Botkins used its size, experience, and some big defensive plays from Carter Pleiman (below)Tuesday to defy the odds and beat Russia. Read about the game in Wednesday’s Press Pros.

Fort Loramie showed their pressure defense (below) along with torrid three-point shooting Thursday to remain unbeaten with a 59-37 win over Russia in Shelby County League play. Read about the game in the latest Press Pros update.

Senior Ava Sholtis (below) scored 14 of her game-high 21 points in the first half and the Fort Loramie Redskins cruised to their tenth straight win with a romp over West Liberty Salem. Read about the Redskins in the latest Press Pros feature update.

For a while they couldn’t miss. Nolan Fark (below) and the Jackson Center Tigers put on a shooting show Tuesday while holding an opponent to less than twenty points for the third game in a row. Fairlawn was the victim this time, losing to JC, 64-18. Read about the game in today’s inside feature.

The Pleiman brothers, Jacob (below) and Carter, did the heavy lifting, scoring 38 of their team’s 48 points in Botkins’ Tuesday win over Minster. Read about the game in today’s inside feature.

Kate Sherman (below) and company got hot at just the right times to send Russia past Fairlawn, 3-1, in Tuesday’s Division IV district final at Troy High School. Read about the match in Wednesday’s Press Pros.

While they won their 13th match of the season, and took Marion Local down in three sets, Fort Loramie’s John Rodgers appreciates the remaining games on their schedule to put the finishing touches on their tournament resume’. Read today’s inside feature.

Almost artful…They were powerful, they were efficient, and Fort Loramie made it look easy (Riley Heitkamp, below), handing Jackson Center its first loss in Tuesday Shelby County League volleyball. Read about the match in today’s inside feature.

The first three sets featured some quality back-and-forth volleyball between Fort Loramie and Russia. The fourth set? Sometimes you have nights like those … and the Raiders were on the wrong side of a lopsided loss in the Shelby County Athletic League.

Frustration!…The offense was out of synch, and Warren pitcher Cam Hollobaugh kept it there, putting Loramie away with a 3-2 loss to Warren JFK in the Division IV semi-finals. Read about it on Press Pros.

Everyone in agreement? Fort Loramie exploded for five runs in the third inning to bust up Cedarville, 9-1, and Russia followed in the nightcap to beat #4-ranked Fisher Catholic 9-0, making quite the statement for southwest Ohio Division IV baseball in Friday’s regional semi-final round at Princeton High School. Loramie and Russia will meet Saturday to decide which one moves on to the state tournament.

Coach Jeff Sanders’ team shut out Bradford in a sectional final on Monday to advance in a postseason tournament where anything can happen. The scoreboard told the story … Loramie’s Caeleb Meyer quieted Bradford’s bats on Monday. Read Greg Billing baseball inside today’s Press Pros.

It hasn’t happened previously, but due to the remarkable run of success on and off the court at Fort Loramie High School, seniors Grant Albers and Jadyn Puthoff sweep the 2021 Press Pros Shelby County League Scholar-Athlete awards.

What a year for Botkins! #5 seed Botkins pulled a tournament stunner Wednesday by knocking out #3 seed, and 6th-ranked Newton from the baseball state tournament in the sectional final. Read more in today’s Press Pros feature. (Photo by Julie McMaken Wright)

They scored in every inning and pitcher Grant Saunders showed tournament-type readiness with a two-hit, 12-strikeout performance Thursday over SCL rival Botkins.  Russia is armed and ready to be someone’s worst nightmare in the Division IV tournament. Read the latest update on Press Pros.

Justin Krites came up aces while Anna’s offense heated up for an 11-6 victory over Botkins on Monday. (pictured) Anna teammate #11 Carter Seigle signals ‘The Out’ as McKane Finkenbine tags out a Botkin’s runner. Read more high school baseball inside today’s PressPros by Colin Foster.

Fort Loramie’s Mack Fortman dominated on the mound and the Redskins’ defense did the rest, making several stellar plays to hand the scrappy Russia Raiders a tough 4-0 loss on Thursday. Read more Greg Billing baseball inside PressPros.

It all happened so fast, with Sean Powell coaching Botkins from relative anonymity to a state championship in just three seasons, and now it transitions quickly to his exit for the head coaching job at Lima Bath. Bruce Hooley writes.