PROCTORVILLE — The Coal Grove Lady Hornets used the right recipe to get a win. The Lady Hornets mixed 10 hits with 6 errors and a few cups of good pitching to beat the Fairland Lady Dragons 14-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game. The good pitching was supplied by Rylee Bare who gave up just 3 hits as she struck out 5 and did not walk a batter in the run rule win. Coal Grove (8-10, 7-3) was led at the plate by Izzy Kitts who went 3-3 with 4 RBI. Shay Collins was 2-3, Kendall T

SOUTH POINT — Kota Copley doesn’t just pitch, she can hit, too. Copley pitched a 7-hitter and went 4-for-4 at the play with 2 doubles and 2 runs batted in as the South Point Lady Pointers beat the Coal Grove Lady Hornets 8-5 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. Copley struck out 6, walked 2 and only 3 of the runs were earned as she got the complete game win. South Point (11-5, 5-2) had 14 hits and Copley wasn’t the only player with a big game. Kaylee Stidham was 2-3 w

AID — Brenna Tibbs threw a one-hitter and hit a home run. And yet, it was still somewhat of a Bland performance. While Tibbs was doing her part, Maci Bland went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and drove in five runs as the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings blanked the Ashland Kittens 10-0 in a five-inning run rule game on Thursday. Tibbs struck out 10 and walked one in getting the win. She threw 48 strikes among her 73 pitches. “That was a great win for us,” said Lady Vikings’ coa

AID — Go ahead and make up another Southern Ohio Conference championship banner. The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings rolled past the Northwest Lady Mohawks 10-1 on Monday to clinch the conference softball title. The Lady Vikings are 17-2 overall and 8-0 with a three game lead and only two league games remaining. “One of our goals we set every year is to win the conference and we’ve accomplished that,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep. “We want to keep playing well and ke

CHESAPEAKE — Kota Copley was hard to hit. Adyson Copley has done nothing but hit. Sophomore Kota Copley pitched a 2-hitter and junior Adyson Copley racked up her 100th career hit as the South Point Lady Pointers blanked the Chesapeake Lady Panthers 12-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. Adyson Copley went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple as she reached the milestone hit total. Kota Copley struck out 12 and did not walk a batter to get the win. South Point (10-5,

OAK HILL — Someone must have said this game was double or nothing. The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings knocked out 9 extra base hits including 7 doubles as they blanked the Oak Hill Lady Oaks 11-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 game on Friday. Besides the Lady Vikings racking up the extra bases, Addy Hawk pitched 5 innings of two-hit ball with 10 strikeouts and one walk. Marley Ferguson was part of the double dipping but she also slammed a home run as she went 2-2 with 3 runs ba

GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia Academy Blue Angels combined 10 hits with six Fairland errors to beat the Lady Dragons 17-1 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. Gallia Academy (7-7, 3-2) was led by Ava Angel who went 2-3 with a home run and two runs batted in. Taylor Wilcoxen was 2-2 with a double and an RBI, Chloe Bennett 2-2, Sophie Harris 1-3 and three RBI, Kinsey Mitchell 1-2 with two RBI, Leigha Kingery 1-2 and an RBI, and Kendall Eddy 1-4 with an RBI. Bennett got the wi

AID — The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings came out swinging. The Lady Vikings had a big first inning and kept on scoring as they beat the South Gallia Lady Rebels 17-0 in a run rule Southern Ohio Conference 2 win on Wednesday. Symmes Valley (15-2, 6-0) wasted little time in determining the outcome with 9 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Kaycee Thompson and Marley Ferguson each had a 2-run double to highlight the uprising. The lead went to 13-0 in the second inning. Emily Ja

PROCTORVILLE — One led to won. Kota Copley pitched a one-hitter and the South Point Lady Pointers won their Ohio Valley Conference game Wednesday as they blanked the Fairland Lady Dragons 6-0. Copley struck out 10 and did not walk a batter as she got the complete game win. South Point (9-4, 3-1) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Adyson Copley and Kaylee Stidham hit back-to-back one-out doubles. The scored remained 1-0 until the fifth inning when the Lady Pointers score

PORTSMOUTH — Copley and Copley might sound like a law firm, but it was the partnership that helped give the South Point Lady Pointers a win. Sisters Kota and Adyson Copley combined to go 7-for-7 with 4 doubles, a home run and 5 runs batted as the Lady Pointers beat the Portsmouth Lady Trojans 11-6 on Monday in an Ohio Valley Conference game. Kota Copley — who also got the pitching win — was 4-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI while Adyson Copley went 3-3 with 2 doubles and a home ru

CARROLLTON — The bigger they are, the more fun when they fall. The Division 7 Symmes Valley Lady Vikings picked up a pair of wins on Saturday by beating the Division 4 Carrollton Lady Warriors 5-2 and the Division 3 New Philadelphia Lady Quakers 13-2. Against Carrollton, the game was scoreless until the third inning when both teams got a run. The Lady Vikings scored when Brenna Tibbs tripled and came home on a wild pitch. Carrollton got its run when Paityn Crank reached on a

PEDRO — The South Pointers scored four runs in the ninth inning to beat the Rock Hill Redwomen 7-3 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. Kota Copley got the complete game win as she racked up 16 strikeouts while walking two, giving up 10 hits and two earned runs. South Point (7-4, 1-1) scored four times in the ninth highlighted by Kyleigh Castle’s RBI single and Raygen Yates’ sacrifice fly. Kaitlyn Evans squeeze bunt scored a run and South Point a 1-0 lead in the secon

LATHAM — Just like the Doublemint chewing gum commercial sings, double your pleasure, double your fun. The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings did just that on Thursday with a doubleheader sweep of the Western Lady Indians in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 matchup. Symmes Valley (11-2, 4-0) won the first game 7-0 as Addy Hawk came on in relief in the second inning and pitched hitless ball for four innings as she struck out eight with no walks. Marley Ferguson was 2-3 with a double and t

AID — The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings just keep on rolling. The Lady Vikings downed the Coal Grove Lady Hornets 11-1 in a run rule game on Tuesday, then rolled past the Northwest Lady Mohawks 13-0 in a run rule Southern Ohio Conference game on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Symmes Valley (9-2, 2-0) won as Brenna Tibbs pitched a two-hitter with nine strikeouts and three walks. Tibbs also went 3-4 at the plate with a double and she led off the game with a home run. Kaycee Thompson was

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

GRAYSON, Ky. — The East Carter Lady Raiders had eight different batters collect hits and got a solid performance from Kadie Ramey to beat the South Point Lady Pointers 12-2 in 5 innings on Tuesday evening. "We were a little sluggish," said South Point coach Robert Heaberlin. "It wasn't our best game but you'll have games like that. Once spring break is over and we get back into a routine and play better against Coal Grove we can right the ship." South Point took a 1-0 lead in

AID — Just like the Power Rangers, the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings decided to power up. The Lady Vikings flexed their power muscles on Monday as they smacked four home runs to back the perfect game pitching of Brenna Tibbs in a 17-0 five-inning run rule win. Tibbs — who slugged one of the home runs — struck out 11 and did not walk a batter as she retired all 15 batters in a row including striking out the final three batters. Marley Ferguson, Maci Bland and Kaycee Thompson also

AID — The Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers faced a tall order on Saturday but they didn’t shrink down. Ironton faced one Division 1 pitching commit and a possible second top prospect as they dropped a pair of games at the annual 26th Valley of Thunder softball showcase, but the Lady Fighting Tigers battled from start to finish. Both the Chillicothe Lady Cavaliers (10-0) and the Kenton Ridge Lady Cougars (8-0) are unbeaten on the season. But Ironton (3-4) lost just 6-0 to the Chil

AID — The record says the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings lost two of their three games this weekend during the 26th Valley of Thunder Softball Showcase. But when sizing up the competition for the Division 7 Lady Vikings who were playing much larger teams, Symmes Valley found some wins that don’t show up in the standings. The Hilliard Bradley Lady Jaguars took a 5-2 lead early and went on to get a 6-3 win. Bradley scored four in the first inning on singles by Mickey Moody and Lain

AID — The Wheelersburg Lady Pirates late rally came up just short as they fell to the Hilliard Bradley Lady Jaguars 3-2 at the Valley of Thunder Softball Showcase on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Jaguars were first to get on the scoreboard in the second inning. Sophia Lopez led off with a solo shot over the left field fence. Later, Sammie Moody had a bunt single to score a run and give Bradley a 2-0 lead. Wheelersburg had a chance to potentially take the lead in the top of the