PEDRO, Ohio ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Ironton won its sixth straight game and secured third place in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 49-33 victory over Rock Hill on Monday in girls high school basketball.
The Fighting Tigers (12-11, 7-7 OVC) outscored the Redwomen in each quarter. Ironton led 35-26 after three periods, then ended on a 14-7 run to set the score.
Peyton Deer led the Tigers with 15 points. Lola Hankins scored 11 and Emerson White tallied 10.
JÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™Lynn Risner paced Rock Hill (8-15, 2-12) with 17 points.
IRONTON 13 10 12 14 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 49: Deer 15, Neel 4, L. Hankins 11, Mccall 5, J. Hankins 4, Murray 0, White 10.
ROCK HILL 9 8 9 7 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 33: Lyons 1, Bailey 6, Bamer 2, Payne 5, Dancy 1, Risner 17.
WAYNE 71, ST. ALBANS 44: Jayce Sammons made her 100th career 3-pointer and scored 23 points to pace the Pioneers (15-4), ranked second in Class AAA, to a rout of the visiting Red Dragons (14-4), ranked sixth in Class AAAA.
Mikayla Stacy scored 14 points, Brooke Adkins 13 and Addie Adkins 10 for Wayne.
BOYD COUNTY 60, RUSSELL 46: The host Lions outscored the Red Devils 23-10 in the fourth quarter to pull away on Monday night in a rematch of last yearÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s 16th Region Tournament final in Summit, Kentucky.
Jada Ray connected on six 3-pointers in a 29-point outing for Boyd County (17-9), which ended a five-game series skid against one of its biggest rivals. That included RussellÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s 50-38 win in last yearÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s region tournament title game, as well as a 55-48 Red Devils victory on Jan. 24 in Russell.
Gabby Oborne scored 17 points and Kennedy Darnell dropped in 16 for Russell (21-7).
RUSSELL 8 11 17 10 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 46: Darnell 16, Oborne 17, Kouns 6, Allen 3, Sharp 0, Price 0, Fleming 4.
BOYD COUNTY 12 11 14 23 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 60: Ray 29, Stevens 7, Opell 8, Groves 7, Hamilton 8, Smith 1.
ASHLAND 65, MONTGOMERY COUNTY 62: Brookelyn Duckwyler and Emilee Neese each totaled 18 points as the homestanding Kittens (17-9) edged the Indians (18-10) in Anderson Gym.
Neese made two free throws to seal the victory on her birthday.
RUSSELL 54, BATH COUNTY 41: Kennedy Darnell combined 20 points with 11 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Red Devils (21-7) by the Wildcats (8-20) on Saturday in Owingsville, Kentucky.
Gabby Oborne chipped in 13 points.
Triniti Blankenship topped Bath County scorers with 10 points.
FARVIEW 67, HANNAN 52: The Eagles (6-19) beat the Wildcats (2-13) in Upland, West Virginia.
Emma Pierce scored 22 points and Madison Loving 20 for Fairview, which took 92 shots, making 23. Bre Moore chipped in 18 points. Loving pulled down 14 rebounds.
PORTSMOUTH 62, PIKETON 42: The top-seeded Trojans (22-1) won an Ohio Division V, Southeast 2 district tournament semifinal over the 12th-seeded Red Streaks (15-9) at the Waverly Downtown Arena.
Hayven Carter led Portsmouth with 19 points. Kiki Woods backed her with 16 points.
Laila Kelley paced Piketon with 16 points.
The Trojans move on to play No. 7 seed Alexander (17-7) at noon Saturday in Waverly. The Spartans upset No. 6 seed Huntington Ross 6
PIKETON 12 7 12 11 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 42: Daniels 3, Kelley 16, Shanks 6, Penwell 3, Johnson 5, Ritchie 2, Forbes 7.
PORTSMOUTH 20 12 18 12 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 62: Si. Allen 8, Sa. Allen 3, Reid 8, Kiki Woods 16, Hayven Carter 19, Shannon 0, K. Mays 8.
Boys basketball
SYMMES VALLEY 78, SOUTH GALLIA 56: Seven Vikings made 3-point shots in a triumph over the Rebels (4-16, 1-9 Southern Ohio Conference) in Mercerville, Ohio.
Ethan Smith and Bronx Carpenter each hit four 3-pointers for Symmes Valley (14-6, 7-2). Smith scored 22 points and issued 10 assists. Carpenter tallied 19 points.
Hayden Kemp paced South Gallia with 18 points. Carson Stowers netted 15 points and Layne Wright tallied 10.
SYMMES VALLEY 22 23 20 14 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 79: Wilson 0, Holland 7, Simpkins 2, Smith 22, Corn 7, Strow 3, Carpenter 19, Hutchison 3, Jones 6, Roberts 0, Owen 1, Maynard 9.
SOUTH GALLIA 13 19 8 16 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 56: L. Wright 10, Frazee 8, H. Wright 0, Kemp 18, Stowers 15, Mooney 3, Clary 1, Sanders 2, Sheets 0.
PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME 53, IRONTON ST. JOE 36: The Titans outscored the host Flyers 29-14 in the second half to pull away to a Southern Ohio Conference triumph at the Family Life Center.
The Titans (17-5, 10-0 SOC) scored the first seven points on their way to a 23-22 halftime lead.
Landon Barbarits scored 16 points and Zion Boerger chipped in 10 for Notre Dame.
Wesley Neal scored nine points to lead St. Joe.
PORTSMOUTH NOTRE DAME 13 10 17 12 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 52: L. Barbarits 16, West 2, Bradford 5, G. Barbarits 0, Phillips 9, McGraw 0, Boerger 10, West 8.
IRONTON ST. JOE 6 16 5 9 ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” 36: Deboarde 2, Rowe 7, Weber 0, Waginger 3, Neal 9, Dressel 3, Willis 6, Johnson 6.
