DAYTON — One of the hardest things to do in sports is to repeat as state champions. The Portsmouth Lady Trojans won their second straight Division 5 state basketball championship on Saturday. Let’s repeat that. The Portsmouth Lady Trojans won their second straight Division 5 state basketball championship on Saturday. Saying it was a lot easier than actually doing it, but the Lady Trojans were up to the challenge as they got past the previously unbeaten Ottawa-Glandorf Lady Ti

ATHENS — Someone check those rims for plexiglass. Maybe there wasn’t anything blocking the basket, but something wasn’t going right for the Ironton Fighting Tigers. Having shot the ball well in three trips to the Ohio University Convocation Center, nothing seemed to fall on Saturday as Ironton lost a heartbreaker 45-42 to the West Muskingum Tornadoes in the Division 5 regional championship game. The Fighting Tigers had little problem with their shooting in three tournament wi

FAIRBORN — The game went like a rollercoaster. Fortunately for the Portsmouth Lady Trojans, they were like The Beast at Kings Island. Portsmouth had the lead, saw Norwayne put together a run, then built a big lead only to see the Lady Bobcats rally to take the lead. That’s when the Lady Trojans turned into The Beast and rallied for a 40-37 win in the Division 5 state semifinals on Saturday at Wright State University. “We faced a lot of challenges in the game and we rose to th