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."

WELLSTON — With the potential winning run on first base in the bottom of the seventh inning, Southern Lady Tornadoes’ pitcher Jaylyn Hupp knew she had to be careful. Hupp was facing Symmes Valley junior slugger Marley Ferguson, a Valparaiso commit who had 10 home runs on the season. As it turned out, she wasn’t careful enough. Following a leadoff single by Maci Bland, Ferguson connected with the first pitch and drove it deep over the center field fence to give Symmes Valley a