IRONTON — If the Coal Grove Lady Hornets have any thoughts of being a lawyer, they’d focus on being a defense attorney. Coal Grove used a strong defense to beat the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers 37-19 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. “I thought our defense was good all night,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller. “Offensively, we didn’t convert on some good opportunities. Our offense wasn’t bad, we just didn’t make shots consistently.” Jenna Anson scored 9 points

PEDRO — The free throw attempts are free. Missing them is costly. In a game determined by free throws, the Rock Hill Redmen rallied from an early deficit to edge the Coal Grove Hornets 55-51 in an Ohio Valley Conference game Saturday afternoon. For the game, Rock Hill connected on 16 of 22 free throw attempts and Coal Grove was a mere 5 of 18. Coal Grove took a 14-3 first quarter as Caden Turner hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points while Braydon Klaiber added 4 more and Rylan

IRONTON — The St. Joseph Flyers got their most important work done in the first half. The Flyers built a 15-point first half lead and made it stand up as they beat the Sugar Creek Christian Academy Eagles 68-53 on Monday. The Flyers took a 23-16 first quarter lead as Barrett Waginger scored 7 points and five different players scored. Will Salyers had 7 points and Elijah Long 6 for the Eagles (7-4). St. Joseph (7-8) opened up a 39-24 halftime lead as Waginger scored 7 more poi