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

Postgame interview with Saint Joseph's Carson Willis, Barrett Waginger and Beckham Waginger. The three talk about the team trying to get over their slump for a big win, the 7th inning rally and Barrett shares what was going through his mind to close the game out. PORTSMOUTH — After a tough pair of disappointing losses, the Saint Joseph Flyers needed to regroup and get their season on track. Well, the Flyers not only got back on track, but they also shook up the Southern Ohio

As of this writing on 4/18/26, the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians are both in first place in their respective leagues. But also on this day, which will be that day when you read this, The Ohio State Buckeyes beat The Ohio State Buckeyes. Football in April! The annual OSU Spring Game in front of 40,000+ fans, dampened by rain late in the second quarter and beyond, gave Buckeyes addicts a much-needed hit between seasons. Their last game was on New Year’s Eve, resulting

AID — And the race is on. The Northwest Mohawks used an 8-run seventh inning to beat the Symmes Valley Vikings 11-2 on Monday and throw the Southern Ohio Conference race into a near deadlock. Northwest improved to 11-3 on the season and took a half-game lead in the SOC race at 6-1. Symmes Valley is now 5-6 overall and 5-1 in the SOC. Symmes Valley won the earlier meeting between the two teams 2-1 in 8 innings. Chase Kingrey pitched a 5-hitter for the win as he struck out 12 a

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,

PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Trojans beat the Fairland Dragons 10-0 and kept pace in the race. Portsmouth (8-5) is tied for the lead in the Ohio Valley Conference with Ironton and Gallia Academy at 6-1. Ironton plays at Portsmouth on Friday. Fairland (5-8, 3-4) was plagued by 6 errors. Pitchers Josh Gillespie and Nolan Fleming only allowed 4 earned runs. Leelind Scurlock got the win as he struck out 7, walked 2 and gave up 5 hits. Owen Wells was 3-3 with an RBI to pace Portsmo

PORTSMOUTH — Each team had 4 hits, but it wasn’t about how many as much as it was when. The Clay Panthers got their 4 hits at key times to back the 4-hit pitching of Evan Rider and shut out the Green Bobcats 4-0 in a Southern Ohio Conference 1 game on Monday. Green suffered its first loss and is now 11-1 overall and 3-1 in SOC-1. Clay is 9-3 and 4-2 in the SOC-1. "It was much like the last game, you had great pitching by both sides and offense was going to be limited,' said G

IRONTON — Evidently “zero” is Dawson Philyaw’s favorite number. Philyaw kept putting zero on the scoreboard in each inning as the Ironton Fighting Tigers blanked the Rock Hill Redmen 10-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. Philyaw allowed just five hits for the complete game win as he struck out 10 and did not issue a walk. Philyaw threw just 75 pitches with 57 strikes. “Dawson Philyaw pitched a great game,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “Bryson Kerns hit the ball w

OAK HILL — The Symmes Valley Vikings are using a team effort to keep up their winning ways. Gradee Holland and Tanner Corn combined on a four-hitter and the offense banged out 13 hits as the Vikings beat the Oak Hill Oaks 9-3 in a Southern Ohio Conference 2 win on Friday. Holland went 4.2 innings for the win as he gave up 4 hits, 3 earned runs and had 6 strikeouts and just 2 walks. Tanner Corn finished and struck out 7 of the batters he faced. He also walked one. Andy Strow w

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

SOUTH POINT — When Ethan Sutton goes to the plate, his Ironton Fighting Tigers teammates can relax. Why not? Sutton is relaxed. The relaxed Ironton catcher went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and four runs batted in as the Fighting Tigers beat the South Point Pointers 13-2 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday. “Sutton has learned to relax and let his hands work and not try to muscle his swing,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “He has been hitting two or three balls a

IRONTON — So that’s what jet lag does to you. With most of the team’s players only a few days removed from a school trip to the Vatican among other sites, the St. Joseph Flyers played like they just got home early Wednesday morning. Which they did. Looking sluggish and guilty of six errors, the Flyers fell 18-5 to the Portsmouth Clay Panthers in an Ohio Southern Conference 1 game on Friday. "When you don't play or practice for nearly two weeks, you're definitely going to be b

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

FRANKLIN FURNACE — The Green Bobcats must like pitchers’ duels. And what they like even better is they keep winning them. Behind the three-hit pitching of Gabe Blevins, the Bobcats blanked the Portsmouth Trojans 1-0 on Thursday. Green has now won three games this season by the score of 1-0 along with a 4-0 win. Blevins struck out six and walked only one to get the complete game win. Trevin Brooks was almost as strong as he gave up four hits, an earned run with eight strikeout

Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers’ senior bowler Sarah Murdock signed a letter-of-intent with the Shawnee State University Bears. Attending the signing ceremony were, from left to right, mother Robin, Sarah, and father Shawn. (Photo submitted) Sarah Murdock went from looking for something to do in the winter months to looking for somewhere to bowl at the college level. The Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers senior bowler has experienced a whirlwind path in bowling from never participati

AID — The Symmes Valley Vikings came into this week atop the Southern Ohio Conference Division 2 standings. After two games this week, the Vikings they’re still in first place. The Vikings left little doubt about their position with a 13-2 win over Beaver Eastern Eagles on Monday and they followed that with a 23-2 pounding of the South Gallia Rebels. The Vikings (4-5, 4-0) used the six-hit pitching of Gradee Holland and a 17-hit attack to beat Eastern. Holland struck out six,

COAL GROVE — What do Rolaids and Dawson Philyaw have in common? They’re both great when you need some relief. Philyaw came on to pitch six dominating innings in relief as the Ironton Fighting Tigers beat the Coal Grove Hornets 7-2 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday. The senior left-hander gave just two hits and an earned run while striking out 11 of the 18 outs he recorded and did not walk a batter to get the win. Philyaw and starter Jacob Hughes were going to spl

PROCTORVILLE — The Fairland Dragons took advantage of everything they were given to work with on offense. The Dragons had just 7 hits but combined them with 15 walks as they routed the South Point Pointers 13-5 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Wednesday. Fairland (4-6, 2-2) was led by Josh Gillespie who was 2-4 with a run batted in, Cyrus Cummings who was 1-3 with a double and 3 RBI, Tanner Brown was 2-3. Chase Lapole and Titus Martin were each 1-3 with an RBI. Gillespie

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