used for.

“We are still trying to figure out roles and positions and all of that, mainly because a handful of kids on this roster haven’t played a lot of organized basket-ball. We have a lot of things to work on, but we’ll eventually get up to speed,” Rice said. “We’re hoping to get a lot of this stuff worked out early on in the year so that we can be at our best as the year progresses right into the postseason.”

The Defenders opened the season with a two-day tourna-ment at Parkersburg Catholic, plus play four additional road games before making their home debut against Wellston on Dec. 12.


2017-18 OVCS ScheduleNovember 17 at Parkersburg Christian . . TBA 18 at Parkersburg Christian . . TBA 28 at Covenant Christian . . . 7:30December 1 at Calvary Christian . . . . . 7:30 5 at Grace Christian . . . . . . . 7:30 8 at Wood Co. Christian . . . . 7:30 12 vs. Wellston . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs. Parkersburg Christian 7:30 22 vs. Teays Valley Christian . 7:30 29 at South Gallia . . . . . . . . . . 7:30January 2 vs. Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m. 5 vs. Ironton St. Joseph . . . . 7:30 6 at Pike Christian . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 9 vs. Wood Co. Christian . . 7 p.m. 12 at Hannan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 vs. South Gallia . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at Parkersburg Christian . 7:30 19 at Teays Valley Christian . 7:30 26 vs. Pike Christian . . . . . . . 7 p.m. 30 at Ironton St. Joseph . . . . 7:30February 2 vs. Calvary Christian . . . . . 7:30 3 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 5 at Covenant Christian . . . 7:30 13 vs. Hannan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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Pictured are members of the 2017-18 Eastern varsity cheer squad. Sitting in the front row, from left, are Jessica Rees, Tressa Bartimus, Ivy Adams and Madison Keney. Standing in the back row are Teddi Casto, Gabby Beeler, Mattison Finlaw, Naomi Hoffman, Faith Bauerbach and Allison Barber.

Pictured are members of the 2017-18 Southern varsity cheer squad. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Nikita Wood, Jolisha Ervin and Hailey Cremeans. Standing in the back row are Jaden Connolly, Alexis Ervin, Mattea Deemer, Rhanda Cross, Mickenzie Ferrell and Natalie Harrison.

Pictured are members of the 2017-18 Meigs varsity cheer squad. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Abby Lewis, Mariah Haley, Devin Humphreys, Samantha Rogers, Cierra Wolfe and Haley Bartley. Standing in the back row are Emily Reynolds, Kaleigh Scott, Karington Howell, Candace Brockert, Annika McKinney and Chelsea Pierce.

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kids that can come in and contribute. We can’t wait to get things started.”

The Rebels have only one senior on the roster in 132-pound returnee Troy Watson, but the overall lineup is dominated by juniors and sophomores as those two classes make up 10 of the dozen members of the squad.

Returning from a year

ago are juniors Wyatt Rapp (285), Tanner Dennison (285) and Chad Bostic (170), as well as sopho-mores Jacob Neal (285), Caleb Neal (285) and Justin Butler (152).

The newcomers to the varsity roster include ju-niors Eddie Stephens (195) and Sviatoslaw Hryhorenko (160), sophomores Alex Peck (145) and Jacob Birt-cher (138), and freshman Dustin Bainter (195).

The Rebels — who were 11th overall at the Division III sectional meet last year — are still searching for their first district qualifier, as well as a first league champion.

It may or may not be the right time to think about such things for a program in its second year of existence, but those ideas might become more of a reality if South Gallia can reach Polcyn’s biggest goals for the season.

“Ultimately, my biggest

goal for this group is to see every individual improve,” Polcyn said. “We’ll figure out what our potential is and set some goals as we go, but the biggest thing for us right now is getting back out on that mat and trying to win some matches.

“We were 6-6 in duals last year and I’d like to improve on that this year, plus I’d like to see us have better showings at invita-tionals and at league. This is a big year for the pro-gram, especially given the current level of interest.”

SGHS will host a single match this year when South Point, Federal Hock-ing and Wellston come to town for a quad match at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12.

The Rebels open the season on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Fairland Dragon Invitational.


2017-18 SGHS ScheduleDecember 2 at Fairland Dragon Duals . . . .10 a.m. 9 at Chesapeake Phil Davis INV . . .10 a.m. 16 at VCHS VFW Post 5299 INV . . . .9 a.m. 27 at Huntington . . . .2 p.m.January 10 at Gallia Academy .5 p.m. 17 at Eastern . . . . . . . .6 p.m. 22 at Wellston . . . . . . .6 p.m.February 13 vs. SPHS, FHHS, Wellston . . . . . . . . .6 p.m. 17 at River Valley (TVC) . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.

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of his troops will do his or her part to make the program as successful as it can be.

“We have a lot of leadership and experience on this team with three state qualifiers coming back out of our nine returnees, so these guys know what their doing and what it takes to be success-ful on the mat,” Russell said. “I’m excited about the newcomers to because Ethan (VanMatre) is talented and experienced, even though he’s new to us. He’s really going to be a nice addition for us.

Emma (Tomlinson) and Kailyn (Alison) are Wahama’s first two female wrestlers at the varsity level, which I think speaks volumes about their toughness and love for the sport. It may take a little bit for them to get acclimated, but they might be able to help the team pick up some points along the way.”

Wahama does not have a single home match scheduled this year out of its 11 regular season outings, but the White Falcons will be compet-ing closely at locations like Point Pleasant, Belpre, Millwood and St. Marys.

Wahama will not be able to attend the Tri-Valley Conference championships for a second straight year because it is the same weekend as the Class AA-A regionals in Millwood.

The White Falcons begin the season on Satur-day, Dec. 2, when they travel to Hurricane for a 10 a.m. start.


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the most successful group he’s guided over that span.

That is, as long as they are willing to work for it.

“It helps to have four seniors that have all played four years in the program, so they understand the system and what is expected from them. It will also help in getting the younger players up to speed at this level of play,” Small said. “The difference between this year and last year, however, will come from that sophomore class. They’ve had a year in the varsity program already, so their maturation will impact how much of a next step we take this year.

“We have some good depth, experience and some freshmen that will come in and contribute some minutes, so naturally our goals will be a little bit higher than they have been. We’re hop-ing to be in the top three or four in the league, and if we keep working hard like we have been — that might be a real possibil-ity for these girls.”

The Red and Gold return

seniors Erin Evans, Olivia Hornsby, Aaliyah Howell and Brooke Campbell, as well as sophomores Alyssa Cremeens, Kiley Stapleton, Amaya Howell, Christine Griffith and Katie Bowling.

Evans was an All-TVC Hock-ing performer a year ago at the guard spot and will be joined in the backcourt by Cremeens, Stapleton, Hornsby and both Howells. Griffith, Bowling and Campbell are the lone returnees on the interior.

The newcomers to the squad are junior Meret Mingers, sophomore Jaslyn Bowers, and freshmen Faith Poling, Maddie Little, Gabby Spurlock, Makayla Waugh and Madisyn Spurlock.

Little, Bowers and Waugh provide some extra depth at the guard positions, while Poling, Mingers and both Spurlocks give the Lady Rebels some addi-tional options in the frontcourt.

It’s the deepest and arguably the most-skilled team that Small has had during his coaching tenure, so he is optimistic that

South Gallia can be a formidable foe.

He is also looking for a lot of contributions from everyone on the squad, which could lead to some positive results by season’s end.

“We didn’t lose anybody from last year’s squad and we’ve added quite a bit of size to our roster, which should only complement our scoring guards,” Small said. “With our depth, we should be able to run a little bit more and get after teams defensively. We have enough players that we can keep the intensity up and still manage to have everyone fresh for the duration of a game. We have all the pieces to have a good year if the girls will work together.”

The Lady Rebels start the 2017-18 campaign with two straight road games before opening the home schedule on Dec. 7 against Miller.


2017-18 SGHS ScheduleNovember 28 at Symmes Valley . . . . . . . . 7:30December 4 at Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 7 vs. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 vs. Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 14 at Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 16 at River Valley . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m. 18 vs. Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 21 at Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 29 vs. Ohio Valley Christian . 6 p.m.January 4 vs. Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 11 at Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 15 at Ohio Valley Christian . . . 7:30 18 vs. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 20 at Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 22 at Federal Hocking . . . . . . . 7:30 24 vs. River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 27 vs. Waterford . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. 29 at Belpre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 31 vs. Symmes Valley . . . . . . . 7:30February 1 vs. Southern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 5 at Trimble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 8 vs. Wahama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30

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