The irony of the moment...Piqua's Brady Ouhl celebrates the winning run in Tuesday district tourney win for the Indians, while Northmont's Dylan Allamon suffers his wild pitch (in background) that allowed Ouhl to score.  Piqua survives losing an eight-run lead in the sixth and seventh innings to beat Northmont in extra innings.

The ball beat him to the plate...but somehow Troy's Eli Smith scored during the Trojans' four-run sixth inning in Tuesday's 10-2 over Piqua at Market Street Field. Troy swept the two game series with the Indians, moving to 20-4 for the season. Read more about the game.....

It wasn't easy...Staked to an early lead Troy struggled on the mound, to keep Piqua at arm's length, and got a little twisted before it was over.  In the end they succeeded, taking Friday's Miami Valley League showdown between the two rivals, 5-4.

Troy seniors Andrew Helman (above) and Trayce Mercer combined for a five-inning no-hit, perfect game shutout of Sidney Wednesday.  The offense did the rest in a 12-0 run-rule win.  So...are the Trojans that good? Read more.

Troy's Owen Harlamert dropped a perfect bunt that allowed teammate Caleb Akins to score in the top of the 10th ... and the Trojans' pitching did the rest in the bottom of the inning for a key Miami Valley League victory on Friday night.