Prep football: Portsmouth visits Ironton with plenty on the line

Prep football: Portsmouth visits Ironton with plenty on the line

More than bragging rights are on the line when Portsmouth visits Ironton Friday in the second-oldest high school football rivalry in Ohio. Playoff seeding for both teams are at stake. For the Trojans (6-3) making the postseason at all is under consideration. The Fighting Tigers (8-1) are second in Ohio Division V, Region 19, behind Wheelersburg. Ironton has clinched one of four first round byes in the playoffs, which feature 12 teams and begin …