ASHLAND òòò½ÊÓƵ” Chandler Kisor smacked two hits in three at-bats, driving in two runs, to lead òòò½ÊÓƵhland (8-15) to a 6-5 victory over Huntington High (9-13) on Wednesday in high school baseball.
L.J. Murphy went 4 for 4 for òòò½ÊÓƵhland, which knocked 11 hits. Brady Marushi was 2 for 3.
Reliever Drew Kelley was the winning pitcher.
IRONTON 4, GALLIA ACADEMY 2: The host Fighting Tigers overcame a rough start and shaky end to defeat the Blue Devils.
Gallia Academy (4-11, 4-4 Ohio Valley Conference) took a 1-0 lead when Maddux Delaney singled in Tyler Young in the first inning.
Ironton (11-1, 9-0) countered with four runs in the second to take a lead they never relinquished. Jacob Hughes doubled in Ian Ginger to tie it. Hughes scored go-ahead on a passed ball. Nick Sites and Bryson Kerns each walked with the bases loaded to plate Tanner Kleinman and Carter Bridges.
The Blue Devils set the score in the seventh when Young grounded into a fielderòòò½ÊÓƵ™s choice to score Nathan Shockey.
Braydon Baker was the winning pitcher, allowing five hits, striking out six and walking one in a complete game.
GALLIA ACADEMY 100 000 1 òòò½ÊÓƵ” 2 5 0
IRONTON 040 000 x òòò½ÊÓƵ” 4 4 3
Delaney, Foster (2), Kennedy (4) and Toler; Baker and Hughes.
Hitting: (I) Hughes 2B.
SYMMES VALLEY 9, SOUTH GALLIA 3: The Vikings (13-5, 6-2 Southern Ohio Conference) took advantage of nine Rebels errors to win in Aid, Ohio.
Austin Fields drove in two runs and Jackson Fields two. Gradee Holland earned the win.
South Gallia fell to 5-9 and 2-6 in the league.
SOUTH GALLIA 000 300 0 òòò½ÊÓƵ” 3 5 9
SYMMES VALLEY 232 110 x òòò½ÊÓƵ” 9 5 1
Clickenger, Gibson (6) and Gibson, Conwell (6); Holland and Jones.
RACELAND 14, GREENUP COUNTY 7: Kadin Shore hit a home run, stole one base, doubled and knocked in three runs to pace the Rams (17-5) by the visiting Musketeers (12-2).
Michael Pennington went 2 for 4 with three runs batted in. Parker Ison knocked in a pair of runs and was the winning pitcher.
For Greenup County, Brody Howard was 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Gavin Roy drove in two with a 2-for-3 effort. Camden Underwood went 2 for 3.
LAWRENCE COUNTY 9, FLOYD CENTRAL 1: Tyger Cavins went 3 for 5 with three RBIs as the Bulldogs (13-9) defeated the Jaguars (12-10) in Eastern, Kentucky.
Eli Fletcher was 3 for 5 and knocked in two. Gray Derifield went 3 for 4 and stole five bases. Logan Whisenant went 3 for 4. Boedy Maynard fanned nine, walked three and allowed three hits to pick up the win.
Track and field
BATTLE FOR THE ANCHOR: Point Pleasantòòò½ÊÓƵ™s boys and Gallia Academyòòò½ÊÓƵ™s girls won titles in the dual meet of cross-Ohio River rivals.
The Big Blacks boys won 80-57 as Reece Hunt took high point honors. Hunt won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.23 and the 300 hurdles in 41.23. He placed second in the 200 and was part of the winning 4x200 relay.
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