Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

COAL GROVE — The Chesapeake Panthers are all about team play.
Seven of the eight players scored as the Panthers got past the Coal Grove Hornets 42-37 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday.
Casey McComas led the Panthers (3-8, 2-3) in scoring with Eric Harr, Cecil Fletcher and Austin Jackson all scoring eight each.
Jordan Case — who was 8-of-10 from the line — led the Hornets with 10 points. Daniel Rutherford and Jeb Jones added eight each.
The game was tied 7-7 after the first quarter and then Jackson hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored eight points and Fletcher added five more in the second quarter as Chesapeake took a 22-14 halftime lead.
Jones scored four points to keep the Hornets close.
Harr scored six points as the Panthers were able to extend the lead to 35-24 at the end of the third quarter.
McComas scored seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter including 4-of-8 from the foul line.
Coal Grove (6-4, 2-3) was 7-of-10 from the line in the fourth quarter. Jaylon McKenzie had four points and Case was 3-of-4 at the line.
Both teams played in Saturday’s Beast of the Southeast.
Chesapeake    7    15    13    7    =    42
Coal Grove    7    7    10    13    =    37
CHESAPEAKE (3-8, 2-3): Casey McComas 1 1 4-8 9, Cole Mills 1 0 1-2 3, Austin Jackson 1 2 0-2 8, David Dotson 1 0 0-0 2, Tanner Harr 0 0 0-0 0, Eric Harr 4 0 0-1 8, Cecil Fletcher 3 0 2-2 8, Zach Wright 2 0 0-0 4. Totals: 13 3 7-15 42. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: None.
COAL GROVE (6-4, 2-3): Aaron Music 1 1 2-2 7, Jordan Case 1 0 8-10 10, Daniel Rutherford 4 0 0-4 8, Mark Sites 0 0 0-0 0, Jaylon McKenzie 1 0 2-3 4, Jeb Jones 3 0 2-4 8, Evan Gannon 0 0 0-0 0, Alijah Roman 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 1 14-23 37. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.