CHESAPEAKE — The Ironton Fighting Tigers took off their cleats and put on the hitting shoes. In their biggest offensive output of the young season, Ironton had 12 hits en route to a 12-4 win over the Chesapeake Panthers on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. Wearing the glass slipper for Ironton was Braydon Baker who went 4-for-5 with an inside-the-park home run and six runs batted in. “Baker woke up. He had his coffee this morning,” said Ironton coach John Hunt with a

AID — Gabe Blevins was quite a hit with his pitching performance on Thursday, mainly because he didn’t give up many hits. Blevins shined on the mound as he pitched a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks as the Green Bobcats blanked the Symmes Valley Vikings 9-0 in a non-conference game. Green (8-0) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a single by Jon Knapp, a double by Brennan Renison and an error. The Bobcats opened up a 5-0 lead with four runs in the fourth. Nola

PROCTORVILLE — The three facets of baseball are pitching, hitting and defense. The Fairland Dragons did all three well as they beat the Chesapeake Panthers 6-1 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday. Two Fairland pitchers combined on a three-hitter while the offense had 10 hits and the defense made one error. Fairland (2-4, 1-1) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Eli Pine walked, Mac Clark and Cyrus Cummings singled to load the bases and Tanner Brown had a two-run

PROCTORVILLE — There must have been a special deal on runs on Wednesday. Runs were plentiful as the Chesapeake Lady Panthers outlasted the Fairland Lady Dragons 14-13 in an Ohio Valley Conference game. Chesapeake (6-3, 1-0) had 13 hits with Khloe Walters going 3-3 with two runs batted in, Kayden Easthom 3-5 with an RBI, K.J. Kaydence 3-5 with an RBI, K.J. Collins 2-5 with a double. Haylee Lafon got the win as she gave up seven hits and just two earned runs. Lafon also got the