The Portsmouth junior high boys and girls teams are doing well at the midseason point. To date, the 7th grade boys have lost only 1 game to Wheelersburg and are undefeated in OVC play. The 8th grade boys have won 3 games, and are doing much better than last year when as 7th graders they didn't win a game. 

The Portsmouth junior high Lady Trojans have only 1 team with 7th and 8th graders combined which is normal for girls basketball at that level. To date, these girls have lost only 1 game overall, and that was to Gallia Academy.

Here is the 2025-26 roster for the Portsmouth Trojans boys basketball team:

Olynshay McKinley...............6-5 SR

Kaleb Johnson......................6-1 SR

Crisshawn Dukes..................6-0 JR

Jay Lofton.............................6-0 JR

Fernando Poxes...................5-10 JR

Jayden Harrington..............5-9 JR

Dodrick Bertram..................6-1 SO

Mekhi Berry.........................6-3 FR

Joe Greene..........................6-0 FR

Manny Thomas..................5-9 FR

Here is the 2025-26 roster for the defending D5 State Champion Lady Trojans:

Sienna Allen..............6-1 SR.........signed with Ohio University to play basketball.

KK Mays....................5-10 SR.......signed with Shawnee State to play basketball.

Hayven Carter...........5-11 JR

KeKe Woods.............5-6 JR

Brianna Shannon.....5-8 JR

Salem Allen..............5-7 SO

Sky Mays..................5-10 SO

Abi Whitt.................5-9 FR

REGULAR SEASON RESULTS: SOME SCORES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE

Lady Trojan Sienna Allen has been named the Ohio D5 Player of the Year. She led the team in scoring in 4 tournament games in the state championship run, and her 20 points in the state semifinal vs. Fairland is tied with teammate Daysha Reid for the most points in a single game in the Final 4 by a Lady Trojan.

Sienna is only a junior and could become the all time leading scorer in PHS basketball history as she has already passed the 1,000 point mark.

Update 9/12/2025: Sienna accepted an offer to play basketball at Ohio University.

The Portsmouth Lady Trojans won the 1st state championship in Lady Trojan history with a convincing 53-38 win over Creston Norwayne in the 2025 D5 state championship game. Junior Sienna Allen led PHS with 17 points, while sophomores Hayven Carter and KeKe Woods scored 11. Senior Daysha Reid scored 10, freshmen Salem Allen scored 3, and sophomore Brianna Shannon made a FT.

With the win, PHS finished the season at 27-1, tying the 1988 boys D2 state championship team which also went 27-1. 

Congratulations to PJHS 8th graders Joe Greene and Ryan Monroe for scoring their 500th point during the OVC 8th grade basketball tournament. The 8th grade Trojans beat Ironton in the OVC tournament championship game 53-52 in OT. They finished undefeated for the entire season.

Some scores not available: Lady Trojans 2023-24 regional champions; Final 4 participant; Final record 22-6

Roster: Daysha Reid SR, Savannah Cantrell SR, Sienna Allen JR, KK Mays JR, Hayven Carter SO, KeKe Woods SO, Brianna Shannon SO, Salem Allen FR, Sky Mays FR

Starters Returning: 5

Portsmouth 60, Springfield 41

Portsmouth beat Ironton

Portsmouth beat South Point

Portsmouth 58, Ashland KY 29

Portsmouth 45, Shaker Heights Laurel 40

12/9/2024: South Point 50, PHS 48; Pointers win with winning shot at the buzzer. Trojans 0-1 on the season, and 11-10 overall vs. South Point since joining the OVC in 2015.

12/12/2024: Chesapeake 77, PHS 44.......Chesapeake is now 11-10 in OVC play vs. PHS since the Trojans joined the conference in 2015.

12/13/2024: Minford 68, PHS 42............Myles Montgomery 36 points for Minford; Dayquan Woods and Malachi Loper 17 points each for PHS.

12/17/2024: at Lawrence Co. KY.............rescheduled for Monday, Dec. 23

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.