IRONTON — Three proved to be the magic number. The St. Joseph Flyers had 3 players score 3 goals each as they blanked the New Boston Tigers 13-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 soccer game on Saturday. The Flyers’ trio who each registered a hat trick were Texas Jack Whaley and brothers Beckham and Barrett Waginger All 3 scored 3 goals teach with Whaley and Barrett Waginger both getting an assist. Scoring one goal each for the Flyers were Mason Weber, Pierson Guston, Troy Erle

PORTSMOUTH — One more step. The Symmes Valley Vikings have their eyes fixed on an unbeaten regular season and need just one more win to achieve the milestone after blanking the Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans 47-0 in a Southern Ohio-1 Conference game on Friday. Symmes Valley is 9-0 on the season and 4-0 in the Southern Ohio Conference-1, good for first place. The Vikings high-powered offense continued to roll, led by the passing game as quarterback Bronx Carpenter was 19 of 30 f

IRONTON — The Ironton Fighting Tigers gave a totally negative performance on Friday night. It wasn’t a loss. It wasn’t even a bad effort on both sides of the football, In fact, it was completely opposite. It was the defense shutting down the Gallia Academy Blue Devils to an offense of all negative yardage as Ironton rolled to a 51-0 win. Gallia Academy (3-6) finished with a minus 77 total yards with negative 43 yards rushing and a negative 34 yards passing. Ironton (8-1) had