ATHENS — No one likes to see snow in June. Especially Dave Shoupe and his Green Bobcats. Costly mistakes in the field snowballed one after another for the Bobcats as they couldn't hold onto their lead and ultimately fell to the Strasburg-Franklin Tigers 12-8 in the Ohio Division 7 regional semifinals at Ohio University on Wednesday evening. "We just didn't get it done defensively. We built up a nice lead there in the second and just couldn't hold onto it," said Bobcats coach

LOGAN — There’s an old cliche that says you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of the Green Bobcats, you can’t keep a good team down. The Green Bobcats rallied late and scored the winning run in the seventh inning to edge the Trimble Tomcats 4-3 on Friday and capture their second straight Division 7 district championship. Green trailed 3-2 after five innings, but scored single runs in each of the last two innings to get the win. “Any time you make a tournament run you ha

LOGAN — The Green Bobcats remained hot. And why not? They had a fireballer lighting the fuse. Jon Knapp pitched a 3-hitter as he racked up 11 strikeouts against 3 walks and Green blanked the Southern Tornadoes 8-0 in the Division 7 district semifinals. The strikeout total enabled the Rio Grande recruit to surpass 400 for his career. Green (21-4) will play Glouster Trimble (19-7) at 2 p.m. Thursday in the district title game. “That was a good team win. Jon pitched another grea

WELLSTON — Not even a 70-minute rain delay could ruin the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings’ appetite. Behind the one-hit pitching of Brenna Tibbs and the home run power of Maci Bland and Marley Ferguson, the Lady Vikings rolled past the Green Lady Bobcats 16-0 in a run rule win in the Division 7 district semifinals on Tuesday. “The group of girls has a lot of experience and they are hungry,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep. “This bunch of kids gets up for the occasion no

PORTSMOUTH — If you have 6 walks and 6 errors, you’re probably looking at a loss. Well, if you’re the Green Bobcats, you’re looking pretty good. Green used the 3-hit pitching of Jon Knapp to overcome 6 walks and 6 errors to beat the Portsmouth Trojans 12-4 on Wednesday. “It was ugly, but it was a win,” said Green coach Dave Shoupe. “Usually, when you have a game like this it ends up badly for you. But we hit the ball and Jon pitched really well except for the walks.” Knapp st

FRANKLIN FURNACE — Overtime must pay well for the Green Bobcats. Green proved working extra with pay dividends as the Bobcats beat the Peebles Indians 7-6 in nine innings on Tuesday. In the bottom of the ninth, Gabe Blevins walked, stole second, took third on a hit by Jon Knapp and scored on a sacrifice fly by Nolan McMackin. Peebles (14-9) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Bo Johnson doubled, Crew Wilson walked, and Nash Grooms reached on an error to score

IRONTON — This one was about pride. Ohio Valley Conference co-champion Ironton beat Southern Ohio Conference-1 champion Green 7-4 on Thursday. The Bobcats split with the OVC title teams. They beat Portsmouth earlier in the season 1-0. Ironton (14-4) fell behind 4-2 before rallying for the win. Carson Freeman went the distance for the win. He struck out 5, did not issue a walk, and 76 of his 110 pitches went for strikes. Hampered by his team making 6 errors, Gabe Blevins got t

Postgame interview with Green's Jon Knapp, Riddick Jenkins, and Gabe Blevins. The three talk about the play of their defense and their team's mindset heading into tournament play. FRANKLIN FURNACE — Three-peat. With a 7-2 win over the St. Joseph Flyers on Monday, the Green Bobcats wrapped up their third straight Southern Ohio Conference-1 championship. Bobcats’ coach Dave Shoupe said this title may have been the most satisfying. “The kids did a great job all year. The league

PORTSMOUTH — That’s a tie. Now we can think about being greedy. The Green Bobcats used the 3-hit pitching of Gabe Blevins to blank the Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans 7-0 on Thursday and clinch at least a share of the Southern Ohio Conference-1 title. "We woke our bats up tonight," Bobcats coach Dave Shoupe. We told the boys before the game that we needed to go back to the aggressive mentality we had at the beginning of the season and they listened. Green is 16-2 on the season a

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The Green Bobcats have been involved in seven one-run games this season. Including Monday’s game. In another pitching duel, the Northwest Mohawks slipped past the Bobcats 3-2 in a non-league game. "We left too many chances hanging out there," said Bobcats coach Dave Shoupe. "It's correctable, but you can've leave runners on base or look at third strikes." Green’s Kase McIntyre pitched a 7-hitter as he struck out 5, walked 3 as he gave up just 3 earned runs.

FRANKLIN FURNACE — It was a classic pitchers’ battle. Green Bobcats’ Jon Knapp and Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans’ Bryce McGraw were matching pitches, but it was Knapp who came away with the upper hand as Green nipped Notre Dame 2-1 on Monday in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game. Knapp struck out 13 and walked 4 as he fashioned a 4-hitter. The one run was earned and he threw 77 strikes among his 117 pitches. McGraw pitched well in defeat. He gave up just 6 hits, 2 earned runs,

IRONTON — Green Bobcats’ coach Dave Shoupe has stopped looking. His team seems to have 20-20 vision when it comes to finding wins. Shoupe said that throughout the season the Bobcats have kept figuring out just how to win games, and that includes a 4-3 win over the St. Joseph Flyers in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game on Friday. “The boys keep finding ways to win. That’s going to continue to make us more resilient and better,” said Shoupe. “Gabe (Blevins) came in clutch when

FRANKLIN FURNACE — West was a good direction to go for the Green Bobcats. The Bobcats picked up a couple of wins as they beat the Western Indians 11-1 in five innings and then topped the West Carter (Ky.) Comets 5-4 in games last week. In a Southern Ohio Conference game Tuesday, Green banged out 11 hits to back the pitching the 4-hit pitching of Brennan Renison. Western (1-13, 0-7) got an unearned run in the top of the first but Green came back to tie the game in the bottom o

PORTSMOUTH — Each team had 4 hits, but it wasn’t about how many as much as it was when. The Clay Panthers got their 4 hits at key times to back the 4-hit pitching of Evan Rider and shut out the Green Bobcats 4-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference 1 game on Monday. Green suffered its first loss and is now 11-1 overall and 3-1 in SOC-1. Clay is 9-3 and 4-2 in the SOC-1. "It was much like the last game, you had great pitching by both sides and offense was going to be limited,' said G

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The Green Bobcats must like pitchers’ duels. And what they like even better is they keep winning them. Behind the three-hit pitching of Gabe Blevins, the Bobcats blanked the Portsmouth Trojans 1-0 on Thursday. Green has now won three games this season by the score of 1-0 along with a 4-0 win. Blevins struck out six and walked only one to get the complete game win. Trevin Brooks was almost as strong as he gave up four hits, an earned run with eight strikeout

CHILLICOTHE — Another solid pitching performance and early inning scoring helped the Green Bobcats blank the Whiteoak Wildcats 10-0 at the V.A. Memorial Stadium o n Wednesday evening. "It was another team win for our guys," said Green coach Dave Shoupe. "'The bottom half of our lineup stepped up today and Riddick did a good job of driving baserunners in. We played another solid defensive game tonight." Knapp delivered another gem of a performance from the mound. The senior p

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The Green Bobcats’ could only score one run on Wednesday. It proved to be plenty for Jon Knapp. The Green senior right-handed pitcher fired a two-hit shutout as the Bobcats got a key Southern Ohio Conference 1 win by blanking the Portsmouth Clay Panthers 1-0. The University of Rio Grande recruit struck out 13 and walked two in his complete game win for the Bobcats (7-0, 2-0). “Once again, Jon has delivered very well. He is off to a hot start this season on

RACINE — When you get his and they make errors, it all adds up to a lopsided win. The Green Bobcats used 12 hits and six Southern errors to rout the Tornadoes 17-0 in a five-inning run rule win on Friday. Green (5-0) also got strong pitching from Kase McIntyre and Gabe Blevins who combined on a three-hitter. McIntyre got the win as he went the first three innings giving up the three hits with a strikeout and two walks. Blevins struck out four and did not walk a batter in his

SOUTH WEBSTER — The “K” in the name Knapp is silent. But the Green Bobcats think they know what it means. Strikeout. Jon Knapp had 14 “Ks” or strikeouts on Wednesday as he fired a one-hitter and Green blanked the South Webster Jeeps 4-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference divisional crossover game. The Jeeps (2-1) only hit of the game was a leadoff single by Hunter Barnard in the third. Green (4-0) got the scoring going in the first inning and took a 2-0 lead. Mason Neal and Riddic

FRANKLIN FURNACE — Maybe Brennan Renison and Uriah Satterfield are thinking of forming a WWE tag team, The two pitchers tag teamed a four-hitter as the Green Bobcats blanked the Eastern Eagles 10-0 in a six inning run rule win on Tuesday. Renison went four innings for the win as he gave up only one hit, struck out seven and walked two. Satterfield gave up three hits and walked one batter. Green (3-0) smacked 11 hits with Jon Knapp going 2-4 with two doubles and two runs batte