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