Aaron Smith was recently named the 30th head basketball coach in PHS history. Smith takes over for Jeff Lisath, who resigned his position as HC and returned to the Dayton Northridge schools, where he was serving as Asst.Supt. Smith played for the Trojans in the early 2000's, and was a member of the 2004 sectional championship team that upset South Point, then PHS went on to defeat Albany Alexander in the district semifinals.
I have added some content about the Lady Trojans on this site, because I feel that with the title being "Portsmouth Trojans Basketball", that presenting some material about them is necessary and appropriate. While this site has been since its inception in 2011 primarily a Portsmouth boys basketball website, and will continue to be so, there will be some inclusion about the Lady Trojans.
The 2023-24 Lady Trojans became the 1st Portsmouth girls basketball team to make the Final 4. PHS tied for the OVC title with Fairland posting a 13-1 conference mark, and rolled through the sectional, district, and regional tournaments without being seriously challenged. The closest game in the tournament up to the Final 4 was a 42-25 win over North Adams in the regional final at Logan HS.
Having successful seasons by both boys and girls has led to a large number of individual awards.
Trojan Boys Awards:
1. DeAndre Berry made 2nd team all-state, 1st team all-SE district, and 1st team all-OVC.
2. Donnovan Breech made Honorable Mention All-State, 2nd team all-SE district and 1st team all-OVC.
3. Malachi Loper made 3rd team all-OVC, and Honorable Mention SE district.
Lady Trojan Awards:
4. Sienna Allen was SE D3 District Player of the Year, 1st team all-State in D3, and 1st team all-OVC
Matthew Fraulini 46 vs. Rock Hill 2019
Jayllen Carter 44 vs. Jackson 2012
Dion McKinley 42 vs. Logan 2012
Larry Hisle 41 vs. Wilmington 1965
DeAndre Berry 40 vs. Rock Hill 2024
Rosalind Hairston 40 vs. Greenup Co. 1986......Lady Trojans
Peighton Williams 41 vs. Huntington Ross 2012......Lady Trojans
Marvetta Froe 34 vs. Northwest 1985.......Lady Trojans
Daysha Reid 33. vs. Whiteoak 2022........Lady Trojans
12/5 H vs. Lawrence County, KY...........PHS 74, LC 60........Donnovan Breech 28 pts, Malachi Loper 19, DeAndre Berry 18.........PHS 1-0 on the season.
12/8 H vs. Notre Dame.......PHS 40, ND 39......DeAndre Berry 24 points. PHS 2-0 on the season.
12/12 A vs. Rock Hill......PHS 66, RH 47......DeAndre Berry 30 points, Isaiah Lewis 12. PHS 3-0, and got win #1,499 all time.
12/15 A vs. Gallia Academy......PHS 65, Gallia Academy 47.......DeAndre Berry 31, Donnovan Breech 18. Trojans get win #1,500 all time.
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.
Update 12/16/23: Berry now has 786 points after 4 games of the 2023-24 season. He scored 18 vs. Lawrence Co. KY, 24 vs. Portsmouth Notre Dame, 30 vs. Rock Hill, and 31 vs. Gallia Academy.
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.