IRONTON — A late fourth quarter rally from quarterback Eli Stumpf and a Big Walnut defense came up with the stops when the game was on the line to help the Golden Eagles escape with a 47-40 overtime win over the Ironton Fighting Tigers at Tanks Memorial Stadium on Friday night. The loss makes Ironton 5-1 on the season and — not counting their forfeit loss at home last season — it marked their first loss at home since their week four game against Cincinnati Moeller during the

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

Back for a fourth season — or 28 in dog years — Bella has returned for another year of high school football pick 'em, Last week wasn't a good week for Bella. She went 1-4, making her overall record to 10-9 through four weeks. As always, the Bulldog-Cocker Spaniel mix will make her usual 5 picks of games from the area and then head back to sleep it off and wait until next week! Below you can see her official picks, plus the video of her making said picks. Her picks for week on