SOUTH POINT — The South Point Lady Pointers’ performance on Monday was a big hit. About 18 hits worth. The Lady Pointers had 18 hits en route to a 13-3 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Rock Hill Redwomen. South Point (12-5, 6-2) got big efforts from the top 4 batters in the lineup as Kota Copley went 4-4 with a double and a triple, Kaylee Stidham 4-4 with two doubles and 4 RBI, Adyson Copley 3-5 with a triple and an RBI and Raygen Yates 3-4 with a pair of RBI. Kota Copley

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

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

Former Ironton High School and West Virginia linebacker Reid Carrico makes a tackle during a game against Colorado during the 2025 season. (Photo by Brian Mayhew) Reid Carrico got two for the price of one. He not only gets a chance to play in the NFL but for the team of his choice. The former Ironton Fighting Tigers’ All-Ohio linebacker who played at Ohio State and then West Virginia, has gotten a chance to remain close to home as he has accepted an invite on Saturday to atte

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

CHESAPEAKE — In the big inning… The Fairland Dragons used a big 6-run fifth inning to beat the Chesapeake Panthers 9-5 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. Fairland (6-8, 4-4) led 3-1 when the fifth inning rally opened the game up. The scoring onslaught was highlighted by Tanner Brown who drove in a pair of runs on a single and Josh Gillespie doubled to score a pair of runs. Nolan Fleming collected the final RBI for the Dragons with a single into right to make the sco

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

PROCTORVILLE — Hits were scarce. Runs were at a premium. And the result was an outstanding pitcher’s duel. Nolan Fleming and Tanner Brown combined to edge Braydon Baker and the Ironton Fighting Tigers 2-1 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday. Fleming went six innings allowing 6 hits, one unearned run with 6 strikeouts and a walk for the win, Brown got the save as he pitched the seventh giving up one hit. Baker threw a complete game in taking the loss. He allowed onl