CHESAPEAKE, Ohio ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Chesapeake started quickly, jumping to an 18-9 lead, and held off Ironton for a key 67-61 victory over Ironton on Tuesday in high school boys basketball on Norm Persin Court.
The Fighting Tigers (10-6, 8-3 Ohio Valley Conference) rallied to lead twice in the second half, but the Panthers (17-1, 11-0) closed on a 17-10 run, taking advantage of Ironton being in foul trouble.
Drew PlantzÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s layup put Chesapeake ahead to stay at 61-59. Kaden Perkins paced the Panthers with 20 points. Maddox Kazee scored 18 points and Karson Frecka netted 10.
Chesapeake was efficient, making 23 of 40 shots (57.5%), 1 of 5 from 3-point range, and 20 of 23 free throws (86/9%).
Braden Schreck led Ironton with 21 points. Aiden Layne tallied 14 points and Maddix Markel added 11.
The PanthersÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ triumph sets up a showdown at Fairland (17-1, 12-0) at 7 p.m. Friday for the OVC lead.
IRONTON 9 21 21 10 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 61: Layne 14, Markins 0, Barnes 9, Cotton 4, Schreck 21, Markel 11, Freeman 0, Roach 2.
CHESAPEAKE 18 18 14 17 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 67: Kerns 2, Cooper-Barker 0, Plantz 4, Perkins 20, Kazee 18, Thacker 7, Frecka 10, Skeens 6.
FAIRLAND 64, PORTSMOUTH 43: The Dragons (17-1, 12-0 OVC) raced to a 22-6 lead and thumped the host Trojans (7-12, 4-8) to maintain a one-half game lead over Chesapeake in the OVC race.
Fairland entertains Chesapeake at 7 p.m. Friday at the Carl York Center.
Cliff Fransen led Fairland with 20 points. Keegan Smith scored 15 points and Trevor Lochow chipped in 13.
Malachi Loper scored 18 points to lead Portsmouth. DaeÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™Quan Woods scored 12 points.
FAIRLAND 22 11 15 16 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 64: Polcyn 5, Ballard 1, Lochow 13, Fizer 0, Fransen 20, Love 0, Gue 0, Kujac 0, Buchanan 8.
PORTSMOUTH 6 14 11 12 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 43: Parker 1, Woods 12, Loper 18, Malone 2, Craft 2, Johnson 4, McKinley 0, Brewer 4, Poxes 0.
COAL GROVE 48, ROCK HILL 47: Rylan Smith made a 3-point shot at the buzzer to win it for the Hornets (8-11, 3-10 OVC).
The Redmen (6-11, 2-9) had taken a 47-45 lead on a Kalen Davidson basket with 7 seconds to play.
BOYD COUNTY 63, PIKEVILLE 61: Jacob Spurlock scored 22 points to lead three Lions in double figures in Summit, Kentucky.
Cole Hicks tallied 14 points and Rhett Holbrook pitched in 10 for Boyd County (14-8), which has won nine of 10 outings in the new year.
Hicks drained four 3-pointers.
Ian Onkst scored 17 points to pace the Panthers (10-7). EB Walters dropped in 14 and Ethan Sykes produced 12.
PIKEVILLE 14 14 20 13 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 61: Bowling 4, Bolden 0, Keene 7, Onkst 17, Slone 7, Sykes 12, Burgett 0, Walters 14.
BOYD COUNTY 16 19 16 12 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 63: Hicks 14, Spurlock 22, Brumfield 6, Holbrook 10, Childers 9, Carter 2.
GREEN 82, NEW BOSTON 55: Jon Knapp scored 30 points to help the Bobcats (10-9, 6-1 Southern Ohio Conference) defeat the visiting Tigers (3-14, 2-5).
Landon Kimbler backed Knapp with 17 points. Gabe Blevins scored 13.
Wyatt McNeil and Lamarcus Cooper each totaled 14 points for New Boston.
NEW BOSTON 8 24 15 8 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 55: McNeil 14, Parker 14, McQuithy 0, Brady 4, Blanton 0, Ian Spies 12, Dickenson 0, Cooper 7, Volers 0, Barker 2, Conkle 0.
GREEN 17 30 14 21 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 82: Russell 7, Merrill 0, Knapp 30, Stapleton 7, Kimbler 17, Blevins 13, Jenkins 0, Renison 0, Smith 3, Lewis 2, McIntyre 0, Hineman 2.
Girls basketball
LINCOLN COUNTY 58, GRACE CHRISTIAN 49: The Panthers (3-13) built a 33-22 lead and topped the Soldiers (11-9) in Huntington.
Arien Cooper led Lincoln County with 19 points. Chevelle Salmons added 10 points.
Kaylie Stapleton scored 26 points and Abi Perry notched 12 for Grace Christian, which battled injuries and the flu.
LINCOLN COUNTY 13 19 10 16 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 58: Cooper 19, Dial 4, Stickler 4, Jeffers 3, Salmons 10, Day 6, Moore 2, Johnson 8, Redman 2.
GRACE CHRISTIAN 11 11 9 18 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 49: Stapleton 26, Perry 12, Tanner 9, Hutchinson 2.
BOYD COUNTY 71, EAST CARTER 36: The host Lions ran out to a 29-7 lead after one frame and a 49-15 advantage at intermission in beating their border rival convincingly on Tuesday night in Summit, Kentucky.
Jada Ray scored 19 points, Kollyn Groves canned 14 and Zoey Smith dropped in 10 for Boyd County (15-7). Groves drained four of the LionsÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ 13 3-pointers.
Though no East Carter (13-8) player scored more than six points ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Kinsley Rutledge and Abby Boggs tied for lead scoring honors with that total ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 10 Raiders made the scoring column. Nine Lions scored as well.
East Carter fell for the second time in three outings after having won seven straight before that.
EAST CARTER 7 8 9 12 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 36: Ki. Rutledge 6, S. Adams 5, Bishop 2, Walker 4, Boggs 6, Hall 2, McGuire 0, Williams 2, Felty 2, Kh. Rutledge 3, Goble 0, A. Adams 0, Thomas 0, Mullins 4.
BOYD COUNTY 29 20 13 9 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 71: Opell 6, Ray 19, Groves 14, Smith 10, Stevens 6, Hamilton 4, Ramey 0, Lykins 3, Chaney 0, Fraley 0, Walters 6, Thornbury 3, Kouns 0, Gilbert 0.
HANNAN 37, VAN 17: Emma WilsonÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s 16-point effort sparked the Wildcats (2-12) over the Bulldogs (0-10) in Upland, West Virginia.
Della Gibson and Olivia Toney each grabbed 10 rebounds for Hannan.
Haley Tackett led Van with 12 points.
