PT. PLEASANT, W.Va . — The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings weren’t in midseason form, but it sure seemed like it. The Lady Vikings pitchers combined to give up just two unearned runs and three hits as they opened the season with a 5-0 win over the Spring Valley Lady Timberwolves and 7-2 over the Pt. Pleasant Lady Knights. “I thought we played well for the amount of time we’ve been able to work on the field,” said Lady Viking’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep. Addy Hawk beat Spring Valley a

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