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It’s ‘Knapp’ time
FRANKLIN FURNACE —Eighteen. That’s the number of strikeouts Green sophomore Jon Knapp had against South Gallia on Tuesday —in the host Bobcats’ 3-1 Division IV sectional championship baseball victory at Dan McDavid Memorial Field. This was three more than his previous career high, when the sophomore...
Softball Game Preview: South Webster on Home-Turf
The South Webster Jeeps will stay at home for another game and welcome the Ironton Fighting Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory. South Webster is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They...
Collins honored on Senior Night
Last Thursday, the Paintsville Lady Tigers picked up a 5-1 on Senior Night over the Fairview Lady Eagles in softball action in Paintsville. With neither team allowing anything over the first two and 1/2 innings, Paintsville got on the board first in the bottom of the third. After A dropped...
Ironton slips past Frankfort Adena
Ironton finally found a way to top Frankfort Adena 3-2 on May 16 in Ohio baseball. In recent action on May 11, Ironton faced off against Ashland. Check out our complete boys baseball roundup to stay up-to-date on all the action. We want your feedback on the accuracy and quality...
Thursday Roundup: Crooksville, West M baseball fall late in tourney action
WHEELERSBURG — Crooksville baseball had top seed Wheelersburg sweating on Thursday. The 25th-seeded Ceramics led by two going to the bottom of the fifth inning, but the Pirates scored single tallies in the final three innings to escape with a 3-2 win in the Division III sectional final. Wheelersburg loaded the bases on a...
Trimble cruises to Sectional championship with shutout over Notre Dame
GLOUSTER — At this point, you only have one more opportunity to show out at home, might as well make it count. Scoring in every inning possible in a dominant showing at home on Tuesday, Trimble completely dominated Notre Dame en route to easy Sectional championship victory. Grabbing 14 hits as a team in just six innings, the Tomcats would secure a 10-0 mercy rule defeat to help advance to the next stage of the postseason. ...
Muskies at RFL, MHS art at D.C., HES time capsule
Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by. This week in...
Softball Recap: Ironton sees their postseason come to a close
Ironton and South Webster squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but Ironton had to settle for second. They fell just short of the South Webster Jeeps by a score of 7-6. Ironton's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak. Katelyn Moore was cooking despite her team's...
Baseball Game Recap: Ironton Comes Up Short
After flying high against Blazer last Saturday, Ironton came back down to earth. The Ironton Fighting Tigers took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Russell Red Devils on Tuesday. Ironton was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Russell apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in March.
Baseball Game Preview: Raceland Hits the Road
Raceland has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Blazer Tomcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Raceland's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matches.
Baseball Recap: Nic Kidd can't quite lead Prestonsburg over Boyd County
Prestonsburg lost against Boyd County back in March of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Prestonsburg Blackcats fell just short of the Boyd County Lions by a score of 4-2. Prestonsburg has not had much luck with Boyd County recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
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