Teays Valley’s McDanel captures Brecksville championship
Camden McDanel was a points machine during his two-day stay earlier this week at the Brecksville Holiday Invitational. The Teays Valley senior won all of his matches by either pin…
CHS hardwood named after Hamman family
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com Tom Hamman spent 19 seasons walking the hardwood sidelines inside the historic Mill Street Gymnasium and the old Circleville High School, coaching the Tigers to victory and…
Instant Classic: Search’s buzzer-beating three lifts Tigers past Mustangs
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com Slater Search wasn’t expecting to have the basketball in his hand on Friday with less than a second remaining. But sometimes a team has to improvise. “The…
Vikings use clutch free throws to defeat Golden Bears
Teays Valley drained 10 of 13 free throws during the fourth quarter on Friday to seal one of its biggest wins in recent seasons with a 53-43 verdict over host…
New Hope finishes strong against Athens
by JOHN HOWLEY / sportingpumpkin.com New Hope pulled away from Athens in the final minutes of Circleville’s Horizon Holiday Classic Friday to finish 2022 with a 56-41 win. “This was…
Cross to lead Vikings’ grid transition into OCC
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com ASHVILLE — To lead its transition to the Ohio Capital Conference in 2024, Teays Valley turned to a Hall of Fame coach on Friday with 23 years…
Cross tabbed as new Teays Valley grid boss
Pending approval by the Teays Valley Board of Education on January 9, Brian Cross will be taking over as the next head football coach at Teays Valley High School. Cross…
Tigers force tempo to defeat Mustangs
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com Circleville mixed a full-court and three-quarter court pressure to force Westfall into 13 turnovers during the first half and built a lead it would never relinquish on…
Vikings stymie Wolves in non-league rout
By Jacob MeridethContributor ASHVILLE — Defense was the name of the game for the final night of the Jeff Sheets Holiday Classic. The host Teays Valley Vikings checked Worthington Kilbourne…
Tigers finish strong to cage Bulldogs
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com Circleville displayed both its youth and promise during the second half on Wednesday on its way to a 69-56 non-league win over visiting Athens in the Horizon…
Mustangs win thriller against Statesmen
By Brad MorrisSportingPumpkin.com What started as a shooting highlight wheel between a pair of talented senior guards eventually transformed into solid team efforts for both Westfall and New Hope on…
Tigers cruise past Huntsmen
Circleville was able to dive deep into its bench and put seven players into the scoring column on Tuesday as it cruised past visiting Huntington 52-20 in a non-league game.…
The greatest gift of all
While many of us give and receive gifts during the Christmas season, our Heavenly Father gave us a gift that we will never be able to repay. In exchange for…
Statesmen put away Warriors on charity stripe
New Hope Christian was sharp from the free throw line on Thursday, making 14 of 17 (82.4 percent) attempts, to salt away a 56-48 win over host Adena. The Warriors…
Vikings increase pace in second half to defeat Tigers
Teays Valley turned up the tempo of a Mid-State League Buckeye Division game on Thursday to score 38 second half points and defeat host Circleville 64-44. “I felt like we…
Petty’s three lifts Braves past Huntsmen
Jennifer Blue is a firm believer that the best Christmas gift a coach can receive from her players is a win. It’s always the perfect size and never needs to…