ATHENS — Hughes came up huge. Jacob Hughes pitched a one-hitter as the Ironton Fighting Tigers blanked the Zane Trace Pioneers 2-0 in the Division 5 district semifinals. “We played well but Jacob just dominated the game,” said Ironton coach John Hunt. “We didn’t have an error and got some clutch hits, but Jacob was just so dominant.” Ironton (17-6) will play Minford in the district finals at 2 p.m. on Friday at Ohio University. Minford (24-3) edged Wellston 7-6 in the other s

LOGAN — Christmas came early and the St. Joseph Flyers were the ones playing Santa Claus. The Flyers gave up 7 walks, a hit batsman, and committed 6 errors that produced 8 unearned runs in an 11-4 loss to the Portsmouth Clay Panthers on Thursday in the Division 7 district semifinals. “You can’t put that many runners on base and give up that many unearned runs and expect to win, especially against a good team,” said Flyers’ coach Nick Medinger. “We got down and our kids battle

LOGAN — The Green Bobcats remained hot. And why not? They had a fireballer lighting the fuse. Jon Knapp pitched a 3-hitter as he racked up 11 strikeouts against 3 walks and Green blanked the Southern Tornadoes 8-0 in the Division 7 district semifinals. The strikeout total enabled the Rio Grande recruit to surpass 400 for his career. Green (21-4) will play Glouster Trimble (19-7) at 2 p.m. Thursday in the district title game. “That was a good team win. Jon pitched another grea