Paul Boggs

Ohio

Sports Editor at Portsmouth Daily Times

Sports Editor @ Portsmouth Daily Times. https://t.co/GFQeq8j5wv contributor. Golfer. Harness Horse Racing Fan. God. Country. Notre Dame. Opinions are my own.

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Jeeps squeeze past Indians in SOC III

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Paul Boggs

SOUTH WEBSTER — Simply put, and likely representative of the way a tightly-contested Southern Ohio Conference Division III baseball championship chase will play out this season, the host South Webster Jeeps squeezed their way through this one on Tuesday. That’s because a bunting Bo Stephens suicide squeezed home fellow junior Jacob McGraw, and the Jeeps pulled out a thrilling 2-1 win over visiting Valley in only the second SOC III tilt of the 2025 season.
Jeeps squeeze past Indians in SOC III

1 week ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Paul Boggs

SOUTH WEBSTER — Simply put, and likely representative of the way a tightly-contested Southern Ohio Conference Division III baseball championship chase will play out this season, the host South Webster Jeeps squeezed their way through this one on Tuesday. That’s because a bunting Bo Stephens suicide squeezed home fellow junior Jacob McGraw, and the Jeeps pulled out a thrilling 2-1 win over visiting Valley in only the second SOC III tilt of the 2025 season.
Indians edge Pirates in SOC III opener

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Paul Boggs

LUCASVILLE — The Valley Indians, in all likelihood, learned the hard way a year ago that there was no margin for error in the 10-game Southern Ohio Conference Division III baseball championship chase. So, on Wednesday at least against the defending division champion yet younger Wheelersburg Pirates, the Indians started fast —as Carson Powell put the cruise control on while high atop the pitcher’s mound.
Indians edge Pirates in SOC III opener

2 weeks ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Paul Boggs

LUCASVILLE — The Valley Indians, in all likelihood, learned the hard way a year ago that there was no margin for error in the 10-game Southern Ohio Conference Division III baseball championship chase. So, on Wednesday at least against the defending division champion yet younger Wheelersburg Pirates, the Indians started fast —as Carson Powell put the cruise control on while high atop the pitcher's mound. kAm!@H6== DECF4< @FE `_ !:C2E6D :? 62C?:?8 E96 A:E49:?8 H:?[ }@=2?
Lady Trojans win state!

1 month ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Paul Boggs

DAYTON —Finally, at long last, storied and basketball tradition-rich Portsmouth High School is a city of champions once again. Only this time, it's the Lady Trojans taking home hardware —the coveted gold trophy from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. kAm%92EVD 3642FD6[ @? $2EFC52J :? E96 ~w$ppVD 7:CDE\6G6C s:G:D:@? ' 8:C=D 32D<6E32== DE2E6 492>A:@?D9:A[ !@CED>@FE9 AFE E96 7:?2= 6I4=2>2E:@? A@:?E @? 2 9:DE@C:4 D62D@?
Lady Trojans win state!

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Paul Boggs

DAYTON —Finally, at long last, storied and basketball tradition-rich Portsmouth High School is a city of champions once again. Only this time, it's the Lady Trojans taking home hardware —the coveted gold trophy from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. That's because, on Saturday in the OHSAA's first-ever Division V girls basketball state championship, Portsmouth put the final exclamation point on a historic season —and captured the program's first-ever state title.
Prep boys basketball: Minford upends Chesapeake in region final

1 month ago | herald-dispatch.com | Paul Boggs

ATHENS, Ohio — They say to keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Then there's your on-the-court opponent, which you need to keep closest of all. The Chesapeake Panthers did that on Sunday against the talented and highly touted Minford Falcons for the first half of their Division V Region 19 boys basketball championship game at Ohio University's Convocation Center. But for the third quarter and into the fourth, the Panthers' misfortune simply snowballed on a spring-like day.
Prep boys basketball: Panthers ride hot shooting in region win

1 month ago | herald-dispatch.com | Paul Boggs

ATHENS, Ohio — Martins Ferry is the Purple Riders, but the Chesapeake Panthers brought the Purple power on Friday night to the land of the Green and White. Now, they get a matchup against Minford's Big Red — for the right to play in the Division V Final Four.
Prep boys basketball: Panthers ride hot shooting in region win

1 month ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Paul Boggs

ATHENS — Martins Ferry is the Purple Riders, but the Chesapeake Panthers brought the Purple power on Friday night to the land of the Green and White. Now, they get a matchup against Minford's Big Red — for the right to play in the Division V Final Four. kAm$:>A=J AFE[ E96 !2?E96CD AC@5F465 @?6 @7 E96:C 36DE @776?D:G6 @FEAFED @7 E96 6?E:C6 D62D@? @? uC:52J[ D9@@E:?8 2 3=:DE6C:?8 dhT 6? C@FE6 E@ C@FE:?8 |2CE:?D u6CCJ fb\db :? 2 #68:@? `h 3@JD 32D<6E32== D6>:7:?2= :?D:56 ~9:@ &?:G6CD:EJVD r@?G@42E:@?
Lady Trojans win OVC outright!

2 months ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Paul Boggs

PORTSMOUTH — Forgive Amy Hughes for not wanting to share. “No. We don’t ever like to share,” said Hughes, the seven-year Portsmouth High School girls basketball head coach. kAmx?5665[ ?@E D92C:?8 DF:ED 96C {25J %C@;2?D — 2 DE:?8J 5676?D:G6\>:?565 3F?49 — ;FDE 7:?6]k^AmkAm%92E’D 3642FD6[ 2 J62C 27E6C D92C:?8 E96:C 7:CDE 8:C=D 32D<6E32== 4@?76C6?46 492>A:@?D9:A @7 2?J <:?5 :? 7@FC 7F== 564256D[ E96 F?56762E65 {25J %C@;2?D 4=2>A65 5@H?