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1 day ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 8:18 pm Thursday, June 5, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — Go Panthers! Go Herd! Go Realize Your Dream!All three cheers belong to Lauren Pater after earning a scholarship to cheer for the Marshall Thundering Herd. A cheerleader since she was 5-years-old, Pater has spent most of her life cheering and hoping to extend her career beyond high school. “I had to try out and make the team before I had my signing,” said the Chesapeake High School senior.
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2 days ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 2:42 am Thursday, June 5, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — It was even close to matching the national debt, but the Green Bobcats found themselves in a run deficit crisis. Green fell behind by six runs early and ended up losing 7-1 to the Newark Catholic Green Wave on Wednesday in the Division 7 regional semifinals.
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2 days ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 2:40 am Thursday, June 5, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — There’s no truth to the rumor that the Graham Falcons’ bats were either wearing glasses or contact lenses. In a frustration series of hits, the Falcons hit the ball softly but accurately into open spots as they beat the Ironton Fighting Tigers 5-1 in the Division 5 Region 20 championship game on Wednesday.
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3 days ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 11:22 pm Tuesday, June 3, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — David Bowie and Queen teamed up for the song “Under Pressure.” The Ironton Fighting Tigers worked as a team and kept the pressure on the Cincinnati Christian Cougars. The Fighting Tigers pressured the Cougars throughout the game as they banged out 15 hits en route to an 11-5 win in the Division 5 regional tournament semifinals on Tuesday.
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6 days ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 9:06 am Sunday, June 1, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — Looks like fans don’t have to worry about the Green Bobcats ever having a panic attack. Despite all the schedule and time changes due to the rain, the Bobcats have remained resilient through it all which includes a 4-1 win over the Trimble Tomcats in the Division 7 district semifinals on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
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6 days ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 9:39 pm Saturday, May 31, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — Allyn’s Jewelry may be gone, but the Ironton Fighting Tigers might want to think of starting their own jewelry store and they can start with pitcher Ian Ginger. “Ginger pitched a gem,” said Ironton coach John Hunt after Ginger pitched a two-hit shutout and Ironton blanked the Minford Falcons 4-0 in the Division 5 district championship at Bob Wren Stadium on Saturday. “The defense was stout as well.
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1 week ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 10:00 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 By JIM [email protected]: New league member for local high school athletic conference. Interested teams apply to the Ohio Valley Conference. The OVC is advertising for a new league member following the formal announcement by Portsmouth High School to exit the league for the Southern Ohio Conference in the 2027-28 school year.
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1 week ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 2:07 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 By Jim [email protected] — Top or bottom, the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings seem to put it together. All season the Lady Vikings have relied on a productive batting order that produces from the leadoff spot to the ninth hole, but not always at the same time. It was the bottom half of the order that was doing the damage on Wednesday as the Lady Vikings beat the Newark Catholic Green Wave 4-1 in the Division 7 regional semifinal.
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1 week ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 1:38 am Thursday, May 29, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — Even an idle threat can help produce serious results. Despite being 10 minutes apart, the Ironton Fighting Tigers and South Point Pointers met in the Division 5 district semifinals on Wednesday at a field two hours away. And on top of that, Ironton’s bus broke down on the highway during their trip to play the game. Ironton head coach John Hunt used the situation to issue his team an ultimatum.
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1 week ago | 
irontontribune.com | Jim Walker
Published 8:50 am Tuesday, May 27, 2025 By Jim [email protected]— Basketball is a team sport. As far as Scott Thomas is concerned, coaching is a team effort as well. Scott — who has been named the new boys’ head basketball coach of the Fairland Dragons — doesn’t plan to make coaching an “I” thing. “There’s going to be a lot of help. It’s not just going to be me,” said Thomas. “I feel honored and humbled.
