COAL GROVE — You could almost hear Phil Harris singing the first part of this Jungle Book song: “Look for the Bare necessities, the simple Bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife.” With Rylee Bare on the mound, the Coal Grove Lady Hornets had no worries as she pitched her team to a 6-1 win over the Minford Lady Falcons on Thursday. Bare went the distance to get the win as she struck out 11, walked one and gave up just two hits. Bare also went 3-4 with two r

PROCTORVILLE — Talk about getting off on the wrong foot. The Fairland Lady Dragons fell behind 10-0 in the first inning as they fell 12-1 to the Wayne Lady Pioneers on Thursday in a non-league game. After the bad start, Wayne (3-2) outscored Fairland just 2-1 over the next 4 innings. Fairland (1-2) had 5 hits with Taegan Leep going 2-2 with a double, Aubrey Hayes was 2-2 with a run batted in, and Maddie Cornwell was 1-3 with a triple. Wayne had 11 hits with Kylee Copley going

WHEELERSBURG — There are plenty of high school seniors who go away from home for their college education. Wheelersburg Pirates’ senior soccer standout Evan Mitchell is taking his travel plans to the extreme. Mitchell is bypassing American colleges and has signed to play for the Via FC in Spain. “Since I was a little kid I always had a dream of playing overseas at the highest level. I had some collegiate opportunities, but I got this opportunity after I played in a big academy