Boy’s Soccer Recap

James Collier

Ashland Beacon

ASHLAND 4-5-1

Ashland defeated East Carter, 2-1 in their only contest this week. Troy Barnett and Landon Griffith tallied goals. Luke Stahler assisted on both scores. Sawyer Frazier had four saves in the net. 

Ashland visits Rowan County Tuesday and welcomes Huntington Saturday .

BOYD COUNTY 1-5-1

Boyd County was idle this week. 

The Lions welcome Russell Tuesday, visit Spring Valley Thursday and Perry County Central on Saturday. 

RUSSELL 9-4-1

Russell went 2-0-1 this week with wins over East Carter, 2-1 and Spring Valley, 8-1. Russell played to a 1-1 tie with Rowan County.

Jeison Benitez Ramires and Eli Scott netted goals in the win over East Carter. Alan Benitez Ramires assisted on both goals. Caden Hampton had five saves in the net. 

Jeison Benitez Ramires scored the lone Russell goal against Rowan County. Alan assisted on the goal. Hampton had five saves in goal. 

Jeison Benitez Ramires had three goals in the win over Spring Valley. Alan Benitez Ramires had two goals and three assists. Brylee Mullins, Joe Kaczmarcyk and Ben Totten added goals. Totten and Ethan Stamper had assists. 

Russell visits Boyd County Tuesday, Menifee County Wednesday and Fleming County Saturday.

GREENUP COUNTY 4-9-1

Greenup County went 1-2 this week with a 3-2 win over Bath County and losses to Rowan County, 10-1 and New Boston, 5-1. 

Easton Sparks had two goals and Michael Colley added the third. Karter Gilliam, Elijah Brown and Nate Crum provided assists. Owen Collier had 18 saves in the net. 

Sparks netted the lone goal and Gilliam assisted in the loss to Rowan. 

Gilliam and Crum combined for the only goal in the loss to New Boston. Collier had 16 saves.

Greenup heads to Prestonsburg Monday, welcomes Harvest Christian Thursday and New Boston Saturday.

Volleyball Recap

James Collier

Ashland Beacon

ASHLAND 17-4

Ashland defeated Raceland, 3-0 this week in the Volleycats only contest. No stats were reported in the win. 

Ashland visits Lewis County Wednesday and plays Morgantown, WV and Hurricane, WV on Thursday at Hurricane.

BOYD COUNTY 17-5

Boyd County went 3-3 this week with wins over Russell (3-0), Highlands (2-1) and Boone County (2-0) and losses to Highlands (2-1), Great Crossing (2-0) and Beechwood (2-1). No stats were reported for the week. 

Boyd County visits Montgomery County Tuesday, welcomes Fairview Thursday and Rose Hill Saturday.

FAIRVIEW 4-18

Fairview went 0-3 this week with straight set losses to Lawrence County, Rose Hill and East Carter. 

Makenzi Slone had eight kills in the loss to Lawrence County. Madison Loving added three aces. 

Loving and Sloan had five kills in the loss to Rose Hill. 

Slone had 12 kills in the loss to East Carter. 

Fairview visits West Carter Monday, Elliott County Tuesday and Boyd County Thursday.

ROSE HILL 12-10

Rose Hill went 4-1 with wins over Fairview, Tug Valley, WV (2-1), Huntington St. Joe (2-0) and Tolsia, WV (2-1) and a loss to East Carter.

Rose Hill fell to East Carter, 3-2. Abigail Justus had 16 kills and Isabel Hensley added 15. Avary Newell had five blocks. 

Justus had 12 kills in the win over Fairview and seven against Tolsia. 

Rose Hill visits Portsmouth East Monday, welcomes Tolsia Tuesday, Menifee County Thursday, Elliott County Friday and Boyd County Saturday.

RACELAND 11-5

Raceland went 2-3 this week with wins over Greenup County and Williamsburg and losses to Ashland (3-0), Bishop Brossart and St. Henry. 

Raceland defeated Greenup, 3-0. Skyler Brown-Morris led the way with eight kills. Gracie Reed paced the Rams with six aces. 

Raceland went 1-2 at the All “A” State Tournament. The Rams fell into the consolation bracket but played their way into the finals before losing to Paintsville, 2-0. No stats were reported in from the tournament. 

Raceland visits Russell Tuesday and welcomes East Carter Thursday.

RUSSELL 5-9 

Russell went 1-1 this week with a 3-2 win over Greenup County and a 3-0 loss to Boyd County. 

Carmin Corey had nine kills and Josie Collins added seven in the loss to Boyd County. Corey added three blocks. 

Corey and Collins had 12 and 11 kills, respectively in the win over Greenup. Corey had six blocks and four aces. Emily Clark added three aces. 

Russell welcomes Raceland Tuesday in a key 63^rd District tilt. 

GREENUP COUNTY 9-9

Greenup went 1-2 this week with a 3-1 win over West Carter and losses to Raceland, 3-0 and Russell, 3-2.

Peyton Powell had 17 kills in the win over West Carter. Lucy Roy had eight kills. Laiken Russell added seven kills and seven aces. 

Russell had seven kills in the loss to Raceland.

Powell had 18 kills, Roy finished with 13 and Russell had 10 in the loss to Russell. Powell had six blocks. Roy added five. 

Greenup visits Coal Grove Monday and welcomes Lewis County Tuesday.

Boy’s Soccer Recap

James Collier

Ashland Beacon

ASHLAND 3-5-1

Ashland registered a win and a tie this week. 

Ashland defeated Boyd County, 1-0 in a shootout from the mark. Sawyer Frazier had three goal saves in the shutout for the Tomcats. 

Frazier tallied three more saves and his second shutout as Ashland played to a 0-0 tie with Fleming County. 

Ashland visits East Carter Thursday and welcomes Belfry Saturday. 

BOYD COUNTY 1-5-1

Boyd County fell to Ashland, 1-0 on kicks from the mark in the Lions only game this week. Conner Davis had 11 saves in regulation. 

Boyd County is idle until Sept. 19.

RUSSELL 7-4

Russell went 1-1 this week with a win over Lawrence County and a loss to Hurricane, WV, 9-0.

Ben Totten and Alan Benitez Ramires each netted goals in the 2-0 win over Lawrence County. Brylee Mullins assisted on a goal. 

Russell welcomes East Carter Monday, visits Rowan County Wednesday and welcomes Spring Valley Saturday.

GREENUP COUNTY 3-7-1

Greenup went 2-1 this week with wins over Harvest Christian Academy and Bath County and a loss to Johnson Central, 6-0. 

Karter Gilliam and Easton Sparks each had a hat trick to lead Greenup to a 10-1 win over Harvest Christian. Michael Colley, Carter Nunley, Nate Crum and Elijah Brown added goals. Crum had three assists and Brown added two. Owen Collier had 15 saves in the goal. 

Gilliam and Sparks each had a pair of goals in a 4-2 win over Bath County. Crum had three assists. Collier had 16 saves in the net. 

Greenup visits Bath on Monday, welcome Rowan County on Thursday and visits New Boston Saturday.

Girl’s Soccer Recap

James Collier

Ashland Beacon

ASHLAND 8-1

Ashland went 3-0 this week with wins over Boyd County, Minford and Montgomery County. 

Ashland defeated Boyd 3-1. Kenleigh Woods, Macie Bevins and Milei Baker had goals. Kylee Fields and Woods added assists. Malorie Caudill had four saves in goal. 

Woods and Baker netted four goals each to lead Ashland to an 8-0 win over Minford. Both had a pair of assists and Fields added another.  Caudill had six saves in the shutout. 

Ashland defeated Montgomery County, 4-2. No stats were reported. 

Ashland visits East Carter Tuesday, welcomes Wheelersburg Thursday and Belfry Saturday. 

BOYD COUNTY 3-5

Boyd County went 1-1 this week with a win over Gallia Academy and loss to Ashland. 

Aubrey Moore had the lone goal for the Lions in their 3-1 loss to Ashland. Alexis Boyd assisted. Sophia Stevens had 16 saves in the losing effort. 

Boyd bounced back with a 3-0 win over Gallia Academy. Faith Burnside had two goals and Maddison Badgett added another. Boyd had an assist. Stevens had two saves in the shutout. 

Boyd welcomes Russell Monday, visits Martin County Thursday and Fleming County Saturday.

RUSSELL 8-0

Russell was idle last week.

The Lady Devils visits Boyd County Monday, welcomes Minford Thursday and visits Corbin Saturday.

GREENUP COUNTY 2-8

Greenup County went 0-2 this week with losses to Spring Valley, 9-1 and Johnson Central, 8-0. 

Haley Hall had a goal in the loss to Spring Valley and had 12 saves in the net. 

Mikenzie Boltz had 30 saves in the goal in the losing effort to Johnson Central.