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

PEDRO — “Can you hear me? That when it rains and shines It’s just a state of mind Can you hear me? Can you hear me” — Rain by The Beatles While the rain fell and caused some throwing errors, the Ironton Fighting Tigers fought through the weather, and used the two-hit pitching of Braydon Baker to blank the Portsmouth West Senators 4-0 in the Division 5 district semifinals on Friday. “We had a few miscues, but our kids are mentally tough and can put things behind them and keep

PEDRO — Saint Joseph's offense hammered out 11 hits and their pitching delivered a combined 3-hitter as the Flyers beat the South Gallia Rebels 15-5 at a rain-soaked Rock Hill High School in the opening round of the Ohio Division 7 tournament on Friday. "We came out strong in those first couple innings and jumped on them," said Flyers coach Nick Medinger. "I thought Evan (Aldridge) and Barrett (Waginger) did a great job of throwing despite the steady rainfall the whole game."