IRONTON — After falling behind 3-0, the Saint Joseph Flyers rolled off eight unanswered runs to beat the Notre Dame Titans 8-3 to close out Southern Ohio Conference play on Thursday evening. "Our guys responded tremendously after going down 3-0," said Flyers coach Nick Medinger. "Evan (Aldridge) survived that first inning and gave us a great 6 innings to close it out." The Flyers improved their record to 11-6 on the season and finished 4-4 in SOC play. The Titans fell to 11-1

CHESAPEAKE — This was Fairland vs. Chesapeake and it was a battle. What else would you expect? The Fairland Lady Dragons picked up their first Ohio Valley Conference win of the season as they outscored the rival Chesapeake Lady Panthers 12-9 on Thursday. Fairland (3-18, 1-13) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Maddie Cornwell was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on a hit by Aubrey Hayes. After Hayes stole second she came home on a hit by Aubree Cyrus. Ches

IRONTON — This one was about pride. Ohio Valley Conference co-champion Ironton beat Southern Ohio Conference-1 champion Green 7-4 on Thursday. The Bobcats split with the OVC title teams. They beat Portsmouth earlier in the season 1-0. Ironton (14-4) fell behind 4-2 before rallying for the win. Carson Freeman went the distance for the win. He struck out 5, did not issue a walk, and 76 of his 110 pitches went for strikes. Hampered by his team making 6 errors, Gabe Blevins got t