WEST UNION — The Bulldogs overcame illness, injuries, poor free-throw shooting and sloppy play Friday in a win over the Hawks in the opening round of the Dan McConnell Hoops Classic in West Union.

Doddridge County entered the contest with Landon Thomas on the bench battling an apparent case of food poisoning and lost center Jaden Solomon to injury in the first quarter, while also seeing starters Jerod Trent and Heston Hayes, along with Malachi Kelley hobbled and Maddox Jones forced from the game by a cut knee.

The Bulldogs responded with Josh Dehaven and Thomas scoring 12 points each, while the defense forced South Harrison into 16 turnovers.

Trent hit a pair of 3-pointer and added a basket in transition to put Doddridge County up early before the defense took over in the third quarter.

The Bulldogs limited the Hawks to seven points in that span and gave up just one basket from the floor on an offensive putback, while pumping in 14 points to build a 13-point advantage.

Dehaven finished with eight rebounds, while Thomas came off the bench to produce five rebounds, three blocks and two steals to go with their 12 points apiece.

Graham Saas led SHHS with 11 points, while Adam Marple added 10 points.

Doddridge County advances to meet Sissonville, a 61-60 victor over Frankfort in the opener, in the championship at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, while South Harrison and the Falcons kick things off in the consolation at 6 p.m.

Ironton 46, Waterford 30

IRONTON, Ohio — Early offensive struggles buried Waterford in a hole it couldn’t climb out of in Friday’s 46-30 loss to Ironton.

The Wildcats (2-4) were limited to four points in the first and six in the second as they trailed 18-10 at halftime. The Tigers outscored the visitors 17-9 in the third to pull away, taking a 35-19 advantage into the final period and cruising from there.

Brycen Mullins scored a game-high 19 points for Ironton while Ashton Lane added 10, Maddix Markel netted eight and Kayden Edwards chipped in seven.

Leading the way for Waterford, which visits Alexander Tuesday, was Gavin Hiener with 12 points. Reese Lang tallied seven and Weston Fairchild contributed six.

Bridgeport (Ohio) 54, Magnolia 50

BRIDGEPORT, Ohio – Bridgeport rallied from a five-point deficit in the fourth quarter and defeated Magnolia 54-50 on Friday night.

Magnolia exploded for 22 points in the second quarter and took a 34-23 lead into halftime. Bridgeport narrowed the gap to 43-36 by the start of the final period.

Kingston Christen led Magnolia (1-2) with 22 points, while Jesup Higgins added 13 points.

For Bridgeport (5-0), Jaleel Vincent scored a game-high 26 points.

Girls Basketball

St. Marys 83, Clay-Battelle 13

ST. MARYS – Almost nobody was left behind in the St. Marys scoring column as the Blue Devils improved to 4-1 after defeating Clay-Battelle 83-13.

A total of nine girls who stepped onto the court for St. Marys scored, including Brunnley Bulluck pouring in a game-high 28 points and fellow junior Anna Bennett added another 21 points. Teammate Laney Watkins added another 11 points.

St. Marys scored 28 points in the second quarter and followed with a 27-point outburst in the third quarter to extend its lead to 73-12.