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The Portsmouth Lady Trojans open up the 2025-26 as the reigning D5 State Champions. PHS defeated Creston Norwayne 53-38 to capture the 1st Lady Trojans state title in school history. PHS returns 4 starters from that team. They are:

Sienna Allen.............6-0 SR.........13.8 PPG.......signed with Ohio University
Hayven Carter...........5-10 JR........10.5 PPG
KeKe Woods..............5-5 JR.........12.4 PPG
KK Mays...................5-11 SR...........5 PPG..........signed with Shawnee State

Filling out the roster are:

Brianna Shannon........5-11 JR.........part time starter
Sky Mays.................5-10 SO
Salem Allen..............5-7 SO
Abi Whitt.................FR

Head Coach: Amy Hughes.........Assistant: Mike Hughes

The Lady Trojans' defense carried them throughout the tournament. Look for more of the same this season, as Coaches Amy and Mike Hughes employ pressure over the whole court forcing opponents into numerous turnovers.

PHS will play a demanding schedule, no doubt one of the toughest in the state for a D5 school. D1 schools are indicated.

REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE: Games are at 7:00 unless otherwise indicated

11/22.............A Journey to the Tourney vs. Olentangy (D1) 3:30 at Winton Woods
12/2..............H vs. Chesapeake
12/5..............A vs. Ironton
12/7..............A vs. Reynoldsburg (D1) 1:30 at Westerville South
12/9..............H vs. Coal Grove
12/13.............H vs. Mount Notre Dame (D1)
12/16.............H vs. Fairland
12/19.............A vs. Gallia Academy
12/23.............H vs. Rock Hill
1/2................H vs. South Point
1/6................H vs. Ashland (KY)
1/13..............A vs. Chesapeake
1/16..............H vs. Ironton
1/18..............A vs. West Clermont (D1) Classic in the Country 6:00 PM
1/19..............A vs. Sycamore (D1) Classic in the Country 9:00 AM
1/22..............A vs. Coal Grove
1/26..............A vs. Rock Hill
1/29..............A vs. Fairland
2/2...............H vs. Gallia Academy
2/5...............A vs. South Point
2/8...............A vs.George Rogers Clark (D1) 3:00 PM
2/9...............A vs.Ashland (KY)

A few historical notes to add:

Final 2024-25 Record: 27-1 (tied with the 1988 boys state champions for the best record in PHS history)
Last 2 seasons record overall: 49-7 (22-6 in 2023-24)
District Championships: 1984, 1985, 2024, 2025
Combined Record 1984 and 1985 seasons: 45-3
Regional Championships: 2024, 2025
State Appearances: 2024, 2025
State Championships: 2025
Record in State Tournament Play: 2-1
Leading Scorer in State Championship Game: Sienna Allen 17 points
Leading Scorer in State Semifinal Game: Daysha Reid and Sienna Allen with 20 points each

KeKe Woods and Hayven Carter also led the team in scoring in earlier tournament games.

Hopefully there’s a couple of freshmen or someone who didn’t play that comes out for some depth. Playing with 7 girls will be rough.

Thanks Dave.
I’d like to add Freshman Abi Whitt is also on the roster.

Thanks, Moses Guthrie, for the info. I will add her to the roster posted above. Good to have her on the team.

The Lady Trojans won the state with only 9 girls on the roster. With FR Abi Whitt, that gives the PHS 8 girls on the 2025-26 roster. 3 years ago the Lady Trojans made it to the district final with only 6 girls.

30 Point Games by Lady Trojans:

Peighton Williams: 41 vs. Huntington Ross
Rosalind Hairston: 40 vs. Greenup County
Marvetta Froe: 34 vs. Northwest
Daysha Reid: 33 vs. Whiteoak

Why are their numbers so bad? You would think with all the success they’ve had every girl in the district would want to play

I said the same thing.