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:

Records vs. Each Team since 2015, 20 games total but 2024-25 results are listed if played:

Fairland..........4-16

Coal Grove.....13-8

Ironton...........8-12

Gallia Academy.........10-10

Chesapeake...............10-11

Rock Hill..................19-2

South Point..............12-9

PHS finished 10-4 in the OVC, tied for 2nd with Ironton. PHS beat every team in the conference at least once, and swept Ironton, Coal Grove, and Rock Hill. 6-1 road record in the OVC, lone loss at Fairland.

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. 

Portsmouth joined the Ohio Valley Conference in the 2014-2015 season. Here is the Trojans' finish each of those years:

2015: 1st
2016: 2nd (Fairland champion)
2017: 3rd (Fairland champion)
2018: 4th (Fairland champion)
2019: 7th (Fairland champion)
2020: 5th (Fairland champion)
2021: 6th (tied) (Fairland champion)
2022: 6th (Fairland champion)

2023: 6th (South Point champion)

2024: Currently tied for 1st with 1 game remaining vs. Fairland.

5 straight years finishing no higher than 5th in the final standings.

After Portsmouth's 85-47 loss to Fairland in the sectional championship, here a few facts and figures from the 2020-21 season:

Portsmouth's 60-41 loss to Fairland on 2/13/21 was the 9th time this season that the Trojans scored less than 50 points. The Trojans are 0-9 in those games. I went back and looked at preceding years to see if this was becoming a trend corresponding to the team's record for the year.

State Tournament Teams 2011 and 2012:

2011: Overall scoring avg. 60.46 PPG; 4 games in the 40's; 1 game in the 30s; Overall Record: 21-5
2012: Overall scoring avg. 61.88 PPG; 2 games in the 40's 1 in the 30's; Overall Record: 24-3

Since 2015:

Here is the varsity basketball roster for the 2020-2021 Portsmouth Trojans:

Miles Shipp..............6-2 SR*.......leading scorer returning 10 PPG; career high 27 vs.Ironton
Chris Duff................6-0 SR
Dariyonne Bryant....6-3 JR*
Drew Roe................5-8 JR*
Amare Johnson.......5-8 JR*
Donovan Carr..........6-0 JR*
Michael Duncan......6-1 SR
Reid Pendleton.......5-9 SO
Tyler Duncan..........5-10 SO
Daewan Spence......6-1 JR
Dante Hamrick........5-10 SR