OAK HILL — The Symmes Valley Vikings are using a team effort to keep up their winning ways. Gradee Holland and Tanner Corn combined on a four-hitter and the offense banged out 13 hits as the Vikings beat the Oak Hill Oaks 9-3 in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 win on Friday. Holland went 4.2 innings for the win as he gave up 4 hits, 3 earned runs and had 6 strikeouts and just 2 walks. Tanner Corn finished and struck out 7 of the batters he faced. He also walked one. Andy Strow w

OAK HILL — Someone must have said this game was double or nothing. The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings knocked out 9 extra base hits including 7 doubles as they blanked the Oak Hill Lady Oaks 11-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 game on Friday. Besides the Lady Vikings racking up the extra bases, Addy Hawk pitched 5 innings of two-hit  ball with 10 strikeouts and one walk. Marley Ferguson was part of the double dipping but she also slammed a home run as she went 2-2 with 3 runs ba

SOUTH POINT — When Ethan Sutton goes to the plate, his Ironton Fighting Tigers teammates can relax. Why not? Sutton is relaxed. The relaxed Ironton catcher went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and four runs batted in as the Fighting Tigers beat the South Point Pointers 13-2 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. “Sutton has learned to relax and let his hands work and not try to muscle his swing,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “He has been hitting two or three balls a