PORTSMOUTH — In the early years of The Tonight Show, the host Johnny Carson did a bit where he was Carnac the Magnificent. On Friday, the St. Joseph Flyers own Carson — Carson Willis — was pretty magnificent himself. The Flyers’ senior center scored 26 points and had 8 rebounds as he helped spark a 64-37 rout of the Portsmouth Clay Panthers in a Southern Ohio Conference-1 game. Barrett Waginger did pretty well for himself as he scored 17 points to go with 11 rebounds, 4 assis

IRONTON — Forget WW standing for Wild Wings. For the St. Joseph Flyers, it stood for Waginger and Whaley on Friday night. Barrett Waginger scored 15 points and had 3 assists while Eli Whaley scored 14 points to go with 3 rebounds as the Flyers rolled past the Sciotoville East Tartans 63-25 in a Southern Ohio Conference 1 game. Zane Dressel finished with 8 points and 5 steals and Beckham Waginger got 9 points and 4 steals for the Flyers (2-5, 1-1). Carson Willis added 6 points

PIKETON — There are cold starts, and then there are those direct from the freezer. The Flyers scored only one point in the first quarter and battled back to within a point before falling to the Piketon Redstreaks 47-42 on Tuesday. Konner Clemmons hit a 3-pointer as he scored 5 points with Jace Ritchie and Bo Henry getting 4 each as the Redstreaks took a 14-1 lead. A free throw by Carson Willis was all the scoring St. Joseph could muster in the first quarter. Willis scored 6 p

PORTSMOUTH — A huge scoring run, along with some tough defense in the second and third quarters proved to be the mix needed for the Notre Dame Titans to upend the Saint Joseph Flyers 63-45 in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Tuesday night. After the game, Titans coach Matt Mader felt the win was an early Christmas present for his team. "Very happy with our performance tonight, definitely on the defensive end. You could feel the intensity, the energy that we brought tonight.

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Get 15% OFF your first order when you use the code GET15 at checkout! COAL GROVE — Trailing by 15 at the half and 17 early in the third quarter, the Coal Grove Hornets showed plenty of resiliency and grit with a second half rally to beat the Saint Joseph Flyers 53-51 on Friday night. For Coal Grove coach Kevin Vanderhoof, he was elated to not only see his team be able to bounce back after a tough league loss the night before, but also battle back from a huge deficit to get a

CROWN CITY — The St. Joseph Flyers won the first half, but the South Gallia Rebels dominated the second half. The Flyers held a 5-point lead only to have the Rebels outscore St. Joseph 38-19 in the second half and post a 53-39 win on Tuesday.  Barrett Waginger hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points for the Flyers as they took a 10-5 first quarter lead. St. Joseph maintained its lead in the second quarter and was up 20-15 as Eli Whaley drilled a 3-pointer and Waginger had 4 point

PEDRO — Being second was better than being first for the Rock Hill Redmen. After leading by one point in the first quarter, the Redmen used a decisive second quarter to trigger a 60-37 win over the St. Joseph Flyers in the season opener for both teams. Rock Hill took a 15-14 first quarter lead as Yaden Bailey and Rylan Barker scored 5 points each. Eli Whaley drained a pair of 3-pointers and scored 8 points while Zane Dressel added 4 points to keep the Flyers close. But the Fl

Southern Ohio Conference 2025 All-SOC 1 Boys Soccer Team First Team Christian Copen, Valley Sr. Jaxsyn Bender, Valley Jr. Hunter Sparks, Valley Jr. Nick Queen, Valley Jr. Carson Lyons, St. Joseph Sr. Jack Whaley, St. Joseph  Jr. Beckham Waginger, St. Joseph   So. Billy Miller, Portsmouth Clay  Sr. Evan Rider, Portsmouth Clay So. Tyler McQuithy, New Boston Jr. Riley Adkins, New Boston   Sr. Bruno Morales, Western  Jr. Second Team Jett Hall-Loftin, Valley     

IRONTON — In the movie Rio Bravo, there was a scene in which they played the El Deguello song which means "no mercy." Well, there was mercy in this game but only due to the rules as the St. Joseph Flyers blanked the Portsmouth Clay Panthers 8-0 in the Division 5 district quarter finals on Thursday. Mason Weber scored with 32:58 left in the game when he got a pass from Jack Whaley off a crossing pass from the right side to enact the mercy rule. The game started slow but picked

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PROCTORVILLE — Carson Lyons kept scoring and Jack Whaley kept passing. Lyons had another haul as he scored 4 goals and Whaley continued...

IRONTON — When the other team doesn’t score, you don’t lose too many. The St. Joseph Flyers got another shutout soccer win on Wednesday...

PORTSMOUTH — One is the loneliest number. In the boys Division 3 district golf tournament Monday the Elks Country Club, only one team and...

PEEBLES — For Carson Lyons, that was quite a haul. That’s haul as in four soccer goals. Lyons racked up a haul as the St. Joseph Flyers...

Members of the Saint Joseph golf team: from left to right, Jayden Fields, Peyton Ford, Mitchell Heighton, Carson Willis and Chris...

IRONTON — An unlucky bounce for one team proved to be the lucky break the other team needed. A second half shot that was blocked by St....

PORTSMOUTH— The St. Joseph Flyers were first, and a St. Joseph Flyer was first. Led by sophomore Chris Phillips and freshman Mitchell...

LATHAM — The St. Joseph Flyers are putting a silencer on opposing offenses. For the second straight game, the Flyers held an opponent...

PEDRO — The St. Joseph Flyers’ may have a twitch in their legs for a while. St. Joseph (6-2-1) had one of the most lopsided shots...