SCIOTOVILLE — Whether by land, air or defense, the Symmes Valley Vikings scored in rapid succession to blank the Sciotoville East Tartans 49-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference game on Friday night. Symmes Valley (8-0, 3-0 SOC 1) scored all of its points in the first quarter. The scoring onslaught included 3 scores in a 30 second span. "You always worry about your teams' focus for games' like this, but I felt our kids did a great job all week of dialing in and taking care of bus

WILLOW WOOD — A fast start by the offense and a strong finish from the defense helped the Symmes Valley Vikings knock off the Eastern Eagles 35-7 in a key Southern Ohio Conference game on Friday night. "I think on both sides of the ball and even special teams, we needed tested all around," said Vikings coach Ben Ferguson. "We needed a game where everybody needed to play four quarters and needed to execute the game plan and play in sloppy field conditions just to know when cal

FRANKLIN FURNACE — A lot like last week, the Symmes Valley Vikings scored quickly and often and rolled their way past the Green Bobcats for a 62-6 win on Thursday night in a Southern Ohio Conference game. Last week, the Vikings used a lot of short fields to score frequently. Flash forward to this week, the Vikings pretty much did from anywhere at anytime. While satisfied with the outcome, Vikings coach Ben Ferguson was aware of some things his team still needed to improve on

WILLOW WOOD — Short fields and takeaways were the trend on Friday night for Symmes Valley, as the Vikings scored off of three turnovers and had their other scoring drives start in opponent territory to rout the Fairfield Christian Knights 48-7. "Our offense got some short fields to work with early on and we were very efficient at taking advantage of it," said Vikings coach Ben Ferguson. "I think we were in their territory every drive and only ran 4 plays at the most on each s

SOUTH POINT — All the talk surrounding the Friday's showdown of unbeatens revolved around the offenses for both Symmes Valley and South Point. But when the dust settled, it was the Vikings defense that made the difference as they forced 5 turnovers and help Symmes Valley roll to a 42-8 win over the Pointers. "I think they came out and did well. I'm not a fan of all the penalties, but that's something we gotta clean up," said Vikings coach Ben Ferguson. While the initial score

WILLOW WOOD — The offense kept rolling and the points continued to pile up for the Symmes Valley Vikings as they rolled up nearly 600 yards of offense to blast their way past the Berne Union Rockets for a 56-7 win on Friday night. The Vikings continued their offensive onslaught as quarterback Bronx Carpenter threw for 5 more touchdown passes and amassed 418 yards through the air and back up Jordan Nance threw for 100 himself to give the Vikings a whopping 518 yards passing. C

WILLOW WOOD — Any diehard football fan can name their favorite Sam Spence song from NFL Films. And it's safe to say Bronx Carpenter and the Symmes Valley offenses' favorite is "Whirlwinds to the End Zone" because the Vikings' passing game whipped up over 300 yards and a whirlwind of scoring to post a 55-14 win over the Meigs Marauders on Friday night. After a 7-touchdown performance last Friday night, Carpenter continued to stay hot with 315 yards through the air and 5 touchd

CHESAPEAKE — For Symmes Valley, it's a new year with the same results. The Vikings' high-octane offense scored early and often, while the defense came up with 5 turnovers to rout the Chesapeake Panthers 55-13 in the annual "Battle for the Paddle" game at Phil Davis Field on Friday night. The Vikings piled up the offense, out-gaining the Panthers 449-135 in total offense and 18 to 6 in first downs. Junior quarterback Bronx Carpenter showed the hot hand early, throwing for 238

Players and coaches of the 2026 Symmes Valley Vikings’ football team. WILLOW WOOD — It was the famous Roman poet Horace who said, “Carpe diem.” Translated: Seize the day. The total quote was “Seize the day, trusting as little in the future.” The Symmes Valley Vikings are taking that approach this season as they look to improve on last season’s 9-3 record and a berth in the Division 7 Region 27 semifinals before losing 48-7 to eventual state runner-up Hillsdale. Armed with a v

WELLSTON — With the potential winning run on first base in the bottom of the seventh inning, Southern Lady Tornadoes’ pitcher Jaylyn Hupp knew she had to be careful. Hupp was facing Symmes Valley junior slugger Marley Ferguson, a Valparaiso commit who had 10 home runs on the season. As it turned out, she wasn’t careful enough. Following a leadoff single by Maci Bland, Ferguson connected with the first pitch and drove it deep over the center field fence to give Symmes Valley a

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

AID — Holland the country is known for windmills. Holland — the Symmes Valley pitcher is —know for fighting opposing batters. Gradee Holland battled opposing batters like Don Quixote battled the windmills as the Vikings beat the Chesapeake Panthers 6-4 on Friday. Holland scattered 10 hits, struck out 8 and walked just 2 as the Vikings built a 6-1 lead and held on for the win. Chesapeake (11-15) took a 1-0 lead to start the game when Kaden Perkins reached on an error, stole se

AID — The Fairland Dragons pushed across a run in the 8th inning to edge the Symmes Valley Vikings 2-1 on Tuesday. The game was a pitching duel between the Dragons’ Josh Gillespie and Nolan Fleming and the Vikings’ Tanner Corn and Gradee Holland. Fleming went the final 2 innings to get the win as he gave up one hit. Gillespie went the first 6 innings and allowed 3 hits, one earned run with 11 strikeouts and 3 walks. Corn went 7 innings striking out 12, walked 2 and he gave u

AID — If this was a tune-up for the postseason tournament, the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings are starting to click. Brenna Tibbs pitched a 2-hitter and the Lady Vikings beat the Lawrence County Lady Bulldogs 4-2 on Tuesday. “Lawrence County is one of the top teams in Eastern Kentucky, so that was a good win,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep. “Brenna pitched a great game, we got clutch hitting and we had two errors but for the most part we played good defense.” Tibbs s

AID — The pitchers were in the spotlight, but Marley Ferguson was in the starring role. Ferguson was instrumental in both runs as the Symmes Valley Vikings edged the South Point Lady Pointers 2-1 on Monday. Ferguson was 2-for-3 including a home run and scored both runs as Symmes Valley improved to 22-3. The Lady Vikings’ Brenna Tibbs pitched a 5-hitter and struck out 13 batters while walking only one. South Point’s Kota Copley gave up just 3 hits as she struck out 6 and walke

PORTSMOUTH — One big inning proved to be big for the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings. The Lady Vikings used an 11-run second inning to fuel a 17-7 run rule win over the Portsmouth Lady Trojans in a recent non-league game. The Lady Vikings took a 3-0 lead in the first inning as Brenna TIbbs singled, Maci Bland doubled her home, and Marley Ferguson followed with a two-run home run. Natalie Simpson began the big second inning with a walk, Lydia Saunders singled, a wild pitch moved th

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

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

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