Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

CHESAPEAKE — The Chesapeake Panthers were back in their runnin’ and gunnin’.
The Panthers bounced back from Tuesday’s loss at rival Fairland by cruising past the Gallipolis Blue Devils 70-34 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday.
The Panthers (9-1, 5-1) used a balanced attack as all nine players scored led by Levi Blankenship with 15 points and Josh Cox with 13. Travis Grim, Trent Dearth and Jacob Lemley had 8 points each.
Damon Cremeans got 9 points for Gallipolis (3-8, 1-5).
Dearth and Cox had 4 points each while Blankenship and Dilen Caldwell hit 3-pointers as Chesapeake took an 18-9 first quarter lead.
Blankenship hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points with Austin Jackson and Grim get 4 points each in the second quarter and the lead grew to 40-17 at the half.
The Panthers continued to pull away as the lead reached 56-28 after three quarters. Cox scored 6 points and Dearth and Blankenship had 4 each in the quarter.
Isaac Clary and Cemeans had 4 points each for Gallipolis.
Lemley came off the bench in the fourth quarter to score all 8 of his points including a pair of 3-pointers.
Chesapeake host the Beast of Southeast on Saturday and goes to South Point Tuesday.
Gallipolis 9 8 11 6 = 34
Chesapeake 18 22 16 15 = 70
GALLIPOLIS (3-8, 1-5): Cooper Davis 0 0 1-2 1, Devin Lee 1 1 0-0 5, Colton Caldwell 0 0 0-0 0, Reece Thomas 1 0 0-0 2, Logan Blouir 3 0 1-2 7, Carson Call 0 0 0-0 0, Ben Cox 0 1 1-2 4, Isaac Clary 3 0 0-0 6, Justin Wilcoxin 0 0 0-0 0, Damon Cremeans 3 0 3-4 9, Zane Loveday 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 11 2 6-10 34. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.
CHESAPEAKE (9-1, 5-1): Travis Grim 4 0 0-0 8, Nathan Cox 2 0 0-0 4, Levi Blankenship 2 3 2-2 15, Dilen Caldwell 1 1 3-3 8, Austin Jackson 2 0 0-0 4, Trent Dearth 4 0 0-0 8, Josh Cox 5 0 3-3 13, Ethan Taylor 1 0 00 2, Jacob Lemley 1 2 0-0 8. Totals: 22 6 8-8 70. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.