Russia played through its youth (Hazel Francis, above) and shut out Jackson Center to gain their 8th win in conference play.  Bigger matches, and bigger goals lie just ahead...much bigger!...

Russia scraped some knees and elbows (Aryana Cordonnier, above), but improved to .500 and stayed unbeaten in league play Tuesday with a defensive clinic and enough offense to beat Anna in straight set...

Marion Local's U13 learned the hard way that tournaments produce more losers than winners. But at the Minster Classic, a balanced approach between a passion for winning and a love for playing makes it...

A stumbling start and a hot Minster pitcher were more than Russia could overcome.  The Raiders' season comes to a close in the Division VII semi-final at Akron's Canal Park....

A botched rundown in the first inning, and four errors turned out to be more than Braylon Cordonnier could pitch around in the Division VII semi-final at Canal Park....

The last guy on the pile (Maddox Goubeaux, #18) pitched them to the Final Four...Smashing a young Cedarville team in the regional final, Russia claimed its fourth consecutive trip to the OHSAA basebal...

Braylon Cordonnier, making his fifth start back from an injury that only allowed him to play shortstop, dominated Mohawk with 13 strikeouts, and catcher Cooper Unverferth ignited an offense that somet...

Fort Loramie mustered just three hits off a Cedarville sophomore (above), the Redskins squandered a golden opportunity in the fifth, and their season and tourney hopes came to an end with a 2-0 loss t...

Anna High School senior Victoria Heitkamp has been chosen as the recipient of the Bill Wells Press Pros Scholar/Athlete Scholarship to pursue a career in nursing....

A pair of multi-sport impact athletes, Russia's Braylon Cordonnier (above) and Fort Loramie's Avery Brandewie (inside) are the 12th annual Press Pros/Sponsors Shelby County League scholar-athlete scho...

The Russia Raiders did the little things right to blow out Arcanum 9-2 for their seventh in their last eight games. Brody Phlipot pitched five innings, giving up just two hits and no earned runs....

Both teams had four hits. Neither team committed an error. But Russia had Cooper Unverferth....

Some insurance...Fort Loramie's Zac Dues dropped down a surprise bunt to score a pair of insurance runs in the sixth inning of Monday's 5-1 win over rival Russia. Read more about the game........