Coldwater took advantage of its big-game experience…and Minford’s lack thereof, to score early, and often, and win in run-rule fashion. The Cavaliers advance to Saturday’snDivision III state final game seeking their seventh state title in baseball, all-time. Read more from Hal McCoy.

Man of the hour….St. Henry’s Daylon Lange receives congratulations from his teammates after pitching a two-hit shutout over New Bremen Thursday to garner the Redskins a share of the MAC title. Read more about Lange’s gem, and who they shared the title with…in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

Something to celebrate…Fort Recovery catcher Kody Shinaberry (foreground) raises his arms in salute as teammate Ethan Schoen prepares to touch home plate Thursday with the winning run over Coldwater…the first time in 37 years that Recovery had beaten the Cavaliers at home. Read more in today’s inside feature.

Wet, but a winner….Minster used a solid pitching performance in the rain from Austin Brown, timely hitting, and air-tight defense to best Marion Local Tueday, and looked a lot like Minster teams of the past in doing it. Read about the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

Cold Scoreboard…Fort Recovery pitchers Nick Thwaits, Cade Wendel (above), and Ben Homan put the chill on the Versailles Tigers’ bats Tuesday, handing the Tigers their first loss of the season. Read about one of the season’s thus-far best pitching performance in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

He wasn’t at his best, but he had plenty of offensive support. Buckeyes recruit Cole Niekamp (above) found a way on a cold Tuesday…to put Parkway on ice. Br-r-r-r-r-r-r! Read about the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.

“Holy Smokes!”….Marion Local survives double-overtime to claim the Division IV basketball title Saturday (their third all-time), and deny Cornerstone Christian their second. Read about the Flyers epic win in the latest tournament update on Press Pros.

They did with their defense, of course (Tyler Prenger, above)…and just enough predictable offense to matter. Marion Local edges Pandora-Gilboa to advance to the Division IV championship round on Saturday. Read about the game in our latest update from the 96th annual boys state tournament.

And a child shall lead them…! Which is actually what a couple of freshmen did Saturday to pace Minster to the Division IV girls title in basketball. Janae Hoying (above) celebrates an emotional end to a remarkable season. Read more about it in our latest update from the 43rd girls state tournament.

Celebration begins…Versailles gets physical with Waynesville to win fourth regional title in five seasons and punch another ticket to Columbus for the state tournament. Read Greg Billing’s story in today’s Press Pros tournament update.

The hoped-for, denied….Justin Ahrens looks on as the district title Versailles had hoped for was awarded at the other end of the arena Wednesday to the Madeira Mustangs. Read more about the game and a disappointing loss from columnist Joe Neves in today’s Press Pros inside feature.