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Edited above to correct Portsmouth's record in the OVC from 2015--2024. It is 73-67, not 73-57 as previously posted.

A few numbers so far this season: Offensive Average: 63.5 Defensive Average: 57.0 Fewest Points Allowed: 39 vs. Notre Dame Fewest Points Scored: 40 vs. Notre Dame Most Points Scored: 92 home vs. Ironton (3OT) Next Most Points Scored: 87 home vs. Coal Grove Most Points Allowed: 85 home vs. Ironton (3...

What happened in the Lady Trojans vs. Lady Jeeps game should have not resulted in Portsmouth's fans being seated across from the home side of the gym in the Portsmouth vs. Piketon game. PHS was the home team in the boys' game and should have been seated on the home side. I do think that Trojan fans ...

Thanks to danicalifornia of SOSA for the scoring figures on DeAndre Berry, Donnovan Breech, and Malachi Loper. Those figures have been edited above.

Thanks, danicalifornia, for the scoring figures on DeAndre Berry, Donnovan Breech, and Malachi Loper.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PORTSMOUTH TROJANS ON THEIR SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!! FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 7 YEARS THE TROJANS WILL BE MAKING THE TRIP UP RT.32 TO THE CONVO!! It was a great night at the Downtown Arena in Waverly, as Portsmouth captured the 65th sectional championship in school history with a...

Go Lady Trojans!! Congratulations on the win over South Webster. Get ready for a battle with a good Minford Falcons team, and it's for the district championship!! You can do this Lady Trojans!!

A sectional final win will give the Trojans their 17th win, which would be the 34th time that a PHS boys basketball team has won at least 17 games. It's been a good 1st year for Coach Jeff Lisath: 1. First winning season since 2018 2. Best OVC finish (10-4 tied for 2nd) since 2015 (1st) 3. 10 game w...

Thanks, danicalifornia, for the info on Coach Lisath's career at Piketon.

One oldtime rivalry will be reborn next season. Portsmouth vs. Chillicothe was as intense a rivalry game as any in the SE district. The Trojans and Cavaliers have played 88 times, and which CHS is the 2nd most frequent opponent all time for PHS. CHS leads the series 45-43 overall, but the Trojans le...

Wish Shaun the best, great opportunity at a great school. Metrics can never measure the heart of a player. I'm quite sure that if ND didn't think he could help their program, they wouldn't have offered him.

Congratulations to the Lady Trojans on their sectional championship......now keep that winning momentum going vs. South Webster!!

Portsmouth opened up sectional tournament play last night, as the Trojans defeated Paint Valley 66-53 at Trojan Arena. PHS bolted out to a 21-11 lead at the end of 1 quarter, but the Bearcats cut that margin to only 4 at the half. The Trojans then took command for good in the 2nd half, building as m...

The Lady Trojans ended the season with 3 straight losses, so it's time to get their mojo back starting today. They showed what they're capable of with the win over Fairland, which is the only loss on the Lady Dragons record. When PHS is on their game, they're a team that can make a run to the Final ...

With the cancellation of the Minford game, Portsmouth ends the regular season with a 15-6 mark, the fewest regular season losses since the 2015 team (16-6 regular season) which made the regional final, losing to Columbus Eastmoor 49-45. That 2015 team finished 20-7. PHS hasn't set foot on the Convo ...

Congratulations to Jace.....being the all time scorer at a school is a major accomplishment, and very difficult to do. Valley has had some really good ball players down through the year.

It will be interesting to see how the tournament will be structured now with 7 divisions......will the Convo have enough availability to conduct district and regional tournaments with probably at least 4 divisions? With more divisions comes the issue of getting enough sites and workers to have secti...

I like the Fairgrounds Coliseum and when I lived in Columbus, would see a lot of D1 district tournament games there. My only concern is that the facility needs more seats and some cosmetic upgrading. I remember the pizza was great though, washing it down with a Coke. It's not hard to get to, and the...

I'm okay with the changes, but I preferred splitting up D1 into 2 divisions and going to 5 divisions overall. But the 4 division system had to be fixed.....not fair to the small D1 schools. I remember when Portsmouth won the very first D2 state title in 1988. PHS was 2 boys from being D1 that season...

Congratulations to the Chesapeake Panthers and Peake 71 on the OVC title. This season saw 5 teams that could have won the OVC title, and the champion Panthers were not crowned until the final game. Strong year for the conference, now let's see how that translates to tourney success. Proud of my Troj...