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

FAIRBORN — Regardless of the outcome, there was no quit in the Fairland Lady Dragons. It’s just not in their DNA. After falling behind by 16 points, the Lady Dragons mounted one last heroic run, but fell short as they fell to the Ottawa-Glandorf Lady Titans 54-48 in the Division 5 State Semifinals at Wright State University. “We came on early and made shots and put ourselves in position to win the game. It just didn’t go our way in the end,” said Fairland coach Jon Buchanan.

ATHENS — In the famous novel Tale of Two Cities, the book’s opening lines by the great writer Charles Dickens were, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” On Wednesday in the Division 5 regional semifinals at Ohio University’s Convocation Center, the Ironton Fighting Tigers wrote the script for Tale of Two Halves. After trailing by as 12 points in the first half and losing at halftime, Ironton put together a strong second half and beat the Eastern Brown Warrio