Here is the year by year record of the Portsmouth Trojans from 2000-2020 with highlights:
2000: 14-8.......Beat Ironton, Huntington (WV), Columbus Mifflin, lost to Greenfield McClain in district final 58-54
2001: 19-5.......Best record in 10 years, beat Ironton, Wheelersburg, Ashland (KY), Huber Heights Wayne, lost to Cambridge in regional semifinal 44-33; Greg McKinley 16 PPG
2002: 15-8.......Beat #8 Tennessee AAA Clinton, lost in District Final to Eastern Brown 66-48; RK Thurman 15 PPG
2003: 8-13.......First losing season since 1996, beat Logan, lost to Gallia Academy 53-51 in sectional final; Gerald Froe 18 PPG
2004: 9-14.......Beat 22-4 South Webster, Hillsboro, 16-5 Albany Alexander in sectional; lost to Piketon 61-56 in district semifinal
2005: 6-15.......Lost to 20-0 Ironton 54-30 in sectional final
2006: 6-16.......Lost to Wheelersburg 54-36 in sectional final
2007: 4-18.......Beat Warren (Charlie Doll 28 points); lost to Wheelersburg 72-48 in sectional final
2008: 9-12.......Beat Ironton, lost to Zane Trace in sectional final 80-74
2009: 10-12.....Beat Wheelersburg, lost to undefeated North Adams in sectional final 77-75 OT; Anthony Williams 18.8 PPG SEOAL South Division POY
2010: 12-7.......First winning season since 2002; beat SEOAL champion Ironton, Wheelersburg, lost to Valley 63-62 in sectional final; Tory Horne 25.7 PPG
2011: 21-5.......Beat Chillicothe, Ironton, Wheelersburg, lost to Cleveland Central Catholic 58-47 in D3 State Semifinals; Wayne Evans 20.3 PPG
2012: 24-3.......Second best record in school history; won SEOAL (9-1), beat Ironton, Wheelersburg, Chillicothe twice, lost to Cincinnati Summit Country Day in D3 State Championship 53-37; Dion McKinley 19.5 PPG
2013: 10-13.....Finished 2nd in SEOAL; swept Logan, Gallia Academy, and Jackson; lost to Wheelersburg in sectional final; Jayllen Carter 20.4 PPG
2014: 19-5.......Finished tied for 1st in SEOAL; swept Logan, Gallia Academy, and Jackson; lost to Lucasville Valley 58-55 in district final; Kyre Allison 19.5 PPG
2015: 20-7.......Won Co-Championship in OVC in first year; Tied for 2nd in SEOAL; lost to Columbus Eastmoor Academy 49-45 in Elite 8; Kyre Allison 18.1 PPG
2016: 16-8.......Beat Ironton, Wheelersburg, swept Chesapeake; Kyre Allison becomes all time PHS scoring leader (1,688 official total); 2nd in OVC
2017: 17-8.......Swept Ironton, Chesapeake, and South Point, beat Wheelersburg, 3rd in OVC, Kendal Reynolds 1,341 points for his career; lost to South Point 59-42 in district semifinal
2018: 16-8.......Finished 4th (8-6) in the OVC; swept Ironton, Rock Hill, Chesapeake, South Point; lost to Lynchburg Clay in sectional final 47-42; Matthew Fraulini 15 PPG
2019: 8-16......Finished 7th in the OVC; lost in the sectional final 57-54 to Adena; Matthew Fraulini scored 46 points vs. Rock Hill to set single game school record; 4th Trojan team to lose at least 16 games
2020: 10-13....Finished 5th in the OVC; lost in the sectional final to Eastern Brown 56-32; Matthew Fraulini scores 1,096 points for his career, tied for 7th all time.
2021: 8-12......Finished tied for 6th in the OVC; lost to Fairland 85-47 in sectional championship; 0-10 in games scoring under 50 points.
2022: 11-11....Finished 6th in the OVC (6-8); lost to South Point 66-56 in sectional championship; averaged 66 PPG highest since joining the OVC in 2015; Beat Wheelersburg, swept Gallia Academy.
2023: 9-14 Finished 6th in the OVC; beat Fairland at FHS to snap 16 game losing streak to the Dragons; Lost by 2 buzzer beaters and 3 OT losses; lost to South Point 58-56 in OT in the 2nd round of the sectional tournament; Coach Eugene Collins retires with a career record of 201-130; Kenny Sanderlin 1,000 pt. scorer.
2024: 17-7 tied for 2nd in the OVC with a 10-4 record; first sectional title in 7 years and 65th all time. DeAndre Berry finishes with 1,264 points, 6th all time in PHS history.