AID — Just like the Power Rangers, the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings decided to power up. The Lady Vikings flexed their power muscles on Monday as they smacked four home runs to back the perfect game pitching of Brenna Tibbs in a 17-0 five-inning run rule win. Tibbs — who slugged one of the home runs — struck out 11 and did not walk a batter as she retired all 15 batters in a row including striking out the final three batters. Marley Ferguson, Maci Bland and Kaycee Thompson also

PROCTORVILLE — This Ironton Baker was really cooking. Braydon Baker fired a three-hit shutout as the Fighting Tigers blanked the Fairland Dragons 8-0 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Monday. Baker struck out eight, walked two and 64 of his 95 pitches were strikes. “Braydon Baker pitched a great game,” said Ironton head coach John Hunt. “He pitched himself out of a few jams and the defense came around and played well behind him to preserve the shutout.” Ironton (2-1, 1-0)

AID — The Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers faced a tall order on Saturday but they didn’t shrink down. Ironton faced one Division 1 pitching commit and a possible second top prospect as they dropped a pair of games at the annual 26th Valley of Thunder softball showcase, but the Lady Fighting Tigers battled from start to finish. Both the Chillicothe Lady Cavaliers (10-0) and the Kenton Ridge Lady Cougars (8-0) are unbeaten on the season. But Ironton (3-4) lost just 6-0 to the Chil