The outcome was up in the air late in the fourth quarter, and the state's #1 team in Division IV barely survived a stiff challenge from the Russia Raiders in Thursday's regional semi-final game at the Student Activity Center in Vandalia. Fort Loramie ultimately won, 33-29, to advance to Saturday's regional final.

A Lehman overtime thriller with a buzzer-beater at the horn in Troy...and a polished twenty point win by Jackson Center in Piqua marked Wednesday district semi-final action in Division IV.

Russia and Fort Loramie both advanced Monday in Division IV district semi-final play with convincing wins over Covington, and Lehman Catholic.  Skylar Albers (above) drives for her game-high 13 points in the Redskins win over Lehman. Read more in Tuesday's Press Pros.

It wasn't as clean as Jackson Center tourney triumphs past, but there was plenty of signs of been there, done that, as the Tigers delivered first-year coach Aaron Klopfenstein a win over Twin Valley South, his first in tournament play. Read more in Sunday's Press Pros.

Looking for an open shooter...Fort Loramie's Ariel Heitkamp looks for points off a turnover Tuesday as the Redskins closed out its regular season the same way it opened it, and played throughout.  A thorough defensive thrashing of Marion Local yielded turnovers, points in transition, and a 53-30 win.