PROCTORVILLE — The Gallia Academy Blue Devils kept pace in the race. Maddux Delaney and Logen Drummond combined on a 3-hitter as the Blue Devils edged the Fairland Dragons 3-1 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. The Blue Devils are now 14-6 overall and remain locked in a battle for the league title with Ironton and Portsmouth. Gallia and Ironton are 9-2 and Portsmouth is one-half game ahead at 10-2. Delaney went 5 innings giving up 3 hits, one earned run with 2 strik

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

IRONTON — A pinch of this, a dash of that, a smidge of that, mix it up and you have a win. Ironton had a successful recipe on Friday as the Fighting Tigers blanked the Coal Grove Hornets 10-0 in a five-inning run rule Ohio Valley Conference win. Braydon Baker pitched a one-hitter and Ethan Sutton was 3-for-4 with 3 runs batted in to help spark the win. “A few kids made some great plays in the outfield, (Ethan) Sutton hit great and (Braydon) Baker pitched very well,” said Iron

OAK HILL — It was the group Chicago that sang, “Feeling Stronger Every Day.” Barrett Waginger was feeling stronger every inning. After a shaky first inning, the St. Joseph Flyers’ freshman pitcher held the Oak Hill Oaks in check in a 6-1 win on Thursday. "We came out pretty flat at the start. But we managed to wake up around the third inning and get some runs to get some separation," said Flyers coach Nick Medinger. Waginger allowed just 4 hits as he gave up an earned run in

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

PEDRO — “Last call getting’ kicked out Yeah that’s what I’m talking about Shuttin’ it down, shuttin’ it down.” Maybe Josh Gillespie happened to listen to Cole Swindell sing his song “Shuttin’ It Down.’ Gillespie was in a total shutdown mode on Wednesday as he fired a no-hitter to lead the Fairland Dragons to a 6-0 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Rock Hill Redmen. “I realized it in the fifth inning. I knew I was doing it and I was ready to go,” said Gillespie. “I didn’t ha

ASHLAND, Ky — When is a loss not a loss Trick question. It’s always a loss. But despite losing 11-5 to the Ashland Tomcats on Tuesday, Ironton Fighting Tigers’ coach John Hunt saw a winning attitude. “Believe it or not, I was more pleased with today’s effort than I have been in some of our wins. The kids kept battling and played well,” said Hunt. Ashland (18-2) got single runs in each of the first two innings to lead 2-0. In the first, Brady Marushi led off with a home run. I

PROCTORVILLE —The Fairland Dragons’ bats just kept hitting away and as a result they just kept scoring. Fairland had 13 hits and scored in four of their six at-bats as they beat the Coal Grove Hornets 13-2 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. Fairland (7-8, 5-4) took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Tanner Brown walked and Chase Lapole had an RBI triple. Josh Gillespie followed with a double for a run and Nolan Fleming singled in the final run. Coal Grove (5-9, 2-7) go

IRONTON — It wouldn’t have been a surprise if Braydon Baker filed charges against the Ironton Fighting Tigers’ offense for lack of run support. Baker has pitched well but has been the victim of very few runs. Until Monday. Ironton used 8 hits and 8 walks to blank the Chesapeake Panthers 10-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game. “Baker threw the ball well and we finally got him some run support,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “That kind of thing happens in baseball. But we got h

Postgame interview with Saint Joseph's Blake Medinger, Carson Willis and Evan Aldridge. The three talk about the team rebounding from a tough loss to Green on Friday, the offense dominating all afternoon and looking ahead to tournament play. AID — A huge 5-run outburst in the first inning helped the Saint Joseph Flyers ride the wave of momentum and beat the Symmes Valley Vikings 9-6 on Saturday. “Barrett did a phenomenal job throwing strikes and his defense backed him up,” sa

AID — The Symmes Valley got key contributions from both Andy Strow and Tanner Thompson to help beat the Southern Tornadoes 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. Strow delivered from the mound with a 5-hit performance in seven innings of work and went 2-for-2 with an RBI at the plate. Thompson came up big with a double and a pair of RBIs to help with the win. Other Vikings that contributed offensively were Tanner Corn who went 2-3 with an RBI, Carson Brammer went 1-3 and an RBI. Mason Ca

FLATWOODS, Ky. — Extra innings. Extra drama. Extra satisfaction for a win. A clutch run-scoring double by Grayson Fisher in the 10th inning gave the Russell Red Devils a 5-4 win over the Greenup County Musketeers Monday in a 63rd District game. In the 10th inning, Jayden Frasure beat out a base hit in the hole at shortstop to start the inning. Griffin Fisher put down a sacrifice bunt that put Frasure in scoring position at second base. The right-handed hitting Fisher came up

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,

BEAVER — Give the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings a challenge and see how they respond. After Friday’s game, it looks like they responded quite well. In a game where Symmes Valley slugged 4 home runs, the Lady Vikings came from behind in the seventh inning to beat the upset-minded Eastern Lady Eagles 8-5 in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 game. “There’s no quit in these girls. They are resilient and don’t want to lose,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep. “We hurt ourselves g

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

CROWN CITY — Wilson Phillips sang “Hold on for one more day.” The Symmes Valley Vikings had to hold on for one more inning. The Vikings survived a big seventh inning rally to edge the South Gallia Rebels 9-7 in a Southern Ohio Conference-2 game on Thursday. The Vikings (6-7, 6-1) scored twice in the top of the seventh to take a comfortable 9-2 lead. But the Rebels (4-8, 3-6) rallied in the bottom of the inning for 5 runs with the aid of some Symmes Valley errors. Gradee Holla

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

BEAVER — Tanner Corn had nothing to give the Eastern Eagles and that’s exactly what they got from him. Nothing. Corn did not give the Eagles a hit as he turned in a dominating performance by throwing a no-hitter in the Symmes Valley Vikings 7-0 win over the Eagles in a Southern Ohio Conference-2 game on Friday. Corn struck out 12 and did not issue a walk to earn his masterpiece. The only blemishes on the day were three Viking errors. Symmes Valley is now 9-8 on the season and

PORTSMOUTH — If pitching is the name of the game, then the Ironton Fighting Tigers’ pitching Friday was named Jacob Hughes and Dawson Philyaw. Hughes and Philyaw combined on a 5-hitter as Ironton scored three times in the eighth inning to win a key Ohio Valley Conference game over the Portsmouth Trojans. “Jacob and Dawson’s pitching kept us in the game. Our pitching is our saving grace right now,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “Until we can get our bats going like I know they