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Lady Eagles soar past South Gallia
by Alex Hawley
ahawley@heartlandpublications.com
MERCERVILLE, Ohio — The Lady Eagles had no shortage of offense Monday night as they defeated South Gallia 25-0 in five innings of a Tri-Valley Conference Ho...
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Eastern falls to Lady Titans, 7-4
MINFORD, Ohio — Some things come to an end too soon. The Eastern softball team fell to Portsmouth Notre Dame 7-4, in the district semi-final Tuesday night on the Campus of Minford High School, which ends the Lady Eagles 20-win season. The Lady Titans got on the board first after Jen Arnzen hit a grand slam over the right center field fence. Down 4-0 the Lady Eagles (20-6) began to chip away at the PND lead when Amber Moodispaugh drove in ...
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Division II track and field meet under way
OAK HILL, Ohio — Day One of the Division II district track and field championships are officially in the books as of Tuesday night at Davis Stadium on the campus of Oak Hill High School, as the track programs at Gallia Academy, River Valley and Meigs began their respective quests to get to the state tournament. Several athletes from the three Ohio Valley Publishing area schools advanced to Saturday’s finals through qualifiers, but a handful...
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Blue Devils fend off Hillsboro in district semis, 4-3
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — One good turn deserves another. In his ninth season with the program, head baseball coach Rich Corvin has guided Gallia Academy to its most victories ever in a spring. Tuesday night, the Blue Devils added to their historic win total — and also took Corvin as far as any squad that he has ever coached at GAHS. The Blue Devils broke a one-all tie in the bottom of the fourth by plating three scores, then held off a late Hi...
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Southern rallies past Eagles, claims 6th straight district title
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — It was a tale of two halves Wednesday night at Paint Stadium, but the final three innings ultimately made all the difference for the Southern baseball team following a come-from-behind 9-3 victory over county-rival Eastern during a Division IV district championship game in Ross County. The top-seeded Tornadoes (27-0) trailed the third-seeded Eagles (16-9) by a 2-1 count after an inning of play and were also down 3-1 thro...
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GAHS lands 13 on All-SEOAL baseball, softball teams
CENTENARY, Ohio — The Southeastern Ohio Athletic League has announced it’s 2012 All-League baseball and softball teams, players of the year, and coaches of the year honers. The Gallia Academy baseball team won it’s second consecutive SEOAL title, with a 9-1 record in league games. The Blue Devils head coach Rich Corvin earned the Coach of the Year award for the third consecutive season. GAHS junior Justin Bailey was named Co-Player of the Y...
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Angels 2nd, Devils 5th at SEOAL track meet
VINCENT, Ohio — A fitting farewell for a family full of champions. Peyton Adkins was part of four league titles Saturday at the 2012 Southeastern Ohio Athletic League Track and Field Championships at Warren High School, allowing the Gallia Academy senior to earn her first Athlete of the Year honors as high-point scorer in the girls competition. Adkins won three individual titles in the 800m run (2:27.79), 1600m run (5:18.51) and 3200m run...
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Point Pleasant sending 18 to state tack meet
ELLENBORO, W.Va. — The Point Pleasant track and field teams are sending 18 athletes to compete against the best West Virginia has to offer at the Class AA State Track and Field meet. PPHS athletes qualified by finishing in the top four at the Region 1 tournament that was held at Ritchie County on May ninth. The boys team finished third place in the regional, with 115 points, and had 10 athletes qualify for state. Marquez Griffin finished ...
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Wahama sending 17 to Class A state track meet
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mason County will be well-represented at the Class A level next weekend at the 2012 WVSSAC Track and Field Championships, as Wahama and Hannan combined to advance 18 athletes out of the Region 4A meet held Friday night at Laidley Field in Kanawha County. Wahama had 17 competitors — a dozen boys and five girls — qualify in a total of 13 state events next weekend at Laidley Field, which includes 11 boys events and two girl...
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Lady Marauders fall at Wheelersburg, 7-2
WHEELERSBURG, Ohio — The Meigs softball team had its season come to an end Saturday afternoon during a 7-2 setback to host Wheelersburg in a Division III sectional final in Scioto County. The sixth-seeded Lady Marauders (15-10) never led in the contest and mustered only three hits against the third-seeded Lady Pirates, who were playing anxiously in trying to get to prom later that evening. WHS — which had nine hits in the triumph — broke ...
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Southern tames Lions, advances to district final
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — 26-0 enough said. The Southern baseball team defeated Leesburg Fairfield 6-2 Sunday afternoon at Paint Stadium to remain unbeaten and advance to the dristrict finals. Fairfield (12-15) pushed a run across in the top of the first to take the early lead. The Lions scored one more on the and led 2-0. Southern (26-0) knotted the game up, scoring two runs off of the Dustin Custer double, in the bottom of the second. The T...
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Raiders 4th, Lady Raiders 5th at OVC meet
SOUTH POINT, Ohio — The River Valley track and field program collectively came away with five league championships Saturday afternoon during the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference Championships held at South Point High School in Lawrence County. The Raiders won three individual titles and placed fourth in the six-team field with 83 team points on the boys side, while the Lady Raiders captured wins in two events and scored 78 points en route to fin...
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Lady Eagles earn their fourth straight sectional title
TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Keeping a good thing going. The Eastern softball team won its fifth consecutive game and while winning its fourth consecutive sectional crown Saturday when the Lady Eagles topped Symmes Valley 15-0 in five innings in Meigs County. Eastern (20-5) got on the board first with two runs in the home half of the second. EHS broke the game open in the third sending 14 batters to the plate and scoring eight runs. Symmes Vall...
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Blue Angels win 3rd straight sectional
THE PLAINS, Ohio — Better late than never. The Gallia Academy softball team rallied back from a 2-0 deficit by scoring twice in the seventh and eighth frames Saturday afternoon to claim a 4-2 victory over host Athens in a Division II sectional final in Athens County. The fifth-seeded Blue Angels (18-7) knocked off the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division champion Lady Bulldogs (14-8) in dramatic fashion, as the guests received some big pla...
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Wahama whips Bison, captures sectional title
BUFFALO, W.Va. — It’s not always how you start something, but rather how you finish it. Then again, a good start can make a big difference in the final outcome. Wesley Harrison’s three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning provided Wahama with all of the offensive support it needed, and Tyler Roush limited Buffalo to just two hits over six innings en route to an 11-1 victory Friday night in the championship game of the Class A Regio...
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Lady Eagles win TVC track title
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — For the second time in as many seasons, the Eastern Lady Eagles ruled the entire roost Thursday night at the 2012 Tri-Valley Conference Track and Field Championships held at Boston Field on the campus Nelsonville-York High School in Athens County. The Lady Eagles won their second straight outright TVC girls crown by scoring 124 team points, which was 10.5 points better than the rest of the 12-team field. Athens — which e...
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Fitness for the Great Outdoors
Getting in shape for the great outdoors is serious business, and not many of the regular exercises or even the trendy new ones are of much help, so you can consider this column as sort of an introduction into real outdoor fitness. Many of us remember (with fondness or annoyance) the various calisthenics from our grade school days, although I am not sure if youngsters even do those these days - all the various pushups, situps, bends and stre...
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GA tennis sends 2 to districts
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — The Gallia Academy tennis team had two players advance to the district level this week following the completion of the Division II boys sectional tennis tournament held at Portsmouth High School in Scioto County. The Blue Devil duo of Kelle Craft and Sean Saltzgaber — a senior and freshman respectively — advanced to the Athens regional this weekend following a 5-1 overall mark at sectionals in first doubles. The pair wo...
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Point baseball wins 6th straight sectional title
RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Guess who’s headed back to regionals again. The Point Pleasant baseball team will be making its sixth straight Class AA regional appearance following a 16-6 victory over Ravenswood Thursday night in a Region 1, Section 4 championship contest in Jackson County. The top-ranked Big Blacks (22-6) earned their sixth consecutive sectional title since 2007 and also secured the program’s eighth sectional crown in the last nine...
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Southern rolls past Rebels, 20-7
RACINE, Ohio — Keeping a good thing going. The Southern baseball team defeated South Gallia 20-7 Wednesday night at Star Mill park in the sectional final. Southern (25-0) paired four walks with three hits and two errors in the home half of the first to take the early 7-0 lead. South Gallia (5-15) scored a pair of runs in the top of the second and cut the lead to 7-2. Southern opened the game up with six runs in the home half of the second...
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