Over the last 50 years, Portsmouth has had quite a few sectional games that went down to the last minute or OT. Here are some of those:
1971: Chillicothe 60, Portsmouth 57 (Trojans beat Cavaliers twice in regular season)
1974: Portsmouth 53, Lancaster 52 (Class AAA Rio Grande sectional)
1978: Portsmouth 54, Wheelersburg 52 OT (Jeff Lisath made tying FG at the buzzer in regulation)
1980: Portsmouth 50, Chesapeake 47 (Trojans trailed by 9 with 5 minutes to play)
1982: Portsmouth 62, Gallipolis 60 OT (Ironton sectional)
1986: Portsmouth 46, South Point 45 (Trojans started 4 sophomores)
1988: Portsmouth 59, Ironton 56 (Trojans trailed by 9 with 5 minutes to play)
1989: Portsmouth 63, Ironton 55 OT (Daryl Lisath's 3 pointer at buzzer in regulation tied the score)
2003: Gallipolis 55, Portsmouth 53 (GAHS's Donnie Johnson hit layup at buzzer)
2004: Portsmouth 72, South Point 70 (Trojans avenge a 30 point loss in regular season)
2008: Zane Trace 80, PHS 74 (game tied with 40 seconds to play)
2009: North Adams 77, PHS 75 OT (North Adams was undefeated)
2010: Lucasville Valley 63, PHS 62 ( LV's Zack Utley hits game winning 3 pointer with seconds to play)
2011: Portsmouth 65, South Point 64 (Pointers missed a 3 pointer at the buzzer)
2013: Wheelersburg 45, PHS 42 ( Burg's Dylan Miller hits 3 pointer at the buzzer)
2014: Portsmouth 55, Lynchburg Clay 53 (PHS's Sky Oliver hits game winning 15 footer at the buzzer)
2019: Portsmouth 47, Ports. West 46... (Myquel McKinley scores game winner in paint at the buzzer)
2019: Adena 57, Portsmouth 54 (Trojans miss tying 3 pointer at the buzzer)