FOCUS: OVC All Stars – The name of the game was score!
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, March 23, 2022
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The girls got in on the slam dunk action during a break. Coal Grove’s Elli Holmes gets a little help from friends to Kandace Pauley, right, smiling, got one earlier.
Girls OVC All Stars: Front row from left, Kamryn Barnitz, Tomi Hinkle, Reece Barnitz, Hayden Bailey, Daysha Reid, Kate Ball, Kandace Pauley, Isabel Morgan, Evan Williams and Karmon Bruton; standing, Abbey Hicks, Elli Holmes, Kaleigh Murphy, Hazley Matthews, Trina Green, Kylee Bruce, OVC coach of the year John Buchanan of Fairland, Bree Allen, Preslie Reed, Chanee Cremeans and Sarah Mitchell.
Ohio Valley Conference boys All Stars team: Front row from left, Chase Allen, Steeler Leep, Mason Kazee, Braden Schreck, Matt Sheridan, Brayden Adams and Donnie Maynard; standing, Aiden Porter, Will Davis, J.D. Thacker, Levi Blankenship, Caleb Schnieder, Ben Bragg, Trevor Hankins, Owen Johnson, Dariyonne Bryant, Brady Fellure, Zane Loveday and Isaac Clary. Fairland’s Nathan Speed coached the home team (white); Ironton’s Chris Barnes coached the visitors (dark).
South Point’s Sarah Mitchell has on her game face as she drives past Ironton’s Evan Williams.
Chesapeake’s Kandace Pauley looks to disrupt Ironton’s Isabel Morgan’s shot. Coal Grove’s Kaley Murphy prepares to block if Pauley fails.
There was little defense and a lot of offense in the 2022 OVC All Star games. Aiden Porter (1) smiles as Dariyonne Bryant goes in for a shot.
Ironton teammates Matt Sheridan and Braden Schreck found themselves eye-to-eye on opposing teams during Friday’s OVC All Stars game at Fairland.
Boys 131-117, Girls 77-75
ROME TOWNSHIP — The annual OVC All Stars game gave players a chance to showoff their scoring abilities.
And both the boys and girls wasted no opportunity to put the ball in the air. Dunking attempts were made often with Portsmouth’s Dariyanne Bryant the champ.
Gallia Academy’s Isaac Clary hit a 3 pointer from mid court.
The girls weren’t shy about tossing triples either. Fairland’s Bree Allen put up 6 accounting for 18 of her 24 points.
Daysha Reid of Portsmouth one-upped her with 7 and totaled 31 points to earn MVP honors.
Aiden Porter of Fairland was the boys MVP with 19 points.