Trojan senior to be DeAndre Berry is set to become the school's next 1,000 scorer. He is around 320 points shy of that mark, and considering he averaged almost 17 PPG as a junior, should reach 1,000 points rather easily barring any significant injury.

Here are the results from the 1st day of the Oakland City University Shootout held in Indianapolis:

June 8th schedule:

Portsmouth 48, Pike Central (Indiana) 48.......game went into OT and neither team scored in the 1 minute OT

Borden (Indiana) 34, Portsmouth 27

Portsmouth 54, Edwards County (Illinois) 48

Portsmouth 48, Linton (Indiana) 28

June 9th schedule:

Portsmouth 43 vs. Evansville Bosse 35 (Indiana)

Portsmouth 22 vs. Wood 40(Indiana)........Coach Lisath benched starting 5 whole 2nd half

Our own Jeff Lisath, a 1978 graduate of Portsmouth HS, was named as the next boys basketball coach on Thursday at the regular PCSD school board meeting. Lisath, who won a state championship as a player in 1978, takes over one of Ohio's most decorated programs. Lisath has a long coaching resume, having done stints at Columbus State, Chillicothe HS girls, and boys HC at Unioto, Piketon, and Dayton Northridge. He currently is the Asst. Supt. of the Dayton Northridge schools.

PHS vs. Coal Grove.........CG 72, PHS 71........Trojans lose on 3 pointer by CG at the buzzer.......Devin Lattimore 29 pts., Kenny Sanderlin 23. Owen Johnson of CG with 39, including game winning 3 ball......PHS 0-1 on the season and in the OVC.

12/9 Friday at South Point.......SP 73, PHS 55........Devin Lattimore 22 pts. Pointers jumped to an 18-4 first quarter lead. PHS 0-2 in the OVC.

Saturday:12/10 at SSU in Buckeye Elite vs. New Hope 5:00 PM varsity only.......PHS 73, New Hope 47......DeAndre Berry 19 pts., Tyler Duncan and Devin Lattimore double figures.

Here is a summary of the 2021-22 season for the Portsmouth Trojans:

How the 2021-22 Portsmouth Trojans rank offensively in the regular season compared to teams of the past decade, including all OVC years, with final record unless otherwise noted:

Here is the Trojans' OVC record vs. member schools since PHS's first season in 2014-2015......this season's results (22-23) are included, regular season only.

Records vs. OVC schools coming into the 22-23 season:

Fairland.........2-14.....15 straight losses counting 2021 sectional tournament loss 85-47
Coal Grove....10-6
Ironton..........6-10......8 straight losses dating back to the 2019 season.
Gallia Acad....9-7
Chesapeake...8-8
Rock Hill........14-2
South Point....10-6.....eliminated PHS in tournament in 2017, 2022, and 2023

5-10 sophomore DeAndre Berry scored eight 3 pointers for a total of 24 points, leading the Trojans to an 87-66 win over Ripley (OH). Berry tied Matthew Fraulini's 2020 record, in which Fraulini scored a school record 46 points vs. Rock Hill.

Here is the 2021-22 varsity schedule for the Portsmouth Trojans boys basketball team. Varsity games start at 7:30 unless otherwise noted, JV games begin at 6:00.